Chingona Ventures

Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2019 and located in Chicago, Illinois. The firm specializes in early-stage investments across various sectors, including food technology, financial technology, female technology, health tech, wellness, and education technology. Chingona Ventures is dedicated to supporting innovative companies in the United States that aim to disrupt their respective industries and drive meaningful change.

Peri Ehlman

Analyst

Grisel Hernandez

Senior Associate

Fabiola Salazar

Principal

45 past transactions

Certiverse

Series A in 2025
Certiverse is a technology company focused on providing online certification and testing solutions. Its cloud-based platform enables organizations to efficiently develop, manage, and administer certification exams. By offering tools for item writing, exam publishing, and candidate management, Certiverse aims to streamline the certification process while ensuring security and scalability. The company leverages the expertise of professionals and innovative crowdsourcing models to create industry-leading exams, enhancing the overall testing experience for clients and candidates alike. This approach allows organizations to reduce the time required to launch new certifications and improves the accessibility of credentialing programs.

Scout

Seed Round in 2025
Scout is a financial planning company that offers financial education, wealth management, and tax preparation services for athletes.

Viva

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Viva is a property management platform founded in 2021 that focuses on enhancing the income of landlords while simultaneously helping renters build wealth. By implementing a 'rent to invest' model, Viva rewards tenants with cash incentives that allow them to accumulate portable equity. This innovative approach enables renters to benefit financially without the burdens associated with traditional home ownership, such as costs and risks. Through its unique offerings, Viva aims to create a mutually beneficial relationship between landlords and tenants, promoting a more equitable rental market.

Linker Finance

Seed Round in 2024
Linker Finance specializes in digital banking solutions, offering an integrated mobile and internet platform for financial institutions. Their platform, designed to enhance customer experience, seamlessly integrates with existing systems, supports technological advancements, and provides data management tools and insights. This enables banks to refine strategies, mitigate risks, and ensure secure operations while maintaining their brand identity.

Hoop

Seed Round in 2024
Hoop is a workflow integration platform that aims to enhance productivity by centralizing tasks across various tools. It automatically captures todos and action items from meetings and chat, helping users avoid distractions and notification overload. By streamlining task management, Hoop allows business teams to focus on essential work and make decisions more efficiently, reducing the need for excessive meetings. The platform is designed to improve workflow and ensure that users do not miss important tasks, ultimately facilitating better organization and faster decision-making processes.

Yeti Confetti Kids

Seed Round in 2024
Yeti Confetti Kids is an educational app that combines cutting-edge technology with educator-curated content.

Cartwheel

Seed Round in 2024
Cartwheel specializes in on-demand delivery management software that caters to a variety of sectors, including courier services, restaurants, and medical deliveries. The company's platform enhances businesses' delivery infrastructure by offering logistics data analytics, warehouse management, and asset tracking services. This enables clients to optimize their dispatch schedules, delivery routes, and overall capacity management while maintaining brand identity and control over their data. Cartwheel has established integrations with numerous platforms, such as Olo and ezCater, and counts well-known brands like P.F. Changs, Portillo's, and Charleys Philly Steaks among its clientele. The company focuses on helping businesses either launch their in-house delivery services or improve their existing third-party delivery systems, ultimately leading to significant cost savings.

iAsk Ai

Seed Round in 2024
iAsk is an AI search engine that delivers the fastest and most accurate responses in seconds, making it an attractive option for users looking for a more intuitive and user-friendly search experience. We are committed to continuous growth and development, striving to become an exciting contender in our field. At iAsk.Ai, the search engine has advanced from simple keyword-matching systems to an advanced AI that comprehends users' needs. It delivers relevant information to help users easily address simple or complex questions.

Suma Wealth

Venture Round in 2024
SUMA, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2019. The company focuses on promoting financial inclusion within the Latino community by providing a comprehensive platform that combines digital media, financial technology, and virtual experiences. SUMA aims to educate and empower individuals by offering culturally relevant content and tools that simplify complex topics such as investment and debt management. Its mission is to help Latinos navigate financial challenges, enhance their economic knowledge, and build sustainable wealth, ultimately positioning itself as a trusted resource for fostering financial well-being and prosperity.

Crate

Seed Round in 2023
Crate is a company founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, California, that has developed an AI-powered platform for content creation and sharing. This innovative platform allows users to collect and save content from various apps and websites, enabling them to organize, group, label, and annotate articles, podcasts, videos, and tweets. By simplifying the process of importing content from different sources, Crate empowers content creators to customize, curate, and share their work in a novel manner, ultimately transforming how content is consumed and engaged with across the internet.

