Top 20 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Colombia in January 2026
A list of 20 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Colombia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Colombia. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Colombia in January 2026
| Investor | Retail Colombia investments |
|---|---|
| Vertical Partners | 3 |
| Amador Holdings | 2 |
| Marathon Ventures | 2 |
| Kuiper | 2 |
| JAM Fund | 2 |
| Imagine Ventures | 1 |
| Pioneer Fund | 1 |
| Wayra | 1 |
| INVX | 1 |
| Palm Drive Capital | 1 |
| Streamlined | 1 |
| Manutara Ventures | 1 |
| Soma Capital | 1 |
| Andeo Capital | 1 |
| Outbound Ventures | 1 |
| MrPink VC | 1 |
| AngelHub Ventures | 1 |
| güil Mobility Ventures | 1 |
| Winnipeg Capital | 1 |
| HappyShiba | 1 |
Vertical Partners monitors and investigates global business trends in a wide range of industries before having investments.
Vertical Partners is headquartered in Medellín, Colombia.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Retail, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Colombia, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Quipu Bank — QUIPU consists in a platform that enables digital local markets in informal settlements, using blockchain applications.
- Planet Oliver — Haz tu mercado semanal al 60% de descuento! Acabemos con el Desperdicio de Alimentos.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
Amador Holdings is an investment holding company providing growth capital and support to small and medium-sized businesses serving the urban middle classes.
It was founded in 2020 and headquartered in Panama, Colombia.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Colombia, Mexico, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- Finnecto — Procure-to-pay (P2P) SaaS Solution. Finnecto automates purchase requests, policy reviews, approval workflows, vendor quotation digitalization and comparison, and purchase orders matching, effectively reducing manual and repetitive tasks. Finnecto makes procurement and daily operations of companies faster, cheaper, and more transparent whilekeeping spending under control.
- Moonflow — Mejora tus procesos de cobranzas y ahorra hasta un 75%. Software de Gestion de Cobranzas para Empresas,
- Karrot — Karrot is a cloud-based software suite solutions that provides omnichannel retail solutions.
Our mission is to maximize the potential of the best talent in the region in the long run
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Mexico, United States, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Yolo Bank — Yolo Bank is a fintech company that uses artificial intelligence to help universities minimize tuition defaults. This approach increases revenue for educational institutions and benefits students. We offer a SaaS for bad debt management and a dedicated digital account for students to manage their monthly payments.
- Prima — Reliable manufacturing & supply chain partner for custom parts, metal fabrication & efficient sourcing from Mexico. Manage design, production & delivery
- Karrot — Karrot is a cloud-based software suite solutions that provides omnichannel retail solutions.
Kuiper invests in pre-seed technology startups transforming the Spanish-Speaking world.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Colombia, Chile, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Karrot — Karrot is a cloud-based software suite solutions that provides omnichannel retail solutions.
- Monato — Monato is a fintech that builds modular, scalable financial infrastructure that allows companies to integrate financial services in compliance with regulations.
- numia — numia (formerly Debmedia) is a B2B SaaS platform that helps industries manage customer journeys by seamlessly integrating online and offline experiences. By combining AI automation with human interaction, numia assists companies—including leading banks, insurance firms, telcos, healthcare providers, and retailers—to boost sales, optimize customerengagement, and enhance customer satisfaction.
JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Mexico, India
Portfolio highlights
- Rise — We make it easy for you to find, hire, pay, and manage contractors internationally while ensuring full compliance. Pay your team in fiat or crypto.
- Last Energy — Last Energy is creating a new system for the development and delivery of small modular nuclear power plants. Combining proven reactor technology with a first-of-its-kind delivery model and fully modular plant design, Last Energy aims to decarbonize energy production and increase access to clean, affordable power.
- Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.
Generating an impact on the future and challenges of Latam through partnerships with the best startups and founders!
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Investment focus
- Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- WeKall — WeKall Cloud based corporate telephony service simplifies the operation to only one provider saving up to 60% of the monthly spend in telephony operation.
