99 Startups

99 Startups is a venture capital firm established in 2016 and located in Mexico City, Mexico. The firm focuses on funding seed-stage and early-stage startups, primarily in the fintech, healthcare, and logistics sectors across Latin America. In addition to these areas, 99 Startups also seeks investment opportunities in business products, business services, financial services, information technology, and manufacturing. By concentrating on these sectors, the firm aims to support innovative companies that can drive growth and development in Central and South America.

Alejandro Galvez

Founder and Managing Partner

60 past transactions

Soyio

Angel Round in 2024
We simplify identity and consent management. Properly manage personal data, generate evidence and reduce the risk of fraud. Comply with the strictest privacy standards.

Saptiva

Pre Seed Round in 2024
AI infra and stack for every company, small or large.Access top performing LLMs, intuitive SDK and APIs instantly, on our LATAM Cloud.

Kala

Seed Round in 2023
Kala is a fintech platform dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion for underbanked individuals in Latin America. It operates through a B2B2C credit model, focusing on providing innovative lending products. The company's initial offering, Pension Deducted Loans, targets the Silver Economy in Colombia, facilitating loan repayments directly from government-backed pension funds. Kala's infrastructure supports a range of lenders, including banks and credit unions, alongside businesses that provide credit programs. By streamlining the lending process into a fully digital experience, Kala aims to improve accessibility to financial services and maximize revenue generation for its partners.

MEDU Protection

Seed Round in 2023
We produce sustainable medical equipment, innovating and saving costs while protecting healthcare professionals.

EFEX

Pre Seed Round in 2022
EFEX is a platform that helps businesses and individuals to make and manage their payments. EFEX offers international and domestic payments, invoicing, reconciliation, collection, and risk analysis of its clients. This allows our customers to engage in smarter, simpler, faster payments and trade.

Cuéntame

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cuéntame is a B2B mental well-being company focused on the Latin American market, providing personalized mental health resources for employees and their families. The platform enables organizations to offer accessible and professional wellness sessions that can be accessed globally, allowing employees to engage in mental health care whenever and wherever they need it. By utilizing technology and data analysis, Cuéntame helps businesses foster mentally healthy environments. The platform features a questionnaire to assess individual needs, enabling users to select tailored services and schedule private and secure sessions based on their preferences. Through the use of artificial intelligence, Cuéntame delivers personalized wellness journeys, ultimately aiming to enhance employee well-being while generating a return on investment for companies.

Cucuru

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cucuru is a provider of an advanced infrastructure platform focused on business-to-business collection services. The company offers a native access-to-finance layer, which enhances the efficiency of collection processes for its clients. With a design that supports scalability and replication, Cucuru's platform is currently operational in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Its open architecture and white-label capabilities allow businesses to customize solutions to meet their specific needs, thereby streamlining operations in the digital collection space.

Vivanta

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vivanta analyzes the data using modern analytics and AI algorithms. Vivanta is a full-stack software suite that enables engineers and product managers to connect, interpret, and integrate digital biomarkers in their products. It assists businesses in improving their consumer experiences by offering access.

Qurable

Seed Round in 2022
Qurable is a SaaS and BaaS platform focused on transforming loyalty programs through the use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. The platform enables the development of interconnected loyalty programs and personalized rewards, which significantly improve customer engagement. By turning loyalty points into valuable assets, Qurable makes these rewards easily exchangeable within multi-brand ecosystems, enhancing accessibility and user experience. Additionally, the company operates a relationship management platform that connects audiences with creators, allowing for ownership of digital assets and fostering interactions among brands, creators, and consumers. This approach facilitates unique collaborations in the metaverse, blending digital and physical goods in innovative ways.

DeltaX.la

Seed Round in 2022
DeltaX is a digital freight platform that connects shippers with carriers and truckers in Latin America.

MegaBite Food

Seed Round in 2022
MegaBite is a multibrand cloud kitchen restaurant that operates premium gastronomic brands and sells them at midrange prices to middle class of LATAM. We receive orders only through digital channels that integrated with our kitchen software and hardware and operate out of rented, ready to use dark-kitchens. Our modular growth model makes us ultrascalable, like no other restaurant business model before: We can open a new kitchen with 10x to 20x less CAPEX and 6 to 9 times faster than a comparable traditional restaurant that can sell the same amount of orders. We currently operate in Mexico and Peru and have been growing at an average of 30% MoM in our 13 months since start of operations.

