# New Ventures

> New Ventures is a VC fund in Mexico City backing EdTech and Mobile. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/new-ventures-mexico/53/ba9/810
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NewVenturesMX
- Website: http://nvgroup.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newventuresmexico

New Ventures is a platform that accelerates, promotes, and invests in impact ventures through LATAM.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for New Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at New Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/new-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Women's | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |
| Colombia | 1 | 17% |
| Argentina | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexis Herman | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-m-herman |
| Armando Laborde | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armando-laborde |
| Emilio Arakindji | Mentor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilio-arakindji |
| Matteo Gilliotti | Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matteo-gilliotti |
| Rodrigo Villar | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodrigo-villar-cad1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plenna | Plenna offers face-to-face and online gynecology check-ups and services. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico. | $6M | Series A | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| smartBeemo | smartBeemo is an online education platform focused on reducing the knowledge gap of modern skills, in the Spanish speaking communities. We created an online education platform that seeks to solve this problem through-out exceptional online programs, corporate trainings and events, developed by professionals in the industry who are entrepreneurs,influencers, marketing agency leaders, technology developers and educators. | $2.5M |  | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| smartBeemo | smartBeemo is an online education platform focused on reducing the knowledge gap of modern skills, in the Spanish speaking communities. We created an online education platform that seeks to solve this problem through-out exceptional online programs, corporate trainings and events, developed by professionals in the industry who are entrepreneurs,influencers, marketing agency leaders, technology developers and educators. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Fibrazo | Fibrazo is a state-of-the-art network that builds and operates fiber optics in Latin America. | $1.5M | Seed | May 25, 2023 |  |
| smartBeemo | smartBeemo is an online education platform focused on reducing the knowledge gap of modern skills, in the Spanish speaking communities. We created an online education platform that seeks to solve this problem through-out exceptional online programs, corporate trainings and events, developed by professionals in the industry who are entrepreneurs,influencers, marketing agency leaders, technology developers and educators. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Tpaga | Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems. | $10M | Series A | Feb 21, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Redwood Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redwood-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Simma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simma-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelHub VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhub-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Ventures Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-ventures-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Promotora Social México](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/promotora-social-m%C3%A9xico) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alejandría](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandr%C3%ADa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does New Ventures invest in?

New Ventures invests primarily in EdTech, Mobile and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact New Ventures?

Public channels for New Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at New Ventures?

The team at New Ventures includes Alexis Herman (CEO), Armando Laborde (Managing Partner) and Emilio Arakindji (Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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