Ayenda

Ayenda Rooms is an asset-light hotel chain operating in Colombia. The company partners with property owners/hoteliers, aggregates and manages hotel rooms/hotels themselves providing standardized experiences

Led by Andres Sarrazola, Ayenda stands out as a star within the LatAm startup ecosystem. 

Ataria invested in Ayenda’s Series A round, following the $1.2M seed round lead by SoftBank. 

Casai

Casai is a decentralized hotel and travel brand in emerging markets. It is based in Mexico City and will soon expand to LatAm. 

Nico Barawid is CEO and Founder

We invested in Casai’s SAFE led by Andreessen Horowitz and alongside Monashees and Kaszek Ventures. 

Flux

Enables QR-Code payments at existing payment terminals with a plug-n-play device.

Flux is led by Max Echevarria and Fernando de la Torre. They have began operations in Mexico enabling merchants to receive payments from RappiPay.

We invested in Flux’s SAFE with a $10M valuation cap after their participation in Y Combinator’s Summer 2019 cohort.

Microverse

Offers full-stack web development programs for software developers via an Income Share Agreement

Ariel Camus, Microverse’s founder had a previous venture: Tourist-Eye, acquired by The Lonely Planet in 2013.

We invested in Microverse’s SAFE with a $16M valuation cap. The round was led by General Catalyst.

Mudafy

Mudafy is an online brokerage firm facilitating residential property transactions.

Mudafy’s founder, Franco Forte, has over 10 years as an entrepreneur.

We invested in Mudafy’s SAFE after Y Combinator’s Demo Day. The SAFE has a $10M valuation cap. We co-invested with Soma Capital, a top tier VC.

Runa

Runa is an HR software-as-a-service platform.

Courtney McColgan, founder of Runa has led the company to serve over 40,000 employees.

We invested in Runa’s Series A round. We co-invested with Ribbit Capital, a top fintech VC, and Salesforce Ventures.

Zinobe

Zinobe is a lending fintech that offers customer on boarding, credit risk assessment and debt collection solutions.

Co-founders Martin Schrimpff and Tarek El Sharif had previous experience in fintech companies.

We invested in Zinobe’s Series A round at a $32M pre-money valuation. We co-invested in Zinobe with QED Investors. QED is known for their investments in CreditKarma, NuBank and Quinto Andar.

Chiper

Chiper aims to empower mom-and-pop shops in Latin America through technology. Their platform directly connects shop owners with suppliers, allowing for seamless communication and more efficient replenishing.

Co-founders Carolina Garcia, Jose Jair Bonilla, and Oscar Sarria, have so far led Chiper’s expansion efforts in Colombia and Mexico.

We invested in Chiper’s SAFE Seed round at a $24M valuation cap. We co-invested alongside GGV’s Hans Tung, the renowned venture capitalist better known for his efforts to make cities smarter.

Pachama

Pachama is a technology verified marketplace for forest carbon offsets. On top of providing a transactional space, Pachama uses aerial Lidar data and machine learning analysis to monitor forests’ performance, collecting data that informs the marketplace.

Pachama is led by Diego Saez and Tomas Aftalion, who are currently based in San Francisco.

We invested in Pachama’s SAFE Seed round at a $18M valuation cap alongside Y Combinator.

Kalshi

Kalshi is a global betting network which allows users to pose questions and predict outcomes with the opportunity to gain money. From entertainment to politics and financials, the platform allows users to be creative

Kalshi is led by Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara, who are MIT graduates and were part of the W19 batch of Y Combinator.

We invested in Kalshi’s SAFE Seed round at a $10M valuation cap. Our coinvestors are Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Justin Mateen (founder of Tinder), and Collin Evans (founder of Stubhub).

Beam

Beam is an Asian micro-mobility company that offers scooter rental services on demand. It allows riders to book electric scooters via the mobile app. So far, Beam is present in Malaysia, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Beam is led by co-founders Alan Jiang, who has led Uber and ofo in South East Asia, and Deb Gangioadhyay, who has experience launching startups.

We have invested in Beam’s SAFE Seed round alongside Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, ZhenFund, and 500 Startups at a $50M valuation cap.