HoyTrabajas

Venture Round in 2022
HoyTrabajas is a Bogotá-based company that operates a job search platform aimed at improving the quality of life for users by helping them find suitable employment across various categories. Designed as an HR-Tech solution, the platform is particularly focused on assisting companies in Latin America that face high turnover rates, enabling them to attract and retain low-skilled talent within a short timeframe. Utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms, HoyTrabajas enhances the matching process between job seekers and job offers, thereby promoting employability, inclusion, and labor mobility while also reducing staff turnover for organizations.

HippoBuild

Venture Round in 2022
HippoBuild specializes in automating and optimizing back office functions and supply chain operations for small and medium-sized construction companies. The company offers enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that serves as a marketplace and financing solution tailored for these firms. Its software enables users to monitor project progress and manage material demands, helping contractors reduce material costs, increase sales, and save significant time and money. The onboarding process is designed to be straightforward, requiring only a few minutes to complete.

Plenna

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Plenna is a healthcare provider based in Mexico City, Mexico, specializing in gynecology and offering both in-person and online check-ups. The company aims to deliver comprehensive care to middle-income women, addressing various health needs including gynecology, psychology, nutrition, laboratory tests, vaccines, and general medicine. By providing these services, Plenna empowers women to make timely and informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health.

Apprecio

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Apprecio is a financial super app based in Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 2021. The company specializes in providing a point-of-sale application tailored for grocery stores, enabling retailers to manage their operations efficiently. Apprecio's platform facilitates card and QR code payments, allowing shopkeepers to track expenses and income seamlessly. The application offers features such as product scanning and margin calculation, helping users determine suggested pricing based on local market conditions. Overall, Apprecio aims to simplify financial management for small retailers, enhancing their ability to operate effectively in a competitive environment.

RUUT

Pre Seed Round in 2022
RUUT functions as a Registered Investment Advisor and Money Transmitter in Mexico, providing a platform that connects individuals with digital banking accounts to those seeking personal investment opportunities. The company offers a user-friendly, commission-free investment product designed for beginners, featuring investment advisory services, a newsfeed, and an impact investment tracker. By prioritizing security with bank-level measures, including SSL and 256-bit encryption, RUUT ensures the safety of users' data and funds. This approach aims to facilitate low-cost, long-term investment strategies for non-investors, effectively bridging a gap in the financial ecosystem.

Ozon Mobility

Seed Round in 2022
Ozon is a fintech that provides pre-owned motorcycle financing for the gig economy in Latam. Ozon is supplying the market with liquidity and transparency for sellers as well as first financing opportunity for unbanked buyers.

Pari Delivery

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pari is the online Liquor Store next door.

Konta

Seed Round in 2021
Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with its headquarters in Monterrey, México.

Mujer Financiera

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mujer Financiera is a startup dedicated to reducing the gender gap in financial inclusion for women, particularly in Latin America. The company provides a financial education platform that focuses on enhancing women's financial literacy through a comprehensive academy covering topics such as budgeting, saving, and investing. In addition to educational resources, Mujer Financiera offers a user-friendly application that helps women track their finances effectively. The platform also fosters a supportive online community, empowering women to make informed financial decisions, start saving, invest wisely, and manage their personal finances. Through these initiatives, Mujer Financiera aims to equip women with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve their financial goals and build a secure financial future.

Talently

Seed Round in 2021
Talently offers an intensive program that helps software developers get a better job in the technology industry, anywhere in the world. It is the accelerator of the careers of Latin American tech talent.

Pefai

Seed Round in 2021
Pefai is a software platform that allows designers to transform their Figma website designs into fully functional websites without the need for coding. By simply creating a design in Figma and sharing it with Pefai, users can seamlessly convert their concepts into operational web pages. The platform focuses on simplifying the website creation process, enabling creators to deliver personalized experiences for their clients and collaborators. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Pefai reduces the complexities typically associated with web development, making it accessible for designers who may not have technical expertise.

