Nazca

Mountain Nazca is a Venture Capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs who seek to build tomorrow's breakout and transforming technology-enabled businesses. Mountain Nazca applies a true bottom-up approach in its quest to help founders reach their ultimate goals. The firm provides entre preneurs with multi-stage venture capital, a highly impactful local and global network, robust market intelligence, insights on strategy formulation and deployment, legal and regulatory advice, high quality talent sourcing, and acces to premium business partnerships. Mountain Nazca focuses in Latin American and US companies with global understanding and ambitions. We back proven breakout propositions in Latin America's vas and untapped markets as well as transforming innovations created in early adopting markets like the US. The firm holds operations in San Francisco, Mexico City, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Additional hubs, thorugh Mountain Partners, include Berlin, Zurich, Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi, among others. Mountain Nazca was founded as Nazca Ventures in early 2014 by some of Latin America's most prominent technology entrepreneurs. It subsequently merged with global venture firm Mountain Partners to achieve robust global capabilities.

Eduardo Amadeo

Managing Partner

Gerardo Ampudia

Investment Analyst

Manolo Atala

COO

Gaspar de Osma

Principal

Pablo Rivero

Principal

Patricia Saenz

Managing Partner

Hector Sepulveda Reyes Retana

Managing Partner

María Téllez

Principal

Jaime Zunzunegui

Managing Partner

Past deals in Mexico

Welbe Care

Pre Seed Round in 2022
We're transforming access to primary health care in Mexico by providing companies access to prevention and information on the health and well-being of their employees while providing quality primary care at an affordable cost to their employees and their families. We leverage technology with an innovative business model to provide laboratory studies, physical examination checkups, medical consultations with our medical team composed of preventive general medicine and nutrition, we also give them access to our network of specialist doctors, clinics, and laboratories.

Fairplay

Debt Financing in 2022
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Fairplay

Series A in 2022
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Wonder brands

Seed Round in 2021
Wonder Brands is a Latin American startup focused on partnering with successful digital brands to enhance their growth potential. The company achieves this by injecting substantial investments into its partner brands, thereby increasing their working capital, marketing capabilities, and operational resources. In addition to financial support, Wonder Brands provides expertise in areas such as technology, digital marketing, supply chain management, and administration. This comprehensive approach allows clients to better respond to consumer needs while diversifying their product offerings and expanding their target audiences. Through these strategic partnerships, Wonder Brands aims to foster significant growth for the brands it collaborates with.

Meru

Series A in 2021
Operator of a one-stop-shop marketplace intended to facilitate the Asian wholesale market. The company's B2B wholesale marketplace allows small business owners to grow by providing access to inventory and fair financing and develops cross-border technology and infrastructure to digitize trade and sourcing for all parties across the supply chain, enabling businesses to save import costs with the help of a pricing algorithm.

Meru

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a one-stop-shop marketplace intended to facilitate the Asian wholesale market. The company's B2B wholesale marketplace allows small business owners to grow by providing access to inventory and fair financing and develops cross-border technology and infrastructure to digitize trade and sourcing for all parties across the supply chain, enabling businesses to save import costs with the help of a pricing algorithm.

Wonder brands

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wonder Brands is a Latin American startup focused on partnering with successful digital brands to enhance their growth potential. The company achieves this by injecting substantial investments into its partner brands, thereby increasing their working capital, marketing capabilities, and operational resources. In addition to financial support, Wonder Brands provides expertise in areas such as technology, digital marketing, supply chain management, and administration. This comprehensive approach allows clients to better respond to consumer needs while diversifying their product offerings and expanding their target audiences. Through these strategic partnerships, Wonder Brands aims to foster significant growth for the brands it collaborates with.

Wonder brands

Venture Round in 2021
Wonder Brands is a Latin American startup focused on partnering with successful digital brands to enhance their growth potential. The company achieves this by injecting substantial investments into its partner brands, thereby increasing their working capital, marketing capabilities, and operational resources. In addition to financial support, Wonder Brands provides expertise in areas such as technology, digital marketing, supply chain management, and administration. This comprehensive approach allows clients to better respond to consumer needs while diversifying their product offerings and expanding their target audiences. Through these strategic partnerships, Wonder Brands aims to foster significant growth for the brands it collaborates with.

Jüsto

Series A in 2021
Jüsto is an online delivery-only grocery store chain that offers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meat products, beauty products, and house supplies that can be delivered at every consumers' doorstep. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico City.

Cargamos.com

Seed Round in 2021
As a warehouse and last-mile logistics platform, Cargamos turns excess capacity from malls, parking lots, and storage facilities into fulfillment centers for quick commerce across Latam.

albo

Series B in 2020
albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 seconds from your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.

Heru

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Heru builds the a community of gig-economy workers and have a suite of services that help improve their way of life and general well-being. The company's mission is to improve the conditions of independent workers by building, through technology, services, and benefits according to their needs and lifestyle.

Jüsto

Seed Round in 2020
Jüsto is an online delivery-only grocery store chain that offers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meat products, beauty products, and house supplies that can be delivered at every consumers' doorstep. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico City.

Grow Mobility

Acquisition in 2020
Grow is a micromobility and payments platform based in Latam. It is the result of the merger between Grin, the mexican scooter pioneer, and Yellow, a multimodal and payment player from Brazil.

TrueHome

Series A in 2020
TrueHome is a Mexican real estate company that aims to improve the real estate services in the country by providing the best selling experience for homeowners and taking care of the process from end to end. They offer their clients transparent processes about procedures and details that can be confusing, boring, and long. Their legal advisors ensure that the process is in order from documents and paperwork, to the contract and the credit process. TrueHome was founded in 2017 by Raúl Villarreal and is headquartered in Mexico City.

albo

Series A in 2019
albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 seconds from your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.

Fairplay

Seed Round in 2019
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Jüsto

Seed Round in 2019
Jüsto is an online delivery-only grocery store chain that offers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meat products, beauty products, and house supplies that can be delivered at every consumers' doorstep. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico City.

minu

Seed Round in 2019
Minu Servicios, S.A.P.I de C.V. operates an application called minu, which allows employees in Mexico to access their earned salaries before the official payroll date. By providing this service, Minu aims to enhance the financial well-being of workers, enabling them to manage their finances more effectively. The company collaborates with human resources departments to implement its solution, which is designed to improve employee satisfaction, retention, and talent attraction. Minu is backed by prominent institutional investors in the FinTech sector, reflecting its potential to transform the payroll experience in Mexico.

Urbvan

Series A in 2019
Urbvan is an app-based mass transit mobility network that focuses on improving inner-city commuting in Latin America. Founded in 2016, the company provides a daily commute transportation system that emphasizes safety, comfort, and efficiency. Urbvan operates a network of express routes with no intermediary stops, offering strategically selected pickup and drop-off locations. Users benefit from professional chauffeurs, comfortable seating, Wi-Fi access, and charging ports for electronic devices, all designed to enhance their commuting experience. By leveraging technology, Urbvan aims to minimize travel times and streamline daily routines for its users.

albo

Series A in 2019
albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 seconds from your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.

BEWE (formerly miora)

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2016 and launched in five countries — Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile — BEWE operates a SaaS platform for beauty & wellness centers.

TrueHome

Seed Round in 2018
TrueHome is a Mexican real estate company that aims to improve the real estate services in the country by providing the best selling experience for homeowners and taking care of the process from end to end. They offer their clients transparent processes about procedures and details that can be confusing, boring, and long. Their legal advisors ensure that the process is in order from documents and paperwork, to the contract and the credit process. TrueHome was founded in 2017 by Raúl Villarreal and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Creze

Series A in 2017
Creze is a financial services company that uses technology to facilitate and make the process of risk assessment and management more efficient. Creze provides unsecured loans to Mexican companies seeking to grow and improve the management of their working capital. Creze pay you the amount you want, the day you want, they analyze your request in the shortest possible time and they send you a proposal based on your requirements.

Luuna

Series A in 2017
Luuna is a Mexico City based sleep company that is changing the way bedding products are bought and distributed across Mexico by pionnering to direct-to-consumer model. They have developed one innovative and unique mattress, proudly produced in Mexico. Leveraging a 95% vertical integration in their production process, they are able to deliver a ultra-premium product at a reasonable price Luuna is currently one of fastest growing e-commerce companies in Mexico and is pioneering the direct-to-consumer model. The company is interested in hearing from ambitious talent with a special focus in the area of industrial design, programming and business intelligence. Join us in our of mission of changing up a sleep industry!

Urbvan

Seed Round in 2017
Urbvan is an app-based mass transit mobility network that focuses on improving inner-city commuting in Latin America. Founded in 2016, the company provides a daily commute transportation system that emphasizes safety, comfort, and efficiency. Urbvan operates a network of express routes with no intermediary stops, offering strategically selected pickup and drop-off locations. Users benefit from professional chauffeurs, comfortable seating, Wi-Fi access, and charging ports for electronic devices, all designed to enhance their commuting experience. By leveraging technology, Urbvan aims to minimize travel times and streamline daily routines for its users.

Petsy

Venture Round in 2017
Petsy.mx is Mexico's premier petcare e-tailer. It offers a wide selection of products across a broad variety of pet types, helping its customers avoid the hassle of walking to and from the store and the convenience of having the widest assortment of pet supplies in the country right at their fingertips. The company operates daily to offer pets a variety of quality products and an excellent delivery experience directly to a home and at a good price. Petsy.mx was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Mexico.

TappTime

Seed Round in 2016
TAPPTIME S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a user-recommendation-based social advertising platform for online games. The mobile application functions by bringing together brands that sponsor prizes and users who promote the prize on social networking sites. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Creze

Seed Round in 2016
Creze is a financial services company that uses technology to facilitate and make the process of risk assessment and management more efficient. Creze provides unsecured loans to Mexican companies seeking to grow and improve the management of their working capital. Creze pay you the amount you want, the day you want, they analyze your request in the shortest possible time and they send you a proposal based on your requirements.

Kavak

Seed Round in 2016
KAVAK is the online platform that offers an exceptional experience of buying and selling used cars in Mexico, with the best prices on the market and without leaving home.

TappTime

Seed Round in 2016
TAPPTIME S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a user-recommendation-based social advertising platform for online games. The mobile application functions by bringing together brands that sponsor prizes and users who promote the prize on social networking sites. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Urbvan

Angel Round in 2016
Urbvan is an app-based mass transit mobility network that focuses on improving inner-city commuting in Latin America. Founded in 2016, the company provides a daily commute transportation system that emphasizes safety, comfort, and efficiency. Urbvan operates a network of express routes with no intermediary stops, offering strategically selected pickup and drop-off locations. Users benefit from professional chauffeurs, comfortable seating, Wi-Fi access, and charging ports for electronic devices, all designed to enhance their commuting experience. By leveraging technology, Urbvan aims to minimize travel times and streamline daily routines for its users.

Nubleer Media

Series A in 2016
Nubleer Media, based in Mexico City, operates an online reading hub that provides users with a subscription-based service for accessing a diverse range of digital content, including magazines, books, comics, and newspapers. The company employs an innovative revenue-sharing model that assists publishers in selling their digital content while offering them valuable insights and metrics related to their publications. Subscribers can enjoy unlimited access to the available content through Nubleer's web viewer and mobile applications on both Android and iOS platforms, with monthly subscription fees ranging from MX$69.00 to MX$109.00 (approximately US $5.00 to $8.50).

Luuna

Seed Round in 2016
Luuna is a Mexico City based sleep company that is changing the way bedding products are bought and distributed across Mexico by pionnering to direct-to-consumer model. They have developed one innovative and unique mattress, proudly produced in Mexico. Leveraging a 95% vertical integration in their production process, they are able to deliver a ultra-premium product at a reasonable price Luuna is currently one of fastest growing e-commerce companies in Mexico and is pioneering the direct-to-consumer model. The company is interested in hearing from ambitious talent with a special focus in the area of industrial design, programming and business intelligence. Join us in our of mission of changing up a sleep industry!

BEWE (formerly miora)

Venture Round in 2015
Founded in 2016 and launched in five countries — Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile — BEWE operates a SaaS platform for beauty & wellness centers.

Drivin

Seed Round in 2015
Drivin is a cloud-based platform that offers fleet routing solutions to its clients. The platform's range of features consist of optimization, tracking, and analytics. It provides its users with information on delivery time windows, service time, and route monitoring. Furthermore, it provides its users with an analytical dashboard that allows them to monitor and evaluate trends and metrics. Drivin was launched in 2015 by Ernesto Goycoolea, Nicolas Kuntsmann, Brad Keywell, and Pablo Godoy.

Nubleer Media

Seed Round in 2015
Nubleer Media, based in Mexico City, operates an online reading hub that provides users with a subscription-based service for accessing a diverse range of digital content, including magazines, books, comics, and newspapers. The company employs an innovative revenue-sharing model that assists publishers in selling their digital content while offering them valuable insights and metrics related to their publications. Subscribers can enjoy unlimited access to the available content through Nubleer's web viewer and mobile applications on both Android and iOS platforms, with monthly subscription fees ranging from MX$69.00 to MX$109.00 (approximately US $5.00 to $8.50).

TappTime

Seed Round in 2015
TAPPTIME S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a user-recommendation-based social advertising platform for online games. The mobile application functions by bringing together brands that sponsor prizes and users who promote the prize on social networking sites. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Petsy

Venture Round in 2015
Petsy.mx is Mexico's premier petcare e-tailer. It offers a wide selection of products across a broad variety of pet types, helping its customers avoid the hassle of walking to and from the store and the convenience of having the widest assortment of pet supplies in the country right at their fingertips. The company operates daily to offer pets a variety of quality products and an excellent delivery experience directly to a home and at a good price. Petsy.mx was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Mexico.

VoxFeed

Seed Round in 2015
VoxFeed lets brands communicate with their audience through the help of influencers. Influencers create and promote custom content that is aligned with the interests of their followers and are rewarded based on the quality and quantity of the response. Advertisers pays results base on achieved performance which is measurable in detail.

OPI

Seed Round in 2014
Organizations in developing countries face complex intelligence problems. Given the high costs of analytics solutions, most have traditionally relied on intuition to solve these problems. When they do invest in sophisticated analysis, it usually relies entirely on internal or external data, with very few solutions focused on intelligence derived from the crossing of both; necessary to resolve many business problems. This translates into sub-optimal decisions that cost millions, despite the data for better decisions being available. OPI provides actionable intelligence derived from crossing large volumes and varieties of operational & external data: • Data-Warehouse -+10,000 variables – demographics, economic activity, business, real estate, urban infrastructure, news/events, social media – generated with data from hundreds of sources, (ie. government, web scraping, social media, private suppliers). • Intelligence – Proprietary variables and large variety of mathematical/statistical models applied to particular business problems. • Visualization/Exploration tool – Web-apps to explore intelligence outputs dynamically and with intuitive visualizations. Concrete solutions in current verticals: • Public sector – Integration of hundreds of demographic, social and economic datasets for generating indicators of social needs, which serve as demand proxies for public spending. Web-app with cartographic and chart visualizations of relevant variables. • Retail – Predictive model for sales in new openings, generated from historical, current and projected operational and external variables. From a web-app, users run the model to find regions with optimal conditions and predict sales for potential openings. The solution is sold through a SaaS model, with monthly/annual subscriptions for access to a web application; with the option of an implementation at the start.

TappTime

Seed Round in 2014
TAPPTIME S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a user-recommendation-based social advertising platform for online games. The mobile application functions by bringing together brands that sponsor prizes and users who promote the prize on social networking sites. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Intangible Investments

Seed Round in 2014
Intangible is an investment vehicle that assesses, develops, and launches high-impact IT projects into fully operational companies. Intangible was founded by Federico Casas Alatriste in 2013 and is headquartered in Mexico City.

TalentProcess

Seed Round in 2014
Founded in 2011, TalentProcess is a recruitment technology company that offers a candidate relationship management system tailored for recruiters. Designed by industry veterans William Gaber and Monica Graue, the platform integrates candidate information from various sources, including job boards, LinkedIn, social networks, and university career centers, into a streamlined recruitment process. This Software as a Service (SaaS) solution helps organizations build a comprehensive talent database and enhance their employer branding through personalized career sites. Additionally, TalentProcess assists candidates by shortlisting them based on their qualifications and providing essential interview training, thereby improving their chances of securing suitable employment. The platform aims to empower companies in their talent attraction strategies, making the recruitment process more effective and efficient.

Nubleer Media

Seed Round in 2014
Nubleer Media, based in Mexico City, operates an online reading hub that provides users with a subscription-based service for accessing a diverse range of digital content, including magazines, books, comics, and newspapers. The company employs an innovative revenue-sharing model that assists publishers in selling their digital content while offering them valuable insights and metrics related to their publications. Subscribers can enjoy unlimited access to the available content through Nubleer's web viewer and mobile applications on both Android and iOS platforms, with monthly subscription fees ranging from MX$69.00 to MX$109.00 (approximately US $5.00 to $8.50).

Petsy

Venture Round in 2013
Petsy.mx is Mexico's premier petcare e-tailer. It offers a wide selection of products across a broad variety of pet types, helping its customers avoid the hassle of walking to and from the store and the convenience of having the widest assortment of pet supplies in the country right at their fingertips. The company operates daily to offer pets a variety of quality products and an excellent delivery experience directly to a home and at a good price. Petsy.mx was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Mexico.

Trendyta

Seed Round in 2013
Trendyta is an online design store that focuses on bringing the most extraordinary products to Latin American consumers. Created by Gabriela Rosas, Victor Bucardo and Juan Carlos Gaal, Trendyta bases its success in offering the most interesting designs at the best possible price, giving buyers the opportunity to shop products that are hard to find in the traditional marketplace. Since its launch in May 2013, Trendyta has hosted more than 100 designers with over 1000 products and is looking to expand towards worldwide designers, allowing consumers in Mexico and Latin America to have access to every design product they can think of and be introduced to a new method of online shopping.