Sebastian Ruales
EIR @ 8VC
Bogotá, Colombia
Sebastian Ruales is a pre-seed investor at 8VC in Bogotá focused on Apps and FinTech. Sebastian is Co-Founder and CEO of Bia.Energy, company aiming to empower LatAm with cheap, sustainable and smart energy, through a consumer centric technology platform.He is founding team member of LatAm´s SuperApp Rappi -YC 16’, Sequoia, SoftBank, DST, T.RowePrice - Where he built from scratch and developed the Monetization model of the company,Business Development and New Businesses. He additionally served as an independent consultant to several StartUps in the region, advising on product and commercial strategy. He is advisor to 8VC, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Opera Ventures, and VP of MatterScale Ventures. He is also Speaker -Including TEDTalks. Prior to tech and VC, he had marketing and commercial strategy roles in the CPG industry, where he worked for L´Oreal, Quala and Johnson & Johnson.Sebastian has an MBA from Tulane University and an EP from Singularity University.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Sebastian Ruales invests in
Stages Sebastian Ruales invests in
Countries Sebastian Ruales invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $95k–$6.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 2 (18%)
- FinTech 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- E-Commerce 2 (18%)
- Food Delivery 2 (18%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 6 (55%)
- Seed 4 (36%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- Colombia 5 (45%)
- United States 2 (18%)
- Chile 1 (9%)
- Brazil 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Latú Seguros
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We are a start-up focused on providing business insurance, on a mission to empower business owners to change the world. | $6.7M / Pre-Seed / Aug 25, 2022 | |
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Latú Seguros
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We are a start-up focused on providing business insurance, on a mission to empower business owners to change the world. | $6.7M / Seed / Aug 25, 2022 | |
Grupo Central
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Grupo Central is a pioneers in Chile in the development of the Dark Kitchens and Dark Stores model. | $3M / Seed / Apr 07, 2022 | |
Yuno
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Yuno enables any company to accept all the available payment methods and manage fraud through a single integration. It allows customize checkout and adding new payment methods with just a click. The company enables an improved customer experience while increasing revenues by routing transactions to the best processor and retrying declinedtransactions. | $10M / Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | |
Sumer
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Sumer builds technology for micro small businesses. We enable businesses to grow sales and improve their management with simple features.Our first goal is to enable businesses go digital with our “15 second store”: Via Sumer App, any business can create a digital store rapidly, upload a catalogue of the products and share it with clients. Thus,we leverage on the mobile penetration in LatAm and simplify the cumbersome experience of having an online store. We have a Digital Ledger and an Ads tool to allow business reach new audiences. From there we are working on adding features (centered in Customer Service, Payments, Financing) that will complement the operating system we will put on every entrepreneur’s hand.SUMER was founded in June 2021. The company is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia with offices in Mexico City, Mexico | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Dec 21, 2021 | |
Hitter Brands
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Hitter Brands takes different types of kitchens to their full revenue potential, while taking the delivery experience of consumers to another level. We integrate our brands into different kitchens unused installed capacities, to make sunk costs profitable. Kitchens require little to no incremental costs to begin operations of the hitter brands thatthey are suited for. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2021 | |
trii
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Trii partnered with prominent financial institutions to develop Colombia's first trading app. Trii is a mobile platform that allows retail investors to buy both US and local equities in LatAm. | $125K / Pre-Seed / Aug 07, 2021 | |
HelloGuru
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HelloGuru allows users to unravel, consolidate and sync their data to their existing systems without writing a single line of code. | $95K / Pre-Seed / Nov 24, 2019 | |
MUNCHER
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Muncher is an end-to end platform that partners with restaurant brands globally to help them succeed at off-premise dining. | $1.8M / Seed | |
MatterScale Ventures
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Founded by a team of former Endeavor executives, Matterscale aims to bridge the seed stage funding gap for Latin founders. | ||
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Co-Investors
About 8VC
8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies. The firm focuses on creating long-term economic and societal value through its investments across various sectors, including healthcare and logistics.
8VC Contacts
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Alex Kolicich
Founding Partner
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David Moskowitz
Principal
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Jack Moshkovich
Principal
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Sebastian Ruales
EIR
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Alex Moore
Partner
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FAQ
What does Sebastian Ruales invest in?
Sebastian Ruales invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sebastian Ruales's check size?
Sebastian Ruales typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$10M at Seed and $95k–$6.7M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sebastian Ruales participates in.
When did Sebastian Ruales last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sebastian Ruales closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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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