SV Latam Capital

Consuelo Valverde is Founder and Managing Partner of Endurance28 (formerly SVLC), an early-stage venture capital firm. Raised in Mexico, she earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Miami, founded a PC manufacturing business and an IT training center, and later led the creation of an Office of Innovation, Science & Technology in Mexico before moving to San Francisco in 2006. She holds two master's degrees in science, completed a year of graduate studies in genomics, and is a Kauffman Fellow.

Jessica Chao is a healthcare entrepreneur, investor, and complex care delivery expert with over 15 years of experience. She earned a Pharm.D from the University of Washington, completed a residency at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and holds an MBA in Health Services Management from Johns Hopkins University. She co-founded a venture-backed consumer health information company, led product design at several digital health companies, and since 2015 has directed the Clinical Innovation Center at UCSF.

Xavier Bailleres is an entrepreneur and investor with several years of experience in Latin America's startup community. He previously founded an eCommerce startup and a media-tech company, and as an angel investor built a network of angels across Mexico and an early-stage micro VC fund investing in Latin American startups. He is currently building a startup in the health and wellness space. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Universidad de Monterrey, completed an Angel Investor Training Program at ITAM, and earned an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid.

Carmiña De La Peña is an Operations Associate at Endurance28 with a background in marketing and business and experience in events and business operations. She organizes events and supports the firm's CFO and Managing Partner.

Daniela Guerra leads marketing and branding strategy at Endurance28. She holds a degree in Marketing and Communication and previously provided marketing and web-content consulting to companies in the art, hospitality, and financial services sectors, helping clients develop branding and positioning strategies.

Garrett Dempsey began his career in life sciences, working in R&D at several San Diego biotech companies before earning a Ph.D. in Metabolic Biology from UC Berkeley. During his doctoral studies he wrote articles on healthspan and longevity for FoundMyFitness, supported pipeline prioritization at an early-stage startup, and developed biotech investment theses through a San Francisco life science collective. He also served as a Venture Fellow at Flagship Pioneering, contributing to the firm's venture creation process for bioplatform companies.