Sigo Seguros

Seed Round in 2023
Sigo Seguros is an online auto insurance provider that focuses on serving the Latino market. The company utilizes data and automation to offer lower-cost policies, ensuring affordability and access for its customers. Sigo's platform features transparent pricing and eliminates the need for credit checks, making it easier for users to obtain insurance. Additionally, the company provides services in Spanish, enhancing accessibility for Spanish-speaking clients. Through its digital tools, Sigo enables users to effectively manage their car insurance, streamlining the process and improving the overall customer experience.

Betterleave

Seed Round in 2023
Betterleave is a digital health platform dedicated to providing personalized care for individuals navigating grief and loss. It offers a comprehensive bereavement benefits service that supports employees coping with the death of a loved one, including family members, friends, colleagues, pets, or pregnancy loss. The platform combines human guidance with advanced software to engage users effectively, connecting them to essential resources and ongoing support. Betterleave’s services include individual grief counseling, group support, and navigation assistance through the complexities of bereavement. By integrating with insurers and partnering with employers, Betterleave coordinates value-driven care that enhances outcomes, reduces costs, and improves the overall member experience throughout the bereavement process.

Kudos Technology

Seed Round in 2022
Kudos Technology offers an AI-powered smart wallet service designed to enhance consumer rewards and benefits during purchases. The service efficiently tracks credit card rewards and analyzes data from multiple cards across numerous online merchants. When consumers are ready to check out, the smart assistant identifies the optimal card to use, maximizing the rewards and benefits associated with each transaction. This technology empowers customers to easily manage their payment options, ensuring they select the most advantageous card for every purchase.

She Matters

Seed Round in 2022
She Matters is a digital health platform dedicated to supporting Black mothers facing postpartum comorbidities, particularly anxiety and depression. The platform offers a safe space for women to share their mental wellness journeys while providing access to culturally competent healthcare providers and relevant resources. In addition to connecting users with therapists and wellness professionals, She Matters also focuses on educating healthcare providers through a coaching program that emphasizes culturally competent care. By fostering community engagement and promoting mental wellness, She Matters aims to empower women to navigate and improve their mental health during the postpartum period.

Cartwheel

Seed Round in 2022
Cartwheel specializes in on-demand delivery management software that caters to a variety of sectors, including courier services, restaurants, and medical deliveries. The company's platform enhances businesses' delivery infrastructure by offering logistics data analytics, warehouse management, and asset tracking services. This enables clients to optimize their dispatch schedules, delivery routes, and overall capacity management while maintaining brand identity and control over their data. Cartwheel has established integrations with numerous platforms, such as Olo and ezCater, and counts well-known brands like P.F. Changs, Portillo's, and Charleys Philly Steaks among its clientele. The company focuses on helping businesses either launch their in-house delivery services or improve their existing third-party delivery systems, ultimately leading to significant cost savings.

Sigo Seguros

Seed Round in 2022
Sigo Seguros is an online auto insurance provider that focuses on serving the Latino market. The company utilizes data and automation to offer lower-cost policies, ensuring affordability and access for its customers. Sigo's platform features transparent pricing and eliminates the need for credit checks, making it easier for users to obtain insurance. Additionally, the company provides services in Spanish, enhancing accessibility for Spanish-speaking clients. Through its digital tools, Sigo enables users to effectively manage their car insurance, streamlining the process and improving the overall customer experience.

Paerpay

Seed Round in 2022
Paerpay is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing contactless payment solutions for merchants across the United States. The company's financial application facilitates a seamless transaction experience by allowing users to scan a code at their table, which can be used to create a new bill or connect to an existing one. This innovative approach enables customers to easily pay, split, tip, and manage their bills without the need to change point-of-sale systems or payment processors. Additionally, the service does not require guests to download any apps, ensuring convenience and efficiency during their dining experience.

Beni

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Beni is a Santa Barbara, California-based company founded in 2021 by Sarah Pinner and Celine Mol. It operates an AI-powered re-commerce enablement platform designed to facilitate the circular economy by simplifying the resale process for consumers. Beni's primary offering is a free browser extension that displays the best resale listings in real-time while users shop on major brand websites. Additionally, the company provides a mobile extension and app, allowing shoppers to discover deals, save searches, and set alerts for new listings, thereby enhancing the accessibility of secondhand shopping options. Through its innovative platform, Beni aims to make resale the preferred choice for consumers looking to shop sustainably.

