Patricia Saenz
Managing and Founding Partner @ EWA Capital
Bogotá, Colombia
Patricia Saenz is a seed investor at EWA Capital in Bogotá focused on Education and Financial Services. Patricia Sáenz is the Managing and Founding Partner of EWA Capital, recently rebranded from Mountain Nazca Colombia. Over 15 years of experience investing and building companies in Colombia. More than four years of experience as an angel investor and VC fund manager (Fund Nazca Investment FCP EWA I), investing in more than 10 startups, creating FMVof 2.5X in 3.5 years. Evaluated + 300 opportunities in the past 3 years. Patricia Saenz attended IE Business School.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Patricia Saenz invests in
Stages Patricia Saenz invests in
Countries Patricia Saenz invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 2 (40%)
- Financial Services 2 (40%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Finance 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- Colombia 2 (40%)
- Uruguay 1 (20%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Changing the game in how the world deals with diseases in plants, animals, and humans, metaBIX Biotech leads with innovation in disease prediction. Our integrated solution, combining the latest in biotechnology, AI, and advanced software, not only anticipates the impact of viruses and bacteria but also offers proactive strategies to preventoutbreaks. With a focus on precision and speed, we stand out for our ability to provide early alerts and effective control measures, significantly reducing the risk and impact of diseases in our ecosystems and communities. | $1.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 09, 2026 | ||
| 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. | $700K / Convertible Note / May 02, 2024 | ||
| Beereaders is a digital platform that promotes literacy skills among Spanish-speaking students presenting personalized learning and using original Spanish content in a game-like experience. | $3.5M / Seed / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ESCALA Educación is a social enterprise that promotes access to higher education and financial inclusion by offering enhanced saving plans with educational benefits. ESCALA partners with companies and becomes their main educational benefits provider, through which employees save through their paychecks for education either for themselves or theirchildren. These savings are coupled with company matching funds, tuition discounts, career counseling and other education benefits that make higher education accessible for all. | $700K / Seed / Oct 11, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About EWA Capital
EWA Capital (recently rebranded from Mountain Nazca Colombia) is a management company that invests in early-stage companies with disruptive models. It targets investments in companies with a minimum viable product, a proven market fit, a recurring and steep growing customer base, and sustainable unit economics.The company is committed to obtaining high returns and shaping social change by backing entrepreneurs under a hands-on methodology. EWA Capital has a complementary approach towards value creation in portfolio companies, leveraging each others’ strengths and experiences as former institutional investors, entrepreneurs, and experienced fund managers. EWA Capital was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.
EWA Capital Contacts
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Pablo González del Corral
Serial Entrepreneur & Partner
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Patricia Saenz
Managing and Founding Partner
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Claudia Salazar
Associate
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What does Patricia Saenz invest in?
Patricia Saenz invests primarily in Education, Financial Services and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Patricia Saenz closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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