Investors in Mexico

We invest in companies in New Mexico and the Southwest region. We are a private angel investment network.

Angel Ventures started in 2008 as the first professionally managed angel investor network in Latin America seeking to “link great ideas with capital”. It now has more than 250 members, comprised of Angel Investors and other senior executives, to co-invest in early stage, high potential companies. In 2012 the firm raised its´ first VC fund of 20 million dollars which were invested in 21 companies. AV is now raising its second fund of 120 million dollars which will be invested in the Pacific Alliance countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru).

Promotora Social Mexico (PSM) is an impact investing organization that seeks to positively impact the development and well-being of Mexicans by investing in innovative, scalable and profitable businesses in order to solve critical problems in the education, healthcare, and economic development sectors. PSM is an organization of Risk Philanthropy and Impact Investment that promotes initiatives of social entrepreneurs that are aimed at improving the quality of life of the less favored people in society.

ALLVP - Antoni & Lelo de Larrea Venture Partners - founded by Federico Antoni and Fernando Lelo de Larrea in 2012, is the most active fund in the early stage venture capital industry in Mexico. With twenty-four highly innovative companies across two portfolios, the Fund has invested in other successful companies such as Cornershop, the fastest growing on-demand grocery platform in Latin America, Alkanza, a robo-advisory platform for emerging markets, and Enlight, leading solar electricity service provider for residential and commercial customers facing high electricity costs. The firm invests in high impact innovative companies that provide better access and better services through technology.

Aravis SA is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/startups, early-stage, expansion, growth and development capital, mature, late venture , later stage , buyout, spin-off, and turnaround investments. It seeks to invest in companies needing seed financing up to companies with early and late stage preclinical development. The firm prefers to invest in life sciences, renewable energy, and luxury goods sector. Within energy, the firm seeks to invest in companies that produce renewable energy from wind, solar and water. Within life sciences, it focuses on biopharmaceutical, healthcare technology, medical technology, life sciences tools and services, biotechnology, and on companies developing break-through technologies or working in the therapeutic area of immunology, inflammation, oncology, and CNS. Within the luxury sector it focuses on accessories, including leather goods, shoes, and jewellery. It seeks to invest in Swiss life sciences companies based in Europe, Asia, United States, and Canada and those renewable energy companies based in Europe. In the luxury sector it seeks to invest in emerging and declining mid-size companies in Europe and emerging companies in Asia. It invests in companies based in Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The firm typically invests between CHF 0.67 million ($0.7 million) and CHF 10 million ($9.64 million) in companies and an investment size between CHF 7 million ($6.75 million) and CHF 10 million ($9.64 million). It seeks to take an equity stake between 15 percent and 20 percent in its portfolio companies. The firm takes controlling and leading positions and exits its investments within five years through reverse take-overs, IPO’s, listings, and trade sale. Aravis SA was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with additional offices in Laax, Switzerland and Menlo Park, California.

Fontis is no longer investing. It is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in acquisition capital, early stage, later stage, growth capital, recapitalization and management buyout investments. The firm generally invests in the form of equity, but may also provide mezzanine debt in concert with equity. It may make control or non-control investment but always seeks Board representation. The firm invests in natural food and beverage, personal care, B2B services, consumer goods and services, ethnic media, financials, information and business services and a broad range of service companies, with a particular emphasis on companies serving ethnic markets. The investments could also include Spanish-language media, food-related companies, and consumer credit companies. It primarily focuses on companies in California, particularly Southern California and the Hispanic, Latino, and Asian markets in the Western United States, including, but not limited to, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The firm seeks to invest between $5million and $15million, $5million and $10million at the outset, with the expectation of follow-on financing between $10 million and $12 million per company. It targets companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million. The firm prefers to take majority stake. Fontis was founded in 2006 and is based in Pasadena, California.

Kuiper is a Mexico-based venture capital firm that specializes in investing in pre-seed and seed-stage technology companies in Spanish-speaking markets. Their mission is to bridge the funding gap in early stages and support entrepreneurs driving transformation in the Spanish-speaking world.

LabCap is an ally without limits for entrepreneurship, structuring and building businesses, projects and dreams, with the sole purpose of pushing sustainable economic growth and social responsibility. Our origin comes from the need for asset management optimization for family and businesses exposed to only one source of income. We developed an investment thesis focused on seizing market opportunities throughout diversification, optimizing the risk-reward frontier.

Wollef is a venture capital firm specializing in early venture investments. The firm does not seek to invest in seed startups. The firm prefers to invest in internet ventures -SaaS, Big Data, fintech and marketplaces. It also look at other sectors but only opportunistically. It has a special focus on Latin America, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and South America except Brazil. The firm prefers to invest in companies having at least 1 year of operations with KPIs and at least 6 months of recurring revenues. It do not invest in businesses whose revenues come from government sources. It prefers to invest between $0.2 million and $3 million. Wollef was founded in 2013 and is based in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico with an additional office in Argentina.

