Top 40 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ecuador in December 2024
A list of 40 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Ecuador. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Ecuador. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ecuador in December 2024
Investor | Ecuador investments |
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BuenTrip Ventures | 8 |
Magma Partners | 3 |
SOSV | 3 |
Innogen Venture Capital | 2 |
Zacua Ventures | 2 |
Groupe Duval | 2 |
Cofides | 1 |
Telefunken | 1 |
Winnipeg Capital | 1 |
5 Eyes Ventures | 1 |
Esas Ventures | 1 |
North Base Media | 1 |
Asymmetry Ventures | 1 |
Invariantes Fund | 1 |
Clocktower Technology Ventures | 1 |
Fifth Wall | 1 |
Conexo Ventures | 1 |
MACSF | 1 |
Breega | 1 |
NXTP Ventures | 1 |
ABSeed Ventures | 1 |
Stonks | 1 |
Salkantay Ventures | 1 |
Inventus Capital Partners | 1 |
devlabs | 1 |
FinDev Canada | 1 |
Media Development Investment Fund | 1 |
Digital News Ventures (MDIF Fund) | 1 |
Gelt VC | 1 |
SVQUAD | 1 |
CREAS Ecuador | 1 |
Amadeo Global | 1 |
DILA Capital | 1 |
Function Investments | 1 |
B Venture Capital | 1 |
NJJ Capital | 1 |
Terracotta Ventures | 1 |
Kaszek | 1 |
AMK Investment Office | 1 |
Grupo Bimbo | 1 |
BuenTrip Ventures is a pre-seed VC firm in Quito, Ecuador, that leverages its position as one of the leading ecosystem builders in Latin America to identify, mentor, and invest in software-based startups that are transforming the region’s economy.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Ecuador, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
- Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
- Synthera AI — Synthetic Data for Financial Markets using Generative AI
Magma specializes in finding, investing, and support the best technology startups in Latin America that want to launch and scale in the US and Latin America.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Mexico, Chile
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.
- LEASY — Leasy is a FinTech platform that provides automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers through a subscription model. It uses its algorithm and evaluators to analyze users' profiles and find suitable cars for them and helps customers to enter into a contract to own a vehicle.Co-founded by Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay in 2018, thecompany aims to help people who would like to earn incomes as ride-hailing drivers be able to afford cars, thus earning a steady income.
- Plaza — Plaza leverages artificial intelligence to enhance real estate brokerages. It believes that the real estate market can be as efficient as the financial sector, and the key to realizing this vision lies in providing brokerages with AI assistants that promote productivity and improve the customer experience.
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.
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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.
Innogen Capital is a LATAM venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth companies. It focuses on proven business models, including companies with a social impact mission, Innogen Capital also seeks to provide its partners with expertise and exposure via a network of professionals in diverse fields.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Convertible Note, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Colombia, Mexico, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- FinanEx — Flexible export financing for underserved agribusinesses.
- Koibanx — KOIBANX is a software company focused on Smart Contracts and Blockchain Services.Koibanx solutions cover a wide range of use cases defined by their Transparency, Security, LowCost and Efficiency of applying Blockchain technology.These new decentralized software solutions have the potential to disrupt several industries rangingfrommarketing rewards to financial inclusion, allowing a democratic access to new opportunities formillions of new consumers across the world.
- Wynwood House — Wynwood House offers a network of apartments and villas for short and long term stays, located in the best neighborhoods of the main cities in Latin America.
Investing in the next generation of built environment entrepreneurs
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Investment focus
- Construction, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Sitewire — Web and mobile apps to collect data from construction sites and share it with lenders.
- Document Crunch — Identify risks, standardize your process, & get a project playbook with our AI-assisted solutions. Learn how we can save you 8 hours a week with a free demo.
- Field Materials, Inc. — Increase Margins and Cut Costs with Digital Procurement
Groupe Duval is a real estate firm that involve in real estate development and investment, project management, and consulting.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Content, Security
- Seed, Series A
- France, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- XXII GROUP — AI Vision Software
- 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.
Cofides provides cost-effective, medium and long-term financial support for viable private investment projects.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Automotive
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Private Equity
- Spain, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Cooltra — Cooltra offers you the best electric or gasoline scooter rental according to your needs: by minutes, by hours, by days and by months.
