Venture Capital Investors from Colombia

In 2025, Colombia ranked as Latin America’s 4-largest venture capital ecosystem, behind Brazil, Mexico, and Chile, by funding volume. This growth has been driven by the success of startups such as Rappi, one of the region’s most highly valued unicorns, with an estimated valuation of $5.25 billion dollars.

Colombia’s ecosystem stands out not only for its startups, but also for the growth of venture capital funds, corporate venture capital firms, accelerators, and angel investor networks. Below, we explore some of the leading players in each category who are driving the development of startups in Colombia and the region.

‍Learn more about the ecosystem in the VC investment report for LATAM in 2024, by Cuantico and Startuplinks. 

That’s why, in this mapping created in collaboration with Ruta-N, Cuantico and Startuplinks, we introduce the institutional investors born in Colombia who invest in and support startups across Latin America. 

Venture Capital Funds in Colombia

• ALIVE Ventures. Acumen Latam Impact Ventures – ALIVE aims to transform the lives of low-income communities in Latin America, with a focus on Colombia and Peru, through investments in socially impactful companies with profitable business models that need capital to grow. Throughout each investment, ALIVE works closely with its portfolio companies to scale their innovative solutions and address some of the most urgent challenges facing the region’s most vulnerable populations.
• Amberes Ventures. Amberes Ventures is a seed-stage fund focused on food and beverage startups.
• Arrebol Capital. Arrebol Capital backs seed-stage startup founders, helping them harness technology to transform traditional industries. Its expertise includes world-class advisory services in the fintech and logistics sectors.
• EWA Capital. EWA Capital, one of Latin America’s most experienced and successful early-stage investment teams, is raising its second venture capital fund, EWA II, with a target size of USD $25 million, and a “gender-smart” investment approach focused on Colombia and Latin America. EWA II focuses on companies with a “gender-smart” footprint: more than 40% must be led by women or have women in leadership positions; 100% must be committed to gender equality and empowerment.
• Fondo Impacta. Impacta is an impact-focused venture capital fund founded by Universidad EAN in Colombia. It supports environmental and social enterprises in sectors such as green and climate technology, social inclusion and diversity, education, and financial services in the countries of the Pacific Alliance.
• InQlab. InQlab is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology startups in the Colombian and Latin American markets. It is a sector-agnostic fund that prioritizes technology-based companies with high growth potential.
• Inversor. Inversor is a Colombian organization created by 13 institutions that believed—and continue to believe—in building an asset management model that is not only profitable but also generates a positive impact in the country.
• IWANA Ventures. IWANA Ventures is a venture capital firm offering a distinctive model focused on supporting the best startups through their rapid growth.
• JEC CAPITAL GROUP. JEC Capital Group is a private investment fund with over a decade of experience, focused on high-growth sectors and transformative opportunities in Latin America. The current partners are the founders of the company ERCO ENERGY. Our differentiated approach combines the strategic vision of seasoned investment professionals, the deep industry knowledge of subject matter experts, and the operational experience of successful entrepreneurs with strong ties to local markets.
• Koyamaki Ventures. Koyamaki Ventures is a crypto-focused venture capital firm founded in 2022 and named after the Japanese umbrella pine. Its investment thesis is simple: invest in everything under the crypto umbrella, as long as it has a strong team, a clear idea, and good product-market fit. The firm believes this space is driving a paradigm shift in finance, web applications, and, above all, the way people organize themselves in a digital world.
• Latin Leap VC is a venture capital firm with a presence in Latin America and global capital, focused on investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the region. Its sector-agnostic approach combines investments of $250,000 to $1,000,000 USD with strategic support to adapt and scale business models validated internationally for the Latin American market.
• Marathon Ventures. Marathon Ventures is a fund focused on early-stage B2B startups, based in Bogotá, Colombia. It supports established entrepreneurs solving challenges in emerging markets and offers a network of talent and advisory services to help scale their companies.
• Matterscale. MatterScale is a new global venture capital fund with a presence in Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, and the United States. It invests in ambitious entrepreneurs in often-overlooked markets. Its investment thesis centers on services for the masses, with a particular interest in sectors such as education, healthcare, real estate, and finance.
• Meridian 75. We invest in human-centered verticals tackling truly important and meaningful problems.
• Simma Capital. Simma Capital invests in early- and growth-stage startups co-founded by outstanding teams, with scalable models, strong unit economics, and a connection to Colombia and Latin America.
• Pacific Ventures is a venture capital fund originating in Colombia’s Pacific region that supports entrepreneurs and innovation in Latin America and emerging markets. It invests at the pre-seed and seed stages, takes a sector-agnostic approach, and makes investments of between $12,000 and $25,000 USD.
• Tislion VC. Tislion VC is an investment fund for technology-based companies, focused on social disruption and impact through innovation.
• Tvalley. Tvalley is an investment and talent development platform operating in Colombia’s fastest-growing industries. It currently invests in sectors such as green energy and utilities, technology companies, and fintech.
• Valuaty. Valuaty Investment is an investment firm focused on early-stage technology startups. It promotes and supports the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Latin America through mentoring, training, and venture capital.
• Vertical Partners. Vertical Partners is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Medellín, Colombia, with an additional office in Barcelona. It specializes in investing in Latin American startups across sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, retail technology, mobility, and logistics.

