Investors in Uruguay

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IC Ventures

Established in 2012, IC Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups with disruptive potential in the areas of financial technology (Fintech) and artificial intelligence (AI), particularly those targeting business-to-business markets.
Made 6 investments in Uruguay

NXTP Ventures

Founded in 2011, NXTP Ventures is a venture capital firm based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina. It invests in early-stage startups, typically providing checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. The firm principally supports founders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces.
Made 3 investments in Uruguay

Prosperitas Capital Partners

Prosperitas Capital Partners SRL is a venture capital firm based in Montevideo, Uruguay, that specialized in seed, startup, and early-stage investments in small and medium-sized companies. Founded in 2005, the firm primarily focused on sectors such as technology, services, and agribusiness, with a particular interest in companies whose majority revenue comes from exports. Prosperitas sought to invest between $0.1 million and $1.5 million in firms with annual revenues below $5 million. The firm typically exited investments within three to six years through various means, including sales, mergers and acquisitions, and management buyouts. Prosperitas made equity-based investments or debt and equity investments that could convert to equity, while aiming to hold significant minority positions in its portfolio companies and participate in their governance. Additionally, the firm provided management advisory and merchant banking services to entrepreneurs. However, it is important to note that Prosperitas Capital Partners is no longer actively investing.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

MrPink VC

MrPink VC is a venture capital firm based in Punta del Este, Uruguay, founded in 2021. It makes early-stage investments in startups across Spanish-speaking Latin America and Spain, including the CAPUC region (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, and Colombia). The firm targets companies in blockchain, artificial intelligence, education, food, technology, and services, with a focus on ventures that strengthen social connections and improve human well-being. It emphasizes a founder-centric, long-term partnership built on honesty and clarity.

Endeavor

Founded in 1997, Endeavor is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. With operations in nearly 40 countries, Endeavor's network comprises over 2,000 entrepreneurs who have created more than 3.9 million jobs and generated revenues exceeding $28 billion.
Made 5 investments in Uruguay

Bossa Invest

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Prosus & Naspers

Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers. The global investment group is the largest consumer internet company in Europe, and among the largest technology investors in the world, operating across a variety of platforms and geographies. Prosus is a unique blend of venture capital and operating company that funds, acquires, builds and scales technology businesses. It combines venture capital investing with deep operational experience in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company has meaningful investments in Tencent, Mail.ru, Ctrip.com International Limited, and DeliveryHero. Prosus has a primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam (AEX:PRX) and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (XJSE:PRX), and is majority owned by Naspers.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Draper Startup House

Draper Startup House fosters global connections among entrepreneurs, providing accommodations, coworking spaces, and programming focused on innovation. It empowers startups by offering access to funding and mentorship opportunities.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Addition

Addition is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Lee Fixel and based in New York. It invests in founder-led, technology-enabled companies at early and growth stages, with a focus on supporting entrepreneurs to build impactful and enduring businesses.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Caravela Capital

Founded in 2019, Caravela Capital is a venture capital firm based in Curitiba, Brazil. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies across Latin America, with a particular interest in healthcare, financial services, and B2B products.
Made 3 investments in Uruguay

DGF Investimentos

DGF Investimentos is a Brazilian venture capital firm that manages a family of early-stage funds and partners with high-growth B2B software startups. The firm has completed nearly sixty investments and has seen notable exits, including Logocenter, Daitan Group, Mastersaf, RD Station, and Reclame Aqui. It focuses on providing early-stage capital and strategic support to rapidly scaling software companies.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Citi Impact Fund

Established with $500 million, Citi Impact Fund invests equity in U.S.-based private companies addressing societal challenges through innovative solutions. They typically co-invest alongside other venture capitalists, committing between $250,000 to $10 million across seed to pre-IPO stages. The fund focuses on four verticals: future of work, climate resilience, financial inclusion, and social infrastructure. It actively supports women and minority-led businesses.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Broadhaven Capital Partners

Founded in 2010, Broadhaven is a merchant banking firm based in New York City. It provides strategic financial advisory services and invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of financial services and technology.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Quona Capital

Quona Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies in emerging markets, focusing on financial inclusion for underserved consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises. The firm backs startups developing financial products and services beyond microcredit, including alternative lending, remittances, insurance, prepaid services, and payments infrastructure, as well as software that enhances distribution, financial management, and online bill payments. It targets companies leveraging digital platforms to expand access to banking and financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Typical investments range from about 1 to 10 million. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, DC, with additional offices in Bengaluru, Lima, Cape Town, and Mexico City, Quona Capital aims to fuel inclusive fintech and related adjacencies such as agriculture, healthcare, education, commerce, and mobility finance.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Mouro Capital

