First Check Ventures

First Check Ventures, established in 2020 and based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a venture capital investment firm focused on early-stage startups worldwide. The firm seeks opportunities primarily in sectors such as business-to-consumer, information technology, big data, and food technology, as well as mobile and software as a service (SaaS). By targeting innovative companies in these areas, First Check Ventures aims to support entrepreneurs and contribute to their growth in the global market.

Ali Jamal

Founding Partner

Adwait Walimbe

Partner

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Veikul

Seed Round in 2024
Veikul is a mobility-as-a-service company that operates a marketplace connecting ride-hailing and delivery platforms with gig workers. It offers vehicle subscriptions, including both vehicles and gasoline, allowing drivers and couriers to generate additional income without significant upfront investment. Veikul also facilitates community-based vehicle sharing, helping to address first and last-mile transportation challenges in urban areas and providing companies with a reliable workforce.

Taloflow

Seed Round in 2024
Taloflow is a buying insights platform tailored for technology stacks, specifically designed to assist Chief Technology Officers at digital-native companies in selecting optimal cloud infrastructure and API products. By streamlining the evaluation process, Taloflow saves clients significant time and helps avoid costly mistakes associated with major decisions. The platform incorporates consultation services and artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making, offering real-time observability and actionable insights. This enables effective vendor management and collaboration throughout the product selection process, ultimately simplifying the management of micro-services and serverless workflows.

Batech

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Batech, SaaS B2B that improves up to 30% the productivity and security of companies through AI-VISION transforming images from your current cameras into data for decision making. We convert any type of camera from 2 megapixels to intelligent, detecting behavior patterns and generating alerts and reports in real time. Mitigating 3 problems, pilferage, accidents and insecurity that represent losses of more than 451B usd annually in LatAm. Operating in Mexico and Brazil

Abide

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Abide is a company focused on acquiring, growing, and developing revenue technology, specifically in the sales and marketing sector. It provides services aimed at assisting founders of B2B sales and marketing software products in enhancing their brands and achieving more effective business growth. Through its acquisition strategy, Abide enables these founders to benefit from various options for continued growth and involvement in the success of their enterprises post-acquisition. The company's mission centers on fostering the development of innovative SaaS products that drive revenue and efficiency for its clients.

Kapu

Angel Round in 2022
Real estate is the most popular investment alternative in LatAm. However, entry barriers such as high interest rates, rising prices and poor financial education prevent +10 million young urban investors from accessing this asset class. Even though they tend to have an over-the-average income. We provide access to premium real estate investment options - both, in USD and local currencies - previously reserved for high-net-worth individuals from just USD $1.000. All through a propietary top-of-the-line mobile app. Forget getting a mortgages or dealing with old-school real estate funds. With Blok you can build your own real estate portfolio in less than 5 minutes.

Pygma

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pygma is a company focused on supporting early-stage founders, particularly Latin entrepreneurs, in both Latin America and the United States. It operates as a startup accelerator, providing essential services designed to empower founders during the critical early stages of their tech ventures. Pygma enables pre-seed founders to co-build their companies while offering guidance in capital-raising efforts. The company also invests in early-stage startups, aiming to mitigate risks and maximize potential returns by helping founders navigate the complexities of securing funding. Additionally, Pygma plays a significant role as an ecosystem builder, creating environments that foster strong relationships among startups, investors, and partners in the entrepreneurial community.

Anfin

Seed Round in 2022
AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company focused on transforming wealth management and brokerage services, particularly in developing economies like Vietnam. The company aims to democratize access to financial markets by providing a digital trading platform that enhances liquidity and transparency for novice retail investors. AnFin facilitates financial education, enabling users to develop investment strategies and explore various asset classes. Through innovative technology and strategic partnerships, AnFin seeks to create an interconnected ecosystem that fosters collaboration and empowers individuals to engage meaningfully with financial markets.

