PeopleFund

PeopleFund is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in all stages. The firm invest in early through growth venture investments, private equity and public companies. The firm invest in technology, internet, software, online industries and media sectors. PeopleFund is based in Miami, Florida.

Matias de Tezanos

Founder, CEO and Director

JV

José Vargas

Co-Founder and Director

33 past transactions

Kipo

Seed Round in 2013
Our technology enables any mobile phone become a professional GPS tracker. No contracts, no high monthly fees. A smarter, safer and easier-to-use solution that gives everyone access to a complete suite of real-time location tools. The goal of our company is to make this technology more accessible and easier to acquire, enabling more people than ever to receive all the benefits that having access to real-time location provides. Pairing a beautiful interface with a robust backend, Kipo is the future of real-time tracking.

NatureForex

Series A in 2013
NatureForex is an international broker which provides financial and investment services worldwide. Our company specializes in FX, Metals, Indices, Oil, Social Trading and Binary Options.

Autobytel.com

Post in 2019
AutoWeb operates as an automotive marketing services company that helps automotive retail dealers and manufacturers that sell new and used vehicles through its Internet lead referral and online advertising programs. The company's lead programs include new vehicle lead program that allows consumers to submit requests for pricing and availability of specific makes and models, used vehicle lead program, which allows consumers to search for used vehicles according to specific search parameters, such as the price, make, model, mileage, year, and location of the vehicle; and finance lead program designed to provide consumers opportunity to obtain vehicle financing and other services. Its consumer-facing automotive Web sites, which include Autobytel.com, Autoweb.com, AutoSite.com, Car.com, CarSmart.com, CarTV.com, and MyRide.com, provide consumers the information and tools to aid them in their automotive purchase decisions, and the opportunity to submit lead requests. The company was formerly known as autobytel.com Inc. AutoWeb was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Kaptyn

Series A in 2017
Kapytn is an innovative smart taxi technology company founded by experienced industry leaders. The company is a taxi pioneer that is dedicated to providing the taxi ecosystem a sustainable, regulated, and innovative platform for success. Kapytn platform provides fleets and drivers with comprehensive data collection, real-time analytics, regulatory management, innovative dispatch solutions, back office HR and cashiering suite and flexible integration capabilities to upgrade their taxi business to maximize process and cost efficiencies. This includes but is not limited to e-hail, credit card processing and mobile payments, insurance telematics for the potential of lower rates, and advertising and media partnerships.

Kaptyn

Series B in 2022
Kapytn is an innovative smart taxi technology company founded by experienced industry leaders. The company is a taxi pioneer that is dedicated to providing the taxi ecosystem a sustainable, regulated, and innovative platform for success. Kapytn platform provides fleets and drivers with comprehensive data collection, real-time analytics, regulatory management, innovative dispatch solutions, back office HR and cashiering suite and flexible integration capabilities to upgrade their taxi business to maximize process and cost efficiencies. This includes but is not limited to e-hail, credit card processing and mobile payments, insurance telematics for the potential of lower rates, and advertising and media partnerships.

Menlo Micro

Series C in 2022
Menlo Micro is a developer of an electromechanical switch technology used to offer products ranging from battery chargers to electric vehicles. The company's products can handle high temperatures and high-stress conditions and help in battery management, home automation, and medical instrumentation that enable clients to work with advanced products and deliver efficient outcomes using high power. Menlo Micro was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Genomic Prediction Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Genomic Prediction provides advanced genetic testing for IVF. They have developed a novel, genome-wide molecular genotyping methodology for pre-implantation genetic testing of embryos.

