Kalei Ventures
VC Fund
Velez Sarsfield, Argentina
Kalei Ventures is a Latin American venture capital firm started by a group of investors and entrepreneurs with over 60 years of experience creating and backing successful ventures globally. Kalei is on a mission to find outstanding entrepreneurs creating global leaders based in the region. It was born with a clear focus on international expansionand global leadership for its portfolio companies, as demonstrated by the fact that its partners have lived and invested in startups across four continents and their networks span the whole globe. Kalei held its first closing in January 2019 and has already invested in companies based in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and the USA. All the entrepreneurs we have backed have developed international careers themselves. Mexico, Colombia, and Peru also form part of our core geographies to source leading entrepreneurs. In order to marry our international passion and expertise with the strengths of the regional ecosystem in Latin America, our investment thesis revolves around sectors where Latin America can create global leaders, either because of the quality of the education system and importance of regional companies in a particular sector or because of the global importance of the region as a percentage of the global output in a given sector. These sectors include software development applications (e.g. marketplaces, consumer internet, fintech, edtech) and sectors that heavily benefit from new trends like Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things (e.g. healthtech, agtech, logistics). Kalei stands for ‘Kaleidoscope’, which symbolizes the importance of diversity of thought background, ethnicity, and gender in our team.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries Kalei Ventures invests in
Stages Kalei Ventures invests in
Countries Kalei Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$6M
- Pre-Seed
- $250k–$1.9M
- Series A
- $988k–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 6 (15%)
- FinTech 5 (13%)
- Finance 5 (13%)
- Financial Services 5 (13%)
- Internet 4 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (25%)
- Series A 3 (8%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (5%)
Country
- Argentina 7 (18%)
- United States 5 (13%)
- Mexico 4 (10%)
- Brazil 3 (8%)
- Colombia 3 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Santiago
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Leandro Pisaroni
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Natasha Ibarra
Platform Manager
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Platform Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Pablo Gutierrez Oyhanarte
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Rebeca Hwang
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired. | $1M / Seed / Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Qurrent is an autonomous digital workforce company that provides digital workforces that execute complex back-office operations across functions such as finance, supply chain, procurement, and enterprise operations. The company deploys software-based digital workers that perform rule-based and cognitive tasks, automating workflows thattraditionally require human intervention. These digital workforces are fully managed, with Qurrent owning the deployment, ongoing management, and performance of each digital worker while ensuring operational reliability and compliance with contractual service-level agreements (SLAs). The platform integrates with enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, and procurement platforms to handle tasks including invoice processing, order management, reconciliations, and reporting. Its autonomous workers interact with multiple applications, validate data, and execute transactions across business systems, reducing manual effort and accelerating operational efficiency.Qurrent also monitors, maintains, and optimizes the performance of its digital workforce in real time. Performance metrics, process improvements, and compliance checks are embedded into its management framework, ensuring that automated operations meet agreed-upon business outcomes and quality standards. By providing a fully managed approach, the company allows organizations to implement robotic and cognitive automation without the need for in-house infrastructure, specialized staffing, or complex software management. Qurrent guarantees operational outcomes through contractual SLAs, making digital workforces a reliable extension of enterprise teams for back-office automation. | Pre-Seed / Jun 05, 2024 | ||
| Favs is a social networking platform for close friends. Favs was founded in 2023 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| BrainLogic AI is a cutting-edge startup developing AI products that foster positive change across Latin America. Creators of Zapia.com | $5M / Seed / Aug 21, 2023 | ||
| Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world. | $5M / Jun 27, 2023 | ||
| Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world. | $5M / Series A / Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Cucuru is a next-generation infrastructure for B2B collection services with a native access-to-finance layer. Their regional platform allows for quick scalability and replication in virtually any market. Currently, Cucuru is live in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired. | $6M / Seed / Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| Toket provides user-friendly APIs & no-code tools that empowers teams with no blockchain experience to easily create NFT-based applications. | Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2022 | ||
| Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world. | $10M / Series A / Jun 14, 2022 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kalei Ventures invest in?
Kalei Ventures invests primarily in Information Technology, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kalei Ventures's check size?
Kalei Ventures typically joins rounds of $800k–$6M at Seed, $250k–$1.9M at Pre-Seed and $988k–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kalei Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Kalei Ventures?
The team at Kalei Ventures includes Juan Santiago (General Partner), Leandro Pisaroni (General Partner) and Natasha Ibarra (Platform Manager), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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