Innovare

Seed Round in 2021
Innovare is an educational technology company that specializes in data analytics and strategy software aimed at empowering education leaders to make informed decisions. Its web-based application consolidates various data sources from schools, including student information systems, standardized assessments, and attendance records, into a single, personalized dashboard. This integration allows leadership teams to visualize and analyze data effectively, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and enabling them to measure real-time impacts on students and communities. By transforming siloed data into actionable insights, Innovare supports educational institutions in their efforts to enhance educational outcomes.

Scout - Make Money Moves

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Scout is an investing platform that enables individuals to construct investment portfolios tailored to their interests, whether it's eco-friendly brands, women-led companies, Bitcoin, or popular Gen Z stocks. With Scout, users have the freedom to select their preferred investment options, while we diligently manage the portfolio to ensure safety and risk management.

Elevate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
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Certiverse

Seed Round in 2021
Certiverse is a technology company focused on providing online certification and testing solutions. Its cloud-based platform enables organizations to efficiently develop, manage, and administer certification exams. By offering tools for item writing, exam publishing, and candidate management, Certiverse aims to streamline the certification process while ensuring security and scalability. The company leverages the expertise of professionals and innovative crowdsourcing models to create industry-leading exams, enhancing the overall testing experience for clients and candidates alike. This approach allows organizations to reduce the time required to launch new certifications and improves the accessibility of credentialing programs.

Shopflix

Venture Round in 2021
Shopflix is a product demonstration platform that enables brands to effectively promote their offerings. The company provides livestreaming services, allowing clients to stream their products and create live advertisements. Through its platform, brands can convey their stories to a wider audience, enhancing their reach and visibility. Additionally, Shopflix has a Creative Team that manages the scheduling and production of promotional shoots for the brands, ensuring a professional presentation of their products. This combination of live streaming and creative support positions Shopflix as a valuable tool for brands looking to engage with consumers in an interactive manner.

ConnectCareHero

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ConnectCareHero is a digital community platform focused on enhancing social engagement among older adults. The platform facilitates activity programming by providing curated entertainment options tailored to the interests of senior citizens. By managing activities and utilizing culturally relevant content, ConnectCareHero helps organizations foster meaningful connections within the aging community. This approach aims to combat social isolation among seniors, promoting healthy aging and improving overall health outcomes.

Shopflix

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Shopflix is a product demonstration platform that enables brands to effectively promote their offerings. The company provides livestreaming services, allowing clients to stream their products and create live advertisements. Through its platform, brands can convey their stories to a wider audience, enhancing their reach and visibility. Additionally, Shopflix has a Creative Team that manages the scheduling and production of promotional shoots for the brands, ensuring a professional presentation of their products. This combination of live streaming and creative support positions Shopflix as a valuable tool for brands looking to engage with consumers in an interactive manner.

Paerpay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paerpay is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing contactless payment solutions for merchants across the United States. The company's financial application facilitates a seamless transaction experience by allowing users to scan a code at their table, which can be used to create a new bill or connect to an existing one. This innovative approach enables customers to easily pay, split, tip, and manage their bills without the need to change point-of-sale systems or payment processors. Additionally, the service does not require guests to download any apps, ensuring convenience and efficiency during their dining experience.

Dame Products

Seed Round in 2021
Dame Products is a sexual wellness brand focused on creating innovative and well-engineered sex toys specifically designed to enhance intimacy and empower women's sexual experiences. The company prioritizes a consumer-centric approach, engaging in extensive discussions with women and sex therapists to understand a diverse range of sexual needs. This insight informs the design of their products, which include strap-free, non-intrusive vibrators that seamlessly integrate into users' sex lives. By prioritizing functionality and user experience, Dame Products aims to help individuals take control of their sexuality and pleasure.

Expectful

Seed Round in 2021
Expectful is a digital health and wellness platform focused on supporting women throughout their reproductive journey, including preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum stages. The platform offers a range of resources such as guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, and expert advice tailored to the unique needs of expectant and new mothers. By providing a non-pharmacologic and accessible approach to mental health, Expectful aims to reduce prenatal and postpartum stress, enhancing the overall well-being of both mothers and infants. The app is designed to make meditation easy and effective, helping users navigate the physical, mental, and emotional challenges associated with motherhood.

Topl

Seed Round in 2020
Topl is a company that focuses on developing blockchain infrastructure aimed at monetizing ethical and sustainable practices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in both Maastricht, Netherlands, and Houston, Texas, Topl offers blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) specifically designed for supply chain management and certification. Its primary offering, the Topl Blockchain, serves as a decentralized protocol that allows businesses and communities to verify and monetize their positive impact across various industries and borders. Additionally, Topl provides a suite of hosted services and tools that simplify user interaction with its blockchain, facilitating the transformation of social and environmental impact into tangible assets.