Corporate Venture Capital Funds in Colombia

• Albora - CVC Alianza Team. Albora is the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Alianza Team, a Colombian multinational specializing in lipids and food solutions. Launched in 2019, Albora aims to drive innovation and capture strategic knowledge to create exceptional value for all stakeholders, positioning itself at the forefront of the industry.
• Alquería-Pérgamo Ventures SAS. Pérgamo Ventures is an investment firm established by PNS de Colombia S.A., the parent company of Alquería, one of Colombia’s leading dairy producers, owned by the Cavelier Lozano family. With authorized capital of COP 400 million, Pérgamo focuses on the fintech and agribusiness sectors in Colombia.
• Auteco Mobility - CVC. Auteco Mobility, a leading Colombian electric mobility company, actively invests in innovative startups across Latin America. Its venture capital activity includes an investment of USD $2 million in MUVO, a micromobility startup that offers electric bicycle rentals; participation in a $40 million round for Galgo, a fintech providing vehicle financing to underserved populations; and a strategic partnership with BikeExchange to strengthen e-commerce in the cycling industry. These investments reflect Auteco’s commitment to sustainable mobility and inclusive financial solutions in the region.
• Bancolombia Ventures. Bancolombia Ventures is the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Grupo Bancolombia, created to drive innovation and strengthen Colombia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
• Bios Ventures. BIOS Ventures is the CVC arm of Grupo BIOS, Colombia’s leading agribusiness conglomerate, with more than 70 years of experience in animal nutrition, genetics, poultry farming, pig farming, seafood, and pet food.
• Fundación Bancolombia. Fundación Bancolombia defines impact investment as the strategic allocation of financial resources, technical assistance, and educational support to foster sustainable rural development in Colombia. This approach aims to bridge the gap between rural and urban areas, empowering communities and improving their quality of life through targeted investments.
• Grupo Alpina. Grupo Alpina has partnered with Rockstart to launch a corporate venture capital initiative focused on the agrifood sector. Its goal is to invest in at least 18 startups over the next two years, supporting technological innovations in agriculture and food production.
• Grupo Bolivar SA. Grupo Bolívar makes strategic investments in sectors such as fintech, insurtech, life sciences, and e-commerce, without limiting itself to any one sector. Investment stage: Series A and B. It has invested in Tyba (a Credicorp startup). The minimum investment ticket is USD $300,000.
• Inga Capital is a venture capital and angel fund focused on early-stage startups (pre-seed, seed, and late seed), primarily of Latin American origin. It offers flexible financial solutions and access to a key network of contacts to drive company growth. It invests between $20,000 and $50,000 USD, with a presence in Colombia, the United States, Latin America, North America, and Europe.
• Inndigo Ventures - ISA. Inndigo Ventures is ISA’s investment and strategic partnerships program. ISA is the electricity transmission company with the largest presence in Latin America and more than 57 years of experience, helping improve the quality of life of millions of people in the region.
• Satrack Ventures. Satrack Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Satrack, a leading company in technology solutions for mobility and logistics. We invest in startups that are transforming transportation, asset management, and operational efficiency, seeking strategic synergies that drive innovation and shared growth.
• Organización Corona Venture Capital Sodimac Corona, a joint venture between Organización Corona and Grupo Falabella, operates the Sodimac Corona Accelerator, a corporate accelerator aimed at fostering innovation in the retail and construction sectors in Colombia. The initiative seeks mature startups that can contribute to open innovation within Corona and Sodimac, offering them mentoring, business development opportunities, and access to a broad network of entrepreneurial ecosystem stakeholders.
• Trinity Capital Ventures. Founded in 2020, Trinity Capital Ventures seeks to invest in early-stage companies that are innovative, sustainable, and profitable, and that create development opportunities and livelihoods for many people.
• Ventures EPM. The Ventures EPM Program is an initiative of Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) that seeks to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in strategic sectors such as energy, water, telecommunications, and solid waste. Since its launch in 2013, it has supported more than 30 companies through two private equity funds: Private Equity Fund I (now liquidated) and Private Equity Fund II, active until 2031.
• Grupo de Energía de Bogotá. GEB Ventures. GEB Ventures is part of Grupo de Energía de Bogotá’s innovation strategy and aims to accelerate the adoption of innovations in sectors such as utilities, energy, Industry 4.0, and sustainable mobility. GEB Ventures focuses on working with later-stage startups (scale-ups) that are already generating revenue and align with the group’s strategic areas and sustainability goals.
• Ventures Comfama. Comfama is a social initiative dedicated to strengthening families’ human capital at different stages of life through financial, educational, cultural, recreational, health, housing, employment, entrepreneurship, and business development services. Its CVC program aims to drive social innovation through strategic investments in high-impact-potential startups aligned with Comfama’s areas of interest.

