Roman Leal
Managing Partner @ LEAP Global Partners
San Francisco, United States
Roman Leal is a seed investor at LEAP Global Partners in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Serial entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience in product, operations and strategy in social networking, education and financial technology sectors. Prior to LEAP, Roman was a Co-Founder and CEO of QueSee, a social learning platform for Latinos.Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Roman served a variety of roles in Financial Technology andFinancial Services, most recently at PayPal and Goldman Sachs. At PayPal, Roman co-led the next-gen financial services, digital currencies and P2P strategies, where he collaborated on market strategy, business development and product. At Goldman, Roman covered the Financial Technology sector and he was one of the founding members of the Emerging Technology Research and Payment Processing Around the World platforms, where he advised several technology startups on market and product strategy across multiple industries and countries. Roman has a degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He speaks Spanish and English fluently.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 85%
Last updated:
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Industries Roman Leal invests in
Stages Roman Leal invests in
Countries Roman Leal invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $685k–$6.3M
- Series A
- $8.5M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 5 (38%)
- Financial Services 4 (31%)
- Software 3 (23%)
- SaaS 2 (15%)
- Finance 2 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (38%)
- Funding Round 3 (23%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 7 (54%)
- Mexico 2 (15%)
- Colombia 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Finix
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Finix is a developer of a B2B payment processing platform designed to let businesses own, manage and monetize their payments. Their platform uses modular, workflow-driven architecture and a real-time interface to track transactions, consolidate disparate payment processor data and underwrite merchant accounts, enabling banks, acquirers, andenterprises to send money anywhere in the facilitate push payments over debit cards. | $75M / Series C / Oct 24, 2024 | |
Around
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The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around. | $3.8M / Seed / Jun 22, 2022 | |
Leal
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Leal is the leading SaaS platform for AI-driven customer engagement in Latin America, empowering retailers to acquire, retain, and maximize customer lifetime value through advanced automation and personalization.At its core, Leal offers a powerful AI Decisioning engine for loyalty, offers, and campaign management, ensuring that brands deliverhyper-personalized experiences at scale. The platform includes: • Customer Data Platform (CDP): A centralized hub that aggregates and analyzes customer behavior to power data-driven marketing strategies. • Campaign Management Suite: AI-driven orchestration of email, SMS, and WhatsApp campaigns, enabling retailers to automate engagement across channels. • Customer Experience Module: Tools for measuring and improving customer sentiment through NPS, satisfaction surveys, and crowdsourced mystery shopping. • Loyalty & Rewards Engine: A flexible framework supporting points, cashback, rebates, and gamification, designed to drive repeat purchases and brand advocacy. • API-First Infrastructure: Seamless integration into existing tech stacks, with 350+ integrations across major POS, ERP, eCommerce, and payment processors.Leal is trusted by global brands like Subway, Chevron, and Miniso, managing millions of transactions across LATAM. Backed by investors like Rakuten and top Silicon Valley firms, Leal is helping retailers turn data into revenue. | $10M / Series A / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Onuu
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Onuu ensures financial stability. Founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $6M / Seed / Mar 16, 2022 | |
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Onuu
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Onuu ensures financial stability. Founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $6.3M / Seed / Mar 11, 2022 | |
Parabeac
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Parabeac helps app development teams automate their design to development process for UI/UX. | $685K / Seed / Nov 02, 2021 | |
Guros
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Guros is a digital insurance marketplace in Mexico (for now) that’s transforming the entire insurance experience, from purchasing to managing vehicle insurance (for now).We're on a mission to democratize insurance in Latin America; both for end-customers and neobanks/fintechs who want to embed insurance into their platform, but need todo so in a much simpler, faster, and reliable way.We have launched in Mexico where 70% of drivers DO NOT have auto insurance despite being required by law, but we will leverage our platform across other insurance products in the near-term, and to other LatAm markets over the mid-term. | $1.2M / Seed / May 06, 2020 | |
Bexi
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It’s hard to grow a small business with limited access to resources (knowledge, tools, budget...) in a more and more competitive world. Our product helps SMBs generate leads online, as an all-in-one tool that requires no design, code, or marketing know-how.Bexi was launched by Rafael Gomez and Cuco Vega in August 2016 and is based in SanFrancisco, with offices in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and La Paz. | $775K / Seed / Sep 01, 2018 | |
Listo
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Listo Financial is a consumer financial services company that offers Latino consumers in the US insurance products and loans through technology-based retail and mobile experiences. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. | $8.5M / Series A / Jun 07, 2018 | |
Aura Financial
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Aura is a technology-powered, Community Development Financial Institution that provides fair, affordable loans to working families in America. Aura's mission is to build financially healthy low-income communities, by providing empowering financial services to underbanked and unbanked.Aura uses its proprietary scoring algorithms to review andapprove credit applications and offers free credit scores and personalized expense management guidance to borrowers, allowing the working population to access loans in a simplified manner.Aura was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. | $50M / Series D / Nov 30, 2017 | |
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Co-Investors
About LEAP Global Partners
LEAP Global Partners Catalazing the next wave of global innovation by investing in underrepresented founders across the Americas. We are a diverse led VC that partners with underrepresented founders challenging the status quo in Fintech, Marketplaces and SaaS. We focus on LatinX markets given secular growth opportunities that are oftenoverlooked by tradicional VCs.
LEAP Global Partners Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Roman Leal
Managing Partner
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Daniel Coppel Garcia
Head of Enterprise Innovation
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FAQ
What does Roman Leal invest in?
Roman Leal invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Roman Leal's check size?
Roman Leal typically joins rounds of $685k–$6.3M at Seed and $8.5M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Roman Leal participates in.
When did Roman Leal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Roman Leal closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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?
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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