SeeTree

SeeTree is changing the face of agriculture. The company provides an end-to-end service that fuses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, multi-sensor data and drone imaging to create a multilayered intelligence platform for farmers to manage their permanent crops. 

The company’s scalable system has geospatial and object recognition algorithms at its core that can identify, measure and organize the data from millions of trees. The information can be accessed through an easy to use mobile application. 

Led by Barak Hachamov, Guy Morgenstern and Ori Shachar, SeeTree has managed to secure 8 paying customers in California and trials in Brazil and Indonesia. 

We have co-invested with Hanaco Ventures, Canaan Partners Israel and Mindset Ventures in the Series A round. 

Goby

Goby sells an electric toothbrush paired with a brush head subscription service. The company sells the products at only a fraction of the competitor’s price. The company sells directly to consumers and through dental professionals. 

Goby has great customer responser. They have a net promoter score of 72, similar to that of Apple (72) and Netflix (68).

Led by Ben Goldberg, Goby has managed to take ARR to over $3M.

We invested in Goby’s Seed round convertible note alongside Brand Foundry Ventures.   

Buildup

Buildup is a field construction application that delivers the capabilities on-site personnel need to do their jobs efficiently, while giving project managers and quality control teams the visibility they need to execute projects effectively. 

Buildup was founded by Oren Cohen, Yael Sherman, Zak MacRunnels and Guy Goldstein in 2013.

We invested in Buildup’s Series B round alongside TLV Partners, a top Israeli venture capital firm specialized in early-stage companies.  

Endless West

Endless West has developed a technology that enables to molecularly deconstruct the complex compounds responsible for taste, smell, color and mouthfeel of liquors. 

They started producing wine but due to regulatory measures regarding labels, decided to switch to producing whiskey synthetically. Syntehtic whiskey allows for a much shorter production period and can allow Endless West to replicate famous batches. 

Led by Alec Lee, Mardonn Chua and Joshua Decolongon, the company has managed to launch Glyph, their molecular whiskey brand and are underway with the approval for the Moscato .

We co-invested in Endless West’s Series A round with Horizon Ventures and Collaborative Fund.  

Augmented Radar Imaging

Augmented Radar Imaging (ARI) is developing Camdar, a machine-learning powered radar to power tomorrow's autonomous vehicles and warehouse robots. The company plans to enable fully autonomous vehicles with high-resolution imaging, robust object identification, and hyper-localization (300x more accurate than GPS).

ARI was founded by Victor Shtrom (founder of Ruckus Wireless, telecommunications company with a market capitalization of $1.5B).

We invested in their $1.8M SAFE Seed round at a $20M valuation cap alongside Pioneer Fund (a newly formed fund that pools capital and expertise from more than 120 Y Combinator alumni) and Revel Partners (investor in The Trade Desk, IPO’ed for more than $1Bn).

DefinedCrowd

DefinedCrowd provides clients with high quality AI-trining data, saving data scientists time and allowing for greater efficiency in AI applications. The company pools data from its network of over 25,000 collaborators across more than 53 countries and 46 languages and structures the data into the most appropriate format for each client’s specific needs. Applications include voice recognition, image recognition and natural language processing. 

Led by Daniela Braga, Joao Freitas and Walter Benadof, the company has managed to appear in CB Insights’ “The AI 100”.

We invested in their Series A round alongside Evolution Equity Partners, Kibo Ventures and Amazon Alexa Fund.

Dreamcraft

Dreamcraft offers modders tools to create and host new games (instead of modifying existing ones) without coding. Additionally, modders will be able to keep 70% of the revenue generated from those games.

Dreamcraft was founded in 2018 by Tianyin Zhang (former Bloomberg and Google software engineer, and creator of popular video game Realm Defense) and Veronica Yao (former software engineer at Electronic Arts).

We invested in their $250K SAFE Seed round at a $10M valuation cap alongside Kevin Lin (co-founder of Twitch, sold to Amazon for $970M) and Sterling VC (fund that belongs to Sterling Equities, the principal owner of the Mets, SNY, and OverwatchNY). 

BePretty

BePretty is a mobile marketplace that enables users to book their beauty appointments online and access all relevant information about the beauty venues and their reviews from other users. Additionally, BePretty  automates the reservation system of the beauty venue, saving them time and effort and assuring an effective online presence. 

