LAVCA Gender Diversity
Female investors in early-stage tech are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally. Among entrepreneurs, only 17% of venture-backed startups globally have a female co-founder, and globally, they capture only about 3% of VC funding. This portal aggregates key LAVCA directories, surveys, interviews, and information on gender diversity in the tech ecosystem in Latin America including highlights of the top female investors and founders.
This list includes 143 senior-level women investment professionals who are deploying capital in early-and growth-stage tech deals in Latin America, as well as notable women angels investing in over three deals per year across multiple deals in the region.
Angel Investor
TheVentureCity / Alvarium-Tiedemann (AlTi) Holdings / Ola Guild Games
Co-Founder & General Partner / Partner / Co-Founder
Partner, Head of New Listings
Elevar Equity / The Rise Fund
Founding Partner & Managing Director / Co-Managing Partner
Angel Investor
MIT Alumni Angels Brazil
Co-Founder & General Partner
Finnovista
Spectron/Frogtek
Toro Ventures
Mercado Libre / MELI Fund
Business Development and Corporate VC, Country Lead (Mexico and Colombia)
LAVCA’s sixth annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech includes 184 junior- and mid-level investment professionals from Latin America-based firms, as well as from global firms with Latin America-dedicated investment teams.
Emilie Abrams
The Yield Lab Latam
Principal
Mexico
Johanna Achcar Bengtsson
Lightrock
Associate
Brazil
Rebecca Aguiar
SP Ventures
Associate
Brazil
Ana Maury Aguilar
AC Ventures
Senior Investment Analyst
Mexico
Maria Jose Aguilar Belmont
Capria Ventures
Value Creation Fellow
Mexico
Victoria Akerman
Newtopia VC
Principal - Portfolio Management & Investor Relations
Argentina
Sullyen Almeida
monashees
Principal
Brazil
Eva Alonso
Ribbit Capital
Analyst
United States
Rafaela Andrade
Mundi Ventures
Investment Director
Spain
Joseline Avendaño
Riverwood Capital
Investor
United States
Fernanda Azar
Brazil Venture Capital
Associate
Brazil
Maria Teresa Azevedo
SoftBank
Investment Leader
Brazil
Pilar Baeza Perez
IGNIA Partners
Associate
Mexico
Ana Carolina Bastos
Minerva Foods
Investment Executive
Brazil
Samantha Batista
Seedstars
Investment Lead - LatAm Region
Mexico
Vanessa Bello
Leap Global Partners
Venture Investor
Mexico
Beatriz Belmont
Cometa
Senior Analyst
Mexico
Isadora Benedini
Valor Capital Group
Senior Associate
Brazil
Isabela Berdu
Brazil Venture Capital
Associate
Brazil
Itziar Boelsterly Ovejas
DILA Capital
Analyst
Mexico
Valentina Bojaca
Brazil Venture Capital
Associate
Brazil
Mirella Bonadio
Good Karma Partners
Associate
Brazil
Jacqueline Bonny Cariz
Oikocredit
Integrated Investments Analyst
Brazil
Antonia Brahm
Nakama Ventures
General Manager
Chile
Thaissa Brandão
Globo Ventures
Investment Analyst
Brazil
Graciela Budinich
The Yield Lab Latam
Principal
Chile
Camila Bustamante
FJ Labs
Associate
United States
Adela Buyé
Newtopia VC
Portfolio & PR PM
Argentina
Catarina C.
NXTP
Investor
Brazil
Alina Cabrera
Integra Groupe
Associate
Dominican Republic
Gabriela Cabrera
TM3 Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Montserrat Calderon
H20 Capital
Investment Associate
Mexico
Ana Beatriz Calicchio
monashees
Senior Associate
Brazil
Maria Camila Sánchez
Brazil Venture Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Thais Carballido
Altitude Ventures
Analyst
Brazil
Brenda Castaneda
Pomona Impact
Investment Associate
Guatemala
Natalie Charney
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Principal
United States
Gabriela Chueri
Canary
Investment Analyst
United States
Alexa Clark
Magma Partners
Associate
Mexico
Cristina Collazos
City of Knowledge Foundation
Startup Investment Program Manager
Panama
Itali Collini
Potencia Ventures
Principal
Brazil
Paula Cordero Grey
Dux Capital
Investment Analyst
Mexico
Fernanda Cortes
Vostok Emerging Finance
Investment Analyst, Latin America
United Kingdom
Mariana Costa
EDP Ventures
Principal
Portugal
Catarina Crepaldi
MSW Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Valentina Cutrale
TM3 Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Renata Daudt
Fuse Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Leticia de Oliveira Barros