Family Offices in Colombia

• Santa Maria Investment Group. It is a multigenerational family office with a strategic presence in Colombia and the United States, focused on creating long-term value across diversified asset classes. It supports high-growth startups in Latin America in sectors such as SaaS, fintech, proptech, and AI, with a strong commitment to backing visionary founders at the earliest stages.
• Ventura Strategy & Family Office. Ventura Family Office is an investment vehicle with a regional focus on Latin America and the United States. Although sector-agnostic, it invests primarily in early-stage startups and ventures, especially at the pre-seed and seed stages. As a single-family office, Ventura seeks opportunities across a wide range of industries, with flexibility in company size depending on the type of asset and investment round. Typical investment size ranges from USD $20,000 to COP $50,000,000, depending on the characteristics of each opportunity.
• Winter Kpital. Winter is a boutique investment firm that connects and builds within the innovation ecosystem, partnering with cutting-edge startups and visionary corporations to drive transformation both internally and externally.

Accelerators and support organizations for startups in Colombia

• Bictia. Bictia is an accelerator and angel investor focused on supporting technology-based ventures in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Carmenta Labs. Carmenta Labs partners with companies, from startups to large corporations, to turn ideas into successful businesses. We draw on our experience in venture capital investing, investment banking, technology development, and our extensive network to support both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in Latin America.
• CleantechHUB. CleantechHUB drives climate entrepreneurship and clean technology innovation ecosystems in Latin America through early-stage climate entrepreneurship programs and tailored growth services.
• Creame. Créame is a business incubator and accelerator that promotes sustainable economic development through comprehensive business support. With more than 29 years of experience, it has developed its own methodologies to support business growth at different stages. Its team of experts operates throughout the country and has extended its impact to 12 countries in Latin America, promoting entrepreneurship and the transformation of territories.
• Connect Bogotá. It is a nonprofit organization that brings together businesses, universities, entrepreneurs, and public entities to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Bogotá and the region. Its focus is on promoting science, technology, and innovation as drivers of economic development and sustainability. Through open innovation programs, technology startup acceleration, and strategic consulting, Connect Bogotá facilitates collaboration between startups and large organizations, promoting knowledge transfer and competitiveness. With a network of more than 60 partners, it has established itself as one of Colombia’s leading innovation organizations, generating impact nationally and internationally.
• Cube Ventures. Cube Ventures is a pre-seed startup accelerator and a seed-stage venture capital fund for Latin American startups.
• Digital Ventures. Experts in technology focused on digitally transforming corporations, government, and startups through innovation processes that enable businesses to scale exponentially. 
• En-Campo: En-Campo is a program by Fundación Bancolombia that accelerates and strengthens businesses with an impact in rural Colombia, aiming to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of the rural productive sector. Through strategic support, it seeks to help companies scale their economic, social, and environmental impact as a competitive advantage, while preparing them financially to connect with investors and key partners.
• Endeavor Colombia. Endeavor is the global community of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs, with a presence in Colombia since 2006. Its mission is to identify and support entrepreneurs with high potential, helping them scale their businesses and generate a multiplier effect across society, the economy, and the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• Escala. ESCALA is a business accelerator based in Medellín, Colombia, specializing in supporting high-impact companies through a comprehensive methodology that combines business development with personal leadership growth. Founded in 1996, ESCALA has become a platform combining acceleration, mentoring, and training, with a focus on triple-impact companies—those seeking profitability, social contribution, and environmental sustainability.
