Vander Capital
473 Jackson Street, Floor 3, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Overview
VCP is an investment management firm focused in two sectors: early stage and real assets. The main interest in early stage investments is in technology and innovation in real estate also known as CRETech or PropTech. Real assets investments are limited to real estate and mining. VCP has performed several early stage investments both in the US and Mexico through Vander Angel. It is also part of the GP of Mexico Ventures. Mexico Ventures has three separate investment strategies: a VC fund of funds, a VC arm and a mezzanine initiative. Vander has performed several investments in real estate through Vander Properties that include being an LP at Veritas Investments (the largest multifamily for rent owner operator in the Bay Area) a GP in Latin Americas first multifamily for rent fund as well as other single asset investments in Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. Vander Properties has also provided consulting services to the Government of Peru, some development banks and private clients and publicly traded companies in Mexico. The company invests in mining through Vander Mining. Its currently strategy is focused on acquiring distressed gold projects or mines in Mexico and list them under one company in Canada's TSX.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
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- Active investors
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Investment portfolio
- kubo.financiero
Participated · Series A · Aug 2016
kubo.financiero operates a P2P lending platform in Mexico that connects individual investors with borrowers using technology and data to underwrite loans. The platform issues loans ranging from US$400 to $4,100 with terms of 4 to 36 months for uses including working capital, fixed assets, education fees and loan pre-payment. The company has provided over 4,700 loans totalling $35M since 2012, funded by about 500 individual investors. Led by founder and CEO Vicente Fenoll, kubo.financiero intends to use the new capital to continue expanding operations. The articles describe the recent fundraise as a Series A round; no additional financial covenants or debt instruments are mentioned. No other past round sizes or founding year beyond the "since 2012" metric are specified in the articles. Kubo Financiero is a Mexican startup specializing in peer-to-peer lending and financial-services technology. The company is participada by the accelerator Wayra and has previously counted Vander Capital among its backers. It aims to create a microfinance marketplace to connect supply and demand for financial resources. As of the article, Kubo reported 5,200 credit applications and has formalized 1,200 loans. Most of those loans have been for companies needing financing for productive activity. The company closed a financing round to support its growth and marketplace development.
Team
No current team members are available.