Kingo

Seed Round in 2013
Kingo Energy manufactures solar energy producing systems. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

BlueKite

Series A in 2013
BlueKite USA Inc. provides a Web-based platform to make cross border bill payments for immigrants, money stores, and utilities in Central and Latin America. Its Web-based platform is used to make real-time bill-payments for electricity, gas, water, Internet, cable, fixed and mobile phone, and financial services. The company’s platform also enables immigrants to send money to their family members. It serves markets in Florida; and Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador through third-party agents. BlueKite USA Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Kingo

Seed Round in 2014
Kingo Energy manufactures solar energy producing systems. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

ContactUs.com, Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
ContactUs.com, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service customer acquisition platform that provides contact forms, live chat, lead capture, and lead management solutions for small and medium businesses. Its platform enables users to deploy massive campaigns for onsite conversion optimization and lead-generation. ContactUs.com, Inc. was formerly known as Singlecontact, Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Miami, Florida. As of September 10, 2015, ContactUs.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WorkWave, LLC.

Planetary Resources, Inc.

Series A in 2012
Planetary Resources is bringing the natural resources of space within humanity’s economic sphere of influence, propelling us into the 21st century and beyond…today. Asteroids will play a key role in the development of a space economy and be the main driver in allowing humanity to become a flourishing multi-planetary species. Water from asteroids will fuel the in-space economy and habitation, by creating rocket fuel and consumable water from space, for space.

Lifefy

Seed Round in 2018
Providing the underserved market easy and affordable access to life insurance through a proprietary D2C, self-service, mobile-first, digital platform. Policy in-hand in under 10 minutes.

ADVANO

Seed Round in 2017
NanoStar, Inc., doing business as Advano, a silicon nanotechnology company, manufactures and processes functionalized silicon nanoparticles/quantum dots. Its products are used in various applications, including high energy capacity anodes for lithium-ion batteries, CO2 carbon captures, super hydrophobic coatings or water-repellant films, and printable electronics. It caters to electric vehicles and telecommunication industries. NanoStar, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Getaround, Inc.

Series E in 2020
Getaround, Inc. operates an online marketplace for peer-to-peer car sharing and local car rentals. The company offers Getaround, an on-demand car sharing marketplace that enables users to share cars and other vehicles with people nearby and rent convertibles, exotics, luxury, snows, SUVs, Tesla, trucks, and vans. It serves customers in San Francisco, San Diego, Berkeley, and Oakland, California; Chicago, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; Washington, District Of Columbia; and Denver, Colorado. Getaround, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Amply Power, Inc.

Series A in 2020
Amply Power provides commercial fleet operations a charging-as-a-service approach to help fleets transaction to electric vehicles. It delivers a scalable solution for EV Fleet Charging, as a fleet moves from a pilot project to production scale, that accelerates the zero-emission goals of the business and the EV fleet managers. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

ContactUs.com, Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
ContactUs.com, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service customer acquisition platform that provides contact forms, live chat, lead capture, and lead management solutions for small and medium businesses. Its platform enables users to deploy massive campaigns for onsite conversion optimization and lead-generation. ContactUs.com, Inc. was formerly known as Singlecontact, Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Miami, Florida. As of September 10, 2015, ContactUs.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WorkWave, LLC.

Urban Communications, LLC

Seed Round in 2008
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Heila

Seed Round in 2012
Heila glory brings about the latest news and updates worldwide

Playspace, S.L.

Seed Round in 2012
Playspace, S.L. develops and publishes social and traditional multiplayer mobile games. The company offers online strategy games, classic dominoes games, card games, and free casino games. It provides its games for facebook, android, and Iphone. Playspace, S.L. was founded in 2011 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Getaround, Inc.

Series A in 2012
Getaround, Inc. operates an online marketplace for peer-to-peer car sharing and local car rentals. The company offers Getaround, an on-demand car sharing marketplace that enables users to share cars and other vehicles with people nearby and rent convertibles, exotics, luxury, snows, SUVs, Tesla, trucks, and vans. It serves customers in San Francisco, San Diego, Berkeley, and Oakland, California; Chicago, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; Washington, District Of Columbia; and Denver, Colorado. Getaround, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Iguama Group, Inc.

Seed Round in 2012
iguama is an e-commerce cross-border shopping club where Latin Americans buy top quality U.S. brands at affordable prices. The company helps US Merchants to Unlock the Potential in Latin America. It answers key questions US merchants have when selling in Latin America so that Merchants can thrive in the region.

