Participated · Seed · Mar 2024

Foccuz provides a sales performance management SaaS platform that automates commissions and compensation plans, eliminating errors and friction. Its software integrates multiple data sources to deliver real-time visibility, improve productivity, and help maximize revenue. The platform automates commission and compensation processes to reduce manual work and enable data-driven decisions. Foccuz was founded in 2023 by Claudia Van Os, Gabriel García da Rosa, and Martín Llofriu and is based in Uruguay and Chile. The company raised $700K in a seed round in March 2024 and will use the proceeds to acquire talent, develop the product, and launch operations across Latin America. Foccuz plans to focus initial expansion on Chile, Mexico, and Colombia.

Led · Equity · Jan 2024

OKY operates an in-kind remittance marketplace that enables U.S. customers to send gift cards for specific retailers to recipients in Latin America. The platform partners with over 600 brands and 15,000 physical stores across six Latin American countries, with Guatemala as its largest market. OKY reports about 20,000 unique monthly users who send on average 2–3 transactions per month, and it employs 22 full-time staff (four in Miami). The company says it has tripled in size year-over-year and has improved its user experience and product offering. Funds will be used to expand the marketplace, develop new platform features, and continue organic growth in existing markets. OKY also plans to raise a Series A this year and intends to enter Mexico next to replicate its successful merchant/category model.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2023

ConfiAbogado, founded in 2020 by Emiliano and Julián Ruiz, is a Mexico City–based startup that automates access to legal services across Latin America. Its platform lets clients enter case information, then uses proprietary technology to tap a network of validated lawyers and more than 100,000 legal possibilities to produce a recommended strategy and automatically generate required legal documents in about 20 minutes. The company serves civil, commercial, labor, and family litigation and emphasizes volume-driven, lower-cost solutions. ConfiAbogado also offers to finance litigation costs for customers until a case is won, then splits the wins. Since launching two years ago, it has grown to more than 250 new clients per month and saw revenue grow over 10x in the past year. The team plans to expand into new verticals and cities to more than triple its geographic footprint and to develop new AI tools, with a stated goal of doubling the share of people in Latin America who hire attorneys over seven years.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2016

CookUnity operates a chef-driven meal-delivery marketplace that handles sourcing, packaging, and logistics so chefs can focus on cuisine while reaching consumers nationwide. Subscribers can choose from a rotating weekly menu of more than 300 dishes prepared by over 180 award-winning chefs, and meals arrive ready-to-eat in sustainable packaging. Founded in 2016, the company has expanded from a single Brooklyn kitchen to eight kitchens across the United States and Canada. CookUnity reports more than a 75% year-over-year increase in total meals ordered and says it is scaling profitably without incremental equity fundraising. The platform is financially meaningful for its culinary partners: the average chef earns about $850,000 annually, while top performers generate more than $7 million in revenue each year. Recent additions to the roster include celebrated chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Rick Bayless, and Cat Cora, further cementing its reputation as a premier venue for culinary talent. With its new marketing campaign "Chefs to the People," CookUnity aims to broaden its subscriber base and deepen direct connections between diners and chefs across North America.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2016

Fleet operates a marketplace that lets businesses compare freight forwarders, manage shipments and leave reviews, and the platform now hosts more than 500 freight forwarders. The company says its service can help businesses that make roughly five to 100 shipments per year save up to $30,000 and 800 hours annually by speeding quotes, account setup and shipment tracking. Fleet is building Fleet GDS, described as an industry-first global distribution system to link rates, automate bookings and documentation across airlines, ocean carriers, warehouses, trucks and customs brokers. The company also plans to launch an air freight platform next month with Lufthansa Cargo as a partner and service provider. Fleet began as Shipstr, launched at Disrupt San Francisco in 2014, and introduced its marketplace in July 2015. The product roadmap focuses on fixing fragmented industry communications between proprietary systems and EDI to increase efficiency, trust and transparency in the logistics supply chain. Fleet operates a marketplace that lets companies compare quotes from logistics providers and access reviews, ratings and shipment tracking. The company launched as Shipstr at Disrupt SF 2014, later rebranding and changing its business model. It pivoted from connecting small companies without freight brokers to international cargo service providers to a marketplace product launched last July. About 150 freight forwarders currently use Fleet’s quoting platform, and the company says users who compare quotes typically save 20% on shipping costs. Service providers on the platform can get better leads, reach more small businesses, and manage transactions in one place. Fleet says it will continue to focus on the needs of SMBs and to collect data to differentiate its marketplace as cross-border e-commerce grows.