Wayra is a corporate venture arm and innovation hub connected to Telefónica, operating as a global accelerator and open-innovation platform that links startups and scaleups with the Telefónica group. With a presence in ten countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela, Wayra collaborates with entrepreneurs to identify and develop joint business opportunities. It serves as the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems worldwide, providing access to networks, capital, mentorship, and potential pilot deployments. Wayra runs accelerator programs and themed calls, such as the Wayra Call and the Health Hub with partners, to support tech startups across sectors like health tech, cybersecurity, smart city, and IT, aiming to scale startups through engagement with Telefónica's global assets and corporate partnerships.

Winnipeg Capital is an investment and financial services firm based in Lima, Peru. Established in 2017, it operates four business lines: Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Capital Markets, and a Multi-Family Office. The firm connects high-potential Latin American companies with growth opportunities through customized financial services and strategy advisory, supporting entrepreneurs across EdTech, AgTech and SaaS to scale regionally.

Fledge is an international network of accelerator programs and an early-stage investment firm based in Seattle. Founded in 2012, it operates accelerator programs worldwide for mission-driven for-profit startups that tackle social and environmental challenges such as poverty, sustainability, green energy, and inequality. The organization runs a ten-week accelerator and provides seed-stage funding, typically investing about $15,000 to $20,000 for equity in technology-savvy ventures. It maintains a global footprint with offices in Seattle, Lima, and Barcelona and supports thematic initiatives and relocation-oriented programs such as The Land Accelerator and the Impact Startup Visa, as well as cooperative ventures through Start.coop. By combining hands-on acceleration with early funding, Fledge aims to help scalable, impact-driven businesses grow and address real-world problems.

MrPink VC is a venture capital firm based in Punta del Este, Uruguay, founded in 2021. It makes early-stage investments in startups across Spanish-speaking Latin America and Spain, including the CAPUC region (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, and Colombia). The firm targets companies in blockchain, artificial intelligence, education, food, technology, and services, with a focus on ventures that strengthen social connections and improve human well-being. It emphasizes a founder-centric, long-term partnership built on honesty and clarity.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Ataria is a Lima, Peru–based venture capital firm and venture builder founded in 2017. It focuses on Latin American markets and invests in early‑stage high‑tech startups, with connections to ecosystems in Israel and Silicon Valley. The firm seeks to give Latin American family offices and conglomerates diversified access to global technology ventures while enabling startups to expand into Latin America. By operating as both an investor and a venture builder, Ataria supports portfolio companies in cross‑border growth and local market entry, helping bridge the Latin American region with international innovation hubs.

Unpopular Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on technology companies. It makes active investments across a broad range of startups, supporting companies through various growth stages. Since inception it has deployed approximately 75 million dollars across roughly 500 startups, including Zepto, Jeeves, and Yassir, reflecting a high level of ongoing deal activity.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Nazca Ventures, also known as Mountain Nazca, is a venture capital firm that backs bold technology-enabled entrepreneurs seeking to build breakout, globally ambitious businesses. It offers multi-stage funding alongside a strong local and global network, market intelligence, and guidance on strategy, deployment, and execution, as well as legal and regulatory advice, talent sourcing, and access to premium business partnerships. The firm concentrates on Latin American and United States companies with global ambitions, supporting breakout propositions in Latin America and untapped markets as well as innovations from early-adopter markets like the United States. It maintains operations in San Francisco, Mexico City, Bogota, Buenos Aires, and Santiago, with additional hubs through Mountain Partners, enabling a broader international reach. Nazca Ventures was established in 2014 by prominent Latin American technology entrepreneurs and later merged with Mountain Partners to expand global capabilities.

Alaya Capital is a venture capital firm based in Cordoba, Argentina, focused on investing in and scaling Latin American startups. It supports technology-driven ventures across the region, with a regional footprint that includes partnerships across Spanish-speaking Latin America. The firm targets sectors such as information technology, fintech, e-commerce, and consumer products and services, aiming to create value and promote a new economy in Latin America based on tech and knowledge.

CIBC is a Canadian multinational bank offering a full range of financial services to individuals, small businesses, corporations, and institutions. Its activities span commercial banking, wealth management, asset management, and investment banking, including corporate and investment banking, equity and debt financing, advisory services, and cross-border banking. The organization operates through divisions such as CIBC Bank (providing retail and commercial banking), CIBC Bank USA (Americas-based commercial banking), CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Markets (investment banking and capital markets), and asset management units including CIBC Asset Management and CIBC Global Asset Management. CIBC serves clients across North America with offices in Toronto, Chicago and other international locations, and focuses on serving mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, pension plans, and financial institutions. The bank emphasizes long-standing client relationships, community investment, and a broad geographic footprint in Canada and the United States.

DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based venture capital firm that supports Mexican entrepreneurs and startups. Founded in 2005, the firm provides equity investments, debt financing, and strategic guidance to portfolio companies, aiming to add value through its entrepreneur network, deep knowledge of the Mexican market, and the experience of its partners. It focuses on information technology, software, commercial services, and consumer non-durables, seeking to help ventures grow and scale.

Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures, also known as ALIVE Ventures, is a unique Latin American fund manager focused on impact investing. They prioritize measuring impact through a data-driven approach, emphasizing understanding how lives are being positively affected. With a strong commitment to gender lens investing, ALIVE Ventures aims to create a community of investors dedicated to making a difference and learning from their investments. By collaborating and sharing knowledge, they strive to expand the impact investing landscape in Latin America. While prioritizing social impact, ALIVE Ventures also aims to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to their investors.

Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.

Endeavour Silver Corp is a Canadian mineral company engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, development, and exploitation of precious metal properties in Mexico and Chile. It operates the Guanacevi and Bolanitos silver mines in Mexico and the El Cubo silver-gold mine in Guanajuato; it is developing the Terronera project and maintains exploration programs in Mexico, Chile, and the United States. In 2012 it acquired Mexgold Resources and its subsidiaries, expanding its producing assets in the Guanajuato district.

Kayyak Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Chile and Mexico. It concentrates on seed and Series A investments in technology companies based in Latin America or led by Latin founders, prioritizing mission-driven entrepreneurs with scalable, capital-efficient business models and solid unit economics. While primarily backing Latin American ventures, Kayyak Ventures also supports Latin founders in the United States and Europe, and participates across early rounds, including seed, Series A, and Series B, typically investing between 1.5 million and 5 million per new investment and may lead or participate in deals. The firm emphasizes building strong teams and long-term value, aiming to help portfolio companies scale sustainably.

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that funds seed-stage technology companies across domains such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, hardware, robotics, information technology, health tech, and cannabis. The firm also co-invests in Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds, providing capital and guidance to startups in the United States, including the Midwest and Southeast regions.

McCombs Partners is the corporate venture arm of McCombs Enterprises and serves as its investment management division. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the firm invests in startups and early-stage companies across automotive, financial services, logistics, medical, and sports sectors, seeking to support growth and strategic partnerships.

UTEC Ventures is an accelerator and venture capital firm affiliated with the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Lima, Peru. It supports early‑stage technology startups through its accelerator program and direct investments, aiming to help founders accelerate product development, market entry, and growth. The firm backs ventures across sectors such as fintech, health tech, software, e‑commerce, real estate, transportation and education technology, and seeks to partner with teams at the earliest stages. Investments are typically minority stakes in seed to early‑stage companies, with a focus on building scalable businesses in Latin America and beyond.

NXTP Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with offices across Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina. It focuses on early-stage investments, writing checks from $500,000 to $5 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, and concentrates on four B2B verticals: Cloud and SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The firm has backed more than 130 startups, with a portfolio that includes six unicorns and 32 exits, and it has helped companies raise substantial capital through a Latin American network designed to support regional expansion. NXTP collaborates with other investors and provides extensive hands-on support, including access to more than 400 experts who assist with operational and growth challenges. The firm emphasizes helping founders scale, validate viable business models, and extend operations across borders within Latin America, leveraging regional market insight and partner ecosystems.

Carao Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in San José, Costa Rica. It specializes in early-stage investments across Latin America, with emphasis on software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, biotech and healthtech, fintech, consumer products, e-commerce, and related technology-enabled sectors. The firm focuses on opportunities in smaller LatAm markets in Central America, the Northern Andean region, the Dominican Republic, and select other countries, aiming to back startups with high potential that may lack local funding resources. Carao combines early-stage VC practices with venture-building and accelerator-style support to help portfolio companies grow and access a broader investor network. The leadership is headed by Allan Boruchowicz.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that funds technology startups across early, growth, and late stages. It concentrates on internet-native opportunities at the applications layer, internet services, and web services that generate large networks and network effects, with an emphasis on software, fintech, e-commerce, media, mobile, and related sectors. The firm typically makes initial investments around one million dollars, with occasional larger early-stage bets of two to three million, and it aims to deploy as much as twenty million dollars in a single company. Founded in 2003, Union Square Ventures operates globally with investments in companies based in New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, and elsewhere, seeking scalable businesses that leverage information technology to transform markets and create significant network value.

Rethink Education provides a cloud-based platform that enables organizations to design simple mobile-first courses for employees or students, accessible on any device at any time with minimal data usage, and eliminates the need for local backup or storage. The solution focuses on delivering training and educational content across devices, ensuring reliable access without device-specific constraints.

