# Rodrigo Garcia

> Rodrigo Garcia is a seed investor at Angeles Investors backing FinTech. See 16 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Angeles Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angeles-investors)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigogarciachicago/
- Website: https://www.rodrigo-garcia.com/

Rodrigo Garcia is a highly analytical and detail-focused C-level finance executive with proven leadership ability in financial services including corporate finance, asset management and sustainable / impact investing. This includes 20+ years of progressive leadership experience directing investment stewardship, new product development, fulllifecycle project management, and banking, payments and financial operations. Industry leaders turn to Garcia to lead organizations with complex business activities and/or in need of transformational change, financial and investment expertise, technology innovation and new product development, corporate strategy & venture capital, and ESG. Garcia is an insightful lifelong learner and authentic leader with high emotional intelligence building meaningful relationships bringing teams together with diverse views and skills driving organizational growth, profitability, and sustainability within fast-paced environments.Currently, he is a partner & chief investment officer for BeDoWin360 Capital, a purpose-driven investment platform partnered with private wealth to direct capital into opportunities across America to realize the strong economic returns and social impacts of under-indexed communities. Garcia is the former deputy state treasurer and chief investment officer for the 5th largest economy in the U.S., the State of Illinois. Serving in that role from 2015 to 2021, Garcia directed the Illinois treasury’s combined $52 billion investment portfolios, $275 billion in related banking operations and payment services, and a $3.2 billion agency budget and financial reporting unit. He also held roles for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., the United States Marine Corps and has served as the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and as a member of the Illinois Cabinet. Garcia is an Adjunct Professor in Public Finance at Northwestern University and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP®), an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®), and holds SASB’s ESG credential. He is a frequent contributor on financial innovation, corporate governance, executive leadership, and the capital markets. Garcia holds an undergraduate degree with a major in finance from Northeastern Illinois University, two postgraduate degrees, one with a focus in finance from the University of Illinois and one with a focus in public policy from Northwestern University and has also completed a senior executive program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He chairs the investment committee at Angeles Investors, chairs the investment committee for the endowment at Northeastern Illinois University, and serves on the investment committee for the endowment at Leadership Greater Chicago. He previously served as the treasurer on the board of directors for the Thirty Percent Investor Coalition, on the investment committee for the endowment at Youth Guidance/Becoming a Man and is the chairman emeritus of Student Veterans of America. Garcia is a member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association, Private Directors Association, the Milken Institute Global Capital Markets Group, and the Aspen Institute’s Global Finance Leaders.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 19% |
| Analytics | 3 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 19% |
| Finance | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canela Media | Canela Media operates as a digital media company, connecting brands with multicultural audiences. | $32M | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 | https://www.canelamedia.com/ |
| Framework IT | Framework IT engages in managed IT services. They offer managed services, IT support services, IT strategy, cybersecurity, cloud computing, unified communications, VoIP phones, and business-class internet. They provide cybersecurity management to protect sensitive information and help abide by compliance requirements. |  | Secondary Market | Oct 01, 2021 | https://www.frameworkit.com |
| MarginEdge | MarginEdge develops food and beverage tracking and analytics. |  | Series B | Aug 31, 2021 | https://www.marginedge.com/ |
| Synctera | Synctera's platform provides technology infrastructure, sponsor bank connections, and a compliance framework to support the launch of FinTech or embedded banking products for companies of all sizes. Utilizing a unified set of robust APIs, businesses can efficiently introduce and expand products like debit cards, bank accounts, charge cards,lines of credit, and money movement. Whether you're a FinTech startup or an established company looking to integrate banking services into your existing product lineup, Synctera offers the tools to bring your vision to fruition quickly and effectively. | $33M | Series A | Jun 02, 2021 | https://www.synctera.com |
| Acrew Capital | Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies across various industries at different stages of growth. It focuses on building long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs and supporting technology growth companies. The firm seeks to diversify perspectives and cap tables while investing in transformative businesses. |  |  | Apr 21, 2021 | https://acrewcapital.com/ |
| Nextbite | Order aggregation for restaurants, and the leading virtual restaurant company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California. |  | Series C | Feb 04, 2021 | http://www.ordermark.com |
| Nextbite | Order aggregation for restaurants, and the leading virtual restaurant company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California. |  | Series C | Feb 02, 2021 | http://www.ordermark.com |
| Canela Media | Canela Media operates as a digital media company, connecting brands with multicultural audiences. | $3M | Seed | Oct 09, 2020 | https://www.canelamedia.com/ |
| MarginEdge | MarginEdge develops food and beverage tracking and analytics. |  | Series A | Sep 02, 2020 | https://www.marginedge.com/ |
| AGTools | AgTools delivers key market intelligence covering 500+ commodities in a Saas hybrid model to optimize decisions on sourcing, selling, and hedging, initially in the food supply chain and with the financial institutions that fuel the chain. Using proprietary technology and AI, the company addresses the need for concise, clean, reliable data, in thefood supply chain. Through a user-friendly platform, Agtools provides real-time information on inputs such as water, labor, carbon emissions, pricing, volumes, commodity market trends, competitive markets, and much more. Agtools is composed of a team of data and supply chain experts who are keenly aware that in today's environment, data has to be reliable, brief, and actionable. The client base ranges from supermarket sourcing desks, food distribution companies, farm cooperatives, and financial institutions. Data is ingested from government agencies, universities, industry associations, research institutes, and weather APIs, using Agtools patented systems and methods. AGTools has over 11 billion records of market data plus 25 years on a national and global scale and is positioned to scale with current clients. |  | Seed | Aug 31, 2020 | https://www.agtechtools.com/ |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Portfolia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolia) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Amex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-express-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Trajectory Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trajectory-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Angeles Investors

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Angeles Investors is on a mission to find, fund and grow the most promising Hispanic & Latinx ventures.

5 contacts available at Angeles Investors.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Salvi | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-salvi-1b2a |
| David Olivencia | Co-Founder and Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-olivencia-5247 |
| Marcelo Santis | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-santis |
| Marcelo Santis | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-de-santis |
| Ruben Ocampo | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruben-ocampo-75a1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rodrigo Garcia invest in?

Rodrigo Garcia invests primarily in FinTech, Analytics and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Rodrigo Garcia?

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### When did Rodrigo Garcia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rodrigo Garcia closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 16 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?

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