- SEG Ingenieria —
- The Startup CFO —
Telefunken is a radio and television equipment company that specializes in the development of wireless information transmission technology.
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Investment focus
- EdTech, Big Data, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
5 Eyes is the best syndicate in the world investing in early stage startups from day 1
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Investment focus
- Apps, SaaS, Music
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Otis AI — Otis is the first AI-powered virtual assistant that helps run and optimize your digital marketing cross-platform, at scale and at a budget that works for your business.
- IndieFlow — IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. The platform provides a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage creative projects, distribute to streaming platforms, collect roylaties, register music with royaltycollection societies, promote music, book gigs, receive payments and more.
- Autority.io — Owning a car is amazing, but administering it is a hustle. Owners are overwhelmed with the amount of services that need to keep up: insurance, parkings, tolls, fines, maintenance, tires, registration, gas, among others, and everything is done independently and decentralized.At Autority, we’ve built an App were we centralize services and benefitsrelated to a vehicle. We’ve built a network of AAA carshops were users have access to free perks and discounts, we’ve integrated parking lots to make users entry and exit cashless, we give users alerts on fines they’ve received, we inform users on their use of tolls preventing them getting fined, we are able to display their insurance information and benefits, we leverage discounts on gas, and the best, we keep a digital track of everything guaranteeing our client a better resale price of his car.
Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms in Turkey and is backed by the first and second generation family members of Şevket Sabancı, one of the founding members of Sabancı Holding, a leading Turkish conglomerate.With offices in Istanbul and London, Esas Ventures invests in earlystage companies globally.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Kenya, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Procol — Best Procurement Software in 2024. AI-powered procurement system built for efficiency and cost savings. Procurement analytics to streamline the purchasing process.
- Flora — Flora is the only sustainable brand platform acquiring and growing Amazon FBA brands with a world-class team of professionals.
- Gowit Technology — GoWit is a leading AdTech company, specializing in a multi-channel Retail Media Ads platform for online retailers. Our main objective is to empower businesses with comprehensive advertising solutions and maximize ad monetization. To reach a broader audience, we offer a variation of on-site & off-site advertising options such as SponsoredProducts, Sponsored Brands, Display, Video and In-Store Ads. With a clear focus on transparency, we are committed to helping our partners establish a powerful presence in the ever-growing world of retail.
NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.
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Investment focus
- Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
- Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
- Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!
Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
- Reforged Labs — Make every creative a hero creative.
- SFA Therapeutics — SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs.
Invariantes Fund offers generational wealth management, and venture capital. Invariantes Fund is an early-stage venture fund investing in technology companies that leverage software as infrastructure.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Mexico, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- Foccuz — Foccuzz offers software that automates all operations by connecting multiple data sources, allowing for real-time visibility, increased efficiency, more revenue, and faster data-driven decision-making.
- Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
- ConfiAbogado — ConfiAbogado is an online legal firm that provides legal solutions to low-income people.
Clocktower Technology Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital business focused exclusively on financial technology.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- minu — In minu, we are revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. We work with HR areas of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech'sleading institutional investors globally, including QED.
- Mesa — Earn points on your mortgage. With the first ever Homeowner Membership Platform, Mesa makes homeownership more affordable and rewarding. Join Mesa and get rewarded for your home.
- Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.
Fifth Wall Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World.
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Brazil, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Fractional — We help you lower the cost-of-entry and time commitment for real estate investment properties. It's never been easier to be a rental property owner.
- Document Crunch — Identify risks, standardize your process, & get a project playbook with our AI-assisted solutions. Learn how we can save you 8 hours a week with a free demo.
- Merlin Solar Technologies — Merlin Solar is the brainchild of several disparate experts in the solar industry coming together, with a bit of a kick from a few helpful outsiders. Like its magical namesake, Merlin embraces an inquisitive solutions-oriented approach. The founders come from deep solar backgrounds, having worked the gamut of thin film and silicon slicingtechnologies. Core members also come from outside the industry, working in areas such as flexible displays and high throughput automation. This combination of deep solar expertise and outsider push has resulted in a product that fundamentally rethinks the physics and mechanical strength of a crystalline solar cell. By starting from first principles and designing for optimal performance, while also keeping line changes to a minimum, the team has come up with a solution that is simultaneously incremental and disruptive.