Nakama Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2022 and located in Las Condes, Chile. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies across various sectors, aiming to support innovative entrepreneurs in their growth journeys. By providing financial resources and strategic guidance, Nakama Ventures seeks to foster the development of new ideas and technologies, contributing to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.

Elevar Equity is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 that focuses on impact investing in emerging markets. It backs early-stage and growth companies across financial services, microfinance, housing, education, healthcare, and agriculture, as well as MSMEs serving low-income communities. By financing scalable, affordable distribution models, the firm seeks to deliver both financial returns and meaningful social impact. Elevar operates with a cross-border approach in regions including India, Latin America, and other emerging markets, partnering with entrepreneurs to expand access to essential products and services and strengthen local economies.

Kaszek Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, with origins in Argentina. It invests in early-stage technology companies across Latin America, focusing on Seed, Series A and Series B rounds, and provides portfolio companies with strategic and operational guidance, including growth, product, technology, and fundraising support. The firm targets software, fintech, education, healthcare, e-commerce, marketplaces, and related sectors, aiming to back innovative businesses across the region. By combining capital with hands-on expertise and an extensive network, Kaszek Ventures helps founders scale from inception to growth-stage phases.

Wollef Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Mexico City, Mexico. The firm invests in technology-focused startups across Latin America, with emphasis on digital, software, digital economy, software-as-a-service, internet of things, big data, fintech, and mobile sectors. It targets early-stage rounds, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments, and prioritizes opportunities in Spanish-speaking Latin America, with a strong presence in the Mexican market.

Greylock Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 and based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and San Francisco. The firm invests across seed through growth stages in consumer and enterprise software, cloud/SaaS, data and analytics, security, and related information technology sectors, and may participate in areas such as advertising, fintech, health tech, and open source infrastructure. It often seeks board oversight of portfolio companies and prioritizes investments in the United States, India, China, Europe and Israel, with occasional activity in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Criteria Venture Tech is a Barcelona-based venture capital firm that serves as the technology investing arm of CriteriaCaixa. It backs B2B software, SaaS, and deep-tech companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada, targeting both early and growth-stage opportunities. The firm focuses on information technology, SaaS, and related B2B sectors, with typical equity investments ranging from 0.5 to 20 million euros to support international growth and product-scale efforts.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

Salkantay Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investment firm based in Lima, Peru, that backs startups across Latin America. It pursues a generalist approach, investing in companies addressing large regional market pains at scale through technology, with a focus on sectors including e-commerce, ad tech, health tech, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The firm aims to deliver strong financial returns while generating meaningful impact by collaborating with intrepid entrepreneurs and investors to transform innovative ideas into successful companies.

Carabela is a venture capital firm based in Guadalajara, Mexico, that backs early-stage Latin American startups across sectors such as ICT, e-commerce, fintech, edtech and food-tech. It concentrates on early-stage opportunities and does not impose a minimum revenue requirement; instead it evaluates ventures with a minimum viable product and market validation through user testing to assess opportunity, with a focus on technology-enabled ventures that aim to positively impact lives in Latin America.

Seaya Ventures is a Madrid-based European venture capital platform that invests in technology-enabled startups across Europe and Latin America. Since its inception in 2013, it has raised and manages a substantial capital base, with over €600 million across multiple early-stage funds, and backs founders building global technology companies. The firm supports portfolio companies through a global platform, an extensive network of founders, investors and multinational corporations, and its experience helping companies scale internationally. Seaya pursues opportunities across software, mobility, greentech, healthcare, energy, climate, circular economy, fintech, proptech and related sectors, emphasizing technology-driven growth and sustainable impact. It maintains a climate technology initiative alongside core tech investments, reflecting a commitment to applying technology to address climate challenges and accelerate the global adoption of climate solutions.

Krealo is the corporate venture capital arm of Credicorp Capital. Founded in 2018 and based in Lima, Peru, it focuses on fintech startups in the Andean region and Mexico. Krealo builds, invests in, and manages fintech ventures as Credicorp's open-innovation unit, supporting technology-driven financial solutions.

2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey. It backs technology startups across the United States and Canada, leads pre-seed rounds with high conviction, and writes checks typically ranging from $500,000 to $2 million to support initial rounds and ongoing company building. The firm operates as a hands-on partner, leveraging its background as operators and product-focused investors to help founders refine product plans, accelerate growth, and close follow-on rounds. Its investment focus spans artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, hardware, healthcare technology, biotechnology, machine learning, robotics, Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality, climate tech, e-commerce enablement, business-to-business marketplaces, and SMB vertical SaaS. Since 2018, it has backed over 200 startups, reflecting long-term partnerships with ambitious founders building technologies of the future.