- Xpendit — Xpendit is a Spend Management B2B SaaS controlling Corporate OPEX in an automated and simple way, reducing the cost of managing expenses by up to 80% and associated fraud by up to 20%. Our AI model, the use of WhatsApp, and soon our corporate credit cards, make our value proposition a paradigm shift in how our customers control their spending.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
- Unify — Route your prompts to the best LLM endpoint. Get the best output and optimize for speed, latency and cost to supercharge your LLM applications!
- Founder AI — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.
Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Glim — At Glim believe that crypto will revolutionize the financial service industry and that Latin America is a perfect place for that disruption to start. Glim has created a platform that, through a B2B2C model, will allow employers to offer very valuable financial benefits such as multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, a debit card withautomatic exchange and settlement in fiat and crypto currency, financial education and others, all available in Glim’s mobile app.
- Omnix Corp — Omnix connects to all customer systems, managing their information and triggering actions when there are operational failures. Currently our clients are large companies in the Retail and Telco sector, where our solution allows complete visibility and traceability of inventory.
- YBVR — YBVR provides high-quality video VR streaming experiences: Immersive, interactive, and enriched, Live, and VoD.
Angel Investment Fund located in Colombia focused on early stage startups in Latin America
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Sales, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Colombia, Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Kravata — Kravata is the first crypto as a service company in Latam. Our capabilities will enable any business operating in Latam to launch compliant crypto solutions in a fast and low-cost way, through their app or website, via a simple API integration.
- Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
- Foody — Foody provides healthy food to the vast majority of Latin Americans with affordable prices.
We’ve partnered with entrepreneurs globally who have created technology firms with over one trillion dollars of combined market cap to help you grow your business.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Colombia, Canada
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- Aurelian — Aurelian is an AI platform designed to automate routes, triage, and resolve non-emergency police calls.
- Zania — Autonomous AI agents for Security Risk and Compliance
- Luminal — Luminal provides a machine learning compiler and serverless cloud platform that automates PyTorch model optimization and deployment.
Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm. We invest in visionary founders who are building the next generation of transformational technology companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- RedDoor — It's been a fast-paced journey here at RedDoor and we are on our way to the next success...
- Drivably — Drivably helps dealers acquire the right cars they need without the stress.
- AdsGency AI — AdsGencyAI - The all-in-one platform for powerful advertising
Manutara Ventures was created to become the most relevant actor in the Venture Capital industry in Chile and Latin America, based on a convergence model with a global seal and a strong emphasis on the construction of successful outlets.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Chile, United States, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Levannta — We are growth partners and pioneers in Latam. Levannta allows companies to receive upfront their suscription's future cashflows through an integrated platform based on their most valuable asset, recurring revenue.
- Atomic Kitchens — We are AtomicKitchens, the largest digital restaurant franchise in Latin America!
- Brota Superfoods — Brota Superfoods provides organic foods and drinks that encourage healthier eating habits.
Welcome to Soma Capital
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Mexico
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- Fasset — Fasset is an all-in-one financial super app that allows people and businesses to receive money, invest, earn, and make payments from anywhere in the world.
- Inventive AI — Inventive is an AI-powered RFP & Questionnaire Response Management platform that drives 70%+ efficiency in sales response workflows.
- Orchard Robotics — We develop advanced camera systems and computer vision software to enable precision crop load management for growers.
ANDEO Capital is an Angel Smart Capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with great qualities, a global mindset, and an early growth stage company.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Colombia, Peru
Portfolio highlights
- Escappy Travel — ESCAPPY TRAVEL es una Travel Tech que por medio de experiencias 100% personalizadas (Automatizados), Virtuales (Realidad Virtual) y viajes Sorpresa (Travel to Surprise) hacemos el match perfecto entre deseos y el mejor plan/experiencia. Por medio de tecnología y analítica de datos se logra entender, analizar y conectar con aliados, generandovalor en el Match realizado. Pionera en Latam con este modelo de negocio disruptivo y escalable.
