# Mario Hernandez

> Mario Hernandez is a seed investor in Costa Rica backing FinTech and Payments. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Costa Rica
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2014
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-hernandez-5a6b8510/?originalSubdomain=cr

Mario Hernandez is a seed investor in Costa Rica focused on FinTech and Payments. Mario Hernandez is the Chairman Of The Board at Lysto Card. Mario Hernandez attended Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Payments | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IMPESA | Impesa started its operations in March 2014 in Costa Rica, as the first payment fintech firm in the country. With an experienced management team and a new business growth strategy, Impesa has shown sustainable growth during the past four years. Impesa provides services to its corporate, commercial and retail clients at its headquarters in San José.The capital of Costa Rica is the national center of commercial and industrial activities.The business model targets various market segments, direct to consumers and leading Caribbean and Central American banks.The three main lines of business of Impesa are Software as a Service for financial institutions, retail peer-to-peer application development and general innovative digital payment methodologies. It serves more than 25 banks and 300 companies in the region and was named “Forbes 30 Most Promising Businesses of Central America and the Dominican Republic for 2021” and also named “Exporter of the Year 2021” in the Services category by the Costa Rican Chamber of Exportation (CADEXCO). | $5M | Seed | Mar 08, 2014 | http://impesa.com |

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## FAQ

### What does Mario Hernandez invest in?

Mario Hernandez invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Costa Rica. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Mario Hernandez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mario Hernandez closed in Mar 2014. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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