Samara Hernandez
Founding Partner and Jefa @ Chingona Ventures
Chicago, United States
Samara Hernandez is a seed investor at Chingona Ventures in Chicago focused on Software and FinTech. Samara is the Founding Partner and Jefa of Chingona Ventures. Samara earned an Industrial and Operations Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Samara Hernandez invests in
Stages Samara Hernandez invests in
Countries Samara Hernandez invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (15%)
- FinTech 3 (12%)
- Financial Services 3 (12%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (12%)
- EdTech 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (54%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (23%)
- Series A 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Linker Finance
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Linker Finance is an integrated mobile and Internet digital banking platform. | $5M / Seed / Jul 14, 2026 | |
Ciphero AI
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Ciphero is the first AI Verification Layer that collects, verifies, and governs all corporate AI interactions, promoting safe and ethical AI use across all enterprises. | $3.3M / Pre-Seed / Dec 18, 2025 | |
Certiverse
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Certiverse is an end-to-end exam development platform using industry-leading psychometric standards, intuitive machine learning, and an innovative, asynchronous, crowdsourced content-creation model. | $11M / Series A / Mar 25, 2025 | |
Viva Benefits
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Viva is a 'rent to invest' amenity that allows landlords to make more money by rewarding tenants with a share of the profit. Viva was founded in 2021. | $2.2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 14, 2024 | |
Agency AI
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Agency AI helps to manage workflows of B2B Customer Success teams | $12M / Seed / Oct 17, 2024 | |
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Linker Finance
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Linker Finance is an integrated mobile and Internet digital banking platform. | $3.7M / Seed / Aug 27, 2024 | |
Hoop
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Hoop helps make sure you don't miss a thing by automatically capturing your todos and action items from meetings and chat. | $5M / Seed / Jun 05, 2024 | |
Cartwheel
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We help businesses launch in-house delivery or upgrade their third-party delivery infrastructure. Companies save on costs, keep their brand identity, and have full control over visibility and data. We have dozens of integrations including Olo and ezCater. Our clients include P.F. Changs, Portillo's, and Charleys Philly Steaks, to name a few.We are hiring! | Seed / Mar 01, 2024 | |
Suma Wealth
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SUMA is a revolutionary financial wellness company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community via a holistic approach of Digital Media, Experiences, and FinTech. By creating culturally relevant content, virtual experiences, and providing financial tools that demystify and reimagine financial wellness throughentertainment, we aim to become the trusted source to help Latinos own their economic power, overcome financial challenges, and better prepare for a more prosperous future. | $2.2M / Feb 06, 2024 | |
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Suma Wealth
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SUMA is a revolutionary financial wellness company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community via a holistic approach of Digital Media, Experiences, and FinTech. By creating culturally relevant content, virtual experiences, and providing financial tools that demystify and reimagine financial wellness throughentertainment, we aim to become the trusted source to help Latinos own their economic power, overcome financial challenges, and better prepare for a more prosperous future. | $2.2M / Seed / Feb 06, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
Everywhere Ventures
10 deals together
ANIMO Ventures
3 deals together
Listen
3 deals together
OVO Fund
3 deals together
TenOneTen Ventures
3 deals together
VamosVentures
3 deals together
About Chingona Ventures
Chingona Ventures focus on investing at the earliest stages.
Chingona Ventures Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Grisel Hernandez
Associate
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Samara Hernandez
Founding Partner and Jefa
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FAQ
What does Samara Hernandez invest in?
Samara Hernandez invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Samara Hernandez last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Samara Hernandez closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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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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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