Alfonso De los Rios
Unicorn founderFounder at Nowports
Mexico
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedNowports$1.1B · YC
About
Alfonso De los Rios co-founded Nowports with Max in early 2019 and currently serves as CEO of Handle. Nowports provides software for supply chain teams, offering logistics digitization, product financing, and task automation, and operates in more than 10 countries across Latin America with expansion into Asia, the United States, and Europe.
Founder at NowportsYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Alfonso went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Alfonso can intro founders to Nowports's investors below.
Nowports's investors · 8
Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksMONASHEESSão Paulo · $10M checksMouro CapitalLondon · $1M – $15M checksSoftbank Latin America FundSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSquareOne CapitalMiamiTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019
Co-founders at Nowports
Experience
- HandleCEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NowportsPresident & Foundercurrent2025 — presentMonterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- NowportsCEO & Founder2018 — 2025México & Brazil
- Y CombinatorAlumnicurrent2019 — presentMountain View
- Yewno, Inc.Software Engineer2017 — 2018
- GSVlabsAccelerator2018Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Blooders.orgDesarrollador web2016 — 2017Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- LookatCo-Founder2017Monterrey Area, Mexico
- TrepCampStudent2017Stanford, California
Education
- Y CombinatorGrowth Program Summer 202020
Skills & more
Gestión de proyectos18Desarrollo de software6Programacion4Desarrollo de productos3Desarrollo de alto potencial3Dirección20Planificación estratégica19Gestión de personas4Mentoría4Estrategia de mercadotecnia4
Languages English
- Cómo gestionar empleados con alto potencial — LinkedIn
From Alfonso's professional profile.
Network8
Sam AltmanScout
CEO of OpenAI; former President of Y Combinator
Daniel VogelScout
General Partner at Lvna Capital
Dylan FieldScout
Co-founder and CEO of Figma
Edward LandoScout
Partner at Pareto Holdings
Mercedes BentScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ricardo WederScout
Venture Partner at Nazca
Brian Requarth
General Partner at Latitud Ventures
Julian Roeoes
Partner Americas at PICUS CAPITAL
Investors connected to Alfonso in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alfonso De los Rios work?
- Alfonso De los Rios is Founder at Nowports.
- What check size does Alfonso De los Rios write?
- Alfonso De los Rios typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Alfonso De los Rios found?
- Alfonso De los Rios founded Nowports.
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