GoHub Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Global Omnium, based in Valencia, Spain, with additional offices in Seville and Barcelona. It invests in technology companies at seed to growth stages, focusing on B2B software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Internet of Things, robotics, AR/VR, and cybersecurity, and broadening to Web3, fintech, climate tech, and digital health. Typical ticket sizes range from approximately €0.5 million to €3 million, and the firm backs founders across Europe, North America, and Latin America, supporting portfolio companies from early development through growth.

Magma Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santiago, Chile, with offices in California, Colombia, Mexico, and China. Founded in 2014, it backs Latin American entrepreneurs aiming to launch and scale in the US market and also supports global startups with Latin American tech teams targeting the US. The firm focuses on fintech, insurtech, blockchain, and marketplaces, with activity across information technology and software-as-a-service sectors. Magma Partners also manages the Sino-Latin American accelerator, a program that facilitates business between Chinese and Latin American startup ecosystems.

Angel Hub is a venture capital firm based in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, established in 2020. The firm is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and business leaders by investing in innovative and scalable projects with global potential. Angel Hub focuses on early-stage startups primarily in Latin America, providing access to significant investment opportunities in high-potential ventures both within Mexico and internationally. Through its network of angel investors, Angel Hub aims to foster growth and development in the startup ecosystem.

Advance Venture Partners is a California-based private equity and venture capital firm that targets technology, commerce and media companies, with a focus on software and consumer sectors. It pursues venture and growth investments, typically in early to growth stages, and provides active, hands-on support to help entrepreneurs scale. The firm invests about $10 million to $30 million per investment and maintains a strategic investor network through Advance Publications, a major media and technology company. Its portfolio has included Curology, Rent the Runway, Farfetch and Compass, among others.

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Rye, New York, Ospraie Ag Science is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments within the agriculture sector. The company invests in both public and private markets, leveraging its commercial experience and extensive network across the agricultural value chain to source unique investment opportunities.

Latin Leap is a venture capital studio that focuses on building and supporting purpose-driven technology companies in Latin America. It creates a platform to facilitate the entry of international scale-ups into the region and provides market access for deploying their solutions locally. The organization mobilizes global capital and expertise to strengthen the Latin American entrepreneurship ecosystem and supports knowledge-intensive businesses through education and mindset development.

Founded in 2020, Taram Capital is a venture capital firm based in Santiago, Chile, with additional offices in Miami, USA. It invests primarily in early-stage B2B technology companies focused on eCommerce, Fintech, Data Driven Solutions, and Web3 sectors, targeting SMEs and large enterprises globally.

Femto Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage information technology and internet-related startups in Japan. It provides strategic guidance, helps assemble teams, grows customer bases, and attracts new investors for its portfolio companies. Founded in 2017, the firm supports entrepreneurs and management teams in turning innovative ideas into scalable businesses, with a focus on Tokyo-based opportunities within Japan.

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2006 with bases in Luxembourg and London. It makes investments across incubation, seed, startup, growth capital, and early to mid‑stage ventures, with a focus on digital businesses in internet, digital media, e-commerce, electronics, transportation, and gaming. The firm invests globally and often serves as a sounding board for portfolio companies, including co-investment activity with partners.

GR Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 with a pan-European focus. Headquartered in London, the firm backs fast-growth technology companies with proven teams and scalable models, particularly in health, wealth, housing and mobility. It targets growth equity at late-stage venture rounds (Series B to D) and co-invests alongside other investors to help portfolio companies expand markets, talent, operations and opportunities across Europe. The firm pursues a hands-on approach, drawing on capital and connections to accelerate growth.

Avalancha Ventures is a Mexico City-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs technology companies, with emphasis on financial services and information technology. The firm engages in direct investments across seed, early-stage, bridge financing, and growth rounds, and also participates in fund-of-funds activity. It targets opportunities worldwide, with a focus on the Americas, seeking to deploy small equity investments in companies with enterprise values typically in the low millions. The firm aims to support teams that use technology to deliver innovative and cost-efficient products and services.

Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers and a global consumer internet group and technology investor. It blends venture capital and operating capabilities to fund, acquire, build and scale technology businesses across multiple platforms and geographies. The company operates across the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, pursuing investments and active management in internet services, e-commerce, fintech, and related sectors. It maintains meaningful holdings in large technology platforms and online services, including Tencent, Mail.ru, Ctrip and Delivery Hero. Through its operating model, Prosus aims to identify high-potential companies and provide them with strategic support to scale globally, contributing to growth in the communities where they operate.