Where does Sebastian Ruales work?

Sebastian Ruales is Venture Partner at MatterScale Ventures.

What check size does Sebastian Ruales write?

Sebastian Ruales typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.

Where did Sebastian Ruales go to school?

Sebastian Ruales studied at Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), General Management); Universidad Icesi (Global MBA, Administración y gestión de empresas); Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Marketing Professional, Marketing).

Sebastian Ruales

Investor

Venture Partner at MatterScale Ventures

Bogota, Colombia

Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $550K

About

Global Head for New Business at Rappi.

Experience

BIACEO & Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentLatAm
Opera VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2022 — presentAmericas
8VCAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentUnited States
MatterScale VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
HiCue SpeakersSpeakercurrent2022 — present
RappiFounding Team & Global Head of New Business2019 — 2022LatAm
RappiFounding Team & Built and Grew Sales and Monetization Globally2016 — 2019LatAm
L´OréalManager of Sales2015 — 2016Colombia
L´OréalShopper Marketing Director (Directive Comitee Mass Market Division)2014 — 2015Colombia
Quala S.A.National Sales Manager Casino Groupé2013 — 2014Colombia
Quala S.A.Category & Shopper Marketing Director2012 — 2013Bogotá
Johnson & JohnsonCategory Management Manager2010 — 2012Cali, Colombia

Skills & more

Trade Marketing3Consumer Products6Marketing Strategy13Account Management1Marketing4Market Research3Marketing Communications1Product DevelopmentDigital Marketing2Consumer BehaviourMarketing comercial19Investigación de mercados5

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Estrategia empresarialProductos de consumoVentasDesarrollo empresarialConsultoría estratégicaAnálisis competitivoEstrategia de marketingInternational Business DevelopmentStrategic PlanningEstrategiaManagementNegociación

Languages Inglés

Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program — Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program — Stanford University Graduate School of Business
TEDx Speaker — TED Conferences
Executive Program (EP) — Singularity University
Driving growth through Partnerships — Andreessen Horowitz

From Sebastian's professional profile.

Colleagues at MatterScale Ventures

Adriana Suarez

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Agustín Rotondo

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Albert Douer

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Alex Robbio

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Andrew Puschel

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Antonio Lück

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Catalina del Rio

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

David Klein

Investor at MatterScale Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sebastian Ruales?: Global Head for New Business at Rappi.
Where does Sebastian Ruales work?: Sebastian Ruales is Venture Partner at MatterScale Ventures.
What check size does Sebastian Ruales write?: Sebastian Ruales typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
Where did Sebastian Ruales go to school?: Sebastian Ruales studied at Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), General Management); Universidad Icesi (Global MBA, Administración y gestión de empresas); Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Marketing Professional, Marketing).

Founder mafias

Johnson & Johnson mafia25

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Serge MesserlianPresident, OncologyFounded Creyon +1 Kim RodriguezDirector of SalesFounded BrainCheck +1 Sid ViswanathanGlobal Operations Leadership DevelopmentFounded Alchemy Health +1 Peter EmighFormulationsFounded Savoy Life Arthur SuckowPostdocFounded DTx Pharma Gatanya ArnicCorporate Health AssociateFounded Centerforyouthwellness

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8VC mafia21

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Joe LonsdaleFounder & Managing PartnerFounded Opto +3 Seth LieblichPrincipalFounded Protomer +1 Drew OettingFounderFounded Affinity Deny KhoungPortfolio SupportFounded Standard Metrics Gabe RosenPortfolio SupportFounded Gecko Robotics Stephanie ChubinOperationsFounded The Honest Company

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Rappi mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sebastian MejiaFounderFounded Rappi +1 David ButtressBoard AdvisorFounded Just Eat Camila Sayuri ZancanellaProduct & DataFounded Domu Technology Inc.Andrés VélezHead of StrategyFounded Tributi Miguel MedinaSenior Partner ManagerFounded Plerk Angel AriasGlobal Head of ExpansionFounded Plerk

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MatterScale Ventures mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alex RobbioVenture PartnerFounded Glim David KleinFounded INSPECTORIO Jason WenkVenture PartnerFounded Altruist Paulo VerasFounded 99 Santiago RibadeneiraVenture PartnerFounded FastFarma

Universidad Icesi mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Andres Felipe DiazIng. TelematicsFounded Makrwatch Carlos SaavedraTelematics engineeringFounded Makrwatch Jorge GallegoMaster's degreeFounded Tranqui Finanzas

Same school

Also attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business47

Morgan SparOperations Associate at FJ Labs Jeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ Labs Sean HogeFounder and General Partner at Starship Ventures Brian GoldbergVenture Partner at Springdale Ventures Zack RosenbloomAssociate, Investments at Capital One Ventures Veera SomersalmiMember of the Board at IPR.VC

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Also attended Universidad Icesi6

Jana PetryInvestment Manager at UVC Partners Catalina Rodriguez HohmanChief Financial Officer at NESsT Paula DelgadilloSVX Colombia Project Director at SVX Andres Felipe DiazFounder/CEO at Makrwatch Carlos SaavedraFounder at Makrwatch Jorge GallegoFounder at Tranqui Finanzas

Also attended Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano1

Pablo González del CorralVenture Partner at EWA Capital

Shared employers

Also worked at BIA2

Nicolas BermanPartner at Kaszek Ventures Kyle TeameyInvestor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Also worked at Rappi33

Bruno NardonInvestor at Norte Ventures Cristobal De AtuchaPrincipal at FinTech Collective Alexander Joël-CarbonellInvestor at HV Capital Victor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture Partners Henrique BaruselliInvestor at Atlantico Andrew ReedPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also worked at L´Oréal95

Gülsah WilkeInvestor at DN Capital Alexandra DubarInvestor at Daphni Kaushik SubramanianVenture capitalist, product person Rhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures Josef NajmPrincipal at Thomson Reuters Ventures Sherry JhawarVenture Partner at Electric Feel Ventures Llc

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Also worked at Johnson & Johnson151

Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)KobeFinance Director at Hummingbird Ventures MickelFinance & Risk Management at Hummingbird Ventures Hal PazInvestor at Khosla Ventures Niall O'DonnellManaging Director at RiverVest Venture Partners Brad H. ValeFounding General Partner at Treo Ventures, Llc

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