Led · Seed · Apr 2024

Taxo is a Mexican taxtech company that automates tax declaration forms and calculations and provides a marketplace connecting individuals with qualified accountants. Founded in 2022 by David Paredes and his team, the platform digitizes workflows to reduce manual effort for accountants and taxpayers. Taxo serves roughly 8,000 taxpayers and 800 accountants and has processed over 50,000 tax declarations. The company plans to expand product functionality—adding tax payment assistance—and to grow its customer base by 160%, targeting 200,000 declarations by the end of 2024. Taxo intends to expand beyond Mexico into Peru and Colombia to broaden its regional footprint. The recent $1.2M pre-seed funding will be used to further develop features and accelerate market expansion.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2023

PartnerSlate operates an online marketplace that connects food and beverage brands with contract manufacturers, using its PartnerMatch project marketplace to facilitate partner discovery and collaboration. The platform gives CPG brands access to nearly 6,000 co-manufacturers in PartnerSlate’s database, which the company says is the largest and most accurate of its kind in North America. Co-manufacturers can search marketplace listings to find projects that match their equipment, capabilities, risk appetite, and capacity. PartnerSlate has already connected over $1 billion worth of food and beverage projects to co-mans in 2023. The company aims to expand project management features to help expedite projects through production and plans to invest the new funds in sales and marketing. Its service targets participants across the multi-trillion-dollar global CPG market.

Participated · Seed · May 2023

Flor e Fruto operates a technology platform that connects small rural producers with major retail and distribution players, using data to match supply and demand. The platform provides logistical and fiscal support and offers predictability of volume to eliminate intermediaries and improve producers' margins. The company began by commercializing physalis and now also works with strawberries, serving about 140 producers. The team currently has 12 people and plans to hire more as it expands. Flor e Fruto raised a R$2 million pre-seed round and intends to use the proceeds to expand its market presence, broaden its product portfolio, and grow the team. The company does not disclose revenue. Founded in 2021, the startup plans to replicate its technology across additional crops by the end of 2023.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2022

PetPair operates a pet adoption marketplace that moves animals out of shelters into the homes of volunteer fosters or adopters. Its Foster-Centric model unifies animal welfare organizations, volunteers, and pet-centric businesses around the adoption outcome. In foster homes, animals benefit from a stable environment with human attention and directed training. The company is led by CEO Daniel Miyares and is based in Austin, TX. PetPair raised $1.2M in pre-seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand nationwide and grow its caregiver network. The funding round was led by Bling Capital with participation from Expansion Ventures, Divide by Zero, Newlin Ventures, Great Oaks VC, and Hornet Ventures.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

Sigo Seguros operates a digital-first platform underwriting non-standard auto insurance, enabling customers to buy policies in minutes from their phones and avoid onerous downpayment fees. The company targets working-class drivers and initially focuses on Hispanic and Latino communities by offering a full bilingual experience in Spanish. Its underwriting technology has produced profitable loss ratios, distinguishing it from other auto insurtech cycles. Sigo reported over 500% growth in Gross Written Premiums last year and payback periods measured in weeks. The financing is intended to fund expansion into new markets with large immigrant communities and limited suitable insurance options. As part of the investment, Rafael Varela will join Sigo’s board of directors. Sigo Seguros provides bilingual, mobile‑first auto insurance tailored to immigrant and working‑class drivers, with a focus on Latino and Spanish‑speaking communities. The company’s product eliminates additional fees and biased rating factors such as credit score and employment, and offers a bilingual end‑to‑end customer experience. It launched a proprietary product in August 2021 and is headquartered in Texas; the company was founded in 2019. Sigo reports it exceeded prior‑year sales in just the first half of 2023 and sees payback periods measured in weeks and months. The company plans to double its team by the end of the year and use new funding to expand customer‑facing technology, continue digitizing underwriting, and expand into new markets with large immigrant communities. Sigo Seguros is an Austin, TX-based insurtech founded in 2019 that provides affordable auto insurance for Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities. It offers a fully bilingual, mobile-first platform that simplifies the insurance experience and launched its inclusive auto insurance product in August 2021. The company provides transparent pricing without fees or biased rating factors and offers coverage to customers with foreign IDs or licenses. Sigo currently serves Texas and plans to expand into more states in 2023. It recently raised $5.4m in seed funding to expand operations and broaden access to equitable insurance for immigrant and working-class populations. The company has made key hires, including a Vice President of Insurance and a Senior Product Manager, and will continue hiring across insurance, technology, and business functions. Sigo is a managing general agency founded in 2019 that provides auto insurance to underserved immigrant and Latinx customers through a tech-enabled, bilingual, mobile-first direct-to-consumer platform. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, the company currently offers coverage in California and Texas. Sigo raised $1.5M in seed funding to support its growth. The company plans to use the funds to continue expanding operations and broaden the reach of its auto insurance product among immigrant and Latinx communities. The startup was founded by Néstor Hugo Solari and Júlio Erdos. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.