17Sigma is a venture capital firm specializing pre seed, seed/startup, early venture and growth capital investments. The firm specializes in directly investing. The firm primarily invests in digitalization and tech ecosystem. The firm seeks to invest in the companies based in Latin America. 17Sigma was found in 2021 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina with an additional office in Mexico City, Mexico; New York, New York and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Gentera boost the dreams of our clients by attending to their financial needs with a human sense. For more than 29 years, we have worked to bring opportunities that promote their development and that of their communities.

HTwenty is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage and startups investments. The firm actively invest in entrepreneurs that are using technology to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones in the B2B Marketplace E-grocery, artificial intelligence and B2B Enterprise IT sectors. It seeks to invest in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. HTwenty was founded in 2019 and is based in Miami, Florida with additional offices in Mexico and Colombia.

Grupo Pegasus is a private business group that develops, manages and invests in companies in Argentina and across Latin America.Founded in 2000, Pegasus has led private investments in the healthcare, retail, agribusiness, real estate, technological, and financial sectors.With corporate offices in Buenos Aires and Bogota, Pegasus has developed a regional presence through its portfolio companies that operate in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States.

AIP, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in turnarounds; leveraged buyouts; management buyouts; corporate divestitures, PIPES, structured preferred equity investments; recapitalizations; equity bridging transactions; strategic add-on acquisitions; going-private transactions; debt with warrants; carve-outs; international expansion; re-financings; project management and finance; public equity and Canadian income trust offerings in middle-market and mature companies. The firm primarily invests in industrial services and manufacturing companies that are primarily engaged in selling to other businesses and have business-to-business selling relationships. It prefers to invest in industrials, Information Technology, and materials sectors. Within industrials, the firm focuses on commercial services and supplies, automotive, building products, capital goods, machinery, electrical equipment, commercial services and supplies, aerospace and defense, office services and supplies, industrial machinery, heavy electrical equipment, commercial printing, aerospace and defense, office furnishings and equipment, pumps and pumping equipment, industrial heating, industrial technology, logistics, transportation, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment and supplies, power generation equipment, office products, industrial air conditioning and cooling equipment, engines and turbines, air and gas compressors, transmission and distribution equipment, power transformers, and industrial fans and blowers. Within Information Technology sector, it prefers to invest in electronic equipment and instruments, electronic equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing services, security, control, surveillance and detection equipment, and electronics manufacturing equipment. Within materials, the firm focuses on chemicals, metals and mining, construction materials, containers and packaging, aluminum, diversified metals and mining, construction materials, fabricated structural metal products. The firm primarily invests in privately or publicly held companies based in North America with a focus on the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, serving domestic and global markets. It makes equity investment between $10 million and $150 million with additional amounts available from investment partners. The firm invests in companies with EBITDA between zero or negative up to $350 million; enterprise values between $50 million and $2000 million; sales greater than $500 million and acquisition values between $50 million and $500 million. The firm prefers control or material governance rights in its portfolio companies. American Industrial Partners was founded in 1989 and is based in New York, New York.

Banregio is Mexican Bank based in Monterrey, Nuevo León whose primary focus is providing financial services to small and medium size Companies as well as individuals. Recently, the bank opened its Investment Banking branch focused specifically for this segment. In line with its strategy to help small and medium sized companies, Banregio is actively looking for new financial services and products through technology. To achieve these efforts it has launched a Corporate Venture Capital arm exclusively focused to research and invest in Fintech Startups as well as Venture Capital Funds active in technology investments. Additional to these efforts, Banregio is developing financial products and services catered to Funds and Startups, in order to help them grow and accompany them in their initial operations.

Promecap is a private equity firm founded by Fernando Chico Pardo in 1997, that has completed over 50 investments and has over US$3 billion in assets under management. The firm is currently investing a $5,000 million peso fund, the second raised through a CKD, and a US$300 million publicy traded Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC).Promecap is composed of a diverse team of seasoned investors with strong track record in multiple asset classes including structured debt, distressed assets, preferred equity and common equity through both private and public investments.

Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $10 billion in capital commitments. The firm invests in software and IT enabled businesses well-positioned for topline and bottom-line growth. At the core of Accel-KKR’s investment strategy is a commitment to developing strong partnerships with the management teams of its portfolio companies and a focus on building value through significant resources available through the Accel-KKR network. Accel-KKR focuses on middle-market companies and provides a broad range of capital solutions from minority-growth investments to buyouts, recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs and going-private transactions. The firm has offices in Menlo Park, Atlanta, London and Mexico City. For more information, please visit www.accel-kkr.com.

