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Xochi Ventures
Venture capitalNew York · 14 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Xochi Ventures positions itself as a premier venture capital fund for Latin America, investing in innovative companies that transform the lives of people across the region. Its portfolio spans fintech, crypto, e-commerce, logistics, education, and healthcare, reflecting a broad focus on technology-driven businesses addressing Latin American markets.
Source: firm website, verified Nov 14, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Has 16+ years in finance and over a decade investing in blockchain, with early BTC (2013) and ETH presale (2014) positions. Co-founded BPBI, a Mexico City multi-family office, and worked as an investment banker at Lazard, ADR, and Rothschild. Holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia and an MBA from Harvard.
Ariel Olaiz is Vice President of Operations for Latin America at C2FO, where he oversees expansion of the company's working capital platform across the region. He brings over 15 years of experience in financial services and startup development, including previous roles at BlackRock managing relationships with Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds, a consulting position at McKinsey & Co., and co-founding ePesos, a fintech focused on employee wage access and financial products for underserved populations. Olaiz is also Managing Partner at Xochi Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with over 18 investments, and holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Has 16+ years in technology and 14+ years in blockchain, having mined BTC in 2011 and joined the ETH presale in 2014. Co-founded and led Bitso, a leading Latin American digital asset exchange. Holds degrees from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard.
Guillermo Vallejo is Senior Vice President of New Business Building and General Manager for Colombia at Anchor Loans. He brings over 15 years of experience across private equity, real estate private equity and credit, and investment banking focused on mergers and acquisitions. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Pato Bichara is founder and CEO of Collective Academy, a Latin American educational platform for business and technology leaders. With experience in consulting and venture capital, and an MBA from Harvard, he established Collective to address gaps between regional educational offerings and talent requirements of multinational corporations. The platform serves over 14,000 learners and 200 mentors through curated content, practitioner-led mentorship, and enterprise learning programs for corporate clients.
Santiago Padilla is Chief Executive Officer at CortaCamino. Previously at Samsara, he launched and scaled the Mexico operations from inception into the company's largest frontier market while leading go-to-market strategy and business operations across Mexico and Canada as the company grew from a private firm with $80M in ARR to a public company exceeding $1B in ARR. He has also held positions at Walmart Labs and BCG.
Sean Salas is Executive Chairman at nuDesk, an AI workforce agency that builds AI-powered growth teams for scaled lenders; in its first year, the company's teams sourced over $200M in loans and processed equivalent additional volume. Previously, he co-founded Camino Financial, an AI-powered community lending platform where he served as CEO, raising and deploying over $300M and funding more than 12,000 loans to underserved entrepreneurs across the U.S. and Mexico. Salas began his career in investment banking at UBS and private equity at ICV Partners.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Xochi Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 16 of 26 portfolio companiesFintech ×10SaaS ×7Crypto & Web3 ×4Enterprise Software ×4EdTech ×3Healthtech ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2
HQs:Mexico×5United States×4Colombia×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:2 founders×23 founders×54+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
Harvard Business School ×3Sciences Po ×2Tecnológico de Monterrey ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2Universidad de Los Andes ×2University of Warwick ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×6Finance & Accounting ×6Economics ×4Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 18 founders with career history
Goldman Sachs ×3
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 12022 · 42021 · 12019 · 18 dated
Bitso is a fintech platform offering cryptocurrency trading, U.S. stock and ETF investing, yield-earning opportunities on crypto holdings, and cross-border payment services.
Crypto & Web3FintechMexico City, MX
Daniel Vogel(Chief Executive Officer)inBen Peters(Founder)inPablo Gonzalez(Founder)
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesBlockchain CoinvestorsBond Capital ManagementCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCometa+17 more
Camino Financial, based in Los Angeles, operates an online lending platform that also makes its technology available as a service.
