Clocktower Technologies I

Clocktower Technologies I is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Clocktower Technology Ventures, based in Santa Monica, California. Established in 2015, the fund focuses on the technology and fintech sectors, aiming to invest in innovative startups that are poised to disrupt financial services. Clocktower Technologies I seeks to support entrepreneurs with the vision and drive to reinvent financial systems, addressing various aspects such as lending, payments, insurance, and personal finance. The fund operates within a curated network of global investors and macroeconomic thinkers, facilitating strategic investments primarily in Latin America. Through its targeted approach, Clocktower Technologies I aims to foster growth in up to 40 startups, contributing to the evolution of the financial technology landscape.

Natalie Charney

Associate

Ned Daoro

Principal

Steven Drobny

Partner

Melissa van Kluyve

Associate

Kanishka Narayan

Principal

Adriana Saman

Principal

Ben Savage

Partner

Danielle Zhang

Associate

Past deals in Latin America

Caju

Series B in 2022
At Caju we are creating a benefits platform for the teams of the future. Starting with benefits used every day by most employees, we want teams to use products and services they like and that are fair to merchants and partners. We'll launch soon!

Kanastra

Seed Round in 2022
Kanastra operates as a technology-driven back office for alternative investments, focusing on private credit and private equity. The company has developed an asset management platform that addresses inefficiencies in the securitization market. This platform provides a range of services, including bank services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, and distribution. It also supports passive management and mirroring while offering real-time analytics and structured data. By leveraging technology, Kanastra aims to facilitate a seamless investment experience, allowing investors and originators to operate more efficiently and with greater freedom.

Naya Homes

Seed Round in 2022
Proptech, real estate, vacation and short-term rentals, consumer finance

Kushki

Series B in 2022
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Habi

Series C in 2022
Habi operates a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform to simplify the homeownership lifecycle throughout Latin America. The company provides middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Habi was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Dolado

Series A in 2022
Dolado allows SMBs to have access to the technologies that are only available to more sophisticated players. By doing this, it empowers small companies to bring more efficiency on the way they sell, buy and manage their business. To improve the way merchants sells, Dolado provides a digital catalog that allows the setup of a digital storefront in less than 3 minutes. On the buying side, it offers a B2B Marketplace that connects merchants to top wholesalers and give them access to the best deals. Dolado also offers a Digital Bookkeeping application that serves as a digital ledger to help business owners easily record sales, expenses, and cash transactions in one place.

Cayena

Series A in 2022
Poupachef offers a single point procurement solution for restaurants to shop for daily supplies in a simple, fast and affordable way. Restaurant owners can reduce the time it takes to replace inventory from 2 hours to 10 minutes per day and save up to 30% through group buying effects and our smart supplier allocation technology. We help transforming great restaurants into great businesses.

Nexu

Series A in 2022
Nexu is a financing platform used by car dealerships to offer financing to more car buyers in a 100% digital and real-time experience. Nexu's platform uses AI, statistical algorithms and technology automation.

Sumer

Seed Round in 2022
Sumer builds technology for micro small businesses. We enable businesses to grow sales and improve their management with simple features. Our first goal is to enable businesses go digital with our “15 second store”: Via Sumer App, any business can create a digital store rapidly, upload a catalogue of the products and share it with clients. Thus, we leverage on the mobile penetration in LatAm and simplify the cumbersome experience of having an online store. We have a Digital Ledger and an Ads tool to allow business reach new audiences. From there we are working on adding features (centered in Customer Service, Payments, Financing) that will complement the operating system we will put on every entrepreneur’s hand. SUMER was founded in June 2021. The company is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia with offices in Mexico City, Mexico

BHub

Series A in 2021
BHub is a full back-office SaaS for startups & SMEs. Our purpose is to unburden entrepreneurs, allowing them to focus on their core business, while BHub deals with all the rest. We currently offer bookkeeping, CFO service, legal and HR for startups & SMEs. Our platform offer a chat-based UX combined with accurate financial reports and error free bookkeeping, enabling businesses to reduce time, cost, and labor associated with traditional outsourced bookkeeping practices.

BHub

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BHub is a full back-office SaaS for startups & SMEs. Our purpose is to unburden entrepreneurs, allowing them to focus on their core business, while BHub deals with all the rest. We currently offer bookkeeping, CFO service, legal and HR for startups & SMEs. Our platform offer a chat-based UX combined with accurate financial reports and error free bookkeeping, enabling businesses to reduce time, cost, and labor associated with traditional outsourced bookkeeping practices.

Morada Uno

Seed Round in 2021
Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.

Flink

Series B in 2021
FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates as a NeoBank. It offers an application from which user can open account. The application helps to receive and send money. It also offers International MasterCard with customized modules to make purchases and transactions in any establishment. FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Caju

Series A in 2021
At Caju we are creating a benefits platform for the teams of the future. Starting with benefits used every day by most employees, we want teams to use products and services they like and that are fair to merchants and partners. We'll launch soon!

Guros

Seed Round in 2021
Guros is a digital insurance marketplace based in Mexico that aims to transform the insurance experience for consumers and financial technology platforms. Founded in 2013, the company allows users to compare and purchase vehicle insurance policies online, addressing the significant gap in auto insurance coverage in Mexico, where a large percentage of drivers remain uninsured despite legal requirements. Guros seeks to democratize access to insurance in Latin America by providing a simpler and more efficient way for both end-customers and neobanks to integrate insurance offerings into their services. The company has plans to expand its platform to include a wider range of insurance products and to enter other Latin American markets in the future.

Z1

Seed Round in 2021
Z1 was created to scan and automate the way decision-making for innovation investments is made. The company has a method to qualify new businesses, in a totally digital way. Inspired and based on acceleration programs that already exist throughout the world and that have already proven their success. During this process the entrepreneur can perform tasks and absorb content that will help him to develop a successful business, saving time and reducing the chance of failures.

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Ontop

Seed Round in 2021
Hire legally anywhere in the world. TOP empowers you to think global. Hire, manage and pay the best talent from any country you can dream of. Taxes, onboarding and payroll for global teams

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers you the products you need the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with your credit approved immediately. Graviti wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them.

Flink

Series A in 2021
FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates as a NeoBank. It offers an application from which user can open account. The application helps to receive and send money. It also offers International MasterCard with customized modules to make purchases and transactions in any establishment. FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Ontop

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Hire legally anywhere in the world. TOP empowers you to think global. Hire, manage and pay the best talent from any country you can dream of. Taxes, onboarding and payroll for global teams

Habi

Series A in 2020
Habi operates a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform to simplify the homeownership lifecycle throughout Latin America. The company provides middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Habi was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Kushki

Series A in 2020
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.