500 Startups Latam

500 Startups Latam is a venture capital firm dedicated to fostering early-stage companies in Latin America, particularly those that are Spanish-speaking. The firm offers a comprehensive mentorship program that addresses key aspects of business development, including legal issues, product development, sales strategies, growth tactics, organizational culture, and fundraising. This support is designed to prepare entrepreneurs for a culminating Demo Day, where they can showcase their businesses to potential investors. In addition to mentorship, 500 Startups Latam has invested substantial resources into acceleration programs and support services for thousands of entrepreneurs across more than 60 countries. The firm aims to enhance marketing, operations, and financial capabilities of its participants, ensuring they are equipped to secure future funding and achieve sustainable growth, thereby positioning them as potential leaders in their respective industries.

René Lomelí Ojeda

Partner

Past deals in Latin America

Talently

Seed Round in 2022
Talently is an education services provider based in Lima, Peru, specializing in online programs for programming roles. The company focuses on enhancing the career prospects of software developers from Latin America by offering an intensive curriculum designed to equip them with essential skills for the technology industry. This program includes training in English communication, remote work capabilities, and career mentoring, enabling participants to improve their employability in a global job market. Talently aims to accelerate the careers of tech talent in the region, helping them secure better job opportunities worldwide.

Plenna

Seed Round in 2022
Plenna offers face-to-face and online gynecology check-ups and services. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Nuevo Método

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Nuevo Método operates a subscription service for female sexual and reproductive health. It offers contraceptives and provides access to gynecologists. Nuevo Método is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Scorce

Seed Round in 2022
APIs that matter. We help companies find the best APIs and manage them all under one dashboard and also help developers and fintechs to sell their own APIs through our Marketplace. SCORCE lets you connect and manage all of our APIs in a single dashboard with only one integration and API Key. The company is based in Puebla, Mexico.

Crecy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Crecy is an alternative lending app that leverages Open Banking & Gig Platforms APIs to deliver formal credit products to 100M+ people in LatAm. Crecy offers to its customers revolving credit lines of up to $100/month they can access by simply linking their bank and/or gig account to the app.

Databits

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Databits offers you world-class training geared towards solving real-world challenges. Our team of instructors is composed of industry experts, certified in the most in-demand skills and tools. With us you can learn: Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure and more. We have presence in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia where we have trained +1000 professionals and +50 companies in the region.

Wombo

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wombo Academy is a training platform for e-sports players. We offer an effective learning process to players who want to improve their level in videogames through training programs developed by professional players. Our platform also provides access to training tools to put into action all the knowledge from the programs.

Yana

Seed Round in 2020
Yana is a Chatbot (Automated Conversational Agent) that helps people who have -or are prone to- depression or anxiety, through strategies based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. It presents the most useful and practical therapy tools in a friendly, simple and intelligent way to help them manage their emotional states, any day at any time. Also, if necessary, Yana can channel people with crisis hotlines or mental health professionals to begin a therapeutic process, immediately.

Yetcargo

Seed Round in 2016
Yetcargo develops online platform to connect businesses that need to transport goods to carriers. The company is headquartered in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.

LECO

Seed Round in 2016
LECO Comercio SAPI de CV develops a one stop platform for lens users. The company's platform enables users to access their correct prescription and order the visual solution of their choice either contact lenses or glasses whenever and wherever they need it. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Cívica Digital

Seed Round in 2016
Cívica Digital, founded in 2015 and based in Mexico City, specializes in developing mobile and web applications aimed at enhancing citizen engagement and addressing public sector challenges. The company offers a Software-as-a-Service platform that digitizes government-to-citizen services, providing a comprehensive web-based portal for software and data integration. Its solutions facilitate the automation of various workflows, including the management of forms, documents, e-signatures, payments, and citizen identification. By focusing on the needs of public institutions, Cívica Digital helps governments improve their service delivery and gain valuable feedback from the communities they serve.

Soukboard

Seed Round in 2013
Soukboard is an online sales and marketing assistant for small and medium businesses. Sales performance is the goal. At Soukboard, small and medium businesses owners can create their own online stores, promote their products through intelligent online marketing campaigns and grow their sales; everything in a single platform and paying only per conversion, Soukboard offers SMB what no other online store platform does: * A FREE online store, with strong focus on UX design. * Integrated simplified online campaigns tools (google ads, facebook ads among others) inside each store, * A smart algorithm that learns from all the campaigns performed at the Soukboard community and optimizes each stores’ campaigns * A dashboard with statistics that enables anyone to manage their campaigns and make decisions. Soukboard is a self-service platform, as users can register, login, create their stores, sale their products and use the integrated online marketing tools by themselves. The smart assistant is completely automatized based on each stores information, sales profile, etc.