What is Finnovista.vc

Finnovista.vc is a venture capital firm that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed stage Fintech companies in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Finnovista.vc is the venture capital arm of Finnovista, an organization that has played a pivotal role in developing and orchestrating the Fintech ecosystem in Latin America since 2013.

Our first fund successfully invested in 42 pre-seed Fintech startups between 2017 and 2020, having helped create the Fintech 1.0 leaders of Spanish-speaking LATAM. Our investments includes Fintech leaders such as Flink, BDEO, Dapp, Finerio Connect, Facturedo —now Klimb—, Prometeo, Tu Identidad, Vexi, Prestanómico, Atrato, Contalink and Koibanx, among others.

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How we invest

Our goal is to lead with the first ticket at pre-seed and seed stage companies and then support founders with our world-class Startupbootcamp program and ecosystem resources and follow-on capital in subsequent rounds.

 

FOCUS AREA: all Fintech segments and enabling infrastructure

GEOGRAPHY: Spanish-speaking Latin America

STAGE: Typically before product-market fit (pre-seed and seed)

We are looking to partner with Fintech founders that are:

committed to build scalable technology companies and create Fintech leaders with venture funding

visionaries and obsessed with their customers’ problems

aligned to our mission of transforming finance for the better

 
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  • "Finnovista.vc's support during the acceleration program and all these years has been of great value to us at Vexi. The access to Finnovista.vc network of contacts, both in Mexico and in the rest of Latin America and the United States, is simply spectacular".
    Gabriela Estrada

    Co-Founder & CEO - Vexi

  • "Finnovista.vc gave us the first stamp of confidence, making us see that the company could be something real, that we could start building on what until then was an idea. Thanks to our passage through their acceleration program we also got the first contact with a debt fund that later financed Atrato. The value of working with the Finnovista.vc team comes from everywhere: the program, the contacts, the financial support".  
    Juan Casián

    Cofundador & Co-CEO - Atrato

  • “The acceleration process was extremely successful: the Finnovista team helped us detect what we should do differently in Mexico in terms of commercial launch, to validate our product in this market and understand how funding worked here. During the program, we got our first clients and close a deal with Latinia as our first investor”.
    Ximena Aleman

    Co-Founder & Chief Business Developer Officer - Prometeo

  • "What distinguishes Finnovista.vc from other vc firms is its great strength in terms of contacts, support network and the alumni you have access to afterwards. Their accelerator program has produced several super valuable and successful companies that are already part of their portfolio. All that mentoring, contacts and support network has been very valuable for Finerio Connect since we started the program."
    Nick Grassi

    Cofundador & Co-CEO - Finerio Connect

  • "The Finnovista.vc team is very talented. It is surprising above all because it is a team made up of people who are passionate about what they do and about helping the companies in their portfolio. You don't find that easily."
    Julio Pernía

    Founder & CEO - Bdeo

  • “Thanks to Finnovista.vc and its acceleration program, we established high valuable connections with banks such as HSBC and Banregio, as well as Visa, that led us to new opportunities and knowledge in the world of payments.”
    Antonio Pelaez

    Founder & CEO - Dapp

Finnovista.vc by the numbers

Our Fintech-, ecosystem- and investment-expertise and resources will maximize your chances to create a Fintech leader in LATAM

Best-in-class pre-seed portfolio results

Interested in investing in our next vehicles?

We have a unique ecosystem and expertise-based approach that allow us to build the most iconic and enduring Fintech companies of the continent at the earliest stages.

 
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The best track-record: our portfolio

 
 
 
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Why Finnovista.vc

We are the Fintech trusted partner for entrepreneurs with transformative vision in Latin America

We have a differentiated and relentless focus on 3 things:

Fintech: We bring the Fintech expertise in Latin America.

Earliest-stage: We are your first venture capital partner and will be by your side raising and negotiating next rounds.

Ecosystem know-how and know-who: We bring to you the power of the ecosystem packaged in our Startupbootcamp program and resources.

 
 
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A dedicated team to back you in your way to success

Fermín Bueno, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Finnovista

Fermín Bueno

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Fermín Bueno, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Finnovista

Fermín Bueno

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Fermin is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista, an ecosystem-driven innovation and venture capital firm that helps transform finance for the better in Latin America. Finnovista partners with the most visionary startups, investors and corporates to solve the big challenges of finance by unleashing the power of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Fermin is also Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista.vc, one of the most active early-stage Fintech VC investors in Latin America. Fermin was previously part of the management team that launched a 250M USD investment fund in Spain, where he led investments in Fintech, mobile technology, artificial intelligence and semiconductors startups. Fermín has also worked as a management consultant in technology-driven markets helping European incumbents overcome the challenges of disruption and digitalization. Before that he was co-founder of a wireless internet service startup serving business travelers in Spain. Fermín started his career at Ericsson as a developer, bringing to life telecom technologies that later triggered the mobile internet revolution. Fermin holds a M. Sc. in Industrial and Electrical Engineering from University of Seville, Spain and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He also holds an International MBA degree by IE Business School, Spain.
Andres Fontao – Finnovista

Andrés Fontao

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Andres Fontao – Finnovista

Andrés Fontao

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Andrés Fontao is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista, an ecosystem-driven innovation and venture capital firm that helps transform finance for the better in Latin America. Finnovista partners with the most visionary startups, investors and corporates to solve the big challenges of finance by unleashing the power of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Andrés is also Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista.vc, one of the most active early-stage Fintech VC investors in Latin America. Before Finnovista, Andres worked for a Silicon Valley-based fintech start-up leading its expansion into Europe and LATAM. Prior to that, he was head of mobile banking at Bankinter and also worked as a consultant to mobile operators in Europe and Mexico. He holds a BA from Middlebury College and MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Andres has global exposure, having lived and worked in the US, Mexico, Spain and other European markets. He is currently based in New York City.
Gonzalo Sánchez – Finnovista

Gonzalo Sánchez

Program & Portfolio Director

Gonzalo Sánchez – Finnovista

Gonzalo Sánchez

Program & Portfolio Director

Gonzalo holds a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Entrepreneurship by the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a Diploma on International Business. He has +7 years of experience within the startup and Fintech ecosystems of LatAm and has contributed to invest in, support and grow over 30 early-stage Fintech startups and entrepreneurs by: Launching the Mexican Crowdfunding Association (AFICO); by the hand of the the Inter-American Development Bank and the Anáhuac University who led the project Crowdfunding Mexico. Running events, research efforts and open innovation initiatives for Finnovista & Startupbootcamp FinTech.Scouting potential partnerships and investments fitting the innovation strategy of Citibanamex while leading the biggest FinTech Hackathon of LatAm with +250 baking APIs available for creating innovative Fintech solutions. As entrepreneur, he launched the Fintech resources site FintechExpert and is cofounder of OverSky, a videography company based in the state of Hidalgo. His labors also include supporting public and private players of the Mexican entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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