# VARIV

> VARIV is a VC fund in Mexico City backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/variv/
- Website: http://www.variv.com

VARIV is a VC fund in Mexico City focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Strategic investment firm focused on venture building, venture capital, asset management and other alternative assets

## Contacts

5 contacts available for VARIV. Shizune tracks 2 team members at VARIV. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/variv?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 33% |
| Banking | 3 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| Mexico | 4 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Diego Vargas | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diego-vargas-2 |
| Ernesto Vargas Rivero | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernesto-vargas-rivero |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SPAKIO | SPAKIO is a one stop shop solution to store physical items that lets you manage them as if they were digital. We pick up, store, and then deliver any item | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| 1Money Network Technologies | 1Money Network Technologies is a payment network dedicated to stablecoins. | $20M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| SPAKIO | SPAKIO is a one stop shop solution to store physical items that lets you manage them as if they were digital. We pick up, store, and then deliver any item | $2M | Seed | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Hero Guest | Hero Guest is a digital platform focused on evolving restaurants’ experiences. It improves business profitability through empowered staff, engaged customers, and strategic data. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico. | $2.3M | Seed | Dec 29, 2022 |  |
| ioogo | IOOGO is a tax and accounting software and services company. Our proprietary technology allows our tax and accounting professionals to take small businesses from books to taxes, including accounting, tax planning, budgeting, audits, R&D Tax Credit, and more. IOOGO was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Texas, United States. |  | Seed | May 13, 2022 |  |
| Consubanco | Consubanco provides clients with agile experiences that fulfill their ambitions and address their needs, establishing a long-lasting, valuable connection for them. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| JOKR | JOKR (operating as Daki in Brazil) is the leading Ai-enabled online supermarket in Brazil, delivering groceries and everyday essentials to your door in minutes. The dense network of micro‑fulfillment centers stocks up to 10,000 SKUs- fresh produce, pantry staples, pharmacy items, and exclusive local favorites - so you never run out of what youneed. Smart Ai-driven algorithms personalize each shopper’s storefront and optimize every route, making the experience fast, fair‑priced, and sustainable, while operating at strong unit economics.Backed by top global investors, including Tiger Global, G Squared, HV Capital, Notable, Monashees, Balderton, Activant, Greycroft, Kaszek, Pernod Ricard, Lombard Odier, among others. We’re re‑inventing how Latin America shops | $260M | Series B | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| Bitso | Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows users to buy and sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitso specializes in the fields of bitcoin, fintech, and blockchain. Its platform enables its users to make payments using their mobile and other devices. Bitso was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal. | $250M | Series C | May 05, 2021 |  |
| OCHO | Affordable, fair and credit-building auto-insurance. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Daystore | Daystore is an operator of an operations platform intended for managing the collection, storage, and delivery of inventory. They specialize in storage, logistics, sales execution, and systems in the e-commerce sector, optimizing the preparation of orders and ensuring effective management. They enable customers to reduce costs in the placement oftheir product in less time. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cometa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cometa-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cometa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/variv-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [El Puerto de Liverpool](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/el-puerto-de-liverpool) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does VARIV invest in?

VARIV invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 VARIV's check size?

VARIV typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$20M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds VARIV participates in.

### How do I contact VARIV?

Public channels for VARIV include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at VARIV?

The team at VARIV includes Diego Vargas (Co-Founder and Managing Partner) and Ernesto Vargas Rivero (Co-Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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