BePretty is led by Alvaro Noain Larrinaga, Diego Ochoa, Tiapo Pais and Imma Santisteban.

We invested in a convertible note alongside Antai, an international venture builder and All Iron Ventures, a Spanish fund. 

Trendier

Trendier lets users buy and sell second hand clothes, providing women with an easy way to sell clothes they don’t use, or to buy clothes in perfect conditions but at a much better price

Co-founded by David Garzón and Antai, an international venture builder. Antai has a strong story of success developing companies in Europe and Latin America including Glovo (estimated valuation of $600-800M) and Wallapop (that in 2016 merged with LetGo to form a new firm valued at ~$1B).

We invested in Trendier’s Series A round led by IGNIA

Mirror AI

Mirror AI uses a single selfie to instantly create thousands of emojis that look like their users. Users can then send these images in most messengers and mobile apps. In the mid-term, Mirror AI expects to exploit the data it captures to become a leading data provider for next-gen face-generation technology. 

Mirror AI is led by Serge Faguet and Evgeny Kurishev.

We invested in Mirror AI’s SAFE Seed round alongside Softbank, Valor Ventures, SV Angel, Data Collective and Y Combinator. 

Refundit
Refundit is an app that manages the entire VAT refund process via the smartphone, in conjunction with the local Customs Authority, eliminating the inconviencies at stores and airports. 

With Refundit customer can simply scan their passports, boarding passes and invoices to check-in through the application. Local customs review the dossier digitally and approve or reject it. After the approval tourists will have their money back via Refundit. 

Co-founded by Ziv Tirosh and Uri Levine. We invested in Refundit’s Seed round. 

Engie

Engie is a streamlined marketplace disrupting the auto-repair industry. Its platform leveraged proprietary technology which interprets signals from a vehicle’s on-board diagnostics and then allows mechanics to submit relevant service bids in real-time. 

Co-founded by Alon Hendelman, Gal Aharon and Uri Levine, Engie has revolutionized the car insurance management sector with a pilot with AXA Mexico and AXA UK.

We invested in a convertible note alongside 8VC and Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze. 

Takeoff

Takeoff develops micro fulfillment centers: small, heavily automated grocery distribution facilities that could be located inside existing supermarkets and used to quickly assemble orders for delivery or customer pickup

Founders: Jose Vicente Aguerrevere and Max Pedró, have over 20 years in the grocery industry.

We invested in a Series B-1 round led by Forrestal Capital. 

#ME - Highrise

#ME envisions a future in which the next-generation Facebook will be a virtual world and is developing the tools to make this a reality. The company’s first product is the leading avatar-based social network on iOS, through which every day, more than 100K people develop their identity, make friends, keep in touch, decorate avatars and rooms, and chat.

#ME was founded in 2018 by Anton Bernstein (founder of LuxuryEscapes, consumer company in Australia with +$300M in revenue) and Jimmy Xu (former software architect at Apple and PhD in computer science).

We invested in their $2M SAFE Seed round at a $15M valuation cap alongside Sweet Capital (founders of King, maker of Candy Crush and Legend of Solgard), Bessemer (investors in LinkedIn, Twilio, and Twitch), and Maveron (investors in General Assembly and Groupon)

AI Foundation

AI Foundation attempts to be both a commercial and social venture, with a mission to create personalized AI that can be used by all people. This purpose includes not only harnessing the power of decentralized, trusted, personal AI, but also anticipating and counteracting the risks of AI’s proliferation in society. 

We invested in their Series A round with Founders Fund and You & Mr. Jones. 

Cooladata

CoolaData is an end-to-end business intelligence solution, designed to provide companies with a complete view of consumer behavior and an in-depth analysis of the consumer journey.