• Estratek Ventures. Estratek Ventures is a corporate startup accelerator and venture studio based in Medellín, Colombia. Founded in 2012, it specializes in building, testing, accelerating, and operating startups for large corporations in Latin America. Its approach, known as “Startup as a Service,” enables corporations to develop new ventures outside traditional structures, fostering innovation and agility.
• GTMC - Georgia Tech Medellín Center. The Georgia Tech Medellín Center (GTMC) is an innovation and entrepreneurship center established in 2023 by the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Located in Medellín, Colombia, GTMC is Georgia Tech’s first innovation center in South America and aims to foster sustainable economic growth by connecting academia, industry, and government.
• HubBOG. HubBOG is a startup incubator and accelerator specializing in supporting technology-driven and innovative ventures. It offers a comprehensive environment combining training, mentoring, coworking, investment, and strategic connections. It focuses on strengthening early-stage digital ventures, providing access to a network of mentors, corporate partners, and angel investors. Through acceleration programs, boot camps, and events, HubBOG drives the growth of high-potential companies, fostering innovation and competitiveness in the region. In addition to its work as an incubator, HubBOG operates as a knowledge hub and entrepreneurial community, promoting networking and collaboration among entrepreneurs, experts, and investors.
• Nilo. The platform where founders learn, execute, and grow together, because the entrepreneurial journey shouldn’t be a lonely one.
• On.Going. On.going is Universidad EAFIT’s impact entrepreneurship center, located in Medellín, Colombia.
• Pantera Makers. Pantera Makers is an impact accelerator in Colombia and Latin America with 15 years of experience in the market and the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, helping ventures and companies grow across a range of sectors, regions, sizes, and stages.
• Polymath Ventures. Polymath Ventures invests in and builds early-stage technology companies for Latin America’s emerging middle class and small and medium-sized businesses, focusing on Vertical SaaS, FinTech, and HealthTech. It also operates a venture studio that launches companies from the ground up.
• Pygma. Pygma is a startup accelerator supporting Latin American founders in Latin America and the United States who are building the future.
• Rockstart LATAM. Rockstart LATAM is an accelerator/VC that invests across the region at the early stage. It invests in startups throughout the region and, in addition to capital, offers a 6-month acceleration program and a lifetime alumni program to its portfolio companies. To date, it has made 78 investments across two verticals: emerging tech (industry agnostic) and agrifood tech. It invests 125k in each company and makes follow-on investments starting at 175k.
• Ruta N. Ruta N is Medellín’s innovation and business center, established in 2009 as a joint initiative of the Medellín Mayor’s Office, UNE, and EPM. Its mission is to transform Medellín into a knowledge-based economy by promoting science, technology, and innovation (STI) to improve residents’ quality of life.
• Salamandra Ventures. A community of startups from different verticals that seeks to strengthen the skills of entrepreneurs and business leaders and help them reach the next level. It is an ecosystem builder that believes startups can transform realities.
• Starter. Starter Company is a key accelerator and driver of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, best known as the organization behind StartCo, one of the region’s largest startup auctions. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs, its mission is to build strategic connections among startups, investors, corporations, academia, and the public sector.
• Vena. Vena is a Colombian accelerator founded in 2010, specializing in improving its clients’ internal management through customized administrative and financial solutions, and distinguished by its commitment to quality and highly regarded service.

