Polymath Ventures
Polymath Ventures is a private equity and venture builder firm based in Bogotá, Colombia, with additional offices in Mexico, China, and the United States. Established in 2012, the firm specializes in seed investments and focuses on building transformative companies for the emerging middle class in Latin America. Its investment strategy spans various sectors, including diversified financial services, transportation, human resources, entertainment, hospitality, and leisure. Polymath Ventures aims to create impact through disruption, fostering a more equal and prosperous society by empowering the growing middle class. The firm typically invests between $0.30 million and $0.50 million in early-stage companies, particularly in technology sectors such as software-as-a-service, finance technology, and health technology.
20 past transactions
Nunnas
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Nunnas is a service provider that facilitates the connection of Mexican nurses with U.S. healthcare jobs. The company offers comprehensive support, including training, visa assistance, and job placement services, to help nurses secure employment in the U.S. healthcare industry.
Digitt
Seed Round in 2024
Digitt is a financial technology company dedicated to providing equitable financial tools aimed at combating predatory lending practices. The company focuses on eliminating the high interest rates typically associated with credit cards, offering low-interest rates ranging from 20% to 42% per year. By providing clear payment structures, Digitt enables customers to understand their monthly obligations and visualize their path to becoming debt-free. Through its innovative products, Digitt seeks to transform the financial services landscape, empowering users to manage their credit card debt more effectively and achieve their financial goals.
Autolab
Venture Round in 2023
Autolab, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, is a digital platform that connects car owners with reliable and affordable vehicle repair services. The company addresses the gap in the market by offering a superior alternative to traditional dealerships, which often charge high prices, and informal repair shops, which may provide subpar service. Autolab's platform facilitates a wide range of services, including maintenance, electrical work, bodywork, and painting, ensuring quality and efficiency through its technology-driven operations. By focusing on enhancing the customer experience and supporting auto repair shops in improving their services, Autolab positions itself as a leading solution for vehicle repair in Latin America.
Pacto
Seed Round in 2023
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.
swftbox
Seed Round in 2022
Swftbox is a shipping platform that provides retailers with same-day delivery services through its extensive courier network. The company specializes in aggregating and optimizing delivery routes, utilizing proprietary routing and optimization engines. This approach allows couriers to complete jobs that are both more profitable and easier to execute, ultimately enhancing the speed of service. By focusing on efficiency and effectiveness, Swftbox aims to improve the overall delivery experience for both retailers and their customers.
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.
Autolab
Seed Round in 2021
Autolab, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, is a digital platform that connects car owners with reliable and affordable vehicle repair services. The company addresses the gap in the market by offering a superior alternative to traditional dealerships, which often charge high prices, and informal repair shops, which may provide subpar service. Autolab's platform facilitates a wide range of services, including maintenance, electrical work, bodywork, and painting, ensuring quality and efficiency through its technology-driven operations. By focusing on enhancing the customer experience and supporting auto repair shops in improving their services, Autolab positions itself as a leading solution for vehicle repair in Latin America.
Aflore
Venture Round in 2021
Aflore is a financial services company based in Bogota, Colombia, dedicated to empowering the unbanked population, which constitutes 65% of the country's residents. Founded in 2012, Aflore focuses on providing accessible financial solutions by partnering with trusted financial advisors within local communities. These advisors are equipped with the necessary support and tools to distribute loans and financial products to their networks, thereby facilitating access to personalized credit and enabling individuals to better manage their finances. Through its innovative approach, Aflore aims to help the middle class in Latin America achieve their financial goals and improve their overall economic well-being.
Elenas
Seed Round in 2020
Elenas is Latin America's leading social commerce platform, dedicated to empowering women to launch and grow online businesses. The company focuses on enabling tens of thousands of women in Colombia and millions across Latin America to sell consumer goods, particularly cosmetics, beauty products, and accessories, through digital platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook. Elenas provides a comprehensive digital solution that allows these entrepreneurs to start an online store, manage clients, and expand their businesses from home, eliminating the need for product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection concerns.
Livly
Seed Round in 2019
At Livly we are building a global network of vertically integrated kitchens empowering local brands.
VincuVentas
Seed Round in 2019
VincuVentas' platform disrupts recruitment in emerging markets through the use of data & algorithms. Our algorithm NEXO finds top matches and invites them to apply, delivering candidates that are interesting & interested. NEXO currently delivers 30 highly matched profiles per position, increasing acceptance rate from <5% to 35%.
