Top 10 Social Media Startup Investors in Argentina in November 2024

Investor	Social Media Argentina investments
DC Ventures	3
DN Capital	2
Ariel Arrieta	1
MatterScale Ventures	1
CORFO	1
Alec Oxenford	1
Fabrice Grinda	1
Martin Varsavsky	1
Santander	1
SOSV	1

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Investment focus

Art, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Argentina, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Wirelane — Wirelane is a full service provider in the field of electric mobility. The company is currently active in 5 countries (D, F, S, NL, CH) and has experience with large industrial customers (VW, Vattenfall, Bouygues and others). In addition to their software solutions, they also offer specially developed charging stations that set standards throughthe use of advanced technology such as radar sensors and tap payment. The company works with customers from all industry sectors to develop solutions for tomorrow’s mobility needs. Wirelane is one of Europe’s leading specialist providers of hardware, software and app solutions.
Charquiqui — Charquiqui specializes in manufacturing red meat products intended to offer cured meat snacks. It offers retail products and packages of red meat that contains beef bites, cured in natural brine, and partially dehydrated on grills.
13 Fronteras — Latin American Cuisine

DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
Prometeo — Prometeo allows access to banking information, transactions, and payments across multiple financial institutions in Latam. Prometeo brings interoperability to Latam's financial sector. We believe the financial future is open and connected. We are building it

Ariel Arrieta is a Venture Capital investor and serial entrepreneur, as he likes to present himself. He founded and founded several companies. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of NXTP Labs, one of the most active funds in the region and has invested in more than 200 technology companies throughout Latin America. He has worked in Internetcompanies since 1994 and several of the companies he founded were sold to Fox International Channels (News Corporation). He is a Kauffman Fellow (class 18) and Harvard Business School OPM (class 41). He collaborates with the NGOs Ecosistema Emprendedor, Junior Achievement, Endeavor and Ruta 40. He is also the author of the books "Aprender a Emprender" and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2013. and and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2018.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Argentina, United States, Chile

Portfolio highlights

GetGloby — GetGloby is an AI-powered platform that allows you to automatically localize your ads in minutes and manage all your translations effortlessly.
Roxom — Roxom is the first Bitcoin Stock, Commodities and Crypto Exchange in human history.
Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.

Founded by a team of former Endeavor executives, Matterscale aims to bridge the seed stage funding gap for Latin founders.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Argentina, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Celes — Celes offers AI-powered solutions to transform marketing, finance, sales, and supply chain, which are critical pain points for retailers. Celes assists clients in better understanding their customers in order to improve their campaigns, promotions, and communications. This aids in increasing customer retention, average ticket price, and units perticket. Celes analyzes and processes data to return the best purchases, prices, and promotions.
VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Novel Capital — Novel Capital provides non dilutive funding and operational sales expertise to early-stage B2B software companies.

CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Chile, Argentina, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Mywacc — We are a fintech that offers valuation services to provide start-ups and small businesses with accurate, reliable, and affordable financial valuations (leveraged in AI), as well as access to capital and additional services that could help them make better financial decisions and improve their chances of success. Funded by Corfo Chile. Partnershipfrom UDD Ventures. Part of Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
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Remote Waters — Remote Waters provide water purification systems with low O&M and fast installation for remote communities with limited access to potable water.

Alec Oxenford is a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company. Alec previously worked at OLX & letgo as a Co-Founder. He is an experienced founder and CEO at various companies. He attended Harvard Business School. He took business administration at UC and mastered at Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Argentina, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

DRIC — DRIC is a data privacy and storage platform developer. Their platform is based on two-dimensional code that provides a revolution in the transmission, preservation, storage, and privacy of data, making it accessible and instantaneous.
Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
Buenbit — Buenbit is a Cryptocurrency Exchange and Cross-Border payment platform. Cryptocurrency exchange with presence in Argentina & Perú. Leveraging cryptocurrency trading to offer a low cost Cross-Border payment solution.