Grupo Boticario CVC
Venture Capital Analyst
Brazil
Fernanda del Bosque
FEMSA Ventures
Investment Analyst
Mexico
Fernanda del Bosque Villarreal
FEMSA Ventures
Investment Analyst
Mexico
Patricia Desentis
500 Global
Associate
Mexico
Stella Dias Ferreira
BTG Pactual
Venture Capital & Private Equity Analyst
Brazil
Guiliana Dinelli
Volpe Capital
Senior Associate
Brazil
Andrea Domínguez
Endurance Investments
Associate
Chile
Julia Duarte Bernardo
monashees
Analyst
Brazil
Lourdes Sofia Elizondo Guajardo
Stella Maris Partners
Senior Analyst
Mexico
Maria Angelica Enriquez
Endeavor
Head of Portfolio Management
United States
Cecilia Ezquerro
500 Global
Associate
Mexico
Agustina Fabbio
The Yield Lab Latam
Principal
Argentina
Maria Fernanda Alonso
LIV Capital
Vice President
Mexico
Marina Ferraz
Positive Ventures
Associate
Brazil
Júlia Ferreira de Sá Miranda
Brazil Venture Capital
Associate
Brazil
Julia Figueiredo
Partners for Growth
Director, Latin America
United States
Julia Fisher
Village Capital
Investment Analyst
United States
Thais Fontoura
Mago Capital
Venture Capital Associate
Brazil
Laura Formosa
Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital
Analyst
Spain
Isabella Frigerio
ONEVC
Investment Analyst
Brazil
Thaís Fujita
Good Karma Partners
Associate
Brazil
Milena Gabriele
Good Karma Partners
Investor
Brazil
Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria
QED Investors
Principal
United States
Yesenia Gallardo
Potencia Ventures
Principal
United States
Sara Gandini Gubinelli
Newtopia VC
Investment Associate
Argentina
Fernanda Garanhani
Honey Island Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Leyre Garrido
IGNIA Partners
Associate
Mexico
Sofia Garrido Freyria
General Atlantic
Vice President
Mexico
Valeria Gelsi
Oikocredit
Equity Manager
Uruguay
Laura Gontijo
Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital
Principal
Brazil
Maria González
ALLVP
Principal
Mexico
Lorena González
Aurus Capital
Investment Associate
Chile
Laura Gonzalez
IGNIA Partners
Associate
Mexico
Gabriela Grossmann
Crescera Capital
PE & VC Analyst
Brazil
Melissa Guevara
Caricaco
Senior Investment Associate
Costa Rica
Luiza Gundim
General Atlantic
Associate
Brazil
Alma Gutierrez
Elevar Equity
Impact Investment Vice President
Mexico
Carolina Hibner
Valor Capital Group
Senior Analyst
Brazil
Cibelle Higino
Wayra Brasil
Investment Associate
Brazil
Natasha Jafet
Mago Capital
Venture Capital Analyst
Brazil
Isabela Jank
VOX Capital
Associate
Brazil
Mariana Jimenez
Amplifica Capital
Deal Flow & Analysis
Mexico
Karina Katz
Oikocredit
Senior Investment Officer
Argentina
Camila Key Saruhashi
QED Investors
Principal
United States
Ania Klimowitz
Axon Partners Group
Investment Manager
Spain
Carol Lacombe
Valor Capital Group
Principal & Director of Community
Brazil
Hida Lambros
Honey Island Capital
Investment Associate
Brazil
Joselin Layme
Brazil Venture Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Luiza Leite
ACE Ventures
Investment Coordinator
Brazil
Stella Leone
DOMO Invest
Venture Capital Analyst
Brazil
Naiara Lew
NXTP
Senior Analyst
Mexico
Gabriela Lima
BTG Pactual
Associate Director
Brazil
Lucia Llosa
SoftBank
Associate
Mexico
Isabela Lopes
SoftBank
Associate
Brazil
Sabrine Lowy
Mindset Ventures
Analyst
Brazil
Sophie Malca Ruiz
AVP Ventures
Analyst
Peru
Laura Marchiori
Indicator Capital
Analyst
Brazil
Laura Martinez
Magma Partners
Senior Analyst
Colombia
Clare McKee
Propel Venture Partners
Investor
United States
Paulina Melo
Carabela
Senior Analyst
Mexico
Antonia Meneses
ChileGlobal Ventures
Portfolio Analyst
Chile
Thaisa Miyazaki
KASZEK
Associate
Brazil
Sofia Mollon
Newtopia VC
Investment Analyst
Argentina
Alied Monica
EDP Ventures
Senior Associate
Brazil
Consuelo Monje
ChileGlobal Angels
Junior Analyst
Chile
Lucia Montalvo
Salkantay Partners
Vice President
Peru
Isela Montes de Oca Salgado
Ideas & Capital
Analyst
Mexico
Ana Mora-Bowen
Angel Ventures
Director, Colombia Office
Colombia
Roberta Moreira
UVC Investimentos
Investment Manager
Brazil
Lina Maria Moya
ALIVE Ventures
Senior Investment Associate
Colombia
Priscilla Mungai
big_bets
Venture Associate
Brazil
Laura Muñoz Cordoba
ALIVE Ventures
Investment Associate
Colombia
Claudia Muriel
Glisco Partners
Private Equity Associate
Mexico
Priscilla N. Mungai