Mouro Capital is a fintech-focused venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in London. Backed by Banco Santander since 2015, it funds entrepreneurs building the next generation of financial services across the fintech value chain, from early to growth stage startups. Its portfolio spans Europe, North America, and Latin America, with teams in London, San Francisco, and Madrid supporting investments across software and financial services.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and based in Menlo Park, California. It funds startups across the entire lifecycle, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software and technology-enabled businesses. The firm backs companies in software, cloud infrastructure, digital platforms, data storage, and mobile and Internet services, as well as sectors at the intersection of technology with life sciences, such as bio healthcare and computational medicine. Its investments span artificial intelligence, fintech, consumer and enterprise software, crypto and blockchain, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure. Through strategic guidance and a hands-on approach, the firm aims to help portfolio companies scale and innovate.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Innogen Capital

Founded in 2018, Innogen Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Salvador, El Salvador. It invests in early-stage technology companies with proven business models across Central America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Elevar Equity

Elevar Equity is a private equity and venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth capital to high-potential, impact-focused companies. It concentrates on businesses that serve low-income customers in emerging markets, including financial services, education, healthcare, housing, agriculture, and MSMEs, with a particular emphasis on scalable, affordable distribution models for the base of the pyramid. The firm supports a range of sectors, notably fintech, education and employability, market linkages, and housing, aiming to deliver both meaningful social impact and financial returns. Elevar typically takes minority or majority stakes and pursues long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Seattle, it operates additional offices in San Francisco, Bangalore, Ebene, Bogota, and Mexico City, reflecting a multi-regional footprint across India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Its investment approach centers on human-centered solutions that connect underserved customers to essential products and services, with a focus on sustainable growth and measurable impact.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

IGNIA

IGNIA is a Mexico-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that invests across early to growth stages in Latin America, focusing on health, financial services, education and technology companies. It targets ventures that serve low-income populations and address basic services such as healthcare, housing, water and energy, and prefers sectors like fintech, SaaS, edtech, healthtech, e-commerce and marketplaces. Investments are primarily in equity, with occasional subordinated debt or convertible debt structures, and the firm pursues co-investments with other investors. The firm concentrates on opportunities in Mexico and Latin America and supports high-growth enterprises at the base of the pyramid, including B2C businesses, seeking to generate positive social impact alongside financial returns.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management is a New York based investment firm that manages public and private market strategies to pursue technology-driven growth opportunities worldwide. Founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman, the firm invests in leading global companies across various industries, with a particular emphasis on technology-enabled growth. In public markets it employs long/short and growth strategies, while in private markets it targets opportunities from early to late stage. The firm operates globally, including the United States, China, India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, and works with portfolio companies across their lifecycle to drive long-term value.
Made 3 investments in Uruguay

DST Global

DST Global is a venture capital firm established in 2009 that focuses on late-stage investments in internet and technology sectors. It backs rapidly growing companies in areas such as information technology, mobile, software, e-commerce, IoT, and other TMT-enabled businesses, often in late-stage rounds. The firm maintains a global footprint with offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, enabling it to source opportunities and support portfolio companies internationally. Founded by Yuri Milner and partners Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford, DST Global seeks to partner with ambitious internet and tech-enabled firms as they scale, including fintech and other software-enabled industries.

Borderless Capital

Borderless Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2018 that concentrates on early-stage investments in Web3 and infrastructure companies. The firm seeks opportunities aligned with the Algorand ecosystem, including projects that leverage Algorand 2.0 features and Algorand Standard Assets, as well as infrastructure initiatives supporting Algorand. It partners with founders to accelerate access, bootstrap adoption, and create value across Algorand and EdgeFi ecosystems.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Kalonia Venture Partners

Kalonia Venture Partners, based in Barcelona, Spain, is a venture capital firm specializing in seed to growth stage investments. It focuses on Fintech, B2B, e-procurement, mobile, and artificial intelligence sectors, typically investing up to €5 million.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

G2 Capital

G2 Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The firm specializes in pre-seed and early-stage investments, primarily targeting technology companies. G2 Capital aims to support innovative startups with a global perspective, emphasizing sectors such as Software as a Service (SaaS) and Everything as a Service (XaaS). Through its investments, G2 Capital seeks to foster growth and development in the technology landscape.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

SixThirty

SixThirty is a global venture capital fund specializing in early-stage investments in financial technology (FinTech), insurance technology (InsurTech), and cybersecurity startups. It invests globally, typically providing $0.1-$0.25 million in equity per company. SixThirty operates an 8-week business development program and aims to support 8-14 startups annually.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

IDC Ventures

Established in 2019, IDC Ventures is a global venture capital firm focusing on FinTech and marketplace startups. It invests in Series A to growth-stage companies across Europe, the US, and Latin America, with a primary focus on Brazil and Mexico.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Dalus Capital

