Kaszek

Kaszek Management S.A. is a venture capital firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 2011, the firm focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies across Latin America, primarily in sectors such as electronic and B2B commerce, corporate software, education, healthcare, financial technology, mobile applications, social commerce, online gaming, and digital marketing. Kaszek typically invests between $0.5 million and $5 million in equity, targeting Seed, Series A, and Series B stages. Alongside financial support, the firm offers extensive expertise in strategy, operational execution, team-building, and growth. Notable portfolio companies include Nubank, QuintoAndar, and Kavak.

Nicolas Berman

Partner

Santiago Fossatti

Partner

Hernán J. Kazah

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Nicolas Szekasy

Co-founder and Managing Partner

Past deals in Andes

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.

Minka

Series A in 2022
Minka Colombia SAS is a fintech company based in Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing an open banking cloud infrastructure that facilitates money usage and transfers. Minka operates as a company builder for Latin America, offering a comprehensive banking-as-a-service platform that includes digital identity management, digital banking channels, and a blockchain-based transactional core. The company's mission focuses on developing projects aimed at improving financial access and services for underbanked populations and small to medium-sized businesses in the region.

La Haus

Series B in 2021
La Haus offers an online residential platform designed to help people to find an ideal home. Its platform lists multiple properties to choose from and provides recommendations from real estate specialists on best alternatives which are completely free, enabling users to get an organized way to find a home and save money. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia.

NotCo (The Not Company)

Series D in 2021
NotCo is a food-tech company that produces plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. It uses artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that looks, smells, functions, and tastes the same as animal-based. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Fintual

Series A in 2021
Fintual is a digital investment platform that caters to young professionals looking to make informed investment decisions. The company offers financial advisory services that leverage artificial intelligence to assess clients' risk profiles. Based on this analysis, Fintual provides personalized investment recommendations, helping users to navigate the complexities of investing. The platform aims to empower clients with fundamental financial knowledge, enabling them to manage and grow their investments online effectively.

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.

Digital House

Venture Round in 2021
Digital House is a coding school where new generations of coders and digital professionals are trained to imagine, innovate, and create what they always dreamed. It was established in 2015 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

La Haus

Series B in 2021
La Haus offers an online residential platform designed to help people to find an ideal home. Its platform lists multiple properties to choose from and provides recommendations from real estate specialists on best alternatives which are completely free, enabling users to get an organized way to find a home and save money. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia.

NotCo (The Not Company)

Series C in 2020
NotCo is a food-tech company that produces plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. It uses artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that looks, smells, functions, and tastes the same as animal-based. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

La Haus

Series A in 2020
La Haus offers an online residential platform designed to help people to find an ideal home. Its platform lists multiple properties to choose from and provides recommendations from real estate specialists on best alternatives which are completely free, enabling users to get an organized way to find a home and save money. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia.

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.

Ayenda Rooms

Series A in 2020
Ayenda Rooms is a rapidly growing hotel chain based in Medellín, Colombia, and it is recognized as the largest hotel chain in the country by the number of properties. Founded in 2015, Ayenda operates hotels in major Colombian cities including Barranquilla, Bogotá, Medellín, and Pereira. The company focuses on franchising small hotels to meet the essential needs of travelers, catering to individuals, families, and business travelers alike. Ayenda emphasizes quality and consistency in its offerings, supported by proprietary technology that manages various aspects of operations, such as hotel management software and pricing algorithms, enhancing the overall user experience.

Truora

Seed Round in 2019
Truora, Inc. operates an online platform specializing in background checks and identity theft detection. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, the company utilizes advanced technologies such as optical character recognition (OCR) for digital onboarding, real-time face recognition for user validation, and identity management to streamline the Know Your Customer (KYC) process. Truora's platform can handle over 10,000 checks per hour, offering fast and innovative solutions tailored to the needs of various clients, including national and international retailers, banks, human resource firms, and marketplaces. By leveraging its technical and analytical expertise, Truora ensures a high-quality service experience for its clients' risk management and digital teams.

Chiper

Seed Round in 2019
Chiper is a leading e-commerce platform in Latin America that supports corner stores in Colombia and Mexico, boasting a customer base of over 3,000. The platform enhances the supply chain by allowing these stores to connect directly with producers, thereby eliminating intermediaries and enabling access to a wide variety of products, including groceries, frozen foods, and dairy items. By leveraging a demand-driven logistics system, Chiper optimizes the performance of its member stores and delivers an efficient shopping experience. This innovative approach positions Chiper as a significant player in the region's retail landscape, empowering small businesses to thrive in a competitive environment.

NotCo (The Not Company)

Series B in 2019
NotCo is a food-tech company that produces plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. It uses artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that looks, smells, functions, and tastes the same as animal-based. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Agilis

Series A in 2019
Agilis is a financial services company that intends to disrupt the asset-backed secured lending in Argentina by becoming the leading online lending platform. By putting a property as a backup of the loan, lenders can finance at a lower rate and a much longer term than with a personal loan.

La Haus

Seed Round in 2018
La Haus offers an online residential platform designed to help people to find an ideal home. Its platform lists multiple properties to choose from and provides recommendations from real estate specialists on best alternatives which are completely free, enabling users to get an organized way to find a home and save money. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia.