Creditop

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Creditop is a company that facilitates access to credit for merchants by offering a multi-lender payment solution. It operates a credit portal and banking comparison software that connects merchants to an embedded lending network, allowing them to efficiently sell products on credit. Based in Colombia, Creditop assists customers in comparing various financial entities and guides them through the entire lending process, which includes advisory services, document collection, and credit application submission. By streamlining these steps, Creditop helps customers identify their ideal credit options while promoting cost-efficiency and savings throughout the credit acquisition process.

Tani Salud

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Tani Salud is a healthcare marketplace based in Mexico City that aims to provide quality medical care and transparent pricing for surgical procedures, specifically targeting the middle class in Latin America. The platform enables users to search for medical procedures, select healthcare providers, schedule appointments, and request second opinions, facilitating access to fair pricing for surgeries. By prioritizing transparency and quality, Tani Salud seeks to improve the healthcare experience for its users.

Pacto

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pacto is a B2B enterprise software and payments platform based in Mexico City, focused on serving small merchants in Latin America. The company develops tools and technology that facilitate the transition from cash payments to digital transactions, enabling banks and financial institutions to support merchants in enhancing their operational efficiency. Pacto's offerings include a user-friendly point-of-sale platform that allows restaurants to manage orders and payments seamlessly through mobile devices. This all-in-one payment integration features automatic reconciliation at the time of payment, streamlining daily operations and fostering business growth for its users.

Finblox

Seed Round in 2022
Finblox is a digital asset platform that offers a gamified experience for users to manage, trade, and earn rewards on their cryptocurrency holdings, including popular assets like USDC, BUSD, BTC, ETH, and AXS. The company has developed a high-yield savings application that provides users with the potential for significant returns through partnerships with financial institutions. These partnerships allow the institutions to borrow cryptocurrency against posted collateral, facilitating streamlined investment activities for users. Finblox aims to create an engaging ecosystem where individuals can easily navigate the world of digital assets while maximizing their earning potential.

Onespot

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Onespot is on a mission to forever change how mobile apps are made. It's really hard to make a mobile app. 99% of people don't know how to code, and existing app builders are so painful for anyone who's non-technical. Those app builders are technically "no-code", but in reality you need to know things like variables, loops, and databases in order to make your app actually functional. But it doesn't have to be that way. In the early 2000s, it used to be really hard to make websites until Wix and Squarespace came along and made it simple. We're doing to mobile apps what Wix & Squarespace did to websites. We go to outrageous lengths and build insanely difficult things (a phone-based drag-and-drop editor, instant over-the-air updates, one-click app store publishing), all so that you can have a delightful experience. With Onespot, you can make, publish, and manage your organization's mobile app as easily as you made its Instagram profile—all in minutes, right from your phone. So far, thousands of people from 125+ countries have made apps on Onespot for their small businesses, organizations, and other communities.

Viva Translate

Seed Round in 2022
Viva Translate is a developer of an advanced web-based translation platform that facilitates real-time communication in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The company's innovative multilingual audio transcription and translation technology enables users to engage in live video calls while breaking down language barriers. By providing real-time translation, transcriptions, and summaries of meeting notes, Viva Translate enhances collaboration among stakeholders from diverse linguistic backgrounds, making effective communication more accessible globally.

Pulppo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pulppo is a pioneering technology-enabled broker based in Latin America, aimed at transforming the real estate market by enhancing the capabilities of regional brokers. Founded by Agustin Iglesias and Matias Gath, the company provides brokers with advanced technological tools, logistical support, and legal assistance to facilitate a more straightforward and transparent home-buying process. By partnering with leading brokers, Pulppo specializes in connecting agents with high-profile properties, ultimately streamlining the selling experience for both brokers and customers. This innovative approach seeks to eliminate friction in real estate transactions, positioning Pulppo as a leader in the evolving landscape of property sales in Latin America.

Apparta

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Apparta is a technology-driven marketplace that connects consumers with discounted restaurant bookings during off-peak hours. Operating primarily in Latin America, where average restaurant occupancy rates are around 40%, Apparta employs yield management strategies to offer higher discounts when demand is low and lower discounts during peak times. Through its mobile app, the company helps restaurants maximize productivity by filling empty tables and consumers save money on their meals.

