Velum Ventures
VC Fund
Medellín, Colombia
Velum Ventures is a VC fund in Medellín focused on E-Commerce and Software. Velum Ventures invests in seed and early stage information-based businesses in Colombia and Latam.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $455k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Velum Ventures invests in
Stages Velum Ventures invests in
Countries Velum Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$2.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 6 (50%)
- Software 3 (25%)
- Small and Medium Businesses 3 (25%)
- SaaS 2 (17%)
- Retail 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (75%)
- Angel 1 (8%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- Colombia 8 (67%)
- Brazil 1 (8%)
- Mexico 1 (8%)
- Argentina 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Esteban Mancuso
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Esteban Velasco
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Gina Paola Valderrama
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sempli is building the leading all-in-one finance digital bank for small businesses in Colombia. | $9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 18, 2022 | ||
| OFI is a company dedicated to provides technology solutions to small, medium and large companies. OFI owns and operates a B2B portal that sells stationery, software, and hardware products. Peter Otroske founded it on April 16, 2014, with its headquarters in Bogota in Colombia. | $5M / Series A / Jan 18, 2017 | ||
| Merqueo specializes in delivering groceries and home essentials using its own dark-store infrastructure. Merqueo users can order from a selection of 2,000 to 10,000 products, which include fresh fruits and vegetables, imported products, liquor, household items, personal care, and packaged goods.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquarteredin Bogotá, Colombia. | $2M / Seed / Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Companies make decisions regarding employee promotion, compensation and retention without quantifiable data as to skill sets, performance or productivity. Frequently this results in employee dissatisfaction and low morale and eventually loss of talent. Acsendo provides a SaaS based solution that categorizes employee roles, responsibilities, KPIsand competencies enabling employers to enhance and automate the employee review and evaluation process. The result is an open and metrics driven environment that improves employee satisfaction and retention rates while enabling employers to optimize employee talents to business needs. | $800K / Seed / Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Busqo is an online insurance broker. Busqo offers quote for free online that compares between different insurers and save up to fifty percent on the insurance for car, motorcycle, and home. | Seed / Oct 01, 2016 | ||
| Boxi Sleep is a mattress sales company based in Bogotá, Colombia. | Seed / May 01, 2016 | ||
| They develop a very simple and fast online accounting software customized for small business owners and to connect them to their bank accounts and accountants. | Seed / Aug 01, 2015 | ||
| FormaFina is an online marketplace for US-based premium design and home decor brands to expand internationally. Access to new markets with strong demand with partner who will take care of exportation and local sales and fulfillment. Willing to give exclusivity and discounts on wholesale prices. Discovery of aspirational, premium, and innovativedesign products that cannot be found in the local market. Willing to pay a premium.FormaFina was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | $2.2M / Seed / Jun 04, 2015 | ||
| Hogaru targets the +6 million small and medium sized businesses in Latin America that need a clean and efficient office. Rather than using contractors, Hogaru's cleaners are fully employed to foster long-term retention and quality. Hogaru invests heavily in a cleaner’s background check, training, compensation and benefits (e.g.: micro-loansand access to education). Currently, Hogaru operates in 3 cities in Colombia (Bogotá, Medellin and Cali) with a team of +500 fully employed cleaners and +2k recurring clients. During 2017, Hogaru will expand its operation in other cities in Latin America. | $560K / Angel / Jun 01, 2015 | ||
| Tutorya leverages on local learning communities to connect students with the most relevant academic tutors in their city in order to generate personalized learning experiences. We believe in the power of peer-to-peer learning and are using technology to make it a reality. Join the more than 3,500 students from across Latin America that already useTutorya. | Seed / Apr 01, 2015 | ||
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FAQ
What does Velum Ventures invest in?
Velum Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Small and Medium Businesses startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Velum Ventures invest in?
Velum Ventures typically joins rounds of $800k–$2.2M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Velum Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Velum Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Velum Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Velum Ventures?
The team at Velum Ventures includes Esteban Mancuso (Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Esteban Velasco (Managing Partner) and Gina Paola Valderrama (Investment Director). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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