Big Bets
Associate
Brazil
Mareen Nakamura
Pomona Impact
Senior Investment Associate
Mexico
Diana Narvaez
Flourish Ventures
Investor
Brazil
Natalia Navas
KASZEK
Associate
Mexico
Paola Negrin
FEN Ventures
Investment Analyst
Chile
Evelyne Néia
Grão
Head of Platform & Investments
Brazil
Maria Nikopoulos
Wollef
Principal
Mexico
Chloe Novene
Hedosophia
Fintech VC Investor
Mexico
Montserrat Olguin
Dalus Capital
Senior Investment Analyst
Mexico
Begoña Ortíz Ariza
Cometa
Principal
Mexico
Diana Palacios Mann
Platanus Ventures
Portfolio Officer
Chile
Juliana Pascowitch
DOMO Invest
Market Relations, Investments & Partnerships
Brazil
Azul Pasos
Redwood Ventures
Investment Analyst
Mexico
Ana Paula Bolio Castillo
DILA Capital
Analyst
Mexico
Elisa Pereira
39A Ventures
Associate
Brazil
Maria Pia Morante
ALIVE Ventures
Investment Director
Peru
Anna Piñol
NFX
Principal
United States
Margaret Pollack
Endeavor
Senior Investment Manager
United States
Naiane Pontes
Latitud
Investor
Brazil
Laura Prado
Kamay Ventures
Senior Investment Manager
Argentina
Ana María Prieto Peña
Brazil Venture Capital
Associate
Brazil
Fabiola Quinzaños
monashees
Principal
Mexico
Nathalia Quiros
Agrega Partners
Principal
United States
Alejandra Revueltas
Deekten Impact
Portfolio Officer
Mexico
Alessandra Rey
Salkantay Partners
Associate
Peru
Maria Ribeiro
General Atlantic
Vice President
Brazil
Isabela Rossato
CapTable
Venture Capital Analyst
Brazil
Laura Ruiz
NAZCA
Investment Associate
Mexico
Julia Salles
KASZEK
Principal
Brazil
Alice Samaia Ferreira
Alexia Ventures
Analyst
Brazil
Adriana Saman
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Director
United States
Lorena Sánchez
Billioneurons
Co-Founder
Mexico
Natalia Sánchez
NAZCA
Investment Associate
Mexico
Ximena Sanint
Bamboo Capital Partners
Investment Associate
Colombia
Cristina Santisteban
IGNIA Partners
Analyst
Mexico
Blanca Sañudo
ALLVP
Investment Analyst
Mexico
Fabiana Scionti
Valor Capital Group
Associate
United States
Lia Secomandi
Canary
Associate
Brazil
Debora Sena
Alexia Ventures
Analyst
Brazil
Luana Senedese
VOX Capital
Senior Investment Analyst
Brazil
Julia Seno de Assis
MAYA Capital
Investment Analyst
Brazil
Stephanie Shao Ni Ng
Qualcomm Ventures
Director
Brazil
Patricia Silva Castillo
Agrega Partners
Analyst
Dominican Republic
Tresa Simoes
Gavea Angels
Board Member
Brazil
Maria Sol Bertlshofer
30N Ventures
Principal
Chile
Renata Solana Carvajal
Nido Ventures
Investor
Mexico
Luisa Sucre
Collaborative Fund
Principal
United States
Tarcila Sugiyama
VOX Capital
Investor
Brazil
Mariana Taladrid
Liil Ventures
Principal
Mexico
Giovanna Tibery
big_bets
Venture Capitalist
Brazil
Monica Toscano
FIR Capital Partners
Associate
Brazil
Luiza Ulysséa
Astella Investimentos
Investment Associate
Brazil
Julia Valdivia Alva
AVP Ventures
Impact Investment Lead
Peru
Maria Fernanda Vargas
Impact Ventures PSM
Investment Officer
Mexico
Celia Velasco
Oikocredit
Senior Investment Officer
Mexico
Camila Vieira Fernandes
QED Investors
Principal
Brazil
Maria Jose Vinueza Ruedas
Ewa Capital
Investment Analyst
Colombia
Rocio Wu
F-Prime Capital
Principal
United States
Diane Zehil
Parceiro Ventures
Senior Associate
Brazil
Danielle Zhang
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Associate
United States
Vanessa Zogbi
Upload Ventures
Investor
Brazil
Inés Zuriaga del Castillo
Carao Ventures
Senior Associate
Costa Rica
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Every year since 2016, LAVCA solicits nominations of top women investors in tech from the investment community. The inaugural list included 37 investors; the 2017 list added eight new investors. In 2018, complementing the peer nomination process, LAVCA reviewed the investment teams of all active Latin American VC funds, producing a list of 82 senior-level and 47 mid- and junior-level investment professionals. In 2019, those numbers jumped to 88 and 87, respectively, increased to 103 and 97 during 2020, reflected 114 and 116 investment professionals in 2021, and showcased 140 and 134 investors in 2022.
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This list is not exhaustive; if you know of a junior- or mid-level investment professional working on Latin American tech deals who should be on this list, contact [email protected]