Cooladata was founded by Guy Greenberg and Tomer Ben Mosche. Guy has more than 20 years of experience in Business Intelligence and Big Data while Tomer is a serial entrepreneur

We invested in Cooladata alongside Viola Ventures, 83North and Salesforce Ventures

Leena AI

Through its platform, Leena AI provides instant, 24/7 responses to employee queries. It handles repetitive processes such as leave applications and approvals, reimbursement requests, tax returns, first-contact with potential recruits, and clarification of company policies. The platform uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms to ensure relevant answers to employees’ queries, and leverages on 10M+ data points from conversations from over 12k businesses. Currently, Leena AI has more than 25 customers including Coca-Cola, Axis Bank, Reliance Capital, and Pearson.

Leena AI was founded in 2015 by Adit Jain, Mayank Goyal, and Anand Prajapati (all bachelors from IIT Delhi, India’s top engineering institution).

We invested in their $2M SAFE Seed round at a $15M valuation cap alongside Elad Gil (investor in AirBnB, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe) and FundersClub (investor in Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport, and Memebox).

LawYaw

LawYaw is a software that creates intelligent templates for law firms. It uses Natural Language Process to automate lawyer’s paperwork and make them more competitive. Lawyaw seeks to become the standard software where all lawyers draft their documents. 

LawYaw is led by Tucker Cottingham and Vahed Qazvinian.

We invested in their SAFE round led by Draper Associates. 

Inception

Inception brings a unique technological approach to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), and is fast becoming the 360-degree and VR destination of choice for premium entertainment content.

We invested in Inception’s $15.4M round A at a pre-money valuation of $25 million. The round was led by the RTL Group (a global leader across broadcast, content and digital). The new funding will help Inception expand its content catalogue, enhance its technology platform and accelerate growth.

FeeX

FeeX has the goal of bringing transparency to the retirement accounts market. The company has developed the technology, systems, and algorithms necessary to capture, normalize, analyze, and compare various financial products, including 401k, 403b, 401a, 457, PSP, and IRAs, with impressive results.

To date, the company has raised $16.6 million in four investment rounds, led by Blumberg Capital, Horizons Ventures, and Collaborative Ventures. These are top venture capitalists in the U.S. and Asia that have funded some of the best-known technology innovations of the last decade, including Skype, Siri, Facebook, Waze, Summly, Spotify and more.

Percepto

Percepto strives to make enterprises safer, more efficient and more productive by automating tasks that are routine, complex and dangerous. The company’s drone based solution can operate on-site and be managed remotely or operate fully autonomously. 

Led by Dor Abuhasira and Ariel Avitan, Percepto has secured contracts with multi-billion dollar companies and can expand towards other locations of current customers.

We invested in Percepto’s Seed round alongside Elevator Fund and Spider Capital Ventures. 

Levita Magnetics

Levita Magnetics provides a surgical instrument that allows some multiple incision surgeries to be performed as one incision surgeries. Specifically, the magnet serves to retract an organ allowing the surgeon to access the surgical area without the need of a second surgeon and more incisions. This reduces pain, minimizes scarring and reduces patient recovery time.

Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro M.D. founded Levita Magnetics after over 10 years of clinical experience.

We invested in their Series B round.

Macromoltek

Macromoltek replaces traditional laboratory-based antibody structure determination processes with simulation software that predicts a structure that closely resembles that which is parametrically determined. This allows pharmaceutical companies to simultaneously, more expeditiously, and more precisely test multiple antibody candidates to improve antibody discovery phases. 

Monica Berrondo and Susana Kauffmann, mother and daughter founded Macromoltek in 2010.

We invested in Macromoltek’s SAFE seed round alongside Ne oTribe Ventures, Data Collective and Y Combinator. 

The Lobby

The Lobby was created with the vision of democratizing access to the best jobs without needing an inside connection. The company has developed a platform where job candidates buy affordable 1-on-1 calls with junior to mid-level employees (the insiders) at top companies.

Deepak Chhugani founded The Lobby in 2017

We co-invested with Lightspeed Venture Partners Social Capital and YCombinator on their $1.2M SAFE at a $8M valuation cap

Zeek

Zeek is an online marketplace for gift cards, which can also be seen as branded currencies. Zeek unlocks tremendous value for retailers by offering them a branded currency solution, which generates revenue uplift, increases customer engagement and impacts consumer behavior.

Zeek raised a $4.3M convertible note round in 2017 were we invested alongside Blumberg Capital, Scale-Up Venture Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze, serves as the company’s chairman.