Aflore
Convertible Note in 2019
Aflore is a financial services company based in Bogota, Colombia, dedicated to empowering the unbanked population, which constitutes 65% of the country's residents. Founded in 2012, Aflore focuses on providing accessible financial solutions by partnering with trusted financial advisors within local communities. These advisors are equipped with the necessary support and tools to distribute loans and financial products to their networks, thereby facilitating access to personalized credit and enabling individuals to better manage their finances. Through its innovative approach, Aflore aims to help the middle class in Latin America achieve their financial goals and improve their overall economic well-being.
Elenas
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Elenas is Latin America's leading social commerce platform, dedicated to empowering women to launch and grow online businesses. The company focuses on enabling tens of thousands of women in Colombia and millions across Latin America to sell consumer goods, particularly cosmetics, beauty products, and accessories, through digital platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook. Elenas provides a comprehensive digital solution that allows these entrepreneurs to start an online store, manage clients, and expand their businesses from home, eliminating the need for product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection concerns.
Táximo
Series B in 2017
Táximo is a taxi administration company based in Bogotá, Colombia, with additional offices in Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Lima, Peru. Formerly known as MiTaxi, the company focuses on enhancing the taxi transportation industry by providing a more secure and professional experience for riders, drivers, and taxi owners. Táximo employs and trains its drivers while overseeing the maintenance and monitoring of its fleet. This approach allows the company to capture operational efficiencies and deliver consistent returns to taxi owners. By professionalizing the back-end processes of the taxi business, Táximo aims to improve the overall quality of taxi services in the regions it serves.
Autolab
Series A in 2017
Autolab, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, is a digital platform that connects car owners with reliable and affordable vehicle repair services. The company addresses the gap in the market by offering a superior alternative to traditional dealerships, which often charge high prices, and informal repair shops, which may provide subpar service. Autolab's platform facilitates a wide range of services, including maintenance, electrical work, bodywork, and painting, ensuring quality and efficiency through its technology-driven operations. By focusing on enhancing the customer experience and supporting auto repair shops in improving their services, Autolab positions itself as a leading solution for vehicle repair in Latin America.
VincuVentas
Seed Round in 2016
VincuVentas' platform disrupts recruitment in emerging markets through the use of data & algorithms. Our algorithm NEXO finds top matches and invites them to apply, delivering candidates that are interesting & interested. NEXO currently delivers 30 highly matched profiles per position, increasing acceptance rate from <5% to 35%.
VincuVentas
Pre Seed Round in 2014
VincuVentas' platform disrupts recruitment in emerging markets through the use of data & algorithms. Our algorithm NEXO finds top matches and invites them to apply, delivering candidates that are interesting & interested. NEXO currently delivers 30 highly matched profiles per position, increasing acceptance rate from <5% to 35%.
Autolab
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Autolab, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, is a digital platform that connects car owners with reliable and affordable vehicle repair services. The company addresses the gap in the market by offering a superior alternative to traditional dealerships, which often charge high prices, and informal repair shops, which may provide subpar service. Autolab's platform facilitates a wide range of services, including maintenance, electrical work, bodywork, and painting, ensuring quality and efficiency through its technology-driven operations. By focusing on enhancing the customer experience and supporting auto repair shops in improving their services, Autolab positions itself as a leading solution for vehicle repair in Latin America.
Aflore
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Aflore is a financial services company based in Bogota, Colombia, dedicated to empowering the unbanked population, which constitutes 65% of the country's residents. Founded in 2012, Aflore focuses on providing accessible financial solutions by partnering with trusted financial advisors within local communities. These advisors are equipped with the necessary support and tools to distribute loans and financial products to their networks, thereby facilitating access to personalized credit and enabling individuals to better manage their finances. Through its innovative approach, Aflore aims to help the middle class in Latin America achieve their financial goals and improve their overall economic well-being.
Táximo
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Táximo is a taxi administration company based in Bogotá, Colombia, with additional offices in Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Lima, Peru. Formerly known as MiTaxi, the company focuses on enhancing the taxi transportation industry by providing a more secure and professional experience for riders, drivers, and taxi owners. Táximo employs and trains its drivers while overseeing the maintenance and monitoring of its fleet. This approach allows the company to capture operational efficiencies and deliver consistent returns to taxi owners. By professionalizing the back-end processes of the taxi business, Táximo aims to improve the overall quality of taxi services in the regions it serves.
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