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- Living on the EdgePARTNER & STARTUP CO-FOUNDERPRIVATE EQUITYjuli 2021 - Vandaag (4 jaren en 11 maanden)Amsterdam, NetherlandsPre-seed and seed stage venture capital fund ( €5M) focused on PropTech, FinTech, and Consumer Tech across LATAM and Europe.Portfolio includes LOK (Acquired by Chazki), Kigui, Publifix, Itierra, Bottlebits/Shhh! Spirits..PARTNER & STARTUP CO-FOUNDERLeading investment strategy and portfolio management for early-stage tech investments, managing deal flow of200+ startups annually with direct oversight of €2M+ capital deployment.Key Responsibilities:• Source and evaluate pre-seed/seed opportunities, leading investment committee decisions and duediligence processes• Provide hands-on strategic guidance to portfolio companies including go-to-market strategy,fundraising support, and operational scaling, business development, product development, Internationalexpansion, Series A Investor readiness & Product Strategy.• Build and maintain relationships with 50+ VC funds, accelerators, and angel investors to createco-investment opportunities• Develop and execute fund strategy, including thesis development, LP relations, and exit planning,market adaptation.• Co-founded internal venture Conlegal.mx as part of venture studio activitiesAchievements: Portfolio delivering 2.15x TVPI for 2021 vintage, outperforming leading VC’s in LATAM (Kigui atSeed, Chazki at Series A, iTierra Raising Series A), established proprietary deal flow channels generating 70% ofquality leads, €50K revenue from internal venture Conlegal
- Propelland,BUSINESS INNOVATION CONSULTANTHIGHTECHmaart 2021 - maart 2022 (1 jaar)San Francisco, CA, USASilicon Valley innovation consultancy serving Fortune 500 clients with $20M+ in annual revenue, specializing in Corporateventure building and digital transformation for enterprisesBUSINESS INNOVATION CONSULTANTLed innovation projects for Fortune 500 clients including: The Coca-Cola Company ( ~$306 billion market cap,~82,500 employees), Bimbo (World’s largest bread maker $12 billion market cap,~ 151,000 employees), Oxxo (LatinAmerica’s Largest convenience-store chain ≈ 21,700 locations, >140,000 employees), and Vitro (Mexico’s largest glassmanufacturer), building new business models from concept to revenue generation.Key Responsibilities:• Designed and validated 3 new business models with combined revenue potential of $100M+• Led cross-functional teams of 5+ people through rapid MVP development using lean startupmethodologies, both for software and hardware• Conducted 50+ customer interviews and market validation sessions to ensure product -market fit• Presented to C -suite executives at regional headquarters, securing buy-in for innovation initiativesAchievements: Validated market need for business opportunity in architectural glass sales, saving the clienttime/money/effort in building in Lean Style, and developing internal Innovation Capabilities. Sourced new clientand Sold 2 projects for about €500k.
- OXXO (FEMSA),CORPORATE VENTURES MANAGERGROOTHANDELseptember 2019 - maart 2021 (1 jaar en 6 maanden)Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoLatin America's Largest Convenience store and Fintech company, OXXO operates 21,000+ convenience stores across LATAM with€20B+ in annual revenue and 200,000+ employees and the fastest growing “Neo-Bank” SPIN.CORPORATE VENTURES MANAGERCreated and scaled new digital ventures, reporting directly to Innovation Director.Key Responsibilities:• Built food delivery platform from concept to Launch monthly in 3 months using No-code tools,bypassing the in progress Software development, saving costs.• Advised on 3 additional ventures: autonomous stores, smart vending, and Mom & Pop FintechSolutions.• Sourced partnerships and co-development agreements with State-Of- The-Art Tech firms, such asAccel Robotics (former Apple engineers) for Computer Vision, and ParLevel for telemetry..• Facilitated design thinking workshops with 50+ participants across business units• Managed innovation portfolio and team of 4 developers and designersAchievements: Launched MVP achieving 10K MAU(Monthly Active Users) in 12 months, secured executiveapproval Autonomous Store Scaling through internal funding, established innovation framework. ( currently theAutonomous store is still being expanded)
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Opleidingen
- BAUniversidad de Monterrey2012BA
- —CS 50Harvard University2017—CS 50