MatterScale
80 State St, Albany, New York, 12207, United States
Overview
Founded by a team of former Endeavor executives, Matterscale aims to bridge the seed stage funding gap for Latin founders.
- Total investments
- 14
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Hackmetrix
Participated · Equity · Aug 2026
Founded in 2017 by Adriel Araujo, Alejandro Parodi and Matías Dib, Hackmetrix offers a platform that processes information, correlates vulnerability data, detects risks and generates automated alerts to help organizations pursue and maintain cybersecurity certifications such as ISO27k and PCI. The company began operations in Mexico in early 2022 and reported 150% growth in sales there over 12 months, and it has plans to expand further into Mexico and Colombia. To address regional talent shortages it launched Hackers Academy in 2022, which has run multiple cohorts and planned a third in December 2023. Financially, Hackmetrix closed a $1.3M bridge round in June 2023 and is planning a Series A for late 2024. The company has continued market engagement activities, including participating as a Gold Sponsor at Cybersec 2026.
- Manzana Verde
Led · Seed · Jul 2026
Manzana Verde operates a delivery service that provides balanced, nutritious meals customized to customers' health objectives and meal plans. The company began in Piura and now operates in Peru (Piura and Lima) and in Mexico, including Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. It reports rapid, exponential growth, a team of over 60 people, and recurrent revenue-generating partnerships with allied restaurants and couriers. Manzana Verde has received incubation and acceleration support, including a $50,000 UTEC Ventures award and winning Seedstars Peru in 2019. With the recent $1.5M Seed raise, the company plans to triple order volume, accelerate growth in Mexico and enter additional cities over the next 12 months.
- Bianca AI
Led · Seed · Jul 2026
Bianca AI provides a platform that integrates internal sources (ERP, distributor systems, Nielsen) and external market signals to identify commercial risks and opportunities before they appear in traditional reports. The product delivers actionable insights to commercial teams via web and mobile tools designed for field execution. Bianca operates in the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Peru and works with major consumer goods companies; customers reportedly see on average a 14% uplift in sales and an 8% improvement in point-of-sale activation. The company was founded by Nicolás Casaux, Nicolás de Leon and Ramiro Godfrid and is headquartered in Buenos Aires. Bianca plans to use its new pre-seed funding to expand further into the U.S. and Mexico, enhance its AI capabilities, and launch additional platform features aimed at commercial execution.
- Numia
Participated · Seed · Dec 2024
Numia provides a vendor-agnostic customer journey management platform that integrates offline and online customer interaction data from bank kiosks, tablets and software like Salesforce and Genesys. Its AI capabilities enable automated tasks and route customers to human agents when needed to improve efficiency and personalization. The company serves more than 350 customers across 10 Latin American countries, including Santander, HSBC and Allianz. Numia is profitable and expects to finish the year with $4.7 million to $5 million in booked ARR, with a goal to double that within two years. Founded in 2014 and pivoted in 2020 from queue management software to its current strategy, Numia plans to expand integration options and enhance its AI to drive more efficient and personalized customer journeys.
- Novel Capital
Participated · Series A · May 2024
Based in Overland Park, Kan., Novel offers a Capital Intelligence™ platform that combines AI and real-time data to help SaaS founders optimize fundraising and capital strategy. Its core products include a CEO Dashboard, a Valuation Tool, VentureMatch™, and a subscription-based Capital-as-a-Service model that removes transaction, draw, and pre-payment fees and warrants. Novel’s platform provides non-dilutive capital and data-driven scoring to quickly assess and deliver growth capital based on key metrics. To date the company has worked with 350+ SaaS companies and provided over $100M in non-dilutive funding. Novel reports revenue growth of 120%+ year-over-year as of Q1’24 and projects doubling growth in the coming year with a plan to reach profitability within the next 18 months. The company says the new capital will accelerate expansion of its Capital Intelligence™ platform and related services.