Carao Ventures
www.caraov.comVCMatch tracks Carao Ventures as an investor focused on Other companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Every Spanish Speaking Country In Latin America, Central America, and Dominican Republic markets, and $1.75m to $25m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.
Check Size
$1.75m to $25m
Focus Areas
Geography
every spanish-speaking country in Latin America, Central America, and Dominican Republic
Investment Thesis
Carao Ventures is an early-stage VC focused on unlocking value in Spanish-speaking, small and medium-sized Latin American markets by backing technically-skilled, resilient founders who can “disrupt industries.” They view most regional industries as “uncompetitive and in severe need of an innovation overhaul,” and invest to build “valuable and competitive companies” across a wide range of sectors (with a few ethical exclusions). The firm takes a pragmatic early-stage approach (Pre-Seed → Pre-Series A), prefers scalable, preferably non-capital-intensive businesses with international potential or intrinsic LatAm advantages, and shows flexibility for US-based companies run by Latin American founders provided a meaningful portion of operations remain in the target geography.
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Investment Focus
Who should take a closer look
Carao Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in Other, especially across every spanish-speaking country in Latin America, Central America, and Dominican Republic, with public check-size signals around $1.75m to $25m.
Focus statement
Invests in innovation-driven startups at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Pre-Series A stages across Spanish-speaking Latin America (particularly Central America, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru), targeting companies that use technology or innovative business models to transform sizable markets or exploit LatAm-specific competitive advantages.
Value Add
- Geographic specialization in Spanish-speaking, small/medium Latin American markets (explicit interest: Central America, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú).
- Willingness to invest across most industries in the region because of the view that many are under-innovated—positioning the firm to source broad sectoral opportunities.
- Emphasis on founders with technical skills and "grit" and preference for multi-disciplinary, self-sufficient teams that can design, produce, and sell their product/service.
- Clear ticket-size ranges disclosed for Pre-seed ($25k–$100k), Seed ($250k–$1M), Pre-Series A/Series A ($500k–$1.75M) which signals investment bite-size and stage targeting.
- Flexibility for US-run startups with Latin American founders if a relevant portion of operations are in Carao’s target geography.
- Operational norms that favor warm intros and generally not signing NDAs (except for highly proprietary core technologies), which speeds deal flow and aligns with common VC practice.
- Team experience and in-region legal/transactional expertise (founders and advisors with decades of LatAm investing, corporate, and VC-specific legal experience).
Stage And Sector Fit
Portfolio Highlights
Banco BCT
Banking
BCT Puesto de Bolsa
Financial Services
BCT SAFI
Asset Management
Pedidos Ya
Food Delivery
Artavia Consultoria
Consulting
Mesoamerica Investments
Private Equity
UBS Wealth Management (US)
Financial Services
iitos
Legal Services
+ 6 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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