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Cris Huertas

Former CEO & Partner | Incluvida at VARIV

Mexico City Metropolitan Area

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About

Cris Huertas is Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Saptiva AI, a company developing an AI control plane for Latin America. He previously co-founded and led Morgana, a Mexican digital mortgage broker later acquired by a non-banking mortgage lender, headed Bnext's Latin America operations, and built ventures at Variv that were acquired by companies including FEMSA, Chedraui, and Dish. He serves on the board of Boost Capital, a lending and fintech holding company, writes on technology and entrepreneurship for Business Insider and Mexico Business, and hosts the podcast "Unfuck Your Future."

Experience

  1. Saptiva AICROcurrent2025 — present
  2. Several StartupsConsultant & Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. morganaFounder & CEO2022 — 2025Mexico
  4. BnextHead of Latam2020 — 2022Mexico City Metropolitan Area
  5. VARIVCEO & Partner | Incluvida2017 — 2020Mexico City Area, Mexico
  6. VARIVEntrepreneur in Residence - FinTech2017 — 2019Mexico City, Mexico
  7. VARIVInterim CEO | MEDA2017Mexico City, Mexico
  8. Banking & Fintech FundPartner at Banking & FinTech Fund2016 — 2017Mexico City, Mexico
  9. Angel Ventures MexicoProject Director2014 — 2016Ciudad De México
  10. Angel Ventures MexicoSpecial Projects Director2013 — 2014Mexico
  11. Angel Ventures MexicoBusiness Analyst2013 — 2014Mexico City, Mexico
  12. AIESEC ANDESFinance & Management Vicepresident2011 — 2012Bogotá
  13. PorvenirIntern2012Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia

Skills & more

Financial Analysis27Business Strategy21Corporate Finance23Financial Modeling9Valuation1Finance2Market Research3Strategic Planning11Investments5Investment Banking1Entrepreneurship8Economics1
+12 moreStrategic Financial PlanningRisk ManagementTeam ManagementSpanishBankingBusiness PlanningTeam LeadershipAnalysisBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementAnalytical SkillsEnglish
  • Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork — Anthropic
  • Certificate of completion: Claude 101 — Anthropic

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Who is Cris Huertas?
Cris Huertas is Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Saptiva AI, a company developing an AI control plane for Latin America. He previously co-founded and led Morgana, a Mexican digital mortgage broker later acquired by a non-banking mortgage lender, headed Bnext's Latin America operations, and built ventures at Variv that were acquired by companies including FEMSA, Chedraui, and Dish. He serves on the board of Boost Capital, a lending and fintech holding company, writes on technology and entrepreneurship for Business Insider and Mexico Business, and hosts the podcast "Unfuck Your Future."
Where did Cris Huertas go to school?
Cris Huertas studied at Universidad Externado de Colombia (Profesional En Finanzas y Relaciones Internacionales, Finance and Financial Management Services).

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