About
Fernando Carranza is a Senior Principal at Chingona Ventures and a Kauffman Fellow, focusing on seed to Series B investments in fintech, future of work, and enterprise technology. He began his career in investment banking at Société Générale, advising industrial and consumer clients on cross-border financing and M&A across the US and EMEA, and later worked with the LTNtech Founders Incubator at 1871 Chicago and as an impact investor with Agora Partnerships in Mexico City. Carranza holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where he was a Toigo Foundation Fellow, MLT Fellow, and ICM Mosaic Fellow.
Experience
- Chingona VenturesSenior Principalcurrent2026 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellows (Class 30)current2025 — present
- Cleveland AvenueVenture Investor2023 — 2026Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Digital Currency GroupDirector of Venture Investments, HQ2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Digital Currency GroupSenior Associate, HQ2021 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Dominion CapitalMBA Associate2021New York, New York, United States
- Achieve PartnersMBA Associate2020New York, New York, United States
- Chingona VenturesMBA Associate2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Agora PartnershipsImpact Investing Associate2019Mexico City, Mexico
- Illinois Hispanic Chamber of CommerceGeneral Manager, LTNtech Founders Incubator2018 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
- Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIBInvestment Banking Associate2015 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
- Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIBInvestment Banking Analyst2014 — 2015Greater Chicago Area
- KPMG Corporate Finance LLCInvestment Banking Analyst2012 — 2014Greater Chicago Area
Skills & more
Early Stage InvestmentVenture DevelopmentEarly-stage StartupsSeed CapitalBusiness DevelopmentFundraisingEducationEdtechPrivate EquityPortfolio ManagementInitial Public Offerings (IPO)Venture Financing
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Decision AnalysisFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisInvestment BankingCorporate FinanceDue DiligenceRestructuringValuationMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointMicrosoft OfficeTeam ManagementLanguages English · Spanish
- Series 63 - Uniform Securities Agent — FINRA
- Series 79 - Investment Banking Representative — FINRA
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Colleagues at Chingona Ventures
Grisel Hernandez
Senior Associate at Chingona Ventures
Lori DeLuca
Chief Financial Officer at Chingona Ventures
Peri Ehlman
Senior Analyst at Chingona Ventures
Samara Mejia Hernandez
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Sonia Sahney Nagar
Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures
Stella Garber
Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures
Veronica Crystal Mejia
Chief of Staff at Chingona Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Fernando Carranza?
- Fernando Carranza is a Senior Principal at Chingona Ventures and a Kauffman Fellow, focusing on seed to Series B investments in fintech, future of work, and enterprise technology. He began his career in investment banking at Société Générale, advising industrial and consumer clients on cross-border financing and M&A across the US and EMEA, and later worked with the LTNtech Founders Incubator at 1871 Chicago and as an impact investor with Agora Partnerships in Mexico City. Carranza holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where he was a Toigo Foundation Fellow, MLT Fellow, and ICM Mosaic Fellow.
- Where does Fernando Carranza work?
- Fernando Carranza is Senior Principal at Chingona Ventures.
- Where did Fernando Carranza go to school?
- Fernando Carranza studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance); Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance); Montini Catholic High School.
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