Digital House

Series B in 2017
Digital House is a coding school where new generations of coders and digital professionals are trained to imagine, innovate, and create what they always dreamed. It was established in 2015 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

NotCo (The Not Company)

Series A in 2017
NotCo is a food-tech company that produces plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. It uses artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that looks, smells, functions, and tastes the same as animal-based. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

ComparaOnline

Series C in 2017
ComparaOnline is a price comparison platform allowing customers to make an informed decision when purchasing complex financial products, while optimizing customer acquisition for financial companies. It is designed for insurance and financial products. ComparaOnline also has experience in sales execution, saving customer`s time, and improving the user experience. It partners with banks and insurance providers. ComparaOnline was launched in 2009 by Sebastian Valin and is based in Santiago.

Digital House

Series A in 2017
Digital House is a coding school where new generations of coders and digital professionals are trained to imagine, innovate, and create what they always dreamed. It was established in 2015 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

YOP

Seed Round in 2015
YOP is a Social Commerce Mobile Only for Buying and Selling Used and New Products. C2C Sellers sell on YOP through a unique social “bargaining and chat” feature with a full ecommerce experience with Payments & Logistics. YOP allow Professional Sellers to sell through full ecommerce “buy it now” experience. YOP operate in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina.

GoIntegro

Series B in 2014
GOintegro is the leading Employee Experience platform in Latin America. An employee-centric cloud platform to boost Employee Engagement with products for Internal Communication, Recognition and Benefits. GOintegro is used by more than 500 companies, from 100 to 100,000 employees, empower their Cultural Transformation.

ComparaOnline

Series B in 2013
ComparaOnline is a price comparison platform allowing customers to make an informed decision when purchasing complex financial products, while optimizing customer acquisition for financial companies. It is designed for insurance and financial products. ComparaOnline also has experience in sales execution, saving customer`s time, and improving the user experience. It partners with banks and insurance providers. ComparaOnline was launched in 2009 by Sebastian Valin and is based in Santiago.

Restorando

Series B in 2013
Restorando is an operator of an online restaurant reservation platform used to improve dining out experiences. Its platform helps restaurants to develop new sales channels to promote available tables and increase revenue that enables consumers to efficiently make reservations online. Restorando was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Eventioz

Venture Round in 2013
Eventioz is an online event registration software that simplifies the process of publishing, promoting, and selling events of all kind around the world. Eventioz offer one destination solution that allows event holders manage everything about their events in one place (publishing a website, send invitations, sell tickets, create polls, get feedback about their events and a lot of other actions). Eventioz allows event holders to create their events not only in English but Spanish and Catalan too. Also, they can get paid not only with Paypal but with a lot of other local payment solutions in different countries.

Safer

Series B in 2013
SaferTaxi AR S.R.L. operates a mobile application that enables users to book taxis and private cars conveniently from their phones or a mobile website. Founded in 2009 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the platform allows users to pay fares, provide feedback on drivers, and accumulate miles for their trips. Safer distinguishes itself in the Latin American market by offering a service akin to Uber but with a focus on higher-end vehicles at competitive prices. The app is accessible in major cities including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, and Santiago de Chile. Additionally, Safer has developed a technological platform that integrates services in the aviation and bus sectors, facilitating a seamless door-to-door experience for customers and optimizing vehicle availability to reduce waiting times.

GoIntegro

Series A in 2012
GOintegro is the leading Employee Experience platform in Latin America. An employee-centric cloud platform to boost Employee Engagement with products for Internal Communication, Recognition and Benefits. GOintegro is used by more than 500 companies, from 100 to 100,000 employees, empower their Cultural Transformation.

ComparaOnline

Series A in 2012
ComparaOnline is a price comparison platform allowing customers to make an informed decision when purchasing complex financial products, while optimizing customer acquisition for financial companies. It is designed for insurance and financial products. ComparaOnline also has experience in sales execution, saving customer`s time, and improving the user experience. It partners with banks and insurance providers. ComparaOnline was launched in 2009 by Sebastian Valin and is based in Santiago.

Restorando

Series A in 2012
Restorando is an operator of an online restaurant reservation platform used to improve dining out experiences. Its platform helps restaurants to develop new sales channels to promote available tables and increase revenue that enables consumers to efficiently make reservations online. Restorando was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Safer

Series A in 2011
SaferTaxi AR S.R.L. operates a mobile application that enables users to book taxis and private cars conveniently from their phones or a mobile website. Founded in 2009 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the platform allows users to pay fares, provide feedback on drivers, and accumulate miles for their trips. Safer distinguishes itself in the Latin American market by offering a service akin to Uber but with a focus on higher-end vehicles at competitive prices. The app is accessible in major cities including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, and Santiago de Chile. Additionally, Safer has developed a technological platform that integrates services in the aviation and bus sectors, facilitating a seamless door-to-door experience for customers and optimizing vehicle availability to reduce waiting times.

Eventioz

Series A in 2011
Eventioz is an online event registration software that simplifies the process of publishing, promoting, and selling events of all kind around the world. Eventioz offer one destination solution that allows event holders manage everything about their events in one place (publishing a website, send invitations, sell tickets, create polls, get feedback about their events and a lot of other actions). Eventioz allows event holders to create their events not only in English but Spanish and Catalan too. Also, they can get paid not only with Paypal but with a lot of other local payment solutions in different countries.

ZupCat

Venture Round in 2011
ZupCat S.A. is a mobile game developer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, specializing in creating social games for the Latin American market. Founded in 2011 by Franco Breciano and Hernan Liendo, the company focuses on developing a variety of genres, including social casino games and strategy RPGs. ZupCat aims to engage audiences through interactive social experiences within its mobile games, catering to a growing demand for entertainment in the region. The company's commitment to high-quality, free-to-play gaming positions it as a notable player in the mobile gaming industry.