Ocean

Seed Round in 2022
Ocean is a Fintech which deploys capital into SME's with an innovative trade program to help them with their imports, inventory and global supply chain. Ocean acts as a trading partner to provide businesses with international cross border supply chain capital between $10k and $10m with 0% interest and no hidden charges. It charges a low flat fee and capital is paid back in instalments over 30, 60, 90 or 120 days. SME's can now import physical goods from manufacturers overseas on open credit just like multinationals.

Anfin

Seed Round in 2022
AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company focused on transforming wealth management and brokerage services, particularly in developing economies like Vietnam. The company aims to democratize access to financial markets by providing a digital trading platform that enhances liquidity and transparency for novice retail investors. AnFin facilitates financial education, enabling users to develop investment strategies and explore various asset classes. Through innovative technology and strategic partnerships, AnFin seeks to create an interconnected ecosystem that fosters collaboration and empowers individuals to engage meaningfully with financial markets.

Tryp

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tryp is a technology company that offers an integrated platform for consumers and brands within the legal cannabis and alternative healthcare markets. It facilitates on-demand delivery of legal cannabis products by connecting adult consumers with licensed retailers. The company's application enables customers to explore and purchase quality cannabis products, ensuring that they receive their orders directly at home. In addition to facilitating transactions, the platform provides valuable information about the benefits, effects, and proper consumption methods of CBD and other cannabis products. By equipping cannabis businesses with essential tools for sustainable growth, Tryp plays a pivotal role in enhancing the accessibility and understanding of legal cannabis offerings for consumers.

Finblox

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Finblox is a digital asset platform that offers a gamified experience for users to manage, trade, and earn rewards on their cryptocurrency holdings, including popular assets like USDC, BUSD, BTC, ETH, and AXS. The company has developed a high-yield savings application that provides users with the potential for significant returns through partnerships with financial institutions. These partnerships allow the institutions to borrow cryptocurrency against posted collateral, facilitating streamlined investment activities for users. Finblox aims to create an engaging ecosystem where individuals can easily navigate the world of digital assets while maximizing their earning potential.

Littio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Littio is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the financial well-being of individuals in emerging economies. It offers a secure application that enables users to manage their finances in a stable currency, facilitating seamless international payments while protecting their money from hidden costs. By providing access to dollar-denominated financial products, Littio empowers users to mitigate the risks of currency devaluation and offers opportunities for wealth growth through digital dollar investments. The company's innovative approach aims to improve financial access and stability for its users, ultimately transforming their financial lives.

Hitter Brands

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hitter Brands specializes in optimizing the revenue potential of cloud kitchens by integrating various virtual brands into their existing operations. The company offers consulting services that leverage technology to assess the capabilities of these kitchens, facilitating the registration of brands on multiple delivery platforms. Hitter Brands enhances the delivery experience for consumers while minimizing incremental costs associated with launching new brands. By transforming unused kitchen capacities into profitable ventures, the company helps cloud kitchens become digitally adept and efficiently manage their operational investments.

Zippi

Venture Round in 2021
Zippi Soluções de Crédito Ltda is a digital platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in providing financial services for gig workers, particularly drivers for ride-sharing applications such as Uber, 99, and Cabify. The platform offers personal loans tailored to the needs of self-employed individuals, allowing them to manage their finances more effectively. By providing weekly invoices and facilitating payments through a user-friendly application, Zippi aims to support its clients in focusing on their business growth without incurring annual fees. This approach positions Zippi as a valuable resource for the growing gig economy in Latin America.

Anfin

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company focused on transforming wealth management and brokerage services, particularly in developing economies like Vietnam. The company aims to democratize access to financial markets by providing a digital trading platform that enhances liquidity and transparency for novice retail investors. AnFin facilitates financial education, enabling users to develop investment strategies and explore various asset classes. Through innovative technology and strategic partnerships, AnFin seeks to create an interconnected ecosystem that fosters collaboration and empowers individuals to engage meaningfully with financial markets.

Lonca

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lonca is a marketplace focused on digitizing the wholesale fashion trade through its business-to-business e-commerce platform. The company curates a selection of clothing brands that embody distinct stories and values, allowing retailers to enhance their inventory with unique products. Lonca offers free shipping regardless of order size, which empowers small and medium businesses by providing them with access to the same advantages as larger companies in the international wholesale market.