Toolchain

Seed Round in 2020
Toolchain is a company that specializes in a distributed software build system tailored for application developer teams of varying sizes. Its system is founded on an open-source core and leverages dependency analysis along with fine-grained workflow modeling. This combination facilitates efficient caching, concurrency, and remote execution, resulting in fast, stable, and scalable builds for both local laptops and continuous integration environments. By providing distributed execution capabilities, Toolchain enables clients to run build steps concurrently, enhancing productivity and streamlining the development process.

Blanket

Seed Round in 2020
Blanket is a Miami-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in automating the sales development process through its innovative platform. The company provides tools for sales teams to efficiently prospect for leads, manage email communications, create landing pages, and schedule calls. By integrating these functionalities into a single platform, Blanket enables users to generate interest from their audience and analyze results effectively, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of sales representatives in securing qualified leads.

Suma Wealth

Seed Round in 2020
SUMA, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2019. The company focuses on promoting financial inclusion within the Latino community by providing a comprehensive platform that combines digital media, financial technology, and virtual experiences. SUMA aims to educate and empower individuals by offering culturally relevant content and tools that simplify complex topics such as investment and debt management. Its mission is to help Latinos navigate financial challenges, enhance their economic knowledge, and build sustainable wealth, ultimately positioning itself as a trusted resource for fostering financial well-being and prosperity.

EarlyBird

Seed Round in 2020
EarlyBird is a fintech gifting platform designed to simplify the investment process for parents and enable friends and family to contribute financially to children's futures. By transforming financial gifting into a personal and meaningful experience, EarlyBird allows users to gift contributions that help build generational wealth. Additionally, the company offers a digital memory-preserving platform where users can capture and share significant life events, photos, videos, and messages. This dual focus on financial empowerment and memory preservation fosters a sense of continuity and belonging within families, making EarlyBird a unique player in the intersection of financial technology and personal legacy.

Care Advisors

Seed Round in 2020
CareAdvisors is a minority-owned technology company dedicated to enhancing healthcare equity in the United States. The company automates the manual enrollment process for healthcare and social service benefits, thereby facilitating rapid access for millions of individuals. By streamlining this process, CareAdvisors aids healthcare organizations in reducing uncompensated care costs and addressing delays in treatment and payments. The founding team, with over a decade of experience in building community resource directories, emphasizes a personalized approach to patient care, providing one-on-one assistance through trained health navigators. These navigators work to dismantle barriers to quality healthcare and are integral to the coverage-to-care model established by the Affordable Care Act. CareAdvisors also offers training programs designed to prepare future health professionals, focusing on cultural competencies and real-world applications of health informatics. Their innovative platform connects healthcare providers with patients while enhancing the capacity of care coordinators and social workers, ultimately aiming to improve community health outcomes.

Finix

Series B in 2020
Finix is a developer of a B2B payment processing platform that enables businesses to own, manage, and monetize their payment transactions. The platform features a modular, workflow-driven architecture accompanied by a real-time interface that allows users to track transactions and consolidate data from various payment processors. It also supports the underwriting of merchant accounts, thereby facilitating efficient and secure push payments over debit cards. Finix serves banks, acquirers, and enterprises, providing them with the tools necessary to send money globally.

Curu

Seed Round in 2020
Curu, Inc. is a technology company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2016, that specializes in automated credit building solutions. Its flagship application analyzes users' credit reports, transactions, and financial behaviors to create customized action plans aimed at improving credit scores. By allowing users to link their financial accounts, Curu's sophisticated algorithms identify specific actions that individuals can take to enhance their creditworthiness. This not only helps applicants meet eligibility requirements for various financial products, such as credit cards and loans, but also enables lenders to open more accounts by providing insights into user behavior. Curu's innovative approach includes features like the "Extended Approval Plan" and a tailored risk model, making it a valuable partner for financial institutions seeking to enhance their clientele's credit profiles while promoting responsible financial management.

Certiverse

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Certiverse is a technology company focused on providing online certification and testing solutions. Its cloud-based platform enables organizations to efficiently develop, manage, and administer certification exams. By offering tools for item writing, exam publishing, and candidate management, Certiverse aims to streamline the certification process while ensuring security and scalability. The company leverages the expertise of professionals and innovative crowdsourcing models to create industry-leading exams, enhancing the overall testing experience for clients and candidates alike. This approach allows organizations to reduce the time required to launch new certifications and improves the accessibility of credentialing programs.