We invest in exceptional individuals with the passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Spain, Portugal, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Atani — Atani is an innovative all-in-one non-custodial platform designed for crypto traders and investors. The platform enables trade execution, portfolio monitoring and charting across 20+ crypto exchanges through a single interface, all in real time, and for free. Users of the platform also benefit from having an integrated tax-reporting tool, whichgenerates an automatic report for 30+ countries. In addition, Atani features a portfolio aggregator, advanced order types and a trading calculator, as well as a customizable price alerts system. Following a security-first approach, Atani has built a non-custodial desktop platform.
- Payflow — Payflow is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their employees. Payflow provides employees instant access to earned salary to improve their financial well-being. Companies benefit from improved productivity and engagement, with no impact on cash-flow.Payflow was founded in 2020, and it is a Rocket Internet backed venture based inSpain.
- Hotelverse — Hotelverse allows customers search over hotels on their platform and book rooms as per their requirements.
Mutuelle d'Assurance du Corps de Santé Français (MACSF) is the provider of insurance to health professionals. MACSF protects and accompanies 950,000 members of all medical and paramedical specialties, offering professional and personal solutions in insurance, savings, financing, and pensions. Its products and services meet the real needs ofits members by accompanying them in the evolution of their profession and their projects.MACSF was founded in 1935.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Device
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- France, Spain, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
- Singulier — The new guard of strategy firm
- RDS — RDS is a healthcare technology startup that specializes in remote patient monitoring solutions. The company's primary product, MultiSense®, is designed to help healthcare professionals continuously monitor patients' physiological parameters, whether they're in a hospital or at home. This innovative and multi-patented technology isaimed at improving patient pathways, which in turn enhances the quality of life and care efficiencies. The company's market is primarily hospitals (particularly surgical departments) and institutions that are looking for ways to improve patient care and reduce hospital stays. By facilitating early hospital discharge and continuous monitoring, RDS solution can contribute to significant healthcare savings. The MultiSense® solution is now CE marked (MDR) and is available for sale in several European countries. The company generates recurring revenues by providing the solution on a “fee for a service” business model to healthcare institutions and professionals. The product has been well-received in the market, earning multiple awards and the support of a vibrant community of clinicians. In addition to its primary product, RDS also provides services that help healthcare systems become more attractive and sustainable. This includes training and support for healthcare professionals to effectively use the MultiSense® technology. Keywords: Healthcare Technology, Remote Patient Monitoring, MultiSense®, Patient Pathways, Care Efficiencies, Hospital Discharge, Healthcare Savings, Clinicians, Physiological Parameters, Our main product, MultiSense®, is a comprehensive Remote Patient Monitoring Solution. MultiSense® offers healthcare professionals a high-precision, multi-parametric solution to continuously monitor patients’ physiological parameters in the hospital and beyond. MultiSense® combines a wearable patient monitor designed to capture high-accuracy physiological data with a cloud platform that helps transform these data into actionable clinical insights. MultiSense® is a patented medical device that has received multiple awards. MultiSense® has been validated by 6 completed clinical investigations.RDS relies on a talented and international team with deep subject-matter-expertise and a proven track record in the Healthcare and Medical Device sector. At RDS, we all share the same passion for bringing patient pathways to the next level.
VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- InSpek — Next-generation chemical monitoring systems using Raman-on-a-chip integrated photonic sensors.
- Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
- Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Founded in 2011, NXTP was one of the early investors in B2B unicorns in Latin America, such as Nuvemshop, Mural, Auth0, Frete.com, and Betterfly. Based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina, NXTP invests checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million in startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. NXTP principally supportsfounders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The fund has backed more than 130 startups, raising over $2 billion in additional capital, and has co-invested alongside funds such as a16z, Greylock, Tiger Global, and Greenoaks. It boasts a portfolio of 6 unicorns and 32 exits. NXTP has a Latin American network not only to identify the region’s best entrepreneurs but also to help them expand their operations to other countries. NXTP's main goal is to help companies move to the next level, demonstrate a viable and scalable business, and be part of that growth process. NXTP has over 400 experts to assist companies in addressing operational challenges in different segments.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
- Vixtra — Vixtra is a fintech company that provides payment methods for foreign trade and B2B payment methods.
- Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.
A.B.Seed Ventures focuses on SaaS and B2B recurrence models already in operation, with signposts of user engagement with products and services. It seeks founders with proven experience in space, complementary skills and total commitment to the business.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Construex — Construex is a B2B SaaS construction marketplace for Latin America. We bring together suppliers and users of constructions supplies and services. We are bringing digital commerce to a huge industry ruled by legacy commerce.
- OmniK — OmniK is a software development process that provides a SaaS platform to revolutionize digital retail.
- Clinia — The patient communication platform
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Peru
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Finta — Finta replaces Quickbooks and expensive bookkeepers. Get bookkeeping, taxes, and tax credits setup in 10 minutes.
- Refine — Build React-based internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.
We Invest in the best teams leveraging technology to solve the most pressing challenges in Latin America
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Education, EdTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Peru, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Kilimo — Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina.
- Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
- minu — In minu, we are revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. We work with HR areas of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech'sleading institutional investors globally, including QED.
Inventus is a US-India venture capital firm managed by successful entrepreneurs and industry specific veterans offering venture capital in India and the US.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
- Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
- Skillfully — Skillful.ly builds AI-powered pre-hire simulations so employers can see past the resume to see applicant skills in action.
We target the global pipeline of outlier entrepreneurs building B2B digital companies that are currently undervalued and looking to grow by partnering with founder friendly investors that can help them reach more customers, build a better product and raise capital in a relatively short period of time.With Oakland, California as a base in SiliconValley, we currently invest via:- LatAm Seed Fund: Pre-Seed up to Series A startups, primarily in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) scaling up globally. Typically invest an initial 50-100k USD, then follow-on up to 500k from this fund.- Global Fund: Seed to Series B startups scaling across the Americas, Africa with more than 1MM in ARR.We are open to leading or joining rounds, co-investments, and follow-on syndicates (SPVs).
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Chile, Peru, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Bruna by Altum Lab — AltumLab is a startup led by women, which allows to improve production processes with algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence. Bruna, is our SaaS platform, it is capable of reducing the use of energy resources; predict the quality and characteristics of finished products according to their raw materials; optimize the use of machines in theoperation and provide insights to make strategic production decisions in the short and medium term. It has been supported by various government and private funds
- ComeS — With Supply Chain Software and Artificial Intelligence, we connect producers with bulk buyers to reduce their costs in sales and logistics, increase their sales revenue and make their products visible in new markets. We personalize the offer and achieve more conversions, obtain and manage data from stores and producers and generate an informationnetwork on available food.
- Snap Compliance — We are a RegTech SaaS. We facilitate access to Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Systems Management through a centralized and collaborative platform available to everyone, we seek to positively impact 100,000 companies by 2030.
FinDev Canada is a development finance institution that offers financial solutions to businesses in developing countries, with the potential to develop markets, empower women, and mitigate climate change. It provides innovative and sustainable solutions for entrepreneurs in developing markets. It primarily invests in companies operating in thealternative energy, agriculture, and financial sectors.FinDev Canada was established in 2018 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.
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Investment focus
- Banking, Financial Services, Credit
- Debt Financing, Funding Round
- Canada, Ecuador, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- JCM Power — JCM Power is a Canadian-based renewable energy company that develops and operates renewable energy projects in growth markets. JCM leverages its development expertise acquired through five years of development experience in Canada and over 70 projects, to emerging markets where the demand for renewable energy solutions is high and the level ofexperience with renewable energy is low.JCM is currently developing a multi-billion dollar clean power portfolio that includes both utility-sized solar photovoltaic projects and HVDC transmission projects.
- Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.
- Cooprogreso — Cooprogreso is a financial institution that offers medical assistance, life insurance, and payment services.
Media Development Investment Fund: Human rights organization and non-profit investment fund for independent media.
