# Startup Peru

> Startup Peru is a VC fund in Lima backing E-Commerce and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lima, Peru
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupperu
- Website: https://x.com/Start_UpPeru
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startupperuoficial/

Startup Peru is a VC fund in Lima focused on E-Commerce and Information Technology. StartUp Perú es una iniciativa del Programa Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad y Productividad – INNÓVATE PERÚ

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $20k–$45k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peru | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LetyMind | LetyMind is a TaaS (Talent as a Service) platform that connects creative talents with companies through a monthly hourly subscription model. We act as an intermediary to facilitate and streamline the connection with content creation professionals, focusing on a progressive and anticipated recruitment model. | $20K | Grant | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Nutri Co | Nutri Co is a Foodtech company that use A.I, Data Science & Food Algorithms to create and launch, in record time, 6x faster than a big food company, a new generation of multicategory food products that are nutritive, sustainable and beyond everything affordable, recognized as one of the 500 most important Foodtech in the world. | $45K | Grant | Sep 02, 2022 |  |
| NEREUZ | NEREUZ monitors and evaluates the hydrobiological resources of the fishing and aquaculture sectors. They offers robotics and AI services. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Jun 19, 2022 |  |
| Nutri Co | Nutri Co is a Foodtech company that use A.I, Data Science & Food Algorithms to create and launch, in record time, 6x faster than a big food company, a new generation of multicategory food products that are nutritive, sustainable and beyond everything affordable, recognized as one of the 500 most important Foodtech in the world. | $45K | Grant | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| Arcux | Arcux has managed to create an innovative offering of continuing education for architects, engineers, and designers. It is a revolutionary online training company for the construction sector. For inquiries, email and a telephone number are available on their website. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Oct 24, 2019 |  |
| Abaxto | Abaxto creates a direct B2B access for stores to their worldwide inventories. We capture all transactional data including products, quantities, prices, positioning to create a database rich of quantifiable and qualifiable data for distributors and fintech companies. Our Omnichannel platform helps companies to better understand the Demographicand Psychographic data providing insights to what stores, distributors and brands need for better decision making. | $15K | Grant | Apr 16, 2019 |  |
| Vive Health | Smart Doctor it´s the healthcare startup in Latin America, that connects doctors with patients who do not have any health coverage or have limited access to it. We offer them affordable and high quality medical care through face-to-face and virtual care, breaking burocratic, geographic and economic barriers through technological tools such astelemedicine, blockchain and artificial intelligence. With the Smart Doctor platform, patients can communicate with a general practitioner, specialist or psychologist at any time or place, using their phone, tablet or computer. Our purpose is to allow anyone in the world to have accessible and high quality medical services in the palm of their hands. | $15K | Grant | Jan 15, 2019 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Board](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-board) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Startup Peru invest in?

Startup Peru invests primarily in E-Commerce, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Peru. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Startup Peru's check size?

Startup Peru typically joins rounds of $20k–$45k at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Startup Peru participates in.

### When did Startup Peru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Startup Peru closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 7 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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