Clasificados.com

Seed Round in 2016
CLASIFICADOS.COM is a web platform that aims to connect users and sellers in Latin America through classified ads. Their site has presence in 21 countries in Latin American, as well as in Spain, Portugal and United States. With over 3 million listings published in our Spanish and Portuguese-speaking portals and millions of visitors each month, we are the best option to find and sell what you need.

HealthCare, Inc.

Series A in 2015
HealthCare.com is an independent, advertising-supported website publisher and provides a consumer comparison service. HealthCare.com may earn revenue for leads, clicks, calls, and application generated and may be compensated by its advertisers for sponsored products and services. This compensation may impact how, where, and in what order products appear. HealthCare.com does not include all companies or all available products. HealthCare.com is not a broker or agent on the sale of insurance products.

ADVANO

Series A in 2020
NanoStar, Inc., doing business as Advano, a silicon nanotechnology company, manufactures and processes functionalized silicon nanoparticles/quantum dots. Its products are used in various applications, including high energy capacity anodes for lithium-ion batteries, CO2 carbon captures, super hydrophobic coatings or water-repellant films, and printable electronics. It caters to electric vehicles and telecommunication industries. NanoStar, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

ADVANO

Series A in 2019
NanoStar, Inc., doing business as Advano, a silicon nanotechnology company, manufactures and processes functionalized silicon nanoparticles/quantum dots. Its products are used in various applications, including high energy capacity anodes for lithium-ion batteries, CO2 carbon captures, super hydrophobic coatings or water-repellant films, and printable electronics. It caters to electric vehicles and telecommunication industries. NanoStar, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Singularity University is a benefit corporation that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships, and a startup accelerator to help individuals, businesses, institutions, investors, NGOs, and governments understand cutting-edge technologies and how to utilize these technologies to positively impact billions of people. Singularity University permits individuals from more than 85 countries to apply growing technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology and digital fabrication, networks and computing systems, and medicine and neuroscience in order to address humanity’s major challenges such as education, energy, environment, food, global health, poverty, security, space, and water. Its educational programs consist of the graduate studies program, <a href="https://www.dissertationcorp.co.uk/">Dissertation Help</a> , the executive program, and exponential conferences. Singularity University was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in NASA Research Park, Silicon Valley.

P3 Global Management Inc.

Series A in 2014
P3 Global Management Inc. operates as a public-private smart city project developer. It creates public-private partnerships to facilitate collaboration between municipalities and the private sector for launching urban infrastructure projects; and offers turnkey solutions ranging from project design, structure, and financing to technology deployment and project management solutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York. As of July 20, 2017, P3 Global Management Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EYSA Estacionamientos y servicios, S.A.U.

Diamond Foundry

Seed Round in 2012
Diamond Foundry was founded with the goal of reinventing the $100B diamond industry from “mine to finger” by setting a new standard for social and environmental good. The founding team of M.I.T., Stanford, and Princeton engineers previously developed pioneering breakthroughs in solar power technology – and had a hunch that techniques used to harness the energy of the sun could also be used to make a better diamond, atom by atom.

NatureForex

Series A in 2012
NatureForex is an international broker which provides financial and investment services worldwide. Our company specializes in FX, Metals, Indices, Oil, Social Trading and Binary Options.

LionWorks

Seed Round in 2012
LionWorks S.A. designs and develops video, action and adventure, and social games. It also offers outsourcing services, including digital and matte painting, 3D modeling and animation, game design, and software development services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Instrumems Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Instrumems Inc. develops nano-wire sensors, a sensing platform that allows measuring of temperature, velocity, and humidity. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Altos, California.

Iguama Group, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
iguama is an e-commerce cross-border shopping club where Latin Americans buy top quality U.S. brands at affordable prices. The company helps US Merchants to Unlock the Potential in Latin America. It answers key questions US merchants have when selling in Latin America so that Merchants can thrive in the region.