Angel Investor Clubs in Colombia

• ANDEO Capital. ANDEO Capital is an Angel Smart Capital firm for entrepreneurs with exceptional qualities and a global mindset.
• Andes Angels Global Network. The Andes Angels Global Network is an angel investor network for the University of the Andes alumni community worldwide.
• Fundación Bolívar Davivienda. The Angel Investor Network is a program committed to the social transformation of profitable and sustainable businesses. It seeks to change the narrative around risk and impact investing by supporting local entrepreneurs with tools and methodologies that strengthen their ability to raise capital and drive impact-focused investments.
• HUBBOG. HubBOG is Latin America’s first Campus of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. It is a private organization established in 2010, pioneering innovation models for businesses and ventures in Colombia and the region. It serves as a meeting point for entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders, bringing together acceleration, academia, networking, and investment to drive the growth of innovative projects through the use of exponential technologies.
• LinkU Ventures. LinkU Ventures connects a new generation of smart capital.
• MCapital. A lean investment vehicle that backs early-stage startups. It invests in technology startups (primarily software) at the pre-seed and seed stages, with current or planned operations in Latin America, especially Colombia. It looks for companies with validated traction (+5K–10K MRR for at least 3 months and +5 customers), a proven business model, teams of at least 2–3 experienced founders, and an established legal structure.
• PACTO Investment Club. An investor network in the city of Medellín that connects startup founders whose companies already have a minimum viable product and validation. We also facilitate the search for investors, including angel investors, family offices, and private investors.
• Polux Investment Network. The Polux Investment Network, led by the Cali Chamber of Commerce, seeks to foster initiatives that help extraordinary ventures grow, with high scalability potential and disruptive business models. Polux aims to strengthen the venture capital ecosystem by providing investors with capabilities, tools, and valuable connections to diversify investment mechanisms and thus boost capital investments in high-impact ventures. We focus on supporting the consolidation of new VC investment vehicles.
• Zetta Ventures:  We are a community of angel investors, with different syndicated investment vehicles. We provide education, create investment vehicles, and manage them.

Colombia Fund of Funds

• Bancóldex. The Bancóldex Capital Fund of Funds is an initiative of the Colombian Foreign Trade Bank (Bancóldex) that mobilizes resources for the private equity and venture capital fund industry in Colombia and Latin America. Its goal is to promote the development of alternative financing mechanisms for entrepreneurs and business owners, fostering economic growth and innovation in the region.
• Medellín Venture Capital. The Medellín Venture Capital program is a strategic initiative led by the Medellín Mayor’s Office and Corporación Ruta N, designed to strengthen the venture capital ecosystem in the city and region. It also acts as a fund of funds, investing in vehicles such as micro VCs, emerging VCs, and established VCs, with an emphasis on local fund managers or those that set up operations in the city.‍
• Veronorte. Veronorte Capital Fund of Funds I LP is an investment initiative managed by Colombian venture capital firm Veronorte, based in Medellín. This fund of funds was established in 2022 and is registered in Delaware, United States.