Redwood Ventures

Redwood Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and located in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company focuses on investing in technology startups that demonstrate high growth potential and scalability across various industries. By identifying promising ventures, Redwood Ventures aims to support the development of innovative solutions and technologies, positioning itself as a key player in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region.

Alejandro Gonzalez

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Ian Paul Otero

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Marco Villasenor

Co-Founder and General Partner

Past deals in Mexico

Vexi

Venture Round in 2023
Vexi is a financial technology company based in Mexico City, founded in 2016, that provides credit card services tailored for the young, underbanked population in Latin America. The company offers a mobile application that enables users to develop personalized payment plans, manage expenses, and build credit history with minimal documentation. Vexi's credit card services include both online and physical cards, allowing for flexible use in digital transactions and physical establishments. By leveraging proprietary technology, Vexi aims to enhance accessibility to formal credit while ensuring a secure and user-friendly experience without annuity charges.

Carttera

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Carttera helps companies schedule payment reminders, charge and reconcile automatically. Founded in 2022, Verso is based in Zapopan, Mexico.

VU

Series B in 2021
VU LLC is a cybersecurity company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with additional locations in Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Distrito Federal, Mexico; and Cuenca, Ecuador. The company specializes in developing software solutions aimed at preventing fraud and identity theft. Its product offerings include the VU Application Server, which integrates with existing authentication systems; VU Fraud Analysis, designed for environments requiring strong authentication; and VU Mobile Token, a mobile application that generates one-time passwords for user verification. Additionally, VU provides the VU Smart Wallet for mobile payments, VU Secure VPN for user authentication of digital assets, and VU Voice Recogn, a biometric solution that uses voice fingerprint identification. By leveraging a combination of traditional cybersecurity measures and advanced technologies such as biometrics, geolocation, machine learning, and user behavior analysis, VU aims to enhance identity protection and fraud prevention.

VU

Series B in 2020
VU LLC is a cybersecurity company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with additional locations in Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Distrito Federal, Mexico; and Cuenca, Ecuador. The company specializes in developing software solutions aimed at preventing fraud and identity theft. Its product offerings include the VU Application Server, which integrates with existing authentication systems; VU Fraud Analysis, designed for environments requiring strong authentication; and VU Mobile Token, a mobile application that generates one-time passwords for user verification. Additionally, VU provides the VU Smart Wallet for mobile payments, VU Secure VPN for user authentication of digital assets, and VU Voice Recogn, a biometric solution that uses voice fingerprint identification. By leveraging a combination of traditional cybersecurity measures and advanced technologies such as biometrics, geolocation, machine learning, and user behavior analysis, VU aims to enhance identity protection and fraud prevention.

Atexto

Seed Round in 2019
Atexto is a company that specializes in creating, collecting, annotating, and transcribing audio to train voice assistants. Founded in 2016 and based in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, Atexto provides services such as speech-to-text transcription, audio annotation, and audio collection. Its platform allows businesses to access labeled speech data to enhance machine learning models for voice understanding. Additionally, individuals can record and store their voiceprints, label them, and receive compensation for their contributions. The platform also enables users to manage transcription projects with features like live visibility of transcript progression and the ability to download completed transcripts, providing a cost-effective solution for companies needing transcription services.

parco

Venture Round in 2019
Parco is committed to make the car driver’s a frictionless ride. We leverage on our extensive network of mobility services (mobile parking, digital access control, toll payments) to build real network effects and product stickiness in order to offer our users a market place of car services. From fines and diligences to insurance to car biding and many more. Currently operating in Mexico and soon conquering latam.

YotePresto.

Seed Round in 2019
Yotepresto is a rapidly growing Mexican marketplace lending platform that connects individual and institutional investors with near-prime borrowers seeking personal loans. The company operates an online lending platform that facilitates the connection between borrowers and retail as well as institutional investors. Yotepresto specializes in unsecured personal installment loans and employs a proprietary scoring model to analyze and assess risk, which helps define interest rates for each customer. This innovative approach enables clients to effectively crowdfund their loans, making it easier for borrowers to access the funds they need.
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