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Investment focus
- News, Audio, Content
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- Colab.re — Colab.re is a citizen-to-government engagement platform, where citizens socially interact to report city's daily issues, suggest urban improvements and rate public services. On the other end, they offer governments a freemium CRM and Workflow management tool. They currently (march 2016) have +150k users in Brazil, +100 clients includingmunicipalities, state governments, federal departments and utility companies. They believe in creating better cities for the people, with the people.
- El Meme — Agencia de Marketing Digital / Productora de Contenidos Digitales Audiovisuales | El Meme
- GkillCity — GKillCity is a digital, countercultural citizens’ communication project. It was founded in 2011, in Guayaquil, and 152 editions have been published since, with contributions of over 290 collaborators from all over the world. New media in Ecuador is almost unexplored, and Gkillcity.com wants become the iconic digital media of Ecuador. It aims tocreate more audio content and mobile applications, and also make use of digital TV channels.
Digital News Ventures makes seed investments in news and information start-upsWe foster innovation in the creation of useful news and information. We invest in entrepreneurs who are creating the platforms, tools and services that news businesses need to be viable in the digital age. See some of our portfolio businesses here.MDIF has longbeen active in the digital media space. We have financed some of the most respected and successful online news sites in the developing world, including Malaysiakini.com and South Africa’s M&G Online. Digital News Ventures is the next evolution of our investment strategy. It extends the scope of our activity beyond media companies to include platforms, tools, and services that news businesses need to be viable in the digital age.
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Investment focus
- News, Digital Media, Advertising
- Seed
- United States, Ecuador, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- El Cambur — El Medio del Centro
- El Meme — Agencia de Marketing Digital / Productora de Contenidos Digitales Audiovisuales | El Meme
- GkillCity — GKillCity is a digital, countercultural citizens’ communication project. It was founded in 2011, in Guayaquil, and 152 editions have been published since, with contributions of over 290 collaborators from all over the world. New media in Ecuador is almost unexplored, and Gkillcity.com wants become the iconic digital media of Ecuador. It aims tocreate more audio content and mobile applications, and also make use of digital TV channels.
We back ambitious founders solving complex problems
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- Software, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Brazil
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- Jupe — Jupes are off-grid dwellings built to be mobile, from deep nature retreats to concert festivals. Each Jupe is electrified with charging outlets, climate controls, and a temperature-moderated queen mattress.
- Offsight — Factory ready project management software for the modular and offsite construction industry. We solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular, offsite and project based manufacturing.
- SoleSavy — SoleSavy memberships provides you the tools and resources you need to successfully purchase the product you want for retail.
SVQUAD is an investment firm.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- United States, India, Singapore
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- Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
- Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
- Skillfully — Skillful.ly builds AI-powered pre-hire simulations so employers can see past the resume to see applicant skills in action.
CREAS Ecuador invest in companies that have a positive social or environmental impact.
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- EdTech, Big Data, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- Ecuador
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- 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.
Amadeo Global is a New York-based investment firm, focused on public and private companies.
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- Health Care, Food and Beverage, Wellness
- Debt Financing, Convertible Note, Funding Round
- United States, Spain, Ecuador
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- Lango — Lango Legal is a technology-optimized AI-enabled translation automation platform. We enable AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 500 legal teams to leverage secure, high-quality, lightening-fast, and low-cost machine and human translation solutions.
- RollinGreens — RollinGreens is provides organic and local food truck and catering services. Recently the company launched their line of packaged products, with their first product Millet Tots. Millet Tots are the only non-potato, whole-grain tot on the market. RollinGreens exists to elevate the frozen food category by delivering the most conscious, innovativeculinary experience, one that starts with nutritious ingredients then emanates outward to every customer’s touch point. For them, the freezer is natures pause button.
- Willa's Kitchen — Get the Creamiest & Delicious Oat Milk made with organic & plant based ingredients for making the Best non-dairy beverages with us. Visit now!
DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based VC Firm that fosters the growth of Mexican entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies. By offering equity investments, debt financing and guidance, DILA strives to add value to our invested companies and entrepreneurs. In addition to our vast entrepreneur network, knowledge of the Mexican market and experience of ourpartners.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Mexico, United States, Colombia
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- BUO — Skill Validation Platform for the Future of Work
- Fairplay — Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
- Mattilda — Mattilda helps schools manage and automate payments.
