About
Luis Chau is CEO and co-founder of Reevalúa and Preauth, fintech platforms focused on expanding credit access through financial infrastructure. His prior ventures include Instacash, a peer-to-peer lending platform, which led to the development of Preauth's technology for managing guarantees and reducing credit risk; Reevalúa provides credit enablement tools via WhatsApp flows and a web panel, currently serving over 25,000 users and partnering with more than 40 financial institutions. With over 15 years of experience in hospitality and fintech, he has studied and worked in the US, Europe, and China, and was named Financial Innovator of the Americas for 2024-2025.
Founder at Instacash
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Co-founders at Instacash
JJ
Juan Jose Roca Rey Valdez
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Sebastian Burgos
Experience
- ReevalúaCEO & Co-foundercurrent2025 — presentЛима
- PreauthCEO & Co-foundercurrent2022 — present
- InstacashCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2020 — present
- Start-Up ChileEmprendedorcurrent2021 — presentSantiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile
- Conciencia ChocolateCofundadorcurrent2018 — present
- Western DigitalRepresentante de servicios empresarialescurrent2018 — presentLima, Perú
- PicogalloCofundador2018 — 2022
- CoconubeFundador2012 — 2022Perú
- VivawokFundador2012 — 2021
- UTEC VenturesAlumni2020Lima, Perú
- Sumi GroupGerente general2010 — 2020Perú
- El Taller PatisserieFundador2016 — 2020Lima, Perú
- QempoSocio empresarial2015 — 2020Miami/Fort Lauderdale y alrededores, Estados Unidos
- Curiosity StartupCofundador2015 — 2018Miami/Fort Lauderdale y alrededores, Estados Unidos
- LetsduCo CEO2016 — 2017
- RIU Hotels & ResortsEmpleado en prácticas de verano2003 — 2004Riviera Maya
- Walt Disney WorldCast Member2001 — 2002Orlando, Florida, Estados Unidos
Skills & more
Gestión de inversiones7Captación de fondos6Estrategia empresarial4Cultura organizativaMejora de procesos1Expansión internacional3Identificar oportunidadesNegociación2Emprendedor4Liderazgo14Desarrollo de conceptos3Creación y desarrollo de empresas2
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Desarrollo de productosGestión de proyectosPlanificación estratégicaLanguages Cantonés · Chino (simplificado) · Español · Inglés · Mandarín
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luis Chau?
- Luis Chau is CEO and co-founder of Reevalúa and Preauth, fintech platforms focused on expanding credit access through financial infrastructure. His prior ventures include Instacash, a peer-to-peer lending platform, which led to the development of Preauth's technology for managing guarantees and reducing credit risk; Reevalúa provides credit enablement tools via WhatsApp flows and a web panel, currently serving over 25,000 users and partnering with more than 40 financial institutions. With over 15 years of experience in hospitality and fintech, he has studied and worked in the US, Europe, and China, and was named Financial Innovator of the Americas for 2024-2025.
- Where does Luis Chau work?
- Luis Chau is Founder of Instacash.
- What companies did Luis Chau found?
- Luis Chau founded Instacash.
- Where did Luis Chau go to school?
- Luis Chau studied at Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration (Diplomatura y Certificación, Administración/Gestión hotelera); Startup School Online (Diplomatura, Emprendimiento/Estudios sobre emprendimiento); UTEC - Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (Utec Ventures, Startup Accelerator 9G).
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