Dalus Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2015, headquartered in Monterrey with an additional office in Mexico City. It specializes in early venture and growth stage investments, focusing on technology-driven companies addressing significant problems in Latin America. The firm invests across four themes: Inclusion, Climate Innovation, Business Productivity & Digital Consumers.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Kaszek

Kaszek is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 with offices in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, focused on technology-driven startups in Latin America. The firm targets early-stage investments, typically Seed to Series A, and offers more than capital through hands-on guidance in strategy, product, growth, operations, team-building, fundraising, and networking. Kaszek backs ambitious founders building software-enabled platforms across sectors such as financial services, education, healthcare, e-commerce, marketplaces, and enterprise software, including SaaS. It operates with a regional lens, identifying opportunities across Latin America and helping portfolio companies navigate local markets, regulatory environments, and scaling challenges. The firm emphasizes practical expertise and operational support to accelerate growth, with the aim of helping portfolio companies achieve durable, regionally scaled businesses.
Made 3 investments in Uruguay

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage companies across technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, outsourcing, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. The firm seeks ambitious founders and aims to help them build long-lasting, scalable businesses, often taking the lead or significant co-investor roles and providing strategic guidance, networks, and resources. It maintains an international footprint, including investments in India and other regions, reflecting a global approach to partnering with fast-growing companies. Sequoia emphasizes strong teams, innovative products or services, and the potential for rapid growth, positioning itself as a long-term partner for companies that redefine their markets.
Made 3 investments in Uruguay

Mercado Libre Fund

Mercado Libre Fund serves as the Corporate Venture Capital Fund for Mercado Libre, focusing on fostering innovation and supporting the growth of companies within the e-commerce and technology sectors in Latin America. The fund invests in seed, early, and growth stage companies that exhibit strong team dynamics and potential for significant impact. It operates two distinct funds: the Business Development Fund, which targets seed stage companies with promising products that can enhance Mercado Libre's ecosystem, and the Opportunities Fund, which seeks to invest in early and growth stage companies that leverage technology to deliver innovative solutions. By acting as a strategic partner, Mercado Libre Fund aims to create synergies among its portfolio companies and provide valuable support throughout their scaling journey.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Bond

Bond, established in 2019, is a venture capital firm specializing in supporting visionary founders of high-growth internet companies. Led by Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, and Noah Knauf, the firm provides backing and guidance to these entrepreneurs throughout their companies' lifecycle, from innovation to growth. Bond was spun out from the Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Alkeon Capital

Founded in 2002, Alkeon Capital is a New York-based investment firm that manages funds for both venture capital and hedge fund strategies. The company focuses on investing in innovative businesses and talented individuals.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Angel Ventures

Angel Ventures is Latin America's first professionally managed angel investor network. It connects over 300 members, comprising angel investors and senior executives, who collectively invest in early-stage, high-potential companies.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

TheVentureCity

TheVentureCity is a Miami-headquartered global venture capital firm that backs early-stage, product-centric technology startups across the United States, Europe, and Latin America. It invests from pre-seed to Series A, with ticket sizes ranging from about $100,000 up to around $5 million. The firm focuses on software, logistics, fintech, EdTech, healthtech and SaaS, and also engages with areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, mobility, and digital health. Through its global approach, it supports startups in multiple regions as they scale, providing capital and strategic guidance to accelerate growth.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

G2 Momentum Capital

G2 Momentum Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Mexico City that invests in early‑stage and growth‑stage startups across Latin America and the United States. The firm targets companies that offer disruptive solutions in fintech, insurtech, proptech, software as a service, artificial intelligence, commercial services, information technology, healthcare, pet technology, and 3D printing. By partnering with founders who bring passion and talent, G2 Momentum Capital seeks to scale and consolidate innovative businesses, providing capital, expertise, and strategic support to accelerate growth.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Wayra UK

Wayra UK is the corporate venture arm and accelerator of Wayra, the global open-innovation program of Telefónica. It runs accelerator programs for early-stage technology startups across industries including health care, information technology, cybersecurity, smart transport and smart city, and 5G, providing investment and acceleration support. The unit connects startups with Telefónica’s networks and partners to enable collaboration and scale opportunities, aiming to generate joint business opportunities between innovators and Telefónica. As part of a worldwide network spanning multiple countries, Wayra UK positions itself as a bridge between entrepreneurs and corporate-scale opportunity, facilitating access to capital, mentorship, and business development.
Made 2 investments in Uruguay

Finnovista

Finnovista is an accelerator and venture capital firm focused on transforming the financial services and insurance sectors by fostering collaboration between large corporations and startups in the fintech and insurtech industries. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with an additional office in Mexico City, Finnovista offers a three-month acceleration program designed to support the growth of startups in Latin America and Spain. The firm is recognized as a key player in the startup ecosystem and is particularly active in investing in fintech innovations. Finnovista also organizes FINNOSUMMIT, a leading conference in the fintech and insurtech space in Latin America, and develops various corporate innovation programs in partnership with major financial institutions. Through these initiatives, Finnovista aims to empower entrepreneurs and promote financial inclusion by connecting them with essential resources and networks in the industry.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Canary

