Nathan Lustig
Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ Magma Partners
Santiago, Chile
Nathan Lustig is a seed investor at Magma Partners in Santiago focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Nathan Lustig is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Magma Partners, a seed stage investment fund based in US, Latin America and China that invests in fintech, insurtech and blockchain startups in Latin America and global startups with Latin American tech teams that target the US market. Originally from the US, he is a two-time entrepreneur withtwo exits and participated in the pilot round of Start-Up Chile, which brought him to Chile in 2010. Magma Partners has invested US$4M+ in 38 companies in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Puerto Rico Peru, and Argentina alongside partners from Chile, the US, and China.
- Total investments:
- 42
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 55%
Last updated:
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Industries Nathan Lustig invests in
Stages Nathan Lustig invests in
Countries Nathan Lustig invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $150k–$2.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $315k–$1.5M
- Series A
- $6.8M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 10 (24%)
- FinTech 9 (21%)
- E-Commerce 7 (17%)
- SaaS 5 (12%)
- Software 5 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (26%)
- Series A 4 (10%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (2%)
Country
- Mexico 8 (19%)
- United States 7 (17%)
- Chile 6 (14%)
- Colombia 4 (10%)
- Peru 3 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Ship with local carriers, more affordable and reliable | $650K / Pre-Seed / May 01, 2025 | ||
| YaVendió is a SaaS platform that increases sales for online stores selling through social media using AI sales reps. From chat to checkout, it boosts sales by 34% at 20% of the cost. The founders bring tech, product, and GTM experience from Silicon Valley AI startups, top Latin American companies, and AI research (MLCommons, BUK, Belcorp, BCP,Vozy, and Stanford).The AI rep learns about the business, its products, checkout process, and selling style. It then connects to your social media platforms, understanding consumer intent through the messages they send, turning those messages into purchases and also upselling. | $850K / Pre-Seed / Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Leasy is a FinTech platform that provides automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers through a subscription model. It uses its algorithm and evaluators to analyze users' profiles and find suitable cars for them and helps customers to enter into a contract to own a vehicle.Co-founded by Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay in 2018, thecompany aims to help people who would like to earn incomes as ride-hailing drivers be able to afford cars, thus earning a steady income. | $28M / Series A / Mar 22, 2024 | ||
| Prometeo allows access to banking information, transactions, and payments across multiple financial institutions in Latam. Prometeo brings interoperability to Latam's financial sector. We believe the financial future is open and connected. We are building it | $13M / Series A / Jan 12, 2024 | ||
| Moonflow is a debt collection on Autopilot. | $700K / Pre-Seed / Nov 29, 2023 | ||
| Vexi issues, operates, and processes credit cards for the young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience. | $8.1M / Series A / Jan 30, 2023 | ||
| Flourish is a Berkeley-CA financial technology company with a mission to empower people to build positive money habits. Flourish licenses its turnkey engagement and financial wellness platform to financial institutions in the Americas. The team at Flourish enables banks, credit unions, and other institutions to drive deposit growth, clientloyalty and higher customer satisfaction by transforming how people interact with their money. | $2.3M / Nov 29, 2022 | ||
| Flourish is a Berkeley-CA financial technology company with a mission to empower people to build positive money habits. Flourish licenses its turnkey engagement and financial wellness platform to financial institutions in the Americas. The team at Flourish enables banks, credit unions, and other institutions to drive deposit growth, clientloyalty and higher customer satisfaction by transforming how people interact with their money. | $2.3M / Seed / Nov 23, 2022 | ||
| By bundling traditional insurance coverage and personalized, proactive care, Koltin is able to grant access to health insurance to people over 60 - the fastest growing age segment in the country - for the first time. Koltin has quickly established itself as the best - and at times only - alternative for older Mexicans looking for world-class care.After partnering with one of the largest insurance carriers in the country, members of Koltin have access to major medical health insurance coverage, dedicated team-based care, and tech-enabled personalized health aging plans. | $650K / Pre-Seed / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
| Vexi issues, operates, and processes credit cards for the young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience. | $24M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 21, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Magma Partners
Magma Partners is an early-stage stage venture capital firm that helps the best Latin American entrepreneurs launch and scale in the US market. They focus on fintech, insurance tech, and blockchain startups in Latin America, and global startups with Latin American tech teams that target the US market. Magma Partners has offices in California, Colombia, Mexico, and China, with its headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Since 2014, Magma Partners has invested in 38 companies across Chile, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica. They currently investing through their second fund, Magma Fund II, a US$15M fundraised from partners in Chile, the US, and China. Magma Partners also manages the Sino-Latin American accelerator, a program designed to help Chinese entrepreneurs do business in Latin America, and vice versa.
Magma Partners Contacts
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Alexa Clark
Analyst
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Codie Sanchez
Venture Partner
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David Lloyd
Advisor
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Francisco Rica
Partner
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Mak Gutierrez
Partner Infrastructure
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FAQ
What does Nathan Lustig invest in?
Nathan Lustig invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nathan Lustig invest in?
Nathan Lustig typically joins rounds of $150k–$2.3M at Seed, $315k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $6.8M–$28M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nathan Lustig's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nathan Lustig took part in.
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When did Nathan Lustig last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nathan Lustig closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 42 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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