- Enterapia — Enterapia transform the way Latino Spanish-speaking contributors live, ensuring that companies obtain the ideal potential of the members of the organization, achieving an increase in productivity rates and optimizing investment in human talent.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
We invest in our generation. Millennials not only represent the largest buying group in US history, but are also reshaping the way business is done.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Sanzo — The 1st Asian-inspired sparkling water, Sanzo uses real fruit + no added sugars to deliver refreshing taste. Whether these flavors are a taste of home or a source of discovery, we're excited to bring you authentic flavors in the most delicious way we know how.
- Treinta — Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.
- Worky — At Worky, we are revolutionizing the way HR is managed at Small and Medium Companies. We want to disrupt the way these firms communicate with their employees, and these employees’ financial health
Future of Work, Education, and Food, powered by technology
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Peru, Colombia, Argentina
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- Quix — Quix helps companies create AI-powered training programs by turning internal content into interactive learning.
- Xoul — XOUL is a health-tech platform that leverages phenotyping AI to help parents understand their children’s emotional state through digital behavior analysis. By passively monitoring content interactions, social app usage, and behavioral patterns, XOUL identifies early signs of anxiety, depression, and other emotional challenges. Our insights empowerparents with meaningful data to foster open conversations, strengthen family bonds, and support early intervention. With a strong focus on privacy and ethical AI, XOUL ensures responsible data processing while delivering actionable intelligence to improve children’s mental well-being in the digital age.
- NeverGiveUp — NeverGiveUp is a podcast platform that provides AI-generated motivational podcasts and new audio for athletes' motivation.
Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Series A
- South Africa, Mexico, Colombia
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- Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
- Godochurch — GoDoChurch is a cloud-based church administration software which is designed to assist Christian churches and ministries with managing members, Sunday services, events, communications, and more. The system is made up of a base package, covering messaging, news, ministries, lists, church roles, services, events, and growth paths, with additionalmodules for managing follow-ups, groups, and Kids church.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
güil mobility ventures is a CVC that focuses on developing and co-creating extraordinary mobility startups in Latin America.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Retail, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Chile, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Seiff — Seiff simplifica las transacciones de autos usados entre particulares gestionando el trabajo desde la transferencia, financiamiento y pagos, asegurando una experiencia segura y sin complicaciones para compradores y vendedores
- DriFin — DriFin is an online tools that helps in managing finances for quick and easy access of credits options for vehicles and services.
- Oway — Join thousands that ship freight instantly with Oway's rideshare freight platform and save up to 50% on your shipping. Pickups in just 1 hour, delivered overnight with insurance and tracking included on all shipments.
Winnipeg Capital (WC) is an investment and financial services firm that helps connect high potential companies and startups with growth opportunities through customized financial services, strategy advisory and smart capital.We believe Latin American offers a powerful platform to develop and scale solutions to fundamental problems that affect thebase of the pyramid . For this reason at our WC Startup Fund we invest in and support the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale regionally. Winnipeg invests across a variety of industries and sectors, including EdTech, AgTech and SaaS.
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Investment focus
- Education, Software, EdTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Peru, Colombia, Chile
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- Kashin — KASHIN is a microlending app that gives small loans to underbanked people and controls risk using social reputation scores & smartphone-based variables. Users increase their credit line and reduce interest rates according to their own credit behavior and their first degree referrals.
- Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- LAIKA — LAIKA is an e-commerce platform for pets that offers a variety of products and services. LAIKA is like a dog with two tails right now. Its platform for pet products and services has been growing in recent months and it’s drawn the necessary investment to keep up its momentum.LAIKA built a digital platform where users don’t have to go anywhereelse to meet said needs. With two main sections; products and services. In the products section, we have more than 4,000 references (among which you can find most of the brands of food, snacks, medicines, accessories, and others). In the services section, we have more than 17 services, all the healthcare, beauty, and entertainment services. All of the above is delivered straight to your home and with the flexibility of choosing the date and time on and at which you wish to receive the order, including same-day deliveries for the main cities and accepting all payment methods, both online and cash on delivery.
- Petal — Credit cards with cash back at many local businesses, no annual or international fees, high limits, and a mobile app that makes it easy to manage your money, track your spending and automate payments.
- Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
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