# Marcus Dantus

> Marcus Dantus is a seed investor at Dux Capital (Mexico City) backing Travel and Biometrics. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Dux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dux-capital)
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdantus
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mdantus
- Website: https://www.marcusdantus.com/mi-historia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcus.dantus?fref=ts

Marcus Dantus is a seed investor at Dux Capital in Mexico City focused on Travel and Biometrics. Innovative thinker with broad-based expertise in operations, business development and sales. Built solid track record of success leading start-upsProven ability to quickly identify key business drivers and develop strategies to maximize opportunities.High-integrity, energetic, and renowned for ability to envision and create successful outcomesin complex situations. Broad start-up experience. Tenacious commitment to drive sales, profits and market share growth.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $40k–$713k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Biometrics | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Call Center | 1 | 33% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atexto | Atexto is a speech recognition management tool website for machine learning teams to improve the accuracy, fairness, and language support of speech recognition applications. | $713K | Seed | Dec 02, 2019 |  |
| Atexto | Atexto is a speech recognition management tool website for machine learning teams to improve the accuracy, fairness, and language support of speech recognition applications. | $325K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| REFLY.ME | Refly is a marketplace that allows users to resale or to buy plane tickets at low prices. | $40K | Seed | May 18, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avalancha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalancha-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mc-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dux-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innogen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innogen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Polígono Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pol%C3%ADgono-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Redwood Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redwood-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Dux Capital

VC Fund · Mexico City, Mexico

Dux Capital is the venture firm defining Hispanic 5.0 — backing non-linear founders scaling niche-first companies into global category leaders.

4 contacts available at Dux Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Santamarina | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-santamarina |
| José Luis Silva Vázquez | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-luis-silva |
| Marcus Dantus | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-dantus |
| Susana Espinosa de los Reyes | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susana-espinosa-de-los-reyes-af94 |

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## FAQ

### What does Marcus Dantus invest in?

Marcus Dantus invests primarily in Travel, Biometrics and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Marcus Dantus's check size?

Marcus Dantus typically joins rounds of $40k–$713k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marcus Dantus participates in.

### When did Marcus Dantus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marcus Dantus closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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