Los Angeles, US
Kenneth Salas(Executive Officer, Director)inSean Salas(Founder)inSean Sakas(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGuy Vidra(Director)in
Co-investorsDila CapitalImpact America FundRadicle Impact10X CapitalCollaborative Fund
Cerby provides an identity security platform that extends password management, SSO, MFA, user provisioning/deprovisioning, and privileged access management to disconnected applications that lack SAML, OIDC, or SCIM support.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Belsasar Lepe(Founder)inVidal(Co-Founder & CTO)inErnie Tkac(Chief Revenue Officer)inMatt McCawley(VP of Customer Experience, Business Development & Partnerships)inMiles Lavin(Chief Financial and Operating Officer)inVidal Gonzalez(Founder)
Co-investors515 VenturesAlumni VenturesAV8 VenturesBowery CapitalCarnrite VenturesCategory Ventures+21 more
Clara Travel Pay is a corporate travel payment product that centralizes CTA and virtual card number (VCN) tools, generating single-use virtual cards for each reservation and connecting to travel management companies and global distribution systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Gerry Giacomán Colyer(Founder)inCaitlin Swift(Founder)inDiego García(Founder)Diego García Escobedo(Founder)George Favvas(Founder)inGerry Colyer(Founder)
Co-investorsA*Acrew CapitalAdapt VenturesAlter GlobalAvid VenturesBoxGroup+34 more
Finkargo provides trade finance and foreign trade services for importers, including revolving credit lines of up to USD $2.7M with 30-150 day terms, cargo insurance, supplier verification, and industry-specific data dashboards.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Santiago Molina(Founder)inAndres Ferrer(Founder)inTomas Shuk(Founder)
Co-investorsCapria VenturesConstruct CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersLatitud VenturesMAYA Capital VenturesNazca+5 more
FloatMe is a personal finance mobile app that provides interest-free cash advances ("Floats") of up to $50-$100 between paydays with no credit checks, along with spending tracking, low-balance alerts, and savings offers.
ConsumerFintechSan Antonio, US
Joshua Sanchez(Founder)inRyan Cleary(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatthew P. Kinley(Director)
Co-investorsFoundryGeekdom Community FundManchesterStory Group, LLCSamsung NextSpringTime VenturesActive Capital+2 more
Flourish provides a configurable SaaS platform that uses transactional and behavioral data with gamification and behavioral science to help financial institutions build personalized, rewarding user experiences.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechImpact & Social GoodSaaSBerkeley, US
Pedro F. Moura(Founder)inPedro Moura(Co-founder & CEO)Jessica Eting(Co-founder & COO)
Co-investorsAmplifica CapitalEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Remarkable VenturesAura FinanceFirst Check VenturesMagma Partners
Futura is a digital dental laboratory solution that provides dentists with an intraoral scanner, clinical management portal, and lab services with training and support.
HealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSWellness & FitnessMexico City, MX
Tommaso Tomba(Founder)inLeonardo Miron(Founder)inAlexander Clapp
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAxon Partners GroupY CombinatorAlleyCorpCarao VenturesDark Horse Ventures+14 more
General Tensor is a vertically integrated business focused on decentralized AI within the Bittensor network, operating across subnet development, validation, and mining.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Victor Teixeira(CIO / Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsLvna CapitalDCGDigital Currency GroupGoldman SachsOutliers FundX ventures
GONDI is a lending protocol that allows NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency against their NFT collateral while maintaining ownership.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArchetypeMyelin VCPantera Capital6th Man VenturesDragonflyFoundation Capital+2 more
Latitud is a venture capital firm and founder network that backs early-stage Latin American startups, connecting LatAm founders to Silicon Valley through its fellowship program and investment at pre-seed and seed stages.
Fintech
Co-investorsFJ LabsGaingelsMarathon VenturesMyelin VCActyusDivergent Capital+2 more
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Littio is a mobile app that offers multi-currency accounts in USD, EUR, and COP with international payment capabilities, including a Mastercard for spending across 200+ countries and digital asset holdings in stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3FintechBogotá, CO
Christian Knudsen(CEO)inLuis Huertas(CPO)inIvan Torroledo(Founder)inCamilo Jimenez
Co-investors1confirmationalphabet angelsCircle VenturesFirst Check VenturesGaingelsKoyamaki Ventures+11 more
Lvna Capital presents itself as an investment firm that funds early-stage innovators and startups.
