Led · Equity · Feb 2023

Polemix is a distributed startup that developed a platform introducing Web3 technology to the world of ideas and opinions. It enables influential opinion leaders to create short videos sharing their views on hot‑button issues and to mint Proof of Support (POSU) tokens tied to those ideas. Supporters can buy POSUs to receive benefits such as special access to the leader, and proceeds can fund the leader’s work or support related foundations. Portions of POSU sales can also be used to reward users who disagree respectfully in the platform’s comment section. Initial creators named to the platform include Cornel West, Steven Pinker, Kishore Mahbubani, Peter Singer, and Shashi Tharoor. The company is led by founder Ian Sielecki and has raised $1M in funding.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2022

Vozy develops a layered voice AI platform—Lili (conversational assistant), Speech Analytics, and Voice Biometrics—to automate operational voice processes and personalize customer interactions. The company serves over 150 corporate clients across more than 16 countries and reports a 250% annual growth rate. Vozy aims to reach 100 million user interactions and to improve customer service efficiency by up to 40%. The new capital is intended to fund expansion into Spain and the U.S., scale R&D, advance global brand strategy, and strengthen channel partnerships. Founders are Colombian entrepreneurs Humberto Pertuz, Ricardo Martin, Helmuth Corzo, and Alejandro Lopez; the company is based in Miami, Florida. Vozy builds voice AI assistants and conversational intelligence that deliver human-like conversations, speech analytics, and voice-based authentication and fraud prevention across existing customer channels. The company serves clients including Nequi, BCP, Gestiona, Celsia, HDI Seguros, Sura, Mapfre, Banco Promerica, Kubo Financiero, Sempli and Telefónica. Vozy is developing technology to create human-like voices that incorporate local lexicon to address diverse accents and vocabularies across Latin America. The company plans to grow its presence in Colombia and Mexico and to acquire clients in fast-growing industries such as finance and health, which the article says grew 600% during the pandemic. Vozy aims to increase voice interactions by 230% to reach 100M interactions per year and to expand its team to over 100 employees. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Participated · Series B · Jul 2021

VU’s platform links a user’s "online persona" with geolocation, biometrics and behavior analysis to enable identity verification and continuous authentication. The technology is used mainly with government entities and enterprise customers, including Santander and Prisma. VU operates across Latin America and Europe and has opened offices in Madrid and New York, with plans for offices in Italy, France and the U.K. The company has grown to more than 150 employees over the past three years. It is averaging 85% year-over-year revenue growth and expected 100% growth forecasted for 2022. VU aims to remove friction in digital experiences such as one-click e-commerce checkout and bank identity verification.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2021

Digital House provides fully online, practice-oriented courses (six months to two years) combining live classes with on-platform videos, quizzes and exercises to teach web and mobile development, data analytics, UX, digital marketing and product development. The company links graduates to jobs and reports an employability rate of over 95%. Since launching classes in March 2016 it has grown rapidly, showing a 118% CAGR in revenues and a 145% CAGR in students; it had 28,000 students in 2020 and projected more than 43,000 in 2021. The 350-person company says it is on track to be profitable this year and has raised over $80 million total since inception. Digital House plans to use new capital to evolve its training platforms, expand career offerings (including e-commerce, data science and cybersecurity), grow partnerships with employers across Brazil and Latin America, and pursue strategic M&A. It will also launch a two-year "Certified Tech Developer" program jointly designed with Mercado Libre and Globant to train and connect thousands of students with tech employers. Digital House provides intensive courses and executive programs in coding, data science, artificial intelligence, UX design, digital marketing, product management and related technical skills. The company offers both individual programs and customized corporate training to equip students and employees for roles in software development, analytics and AI. Based in Argentina, Digital House has grown rapidly and served more than 2,500 students in two years, with graduates moving on to notable technology companies. The founders are Eduardo Bruchou and Nelson Duboscq, who previously founded HSM (now WOBI). Digital House is expanding its campuses in Argentina and plans to launch in Brazil and Mexico in the next year. The company positions itself to address a regional shortage of digitally trained professionals and to scale internationally with the support of new investors.

Led · Seed · Jun 2016

Collokia develops a machine-learning based collaboration platform that runs plugins in users' natural work environments to collect information, identify patterns, and map employee decision-making. Its algorithms analyze collective experience to automatically connect people with colleagues, research, solutions and sources of knowledge when needed. The platform has been in development and testing since 2014 and is currently available to beta customers. The company plans to expand commercial operations and continue building out the platform for key vertical markets, starting with the IT development industry. Collokia was founded in 2014 by Pablo Brenner (former Global VP of Innovation at Globant) and Jayson Minard (former Technologist at Prezi and CTO at AbeBooks). The company is based in Montevideo, Uruguay and San Francisco, CA.