About
Nicolas Penaranda spent over five years in management consulting focused on banking and insurance before transitioning to real estate investing. He co-founded an agricultural technology startup in Colombia in 2016 and later a consumer snacks business that was partially acquired by an FMCG company during the pandemic.
Founder at CastiaYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Nicolas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nicolas can intro founders to Castia's investors below.
Castia's investors · 5
Co-founders at Castia
MP
Mauricio PeñarandaFounder
ER
Eduardo RestrepoFounder
Experience
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentColombia
- Castia | YC W22Co-Founder & COO2021 — 2025Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
- GuiltCo-Founder2017 — 2025Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia
- MINCA ELECTRICAdvisor2020 — 2021Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
- Clever LeavesUK Strategy & Business Development Manager2019 — 2020London, United Kingdom
- OptagroCo-Founder2016 — 2018Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
- Oval ConsultoríaSenior Consultant2015 — 2016Bogota
- Oval ConsultoríaConsultant2013 — 2015Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
- Oval ConsultoríaSummer Intern2012Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
Skills & more
Microsoft Office7Microsoft Excel2Microsoft Word2Microsoft PowerPoint2PowerPoint1Bloomberg1Databases1Stata1Business Strategy11Management Consulting6Estrategia empresarial4Strategic Consulting3
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Data AnalysisInvestigación y desarrolloRedes socialesResearchSocial MediaCorporate Social ResponsibilityDesarrollo global de negociosOratoriaInvestment ValuationStrategic PlanningConsultoría de estrategia y operacionesEstrategiaLanguages Español · Frances · Ingles
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicolas Penaranda?
- Nicolas Penaranda spent over five years in management consulting focused on banking and insurance before transitioning to real estate investing. He co-founded an agricultural technology startup in Colombia in 2016 and later a consumer snacks business that was partially acquired by an FMCG company during the pandemic.
- Where does Nicolas Penaranda work?
- Nicolas Penaranda is Founder of Castia.
- What companies did Nicolas Penaranda found?
- Nicolas Penaranda founded Castia.
- Where did Nicolas Penaranda go to school?
- Nicolas Penaranda studied at Y Combinator; Latitud; UCL (MSc, Technology Entrepreneurship).
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UCL mafia117
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Universidad de Los Andes mafia22
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Also attended Latitud27
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stealth Startup351
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier Capital
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