DolarApp

Seed Round in 2021
DolarApp is a financial application designed to facilitate access to USD for users in Latin America. It enables individuals to open a bank account that allows for seamless conversion between pesos and USD Coin (USDc), a dollar-denominated stablecoin. Users can receive, send, and pay in both currencies, enhancing their financial flexibility. The app also provides features for real-time transaction monitoring, enabling users to manage their finances effectively. In addition, DolarApp offers a global Mastercard that allows users to make purchases with USDc and earn up to 4% cash back on transactions, promoting savings and investment opportunities in dollars.

Ancana

Seed Round in 2021
Ancana is a proptech company that offers a real estate marketplace for fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes, particularly in destinations like Mexico. By partnering with top developers, Ancana simplifies the complexities of purchasing and managing a vacation home, allowing individuals to own a share of a property without the burdens associated with full ownership. The company's model not only provides access to premium properties but also facilitates the enjoyment of amenities, rental income opportunities, and potential property appreciation. Ancana employs technology to streamline the process, ensuring that scheduling and management are seamless for owners, making luxury vacation home investment more accessible and hassle-free.

Palenca

Seed Round in 2021
Palenca is a company that specializes in a payroll application programming interface (API) designed to simplify the sharing of employment data between consumers and financial institutions. Its technology allows for the validation of income and employment information, providing clients with access to workers' personal profiles and earnings. This capability not only streamlines the background verification process but also facilitates automated collections directly from borrowers' paychecks, enhancing the overall efficiency of financial transactions related to employment verification and loan repayments.

Aplazo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Aplazo is a fintech company focused on enhancing financial access and opportunity for consumers in Mexico. It offers a platform that allows users to make online purchases and pay for them in installments at participating retailers. To utilize the service, users must apply through Aplazo's website and choose the installment payment option, which provides a fixed payment plan for their purchases. This approach not only benefits consumers by making products more affordable but also helps businesses expand their customer base by tapping into new marketing channels.

BeGo

Seed Round in 2020
Bego is a marketplace focused on facilitating trade between the United States and Mexico. The company has developed a fleet management application that enhances the logistics process by allowing users to track the status of their merchandise in real-time. This application enables shippers to find, quote, and book transport fleets efficiently while providing automatic notifications regarding the pickup and delivery of goods. By streamlining these processes, Bego aims to improve the overall efficiency and transparency of cross-border trade operations.

Flat.mx

Seed Round in 2020
Flat.mx is the one-stop-shop for residential real estate in Mexico that simplifies the home-buying experience. They provide multiple products and services including home brokerage, a marketplace, and credit products.

Yave

Seed Round in 2020
It is to provide the Mortgage of the Future, a better mortgage loan through an exceptional service that fits your needs. They provide an alternative to the complicated and traditional procedures of the past, modernizing the experience of their users through an agile and avant-garde service with personal advice and fair rates.

Heru

Seed Round in 2020
Heru is a company focused on enhancing the lives of gig-economy workers by offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to their needs. Founded in 2019 by Mateo Jaramillo and Stiven Rodriguez Sanchez, and based in Mexico City, Heru aims to improve the conditions of independent workers through technology-driven solutions. The company's financial technology platform provides essential tools for managing accounting, including electronic invoicing and tax management. It offers customized insurance policies, working capital, credit options, and financial guidance, as well as facilitating tax declarations and providing cell phone data plans. Heru's mission is to empower freelancers and independent workers by simplifying their financial responsibilities and ensuring they have access to necessary resources and expert assistance.

Orchata

Seed Round in 2020
Orchata is a software platform designed for grocery stores and food suppliers, facilitating online order management and delivery services. Founded in 2020 and based in Monterrey, Mexico, Orchata enables suppliers to receive orders, accept payments, and optimize delivery routes while providing analytics on revenue, orders, and customer behavior. The platform supports a wide range of grocery items, including fresh produce, proteins, snacks, and household essentials, allowing consumers to receive their groceries within 15 minutes at supermarket prices. By offering tools for promotions, referrals, and group buying, Orchata aims to assist independent grocery businesses in enhancing their operations and reaching customers more effectively.

YotePresto.

Seed Round in 2020
Yotepresto is a rapidly growing Mexican marketplace lending platform that connects individual and institutional investors with near-prime borrowers seeking personal loans. The company operates an online lending platform that facilitates the connection between borrowers and retail as well as institutional investors. Yotepresto specializes in unsecured personal installment loans and employs a proprietary scoring model to analyze and assess risk, which helps define interest rates for each customer. This innovative approach enables clients to effectively crowdfund their loans, making it easier for borrowers to access the funds they need.

Plerk

Seed Round in 2020
Plerk operates an employee benefits management platform focused on booking and managing business trips. The platform streamlines the organization of business travel by connecting professional travelers with companies, facilitating quick and efficient travel management. It offers an end-to-end travel solution that allows companies, managers, and travelers to effectively monitor and control travel expenses. By aligning travel policies with user behavior, Plerk encourages cost-effective decision-making, ultimately saving time and money for businesses in their travel processes.

Cubo

Seed Round in 2020
Cubo is a developer of a payment services platform. They offer small and medium businesses, starting with the point-of-sale systems that make payment accessible for merchants.

Mureni

Seed Round in 2020
Mureni is a healthcare startup based in Mexico City that focuses on enhancing dental practices in Latin America, specifically in Mexico and Brazil. The company provides innovative dental aligners that utilize advanced three-dimensional scanning and printing technologies. This approach allows patients to receive effective orthodontic treatment without the need for traditional metal braces or frequent visits to an orthodontist, ensuring a more comfortable experience. By integrating technology into dental practices, Mureni aims to help dentists increase their revenue and streamline their operations while offering patients a modern, pain-free solution for teeth alignment.

Aplazo

Seed Round in 2020
Aplazo is a fintech company focused on enhancing financial access and opportunity for consumers in Mexico. It offers a platform that allows users to make online purchases and pay for them in installments at participating retailers. To utilize the service, users must apply through Aplazo's website and choose the installment payment option, which provides a fixed payment plan for their purchases. This approach not only benefits consumers by making products more affordable but also helps businesses expand their customer base by tapping into new marketing channels.

Vinco

Seed Round in 2020
Vinco helps companies empower their workforce via education opportunities.

OnTop

Seed Round in 2020
OnTop is a platform designed to simplify the process of hiring and managing global teams. It provides a streamlined solution for companies to onboard, manage, and pay employees in US dollars, effectively removing the complexities associated with remote hiring. The platform features intelligent contracts and a global payment network that facilitates payroll management. Additionally, OnTop automates the filing of necessary documents and government forms during the hiring process, allowing businesses to efficiently find and integrate suitable candidates without the usual challenges. Overall, OnTop aims to enhance the experience of remote workforce management through its user-friendly software.

100 Ladrillos

Seed Round in 2020
100 Ladrillos is an innovative online marketplace focused on real estate investments, allowing users to acquire fractional ownership in various properties through a blockchain-powered platform. This approach enables investors to diversify their portfolios by purchasing small shares in different real estate assets. The platform ensures security by utilizing a bank trust to protect investments, while also managing rental deposits and facilitating property sales. By leveraging blockchain technology, 100 Ladrillos simplifies the process of buying and managing real estate investments, making it accessible to a broader audience.

Baubap

Seed Round in 2019
Baubap is a financial technology company that specializes in microlending, providing a platform for personal loans. Founded in 2018 by Luis Villarreal, Roberto Salcedo, and Conrad Wilkinson Schwarz, the company is based in Mexico. Baubap's mobile application allows customers to access instant loans without the need for documentation or complex procedures, enabling users to apply for loans conveniently at any time and from any location. This streamlined approach simplifies the borrowing process, making financial assistance more accessible to individuals.

FINTUAL

Seed Round in 2019
Fintual is a digital investment platform based in Santiago, Chile, that focuses on managing investments for young professionals seeking to make informed financial decisions. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Pineda, Omar Larré, Agustín Feuerhake, and Andres Marinkovic, the company provides low-commission accounts that emphasize passive investment strategies. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Fintual assesses clients' risk profiles and offers personalized investment recommendations, making it easier for users to gain essential financial knowledge and invest online.