Miami, US
Mattilda offers financial and administrative tools for schools, including tuition collection automation, cash-flow advances that pay schools their tuition on the first of each month, project financing, and enrollment/admissions management.
EdTechFintechSaaSMexico City, MX
Jesus Lanza(Chief Executive Officer)inJuan Pablo Bravo(Founder)inAdrían Garza(Founder)inIleana Gomez(Founder)inJose Agote(Founder)inJesus Lanza Losa(Founder)in
Co-investorsDila CapitalEmerge EducationGSV VenturesPICUS CAPITALQED InvestorsWollef Ventures+2 more
Melonn is a 3PL and fulfillment platform that manages inventory, orders, and multi-channel distribution for e-commerce and retail brands in Colombia and Mexico.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Andres Gomez Sanchez(Founder)inAlejandro Celis(Founder)Andrés Archila(Founder)Andrés Gomez(Founder)Felipe Jaramillo(Founder)
Co-investorsAlter GlobalGaingelsNFXPear VCQED InvestorsWollef Ventures+1 more
Moons provides invisible, removable dental aligners for teeth straightening in Mexico.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechMedical DevicesMexico, MX
Tommaso Tomba(Founder)inAlex Clapp(Founder)inLeonardo Miron(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAlumni VenturesCarao VenturesDila CapitalFJ LabsITERATIVE+5 more
Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that simplifies international trade in Latin America by offering air, sea, land, and multimodal cargo transportation alongside financing, insurance, and centralized logistics management through a single platform.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMexico City, MX
Alfonso de los Rios Villareal(CEO)inMaximiliano Casal(Founder)inAlfonso De los Rios(Founder)inAlfonso de los Ríos(Founder)
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalInvestoMONASHEESMouro CapitalPartech VenturesPlexo Capital+19 more
Co-investorsFJ LabsGG CapitalHi VenturesLatitud VenturesLotux VenturesMagma Partners
Relay Response is developing a modern, evidence-based CPR training experience aimed at making CPR readiness accessible to everyone.
EdTechHealthtech
Co-investorsNYU Innovation Venture Fund
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Collective AcademyEcomsurIgniteKitchenitaRelay ResponseVentupWemerang
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLittio · stablecoininsider.org · May 21, 2026
Mattilda · emergecapital.vc · Apr 22, 2026
General Tensor · trysignalbase.com · Mar 12, 2026
Clara.com Clara.com Clara.com · latamlist.com · Nov 27, 2025
Nowports · clay.com · May 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Xochi Ventures made?
- Xochi Ventures has 26 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What sectors does Xochi Ventures focus on?
- Xochi Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, E-commerce, EdTech, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain.
- Where is Xochi Ventures located?
- Xochi Ventures is headquartered in New York, MX.
- Who does Xochi Ventures co-invest with?
- Xochi Ventures most often shares deals with QED Investors, Dila Capital, Wollef Ventures, among 72 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 15
Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that commits to founders at the idea stage and maintains long-term relationships with portfolio companies through their growth journey.
Nazca is a Mexico City-based capital innovation firm founded in 2014 that backs technology founders across Latin America, investing from early stage through pre-IPO.
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy, partnering closely with founders on strategic and operational challenges to build global companies.
Monashees is a Latin American venture capital firm backing technology-driven founders building category-defining companies from the region for global markets.
Hi Ventures (formerly ALLVP) is an early-stage venture firm backing Latin American startups with global ambitions.
This page announces that GGV Capital split into two separate firms in March 2024: Granite Asia (Singapore, covering APAC) and Notable Capital (US, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the US, Israel, Europe, and Latin America).
SoftBank Vision Fund invests globally in AI-focused companies working to transform and create industries.
Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm focused on the future of financial services, backing entrepreneurs building early- to growth-stage companies across Europe, North America, and Latin America.
Makers Fund is a global venture capital firm focused on games and interactive entertainment, backing early-stage founders.
Broadhaven is a financial services-focused firm whose professionals include advisors, operators and investors, providing clients with transactional and operational expertise across the financial services sector.
alpha4 ventures is a venture capital technology fund focused on Latin America, providing Series A growth capital to tech startups in the region.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
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Firms observed investing alongside Xochi Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Xochi Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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