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.

Martin Varsavsky is the Founder and Chairman of Gameto. He previously worked at Fon as a Chairman. Martin Varsavsky attended Columbia Business School.

Investment focus

Social Media, Health Care, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Outdid — Verify identities with no storage, processing, or access of private personal information
TympaHealth — The award-winning Tympa system is designed to empower clinicians to deliver ear and hearing healthcare within local communities.
Vitara Biomedical — Vitara Biomedical has developed a therapeutic platform to support premature infants. Vitara Biomedical's platform was inspired by natural physiological processes to transform neonatal care.

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Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Debt Financing, Seed, Post-IPO Debt
Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tebrio — At the rate that the world is growing, we’ll only have enough food to feed 50% of our future population by 2050 and introducing novel proteins into the food value chain that are rich in amino acids and use less water and arable land is the only solution forward for mankind and the planet, which is why, in 2014, Adriana Casillas and Sabas de Diegofounded Tebrio, the world’s leading carbon-negative, zero-residue insect biotechnology company, which tackles climate change and the world food crisis by breeding and transforming rich amino acid mealworms into three main co-products: (i) sustainabe premium fish, pet and animal feed (ii) biofertilizer for plant nutrition that acts as a natural pest repellent (iii) chitosan to manufacture biodegradable plastic that disolves in water. Our carbon negative pilot farm produces 500 tons of co-products a year, does not emit greenhouse gases like ammonia or methane, uses 98% less water and 90% less arable land than other animal and plant protein farms, and is the only company in our industry in Spain that has received an ISO9001 certification, which guarantees the quality of our products. Thanks to our current operations, we have secured an undisclosed Series A round, which we are using to develop a EUR 50 million insect farm that will take us from a 500 tn to a 100.000 tns production of co-products a year and will be the largest of its kind in the world. Company Key Metrics: • Tebrio has 8 industrial patents in 150 countries • Tebrio’s operations are carbon negative, zero residue, and we do not emit greenhouse gases like ammonia or methane • With the same amount of natural resources, we are able to produce 500% more protein for fishmeal and animal feed than plant protein and livestock farms • Our protein for fish and animal feed is 90% digestible, 70% protein, high in essential amino acids and unsaturated fat • Tebrio was the first certified producer in the world of mealworm protein for fish and animal feed and biofertilizer for plant nutrition • Our tech powered biofertilizer has 10x more nutrients than other organic fertilizers and thanks to its properties, acts as a natural pest repellent • We are the only Spanish company in our industry with an ISO9001 certification • We are building the world’s largest insect farm, which will produce 100.000 tons of co-products a year for animal feed and plant fertilization • We use big data and 4.0 industries to industrially produce and control the Tenebrio Molitor insect
Embraer — Embraer SA is a Brazil-based holding company primarily engaged in the manufacture of aircraft. The company’s business activities are divided into three business segments: Commercial Aviation; Defense and Security Business, and Executive Aviation. The Commercial Aviation segment is involved in the development, production, and sale of commercialjets, as well as in the provision of support services, with emphasis on the regional aviation industry and aircraft leasing. The Defense and Security Business segment mainly includes the research, development, production and modification of defense aircrafts as well systems and software design. Through the Executive Aviation segment, the company is active in the development, production, and sale of business jets, the provision of support services related to this sector of the market, and aircraft leasing. Embraer has subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and representative offices in Brazil, the United States, France, Holland, and China, among others.
El Corte Ingles — El Corte Inglés is a business group with more than 80 years of history, upholding the same values as always. Our steadfast principles of ethical and responsible conduct allow us to evolve towards an omnichannel model more aligned with digitalisation, diversification and sustainability. This has meant a progress in the transformation of El CorteInglés from a retailer to a unique ecosystem. Without ever taking our eyes off the product and service quality, expertise, curated selections, guarantees and innovation we offer with the ultimate goal of making people's lives easier.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.