AMG Block is a conviction-driven investor focused on Fintech and AI across Mexico and Latin America, providing capital and expertise to help companies scale across markets.

Grupo IGS is a leading developer and manager of industrial, housing, and hotel properties in Mexico with over US $ 400 million in AUM and 40 employees. IGS Group has an extensive relationship network with some of Mexico's leading housing developers, top market hotel chains and many multi-national industrial companies that have already expressed interest in doing business together.

K5 Global is a venture capital firm and incubation studio founded in 2018 by Michael Kives and Bryan Baum. The firm is dedicated to supporting founders throughout the entire business lifecycle, from inception to IPO. With a mission to back category-defining companies, K5 Global has deployed over $1 billion in capital across various funding stages. The firm focuses on helping innovative companies expand their networks and strategically positions them to achieve their growth targets. K5 Global's diverse portfolio includes notable investments in groundbreaking companies such as SpaceX, Relativity Space, xAI, GDS, Koloma, The Boring Company, Firebolt, SumUp, Grafana Labs, Lightning AI, Anduril, and Product Science. These investments reflect K5 Global's commitment to fostering innovation across various sectors. In addition to investing, K5 Global has launched several companies, demonstrating their hands-on approach to incubation. Notable examples include 818 Tequila, an award-winning, hand-crafted tequila brand produced using traditional methods in Jalisco, Mexico, and Sprinter, a bold and juicy ready-to-drink vodka soda made with real fruit juice, premium vodka, and sparkling water. Geographically, K5 Global is based in Los Angeles, California, and primarily invests within the United States. The firm functions as a venture capital firm and incubator, connecting influencers and celebrities to entrepreneurs and brands, and incubating global business opportunities with A-list talent. Their investment size typically ranges from $500,000 to $3 million, focusing on sectors such as Web3/Crypto, communications and information technology, business services, and life sciences & healthcare.

MRP Group is a private equity fund manager in Mexico with a platform dedicated to the development and operation of real estate assets. It has managed over US $ 2 billion in equity from institutional investors and US $ 5 billion in assets under management. MRP Group is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

O'Donnell is an "integral vertical investment"​ and development and operation platform. Since its inception, the company's focus has been on the industrial sector in Mexico and has made developments for different sectors such as aerospace, automotive, consumer and industrial products, electronics, food, beverages and packaging. O'Donnnell has developed, acquired and managed 11.3 MM sq ft in 9 markets throughout Mexico, providing its clients with a strategic advantage due to its inventory of available properties; its developable land and, its deep list of clients and supplier contacts that have the potential to create an exchange of business and services to mutually enhance their competitiveness.

Seedstars is an international investment and education company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging and frontier markets. With a presence in over 90 countries and 15 offices worldwide, Seedstars focuses on fostering innovation and economic development by investing in high-growth companies across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central and South Asia. Their mission is to empower entrepreneurs to create meaningful and lasting change through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars offers a range of programs tailored to different stages of a startup's journey, including the Seedstars01 Academy Program, Acceleration Program, Growth Program, Investment Readiness Program, Expansion Program, and Resilience Program. These initiatives are designed to provide entrepreneurs with the necessary skills, mentorship, and resources to scale their businesses effectively. Additionally, Seedstars manages several funds, such as Seedstars International Ventures, Seedstars Africa Ventures, and Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, to invest in impactful startups. The company also operates Seedspace hubs in various cities, including Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Kuala Lumpur, Lima, Mexico City, Nur Sultan, and Yangon, serving as entrepreneurship centers that offer co-working spaces, mentorship, and networking opportunities. Through these efforts, Seedstars aims to build robust entrepreneurial ecosystems that drive social and economic development in emerging markets.

Antfactory went out of business. Antfactory is a Private Equity and Venture Capital firm specializing in financial services, education, healthcare, media, technology, and automotive industries. The company prefers to invest directly in the parent company, spin-off, and early-stage companies. It typically invests in established businesses that have substantial growth opportunities through the use of new technologies. Its geographies of interest include South America, Mexico, Western Europe, India, and Israel. Antfactory prefers to invest between $5 million and $50 million per equity transaction. It operates an investment fund of $350 million. The company also serves as a full service Incubator that provides office space, technology services, and managerial and administrative assistance to Internet startups to speed the business development process. Antfactory was founded in 1999 and is based in London, United Kingdom. The company has sixteen offices in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

GC Capital Fund I (“GC”) is a Venture Capital Fund that seeks returns through the capitalization and development of start-up and early-stage companies. GC unlocks value by providing capital and working with management teams to enhance corporate governance, financial performance, and operations.