Apperto

Seed Round in 2019
Apperto Inc. is a digital platform provider based in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, with an additional office in Belgrano. Founded in 2017, the company focuses on enhancing interaction among users and businesses within local communities, particularly in low-tier cities and rural areas of Latin America. Its application facilitates online ordering, coupon distribution, and digital wallet services, allowing users to connect with shops and friends. By offering solutions that support in-store digitization, Apperto aims to empower small and medium-sized businesses to leverage technology, improving accessibility and convenience for clients seeking to purchase food and other necessities.

Casa Bravo

Seed Round in 2019
Casa Bravo is a tech-enabled Rent-to-Own financing company that aims to turn renters into owners by offering a more accessible, affordable and flexible home financing solution.

Baubap

Seed Round in 2019
Baubap is a financial technology company that specializes in microlending, providing a platform for personal loans. Founded in 2018 by Luis Villarreal, Roberto Salcedo, and Conrad Wilkinson Schwarz, the company is based in Mexico. Baubap's mobile application allows customers to access instant loans without the need for documentation or complex procedures, enabling users to apply for loans conveniently at any time and from any location. This streamlined approach simplifies the borrowing process, making financial assistance more accessible to individuals.

Mudafy

Seed Round in 2019
Mudafy is a real estate broker based in Mexico City, Mexico, specializing in the Latin American market. Founded in 2018, the company utilizes a technology-driven platform to enhance the buying, selling, and renting processes for homeowners. Mudafy offers a comprehensive suite of services, including support from registered professional brokers and a team of marketing and photography experts who help create appealing property portfolios. This approach aims to streamline the real estate experience for users, making it easier to navigate the complexities of property transactions.

Zippi

Seed Round in 2019
Zippi provides financial services for microentrepreneurs in Latin America.

Backstartup

Seed Round in 2019
Backstartup is an innovative company focused on transforming the relationship between small businesses and their financial management processes. By offering a Software as a Service (SwaS) platform, Backstartup replaces traditional accountants, providing monthly reports, tax filing, and financial statements through an online interface. The company leverages accounting automation and bank integration to minimize manual tasks and reduce human error. Additionally, it assigns a virtual administrative support team to each client, ensuring a comprehensive service experience. As a pioneer in Latin America, Backstartup aims to shift the entrenched paper-based practices of small businesses to a fully digital environment, streamlining operations and allowing businesses to concentrate on their core activities. The platform also facilitates document processing, tax liquidation, legal advice, and payroll calculations, enhancing overall productivity.

delt.ai

Seed Round in 2019
Delt.ai is a digital financial service provider focused on helping businesses manage their finances effectively. The company offers a digital banking solution that facilitates various financial operations, including payments, invoicing, and corporate card management. By streamlining these processes, Delt.ai enables businesses to analyze their financial health without the need for traditional banking visits. The platform ensures efficient handling of bank transfers and provides a reliable means for companies to monitor their financial activities, ultimately promoting better financial management and operational convenience.

Prescrypto

Seed Round in 2017
Prescrypto is an app for doctors, clinics and pharmacies that can create, send, and track electronic prescriptions.

Play Business

Seed Round in 2016
Play Business is an equity crowdfunding platform founded in 2014 and based in Mexico City, Mexico. It connects investors with entrepreneurial business projects and start-ups, offering a range of investment opportunities starting at $5,000 pesos. The platform allows users to diversify their investments based on return, risk level, investment instrument, company, and industry, enabling them to align their portfolios with personal financial goals. Play Business facilitates a secure and fully digital experience for users to build balanced investment portfolios.

Bayonet

Seed Round in 2016
We are the allies of e-commerce. We help high-growth companies solve fraud and low acceptance rates with 15x less resources than existing solutions. Most platforms that use Machine Learning to solve fraud need at least 90-180 days worth of clean historical data to accurately calibrate decision models, it takes us 5 days, thanks to our unique approach to Machine Learning, tailored for the needs of Latin America's toughest challenges.

Moneypool

Seed Round in 2016
Moneypool is a community-based financial platform that allows users to create groups for collecting money from others. Founded in 2013 by Ignacio Alvarez, Gerardo Acuña, and Sebastian Cueva, the platform simplifies the process of sending and receiving payments without the need for bank details. Users can contribute through credit or debit cards and cash, while Moneypool charges a standard commission for processing credit card transactions. The platform also aids in dividing expenses, receiving payments, and sending reminders, making it easier for users to manage financial interactions in a straightforward manner.
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