Bluesmart is a global travel company that became famous for creating the world's first smart connected luggage. Its first product, the Bluesmart Carry-on, launched in October 2014 through Indiegogo and raised more than $2M in pre-orders from more than 10,000 backers in 120 countries worldwide. It was named "Top Innovative Product and Service" by Forbes Magazine, awarded "Best Travel Gear" by Fast Company and “Best of the Best" Red Dot Design Award. The company is backed by Y Combinator and other top Silicon Valley venture investors. Bluesmart is headquartered in New York with offices in Hong Kong, China and Argentina.
| Invested In | 2014 |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Diego Saez-Gil Tomi Pierucci |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
Luuna is a Mexico City based sleep company that is changing the way bedding products are bought and distributed across Mexico by pioneering to direct-to-consumer model. They have developed one innovative and unique mattress, proudly produced in Mexico. Leveraging a 95% vertical integration in their production process, they are able to deliver an ultra-premium product at a reasonable price. Luuna is currently one of fastest growing e-commerce companies in Mexico and is pioneering the direct-to-consumer model.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | Carlos Salinas Laurene Marie Maire Guillermo Villegas William Kasstan |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
Human is a Seattle-based consumer technology company that builds products which put people's needs, relationships and experiences first. Human’s first program: Sound is set to become the first smart headphone with true Artificial Intelligence OS deployment. Human is building headphones that will allow the user to hear and connect with others and their surroundings in an entirely new way.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Ben Willlis Joe Dieter Bill Moore |
| Headquarters | Seattle, WA |
In the $125B global lightweight vehicles market, Alta is leading the shift to electric by building better motorcycles - faster, easier, prettier and cheaper than their gas equivalents. Their first product, the RedShift, has been called "the first electric to demonstrate a clear superiority over its gas predecessors." Alta’s battery and drivetrain technology has disruptive potential across the urban and off-road transportation markets, from scooters to side-by-sides to autonomous cars Alta has built a team of experts that have repeatedly done full scale manufacturing at companies such as Toyota, GM. Caterpillar and Bloom to apply best practices for quality and traceability from the world of automotive manufacturing while also injecting best practices for rapid development and flexibility from the world of technology.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Marc Fenigstein Derek Dorresteyn Jeff Sand |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA |
OPI develops cloud-based analytics and communication platforms that empower governments and other public-sector institutions to make crucial policy decisions based on citizen-generated data. OPI Analytics has built an information bank with more than 10,000 indicators derived from government sources, private providers and mined data from digital media such as Facebook, Twitter and other websites. These variables allow OPI to measure consumers behavior, market penetration of different competitors, economic activity, and much more.
| Invested In | 2015 |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Alberto Tawil Alejandro Masa Jorge Castañeda Adolfo de Unaunue |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
In a US$2.2 billion industry that lacks a significant online presence, Petsy has become the leading online provider of pet supplies. Launched in June 2013, Petsy offers the widest and best selection of premium food, accessories, and care & maintenance products in Mexico. A fast, convenient, and affordable way to shop, Petsy ensures that pets receive the best care through its wide selection of competitively-priced pet supplies. In addition to its competitive prices, comprehensive product offerings, and quick deliveries, Petsy encourages transparency through online customer reviews and offers access to a veterinarian for on-site consultations. The company has experienced 35% monthly revenue growth, with 42% of customers returning to purchase additional items. Petsy sources products from 20 suppliers and is negotiating a deal to become Royal Canin’s preferred online distributor.
| Invested In | 2014 |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Pablo Pedrejon Olivier Scialom |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
KAVAK is the online platform that offers an exceptional experience of buying and selling used cars in Mexico, with the best market prices and without leaving home also offering a practical and reliable sales experience in which you get the best offer to buy or sell your vehicle. All KAVAK cars go through a 240-point inspection to ensure they are in perfect condition. They offer three months of free mechanical and electrical warranty, which the client could extend. If the user is planning to sell their car and it is not sold in 30 days KAVAK buys it at the agreed price.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Carlos Garcia Roger Laughlin |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
The Miroculus technology is based on an accurate, easy to use, non-invasive, decentralized, operator independent and affordable microRNA detection platform for molecular data gathering, analysis and interpretation, a class of small molecules that can act as a type of biological warning sign, appearing and disappearing based on what is happening in our bodies at that moment. As a result, they've become effective indicators of diseases—including cancer—ever since they were first discovered in 1993. They can reveal not just whether a person may have cancer, but what specific type of cancer that person might have.
| Invested In | 2014 |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Alejandro Tocigl Foteini Christodoulou Jorge Soto |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA |
Creze is a Latin American start up, founded in 2015, offering loans online to small and mid-size businesses in Mexico. Creze combines a data and technology platform with premier commercial partnerships and risk management. It provides unsecured loans to Mexican companies seeking to grow and improve their working capital management. They generate their interest rates using their own algorithms that analyze more than 50 data sources; once the data is obtained they use different parameters to examine the company profile. Once this process has been completed, a score credit is created to indicate the level of risk that the company has.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2015 via inhouse company builder |
| Founders | Diego Creel Gonzalo Cegarra |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
Urbvan is a daily commute transportation system with a strategic network of routes and top of the line executive vans that aim to make daily commuting in Mexico more efficient, accessible, secure and comfortable, all through a mobile app. Urbvan provides express routes service with no intermediary stops and with selected close-to-each-other pickup and drop-off locations. Executive vans that delivering a reliable quality service in a shorter time and a more comfortable commute.
| Invested In | 2016 |
| Founded | 2016 via inhouse company builder |
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| Headquarters | Mexico City |
TrueHome is a PropTech company that aims to disrupt Mexico’s secondary housing market by leveraging data and technology to find and purchase undervalued assets to turn around and sell at a premium. TrueHome’s proprietary algorithm will make instant offers to home owners by considering local and national housing market dynamics, thus providing liquidity in a previously illiquid market. TrueHome is currently in the last stages of Mountain Nazca’s Company Builder and will fully launch in 2018.
| Invested In | 2017 |
| Founded | 2017 via inhouse company builder |
| Founders | Raul Villareal Alvaro Cepeda |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
VoxFeed offers a self-service platform that enables brands to communicate with their audience through the help of influencers. VoxFeed Inc. was formerly known as ReTweeti. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Guadalajara, Mexico. Influencers create and promote custom content that is aligned with the interests of their followers and are rewarded based on the quality and quantity of the response. Advertisers pays results base on achieved performance which is measurable in detail.
| Invested In | 2015 |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Gustavo Lopez Manuel de la Torre |
| Headquarters | Guadalajara, Mexico |
Operator of online reservations of beauty salons and spas. The company provides an online platform facilitating users to find and book appointments of beauty and wellness centers. Founded in 2015 and launched in five countries: Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Puerto Rico. It offers diverse options and the convenience of online booking for customers. For the 750 beauty salons signed up to the platform, promises to drive more business and fully digitize the beauty industry. Miora focuses their efforts to attract people, get reservations and make the salons and customers happy. In Mexico, Miora users located in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla and Querétaro will not only consult their nearest establishment or make a reservation, they can also evaluate the service they receive.
| Invested In | 2015 |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | Diego Ballesteros |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |