NXTP Labs

NXTP Ventures backs early-stage technology companies led by extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. As one of the oldest VC firms in Latin America active since 2011, NXTP puts its extensive network of mentors, investors and industry specialists to work for its portfolio companies. We are particularly passionate about SaaS, logistics, and other services primed to create efficiencies in business workflows by introducing new technology. NXTP Ventures was an early investor in business such as AuthO, CargoX, Trocafone, Satellogic, Cobli, Liftit, VU Security and many more.

Ariel Arrieta

Founding Partner & Managing Partner

Darly Bendo

Principal

Alexander Busse

General Partner

Francisco Coronel

Founding Partner

Gonzalo Costa

Founding Partner & Managing Partner

Bruno Dalapria

Senior Associate

Eduardo Razzetti

CFO

Past deals in Mexico

Moneypool

Seed Round in 2017
Moneypool offers a community-based platform that enables its users to create groups and collect money form the other users. Users are able to pay credit or debit cards, and cash. Moneypool takes a standard commission for facilitating credit card payments. Moneypool was founded by Ignacio Alvarez, Gerardo Acuña & Sebastian Cueva in 2013.

FACTURAMA INC

Seed Round in 2017
Problem: . In México 65% of small businesses disappear within 2 years of founding due to inadequate fiscal administration. Solution/ Product . Facturama, online platform to help professionals and microenterprises maintain better control of their finances through electronic invoice management and other organizational services. Market . According to SAT (Mexican Tax Administration Service), the electronic invoice market is worth about $3 billion dollars annually and Forbes reported 250% growth from 2013 – 2014 due to the government mandate that all invoices must be delivered electronically. . There are more than 36 million taxpayers in Mexico.

Uniko

Venture Round in 2016
The Gift Industry represents 15% of the global economy. Just in the US is 10 trillion dolar annually and 10% is wasted. Uniko is a new way to give and receive gifts in the world and be able to exchange them for cash.

Kinedu

Convertible Note in 2016
Kinedu is an app that provides fun and age-based daily activity ideas to do with your little one. Each activity targets a key developmental area, helping your baby reach every milestone.

CreApps

Seed Round in 2016
CreApps is a company based in Monterrey, Mexico, specializing in the development and incubation of mobile and web applications. The company operates under two primary business models: direct application development, where they create applications for clients, and an incubation model that seeks out external app ideas. In the latter, if an idea is deemed promising, the creator retains a share of the application's profits. CreApps has expertise in various programming languages, including Objective-C, C, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, and C#. They are proficient in developing applications for both iOS and Android platforms.

Aventones

Venture Round in 2014
Aventones is a ride-sharing platform operating in Mexico City and Chile that promotes carpooling within trusted communities such as companies, universities, and government agencies. The platform facilitates the organization of rides by connecting users based on shared routes and schedules, helping to optimize transportation resources and reduce environmental impacts. Users can find matches for carpooling, enabling efficient use of empty seats in vehicles. Initially launched to serve corporate clients through an annual subscription model, Aventones evolved to incorporate an online marketplace that connects drivers with available seats to passengers seeking rides. In 2015, the company was acquired by BlaBlaCar, further expanding its reach and capabilities in the ride-sharing sector.

espiral Technologies, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Espiral Technologies offers a range of mobile payment and business solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a smartphone application that enables businesses to offer mobile payment solutions to their customers. Espiral Technologies was founded by Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, Alejandro Borrego, Jay Kline, and Alejandro Avila in 2013 and is based in Mexico.

Woo-Hoo Studios

Seed Round in 2014
With the use of analytics and certification of pedagogical experts, Woo-Hoo creates multimedia that helps children develop skills, providing parents a set of tools that helps them have a higher engagement with their children in safe and fun interactive experiences. Woo-Hoo develops content in collaboration with affiliated third party artists, writers, musicians and teachers, and it aims to be a conversation starter between parents and kids about important topics that can help in their development of creative, emotional and educational abilities. We look for a bonding time through the use of new technologies. All of Woo-Hoo's content is approved by child psychologists and organizations such as KidSafe, Moms With Apps and Tiching, and are designed to be safe and fun, and encourage reading habits, enhance family time and promotes good values.

AllShoppings

Seed Round in 2014
AllShoppings is an online platform that offers marketing services to its clients. Its product portfolio consists of user box, data big brain, and targeting. User box provides its clients with wireless databases. Data big plan provides customer interaction analytics through custom dashboards to its clients. Targeting provides its clients with marketing strategies through geolocation technology and direct communication. AllShoppings was launched in 2014 by Matias Hapanowicz and Romina Miraglia and is based in Mexico.

Mozaico

Seed Round in 2014
Mozaico is an e-commerce website that provides its users with a range of products. The website allows its users to explore unique products across many categories and keywords, find and compare items with one another, and connect with the right place to buy what they like. It offers brands such as LiNio, dafiti, gaudena, Kichink, SACIONAL, LOKALD, TRENDYTA, GAIA, and more. Mozaico was launched in 2012 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Tizkka

Seed Round in 2014
TiZKKA is a mobile fashion discovery platform that connects users with a community of fashion enthusiasts and influencers. The platform allows users to share their personal styles, receive feedback, and stay updated on the latest trends in fashion. Users can discover inspiration from others while fulfilling their desire for recognition within the fashion community. Additionally, TiZKKA partners with e-commerce platforms, enabling users to purchase featured items directly through the app, creating a seamless shopping experience. Fashion influencers on the platform can monetize their looks by linking them to products, thereby driving sales while enhancing users' fashion knowledge and confidence. Recognized as one of Latin America's Most Innovative Companies, TiZKKA aims to elevate users' fashion sense and facilitate interactions in a vibrant online environment.

El Meme

Seed Round in 2014
El Meme is a news and entertainment outlet based in Argentina, incorporated in 2014. The platform identifies and monitors trends to help audiences understand global events and their relevance. It boasts a network of over 10,000 professionals, including writers, creatives, filmmakers, and communication and design experts. El Meme reaches more than 30 million millennials monthly across the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. The company provides digital content production services, such as content marketing and native advertising, while also specializing in distribution to targeted audiences through programmatic buying and social media.

EmporioCommerce

Seed Round in 2014
EmporioCommerce provides a regional e-commerce solution for brands. Emporio Commerce offers a turn key solution for brands to sell their products online including Warehouse & Fulfillment, Logistics, Customer Service, Payments, Business Intelligence, IT Software Development and Online Marketing. With offices in Argentina, Mexico, Brasil, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay Emporio Commerce has partnered with today’s top global brands across Latin America. Emporio Commerce is backed by MercadoLibre, Inc and Transcosmos, Inc.

RealTrends

Seed Round in 2014
Real Trends provides a platform for MercadoLibre's sellers that makes them sell more and better, offering tools for answering buyers' questions faster, in-depth competition analysis, improvement of listings' ranking and way more! It optimizes account management and reduces sellers' costs. Never again will a seller make a decision based purely on "gut feeling". Real time decision-making information will always be available for smart & fast action. Real Trends has thousands of users in Argentina, Brazil & Mexico, ranging from top brands to regular small and mid-sized sellers and it's pricing adapts to every seller size.

WinAd

Seed Round in 2014
WinAd is a Mexico-based company that operates a social network designed to connect users and brands through advertising contests. This platform facilitates interactive engagement by allowing users to participate in contests where they can create and submit advertisements. By fostering this connection, WinAd provides brands with innovative marketing solutions while offering users a chance to showcase their creativity and earn recognition. Through its unique approach, WinAd enhances brand visibility and user interaction in the advertising landscape.

Sinimanes

Seed Round in 2013
Sinimanes / Semeantoja is an online food delivery company that links users to their local neighborhood restaurants. The site offers users an exciting choice of more than 2000 restaurants and numerous cuisine types in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Funded by 500 Startups, Nxtp Labs and Angel Investors.

CreApps

Seed Round in 2013
CreApps is a company based in Monterrey, Mexico, specializing in the development and incubation of mobile and web applications. The company operates under two primary business models: direct application development, where they create applications for clients, and an incubation model that seeks out external app ideas. In the latter, if an idea is deemed promising, the creator retains a share of the application's profits. CreApps has expertise in various programming languages, including Objective-C, C, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, and C#. They are proficient in developing applications for both iOS and Android platforms.

Kuona

Seed Round in 2013
Kuona is a technology company based in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, specializing in the development of a mobile application and web platform designed to assist consumers and retailers in optimizing pricing and promotions. The platform utilizes machine learning to provide real-time pricing and promotional information from grocery retailers, enabling users to receive personalized in-store deals based on their profiles and preferences. Additionally, Kuona's technology helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and retailers define optimal prices, sales objectives, and inventory levels for each item in their stores. By tracking competitor pricing and notifying users of frequent changes, Kuona aims to enhance profitability and market share for its clients.

ComproPago

Seed Round in 2013
ComproPago is a platform that allows online businesses to receive cash payments. Due to the low debit and credit card penetration in Mexico (30%) plus the lack of confidence when buying online via credit card, the e-commerce industry in Mexico is in search of alternative solutions to tackle this issue. ComproPago solves this problem by providing more than 130,000 physical payments points (Oxxo, 7eleven, Walmart, Superama, etc.) across the whole country, where customers can make cash payments to pay for products and services bought online.

Twitt2go

Seed Round in 2013
Twitt2Go is a web system that allows Twitter users to order home of your favorite restaurants. It is a Mexican company dedicated to the delivery of food via Twitter.

PingStamp

Seed Round in 2013
PingStamp is a comprehensive loyalty platform designed for businesses and customers in Mexico. It offers an innovative solution to enhance customer relationships by providing a user-friendly and engaging experience. The program is free and allows users to earn rewards at their favorite establishments, encouraging repeat visits. Through its straightforward approach, PingStamp aims to simplify loyalty management for businesses while fostering customer retention and engagement.

Aentropico

Seed Round in 2013
Aentropico is a Brazilian company that develops a predictive analytics platform aimed at facilitating decision-making for managers in mid and large enterprises. The platform utilizes Big Data to provide actionable intelligence on various aspects such as marketing, customer analysis, and resource allocation. By combining user-friendly design with advanced applied statistics, Aentropico enables non-technical users to access useful algorithms tailored to industry-specific questions. The company has conducted paid pilot projects in Colombia and Mexico across three different sectors, with plans to expand into recurrent billing projects through their beta platform. Aentropico aspires to establish itself as a leading marketplace for data science solutions in the Latin American market.

Sinimanes

Seed Round in 2013
Sinimanes / Semeantoja is an online food delivery company that links users to their local neighborhood restaurants. The site offers users an exciting choice of more than 2000 restaurants and numerous cuisine types in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Funded by 500 Startups, Nxtp Labs and Angel Investors.

Technorides

Seed Round in 2013
Technorides provides technological and financial solutions tailored for the private and corporate transport industry. The company offers a suite of products, including passenger mobile applications, a dispatch system for order management and trip tracking, and driver mobile applications. Additionally, it provides corporate membership options along with advertising and marketing services, all delivered through a Software-as-a-Service model. Technorides caters to various clients, including taxi companies, black car services, and messaging companies across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. Founded in 2012 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the company previously operated under the name DineroTaxi. Technorides aims to establish itself as a regional market leader before expanding into Europe and Asia, leveraging a White Label approach that allows carriers to modernize their systems while maintaining their branding.

Aventones

Series A in 2012
Aventones is a ride-sharing platform operating in Mexico City and Chile that promotes carpooling within trusted communities such as companies, universities, and government agencies. The platform facilitates the organization of rides by connecting users based on shared routes and schedules, helping to optimize transportation resources and reduce environmental impacts. Users can find matches for carpooling, enabling efficient use of empty seats in vehicles. Initially launched to serve corporate clients through an annual subscription model, Aventones evolved to incorporate an online marketplace that connects drivers with available seats to passengers seeking rides. In 2015, the company was acquired by BlaBlaCar, further expanding its reach and capabilities in the ride-sharing sector.

LastRoom

Seed Round in 2012
LastRoom is an online platform that facilitates the planning, purchase, and administration of travel services. Travelers can search for hotels near their location or any city they travel to. LastRoom was launched by [Josue Gio](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/josue-gio) and [Angela Cois](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/angela-cois) in 2012 and is operated from Mexico City, Mexico.

Logan

Seed Round in 2012
Logan Mobile Media is a media company specializing in mobile marketing services, established in 2011 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With additional offices in Mexico City, São Paulo, Guatemala, Lima, and Geneva, the company offers tools and services designed to help advertisers develop effective mobile advertising strategies. Utilizing real-time data to analyze user interests and motivations, Logan enhances business performance through audience-driven marketing approaches. The company focuses on maximizing return on investment with its technology-driven analytics platform, making it a comprehensive resource for mobile advertising. In recognition of its innovation and excellence, Logan was awarded a global Smartie by the Mobile Marketing Association in 2016, distinguishing it as the only Latin American company to receive this honor.