Vantage Point

Seed Round in 2020
Vantage Point is a company based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in developing immersive employee training programs utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology. Founded in 2017, Vantage Point focuses on enterprise training in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and workplace anti-sexual harassment. The company aims to transform traditional learning experiences by fostering empathy and personal growth through its VR platform. Its services cater to a diverse range of sectors, including technology, consumer goods, consulting, education, and recruitment. Vantage Point is led by female and black founders and is committed to enhancing soft skills and emotional intelligence in the workforce, ultimately enabling individuals to reach their full potential in their professional environments.

Encantos

Seed Round in 2020
Encantos Media Studios is an entertainment and educational company based in Culver City, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York. Founded in 2015, Encantos creates a diverse range of content, including apps, books, toys, and videos, aimed at empowering creatives to tell their stories. The company connects children with skilled storytellers through an online platform designed to teach essential 21st-century skills. Encantos has garnered recognition through numerous awards and accolades from prestigious organizations such as CNN, Forbes, and The New York Times, highlighting its commitment to quality educational content and innovation in children's media.

Leaf Trade

Venture Round in 2019
Leaf Trade LLC is a technology company based in Chicago, Illinois, that operates a wholesale ordering platform for the cannabis industry. Founded in 2010, the platform connects licensed cannabis vendors with dispensaries, facilitating the ordering and fulfillment processes in highly regulated markets. By providing a user-friendly interface, Leaf Trade simplifies the purchasing experience for dispensaries while offering wholesalers tools for direct engagement with retailers. The platform also incorporates analytics, payment services, and post-sale reporting, enabling clients to streamline their operations and meet the evolving demands of the cannabis sector. Leaf Trade partners with major multi-state cannabis operators and serves customers across nearly 25 states.

Tiny Organics

Seed Round in 2019
Tiny Organics Inc. is a technology-driven company specializing in personalized nutrition for babies and toddlers. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Tiny Organics offers a variety of organic, nutrient-rich finger foods crafted by neonatal nutritionists and chefs. Their meals, designed to support developmental milestones, contain no added sugars or salt and feature sophisticated combinations of plant-based ingredients. Customers can easily select meals through an online quiz, with options available for shipping directly to their homes. The company emphasizes creating adventurous eaters by providing flavorful meals that inspire healthy eating habits from an early age. Tiny Organics has gained recognition in national publications and has attracted investments from notable figures in the industry.

Curu

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Curu, Inc. is a technology company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2016, that specializes in automated credit building solutions. Its flagship application analyzes users' credit reports, transactions, and financial behaviors to create customized action plans aimed at improving credit scores. By allowing users to link their financial accounts, Curu's sophisticated algorithms identify specific actions that individuals can take to enhance their creditworthiness. This not only helps applicants meet eligibility requirements for various financial products, such as credit cards and loans, but also enables lenders to open more accounts by providing insights into user behavior. Curu's innovative approach includes features like the "Extended Approval Plan" and a tailored risk model, making it a valuable partner for financial institutions seeking to enhance their clientele's credit profiles while promoting responsible financial management.

Career Karma

Seed Round in 2019
Career Karma, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a mobile application designed to assist individuals in finding job training programs, particularly in technology fields such as coding, web development, data science, and cybersecurity. Launched in 2018, the platform provides users with access to a comprehensive directory of over 9,000 boot camps and trade schools, allowing career switchers to compare courses, read student reviews, and connect with current students and alumni. Through its free coaching and peer mentorship initiatives, Career Karma has attracted a diverse membership of over 150,000 individuals, helping them navigate their career paths with personalized guidance and support. The platform aims to empower users to make informed decisions about their education and career advancement, ultimately facilitating their success in the technology sector.

Reel

Seed Round in 2019
Reel is a platform for debt-free shopping that makes it simple to pay for what you want in installment savings. From a new pair of shoes to an Apple Watch, we help you save a little every day, while by giving you inspiration and price alerts.

Alphaa.io

Seed Round in 2019
Alpha'a.io is a New York-based company established in 2014, operating an online B2B marketplace that connects businesses with visual artists from around the world. The platform offers a curated selection of art and prints for office spaces and homes, fostering a connection between companies and the visual arts. Additionally, Alpha'a.io provides a framework for creators and brands to issue multi-utility NFTs, enabling them to connect physical and digital assets through white-labeled smart contract solutions. This facilitates digital certificates of authenticity, resale royalties, and enhanced community engagement.
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