Investor syndicate comprised of super angels looking to invest in Series A+ enterprise software and fintech companies
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- FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Ecuador
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- Leapfin — Close month-end faster, report accurate financials, and gain unprecedented visibility into your business with automated revenue accounting and unified transaction data.
- Pod Foods Co — Pod Foods is a revolutionary B2B distribution platform that connects emerging food brands with grocery buyers.
- Truv — With Citadel, users can easily connect their payroll account and instantly share the information you need to run verifications—and we make it more affordable and faster than your manual verifications.
BVC is a venture capital fund investing in Latin American startups at the seed and pre-seed stages. We partner with visionary entrepreneurs to build world-changing companies.
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- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Brazil, Colombia, Peru
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- 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.
- DORA — Everything you need to know about the future of financial inclusion through rental property management. We solve the iconic Edgar Vivar character Señor Barriga in El Chavo del 8 Show main problem: -Rent collection.
- Creditares — Creditares is a phygital hybrid model where we combine local presence with a tech infrastructure to bridge the gap between investors and borrowers in agribusiness. This combination provides the answer to the most challenging question in the industry. Connecting locally with farmers and suppliers, digitizing their credit journey and gatheringreliable information for financial agents. Opportunities to engage on our ecosystem extends from insurance, crowdfunding, carbon credit commercialization to numerous financial services that can be structured digitally and distributed locally.
NJJ Capital is an investment vehicule of Xavier Niel
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- Apps, Android, Computer
- Seed, Series A
- France, Ecuador
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- Leviia — Leviia is the cloud storage company that fights to protect the environment and ensure reforestation.
- 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.
- Zenly — zenly your world
Terracotta Ventures is a venture capital in Latin America focused on investment in Construtechs and Proptechs.
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- Real Estate, Construction, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil, Ecuador
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- Livance — Healthcare Infrastructure as a Service
- Construex — Construex is a B2B SaaS construction marketplace for Latin America. We bring together suppliers and users of constructions supplies and services. We are bringing digital commerce to a huge industry ruled by legacy commerce.
- CredAluga — CredAluga is a B2B2C fintech company that offers innovative financial solutions for rental partnering with Real Estate Agencies in Brazil. CredAluga combines Technology, Credit and Real Estate expertise to offer innovative financial solutions that make rental seamless for tenants, safer for landlords and empower real estate agencies. With officesin São Paulo and Minas Gerais, CredAluga has local partners nationwide. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs with a strong track record in the real estate market, CredAluga is growing rapidly, with a mission-driven multidisciplinary team.
We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Brazil, Mexico, Colombia
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- CXC — CXC enables private debt transaction in Latin America.
- Cobre — Cobre is powering companies to become workplace banks with private label technology that will give low wage employees access to financial products
- Cometa — Cometa provides technological and financial tools to increase access to quality education in Mexico and Latin America. Take off with the most recent developments in school administration. Maintain complete control over your reconciliation, billing, and operations.
AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Egypt
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- Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
- Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.
- Nexford University — Nexford is a next-generation online university based in Washington DC. Earn a globally affordable, accredited degree program at a flexible pace. Master competencies. Move forward in life.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is an international baking-products manufacturer.
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- Food and Beverage, AgTech, Grocery
- Series A, Seed
- Chile, Mexico, Ecuador
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- Jüsto — Jüsto is an online delivery-only grocery store chain that offers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meat products, beauty products, and house supplies that can be delivered at every consumers' doorstep. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico City.
- protera — Protera is advancing the science of protein engineering to address some of the most critical problems and opportunities in food, agriculture, the environment and human health. We streamline protein design and development with MADI, our proprietary deep learning algorithm, to predict high value protein products and enzymes with unprecedented speed.Our in-house lab generates small quantities of the new predicted structures to validate their desired performance. Upon lab validation, we collaborate with our clients on next steps to move from pilot to industrial scale production.
- LiveKuna — Working directly with Ecuadorian farmers to create food that's healthy, tastes good and does good. Quinoa and Chia Snacks and Cereals. Gluten Free Flours. High Protein & Fibre Pastas. Superfood Blends with Probiotics. Organic Seeds and Grains. #SnackinOnSuperfoods
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