Canary is a Brazil-based venture capital firm that partners with leading founders in Latin America, providing funding, insights, connections and talent to help startups scale. It positions itself as an institutional investor for companies shaping the region’s economy and beyond, focusing on Brazilian software and technology ventures. Based in Sao Paulo, Canary supports portfolio companies to accelerate growth and build lasting value within the Latin American startup ecosystem.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Alpana Ventures

Alpana Ventures is a Swiss venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Geneva, with offices in Paris, Saratoga, California, and Sierre. It focuses on seed to growth-stage investments in digital startups and supports sectors such as healthcare, information technology, finance, enterprise solutions, mobility, social media, gaming, and cybersecurity. The firm pursues digital transformation and deep tech opportunities across Switzerland, Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacific, guided by ESG criteria and a commitment to value creation that helps portfolio companies become global market leaders.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Auxly Cannabis Group

Auxly Cannabis Group finances and supports cannabis cultivation facilities, enabling partners to maintain autonomy while accelerating market entry. In exchange for financing, Auxly receives equity and a share of cultivation yield.

Trajectory Ventures

Founded in 2012, Trajectory Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It invests in and collaborates with innovative startups disrupting industries such as AI, data analytics, fintech, ad tech, mobility, aerospace, and infrastructure. The firm employs an 'operators for operators' approach to help portfolio companies scale.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Revolution

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case, with an additional office in San Francisco. It backs technology-enabled startups that disrupt traditional industries and supports both early-stage and growth-stage companies, often taking leadership roles in financings and serving on boards. The firm operates a family of funds, including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth, and seeks opportunities across sectors such as consumer internet, software and services, media, financial services, healthcare, and other technology-enabled businesses. It emphasizes geography, aiming to back high-potential ventures in regions beyond traditional hubs by pairing capital with hands-on involvement and broad entrepreneurial networks.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

FJ Labs

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.

Floodgate

Floodgate is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that concentrates on seed and early-stage technology investments across North America. The firm backs startups in software, artificial intelligence, enterprise technology, fintech, consumer tech and related sectors, making typically early checks in the range of roughly $150,000 to $1,000,000. Floodgate often co-invests alongside experienced private investors or top-tier venture firms, seeking to partner with teams building disruptive products in growing markets. While its portfolio spans the United States, the firm maintains a focus on technology companies with strong potential to scale, particularly in tech hubs such as the Bay Area and other major metro regions. Floodgate emphasizes strategic value beyond capital, leveraging its experience in helping early-stage companies navigate product development, go-to-market strategies and growth challenges. As a longstanding investor in the technology ecosystem, Floodgate aims to support founders in turning innovative ideas into scalable businesses.

Monashees

Founded in 2005, Monashees is a leading venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. It partners with exceptional founders transforming large markets through technology. With a human-centric approach, Monashees supports entrepreneurs from their early stages, fostering growth and innovation across sectors such as software, fintech, healthcare, and more.

The Yield Lab

Founded in 2014, The Yield Lab is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in AgriFood Tech. It invests in innovative technologies across crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients, with initial investments ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million.

The Yield Lab LATAM

Founded in 2017 with offices in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, The Yield Lab LATAM is a venture capital firm investing in AgriFoodTech companies across Latin America, spanning the entire food and agriculture innovation spectrum.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

DreamIt Ventures

DreamIt Ventures is a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm founded in 2008 that backs startups across healthcare, technology, cybersecurity, consumer products and services, and real estate technology. The firm operates DreamIt accelerator programs, providing an intense three to six month experience that combines seed funding, mentorship, office space, and access to customers, partners, and investors to accelerate product development and go-to-market. DreamIt has supported more than 320 startups, including LevelUp, SeatGeek, HouseParty and Redox, with several achieving exits or substantial growth, reflecting a track record of helping portfolio companies scale. The firm emphasizes hands-on customer validation through Customer Sprints and Investor Sprints to de-risk growth and attract partnerships, focusing on ventures with traction or pilots ready to scale in the United States.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Latam Capital

VC fund focused on Latam
Made 1 investment in Uruguay

Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage, pre-seed technology startups in underserved segments of the ecosystem. It invests in a high-volume, capital-efficient portfolio, typically funding rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 and making roughly 75 to 100 investments per year. The firm targets opportunities across the United States and internationally, including Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, prioritizing companies with scalable products and prudent capital use outside major metro hubs. Since its inception, it has built a broad portfolio across many states. It commits to a fast decision process, often delivering a yes or no within two weeks to help founders establish momentum.
Made 1 investment in Uruguay