Castor

Seed Round in 2021
Castor is a fintech company based in Mexico, established in 2021, that focuses on improving financial stability for workers by offering automated savings tools and access to earned wages before the traditional payday. The platform enables users to save effectively and avoid debt by providing liquidity between paychecks without incurring interest charges. Castor's services include facilitating savings, making service payments, and offering free access to a portion of wages on a daily basis. By implementing these features, Castor aims to strengthen the financial well-being of its clients and help them manage their finances more effectively.

Goodmeetings

Seed Round in 2021
Goodmeetings is an online video and artificial intelligence-enabled platform focused on enhancing remote team performance management. The company offers a meeting insights and automation platform that integrates artificial intelligence with human intelligence to streamline sales processes. Its features include the automation of various sales tasks within a single video meeting environment, seamless integration with customer relationship management systems, and the standardization of sales workflows. Additionally, Goodmeetings provides real-time monitoring and guidance for teams, empowering them to improve sales outcomes and convert contacts more efficiently.

Finzi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Finzi is a digital banking and learning platform focused on teenagers in Latin America. The company integrates fintech and edtech to offer a comprehensive solution that teaches financial concepts while providing access to essential financial services. Through its platform, Finzi enables young users to open bank accounts and obtain debit cards, facilitating hands-on experience in managing their finances. By empowering teenagers with financial knowledge and tools, Finzi aims to equip them for a brighter financial future.

Harvv

Seed Round in 2021
QisstPay operates a Buy Now, Pay Later platform in Pakistan, offering consumers the ability to purchase items through interest-free installments. The service is designed to facilitate credit sales for merchants without imposing any markup fees or interest charges. By enabling customers to buy products such as clothing and shoes while deferring payment, QisstPay enhances the shopping experience and increases sales potential for retailers. The platform aims to simplify the payment process and make installment purchasing accessible, thereby promoting a more flexible financial option for consumers in Pakistan.

HiGeorge

Seed Round in 2021
HiGeorge allows news publishers to easily create compelling visualizations from public data that are on par with the New York Times. We do this by cleaning and aggregating public datasets so that anyone can instantly use our data visualizations with a simple copy/paste. Think Tableau with all the necessary data attached.

Flourish Fi

Venture Round in 2021
Flourish Savings, Inc. is a digital engagement platform based in Albany, California, that focuses on enhancing financial habits through a rewards-based online and mobile savings account. Founded in 2017, the company aims to appeal to individuals who underutilize traditional banking services. Flourish Savings provides financial institutions, such as banks and credit unions, with tools to attract new consumers and encourage meaningful financial actions. Its innovative platform allows users to grow their savings by engaging in activities that unlock prizes, thereby promoting positive financial behaviors. By facilitating new deposits and fostering deeper relationships between consumers and financial institutions, Flourish Savings contributes to increased revenue and customer engagement in the financial services sector.

OlaClick (YC W21)

Seed Round in 2021
OlaClick is a web-based digital menu solution that streamlines the process of receiving online orders for businesses, particularly mass-market restaurants. The platform allows restaurants to create and distribute digital menus at no cost, facilitating orders through WhatsApp. This approach not only simplifies the ordering process for customers but also helps restaurants enhance their online presence and expand their customer base. By utilizing OlaClick's services, businesses can efficiently manage their food orders and improve overall operational efficiency.

Treinta

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Treinta is a digital ledger application tailored for microbusinesses in Latin America, enabling users to digitize their financial management. The app allows small business owners to efficiently record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and track essential metrics such as sales, expenses, debts, and cash flow in real time. By streamlining bookkeeping tasks, Treinta helps users save valuable time—up to 30 minutes daily—and enhances overall operational efficiency by over 30%. With approximately 50 million microbusinesses in the region, the majority still rely on traditional pen-and-paper methods for tracking finances, making Treinta's solution crucial for modernizing their financial practices and facilitating informed business decisions.

Boomy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Boomy Corporation, founded in 2018 and based in Berkeley, California, focuses on developing an application that empowers users to create original songs using artificial intelligence. This generative music platform is designed for individuals without traditional music-making expertise, allowing them to produce music easily. Users can not only compose and release their songs but also distribute them to major streaming services and digital music retailers globally. Additionally, Boomy enables its users to earn royalties when their music is streamed on platforms such as Spotify, TikTok, and YouTube, thereby providing an opportunity for creators to monetize their work.

Kredi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kredi is a financial platform designed to simplify the mortgage acquisition process for consumers in Latin America. Similar to Rocket Mortgage in the United States, Kredi enables customers to secure mortgages online with ease. The platform utilizes a mathematical algorithm that connects users with financial institutions likely to approve their credit applications. This innovative approach allows consumers to access loans for purchasing new or used homes, as well as various other financing options tailored to their specific needs. By streamlining the loan application process, Kredi aims to enhance accessibility to credit for individuals in the region.

Gist Technology

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Gist Technology Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that develops a personal shopping assistant application. Founded in 2018, the application helps users track and monitor their shopping habits while providing curated content, including images, product recommendations, and reviews. This platform allows users to see what their friends and family are purchasing, fostering a community-driven approach to shopping. By leveraging insights from real purchases and trusted sources, Gist Technology enables customers to make informed purchasing decisions, enhancing their overall shopping experience.

Byte

Seed Round in 2020
Byte is an online kitchen-based food delivery service founded in 2020 and headquartered in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It offers a low-cost solution for food delivery, catering to a diverse customer base. The company is focused on leveraging technology to enhance consumer experiences and bridge the gap between local businesses and their customers. Through its digital payment platform, Byte aims to facilitate smoother transactions and foster relationships between consumers and local enterprises, thereby empowering business owners with the tools necessary to start, operate, and grow their ventures effectively. By integrating various services into one platform, Byte is committed to stimulating economic activity and enhancing the overall business landscape in its operational regions.

Yummy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Yummy Inc. is a food delivery application company founded in 2020 by Vicente Zavarce, with its headquarters located in San Francisco, California, and an additional office in Caracas, Venezuela. The Yummy app operates across Latin America, allowing users to order and pay for meals through both mobile and web platforms. It offers various payment options, including foreign credit cards and cash, making it convenient for users to enjoy their food at their preferred locations.

PideYummy

Seed Round in 2020
Yummy is the first and most downloaded food delivery app in Venezuela, with national merchants including McDonald’s, Papa Johns, Tony Roma’s, Friday’s, and the largest pharmacy chain in the country.

Plerk

Seed Round in 2020
Plerk operates an employee benefits management platform focused on booking and managing business trips. The company's all-in-one platform streamlines the organization of business travel by aligning the needs of professional travelers with those of their companies. Plerk's solution enables quick and efficient travel management, providing an end-to-end approach that allows companies, managers, and employees to monitor and control travel expenses effectively. By implementing travel policies within the platform, Plerk incentivizes cost-effective decision-making, ultimately helping businesses save time and money in the travel booking process.

Alto Solutions

Seed Round in 2019
Alto Solutions provides an online platform designed to facilitate self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs), enabling users to invest in a variety of alternative assets. The company offers several solutions, including Alto IRA for general investing, Checkbook+ IRA for real estate investments with check-writing control, and Alto CryptoIRA for direct cryptocurrency trading via Coinbase. Additionally, Alto Solutions provides a dashboard for managing clients, accounts, and investments, as well as assistance in determining investment eligibility and identifying financial trust companies for asset custody. The company serves wealth managers, investors, registered investment advisors, real estate owners, and entrepreneurs. Founded in 2015, Alto Solutions is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Palla

Palla is a financial technology company that provides a REST API enabling banks to facilitate international inward remittances for their customers. Its platform allows users to send money quickly and efficiently to friends and family across the globe. Palla's solution integrates seamlessly with consumer banking applications, granting users the ability to manage their financial transactions within their existing apps. The service also offers customizable experiences for partner banks, enhancing user engagement through tailored reporting and insights.
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