Redwood Ventures

Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by Alejandro González Alemán, Managing Partner at Redwood Ventures Contxto – There are two kinds of founders: The ones that hate making investor reports and the ones who deny it. But this is perfectly understandable. Almost nothing a Founder must do to send a monthly report to investors or a […]

Contxto – Organic and naturally conserved fruits await consumers in Argentina and Germany, thanks to startup PolyNatural’s recent equity raising for US$800,000. The round was led by ChileGlobal Ventures. This venture capital (VC) arm was joined by Alerce and The Yield Lab, an innovation hub from Argentina.  The Chilean startup developed an organic substitute (cleverly […]

Contxto – In Mexico, Guadalajara is a city that’s pulling a lot of strings to ramp up its startup ecosystem.  For one, it’s made efforts to draw in multinational corporations like Hewlett Packard and Jabil. In 2012, the government launched its Digital Creative City (CCD) project to attract innovative industries like design, mobile app development, […]

Contxto – You’d never think that the last-mile delivery company of the continent, Rappi, is in jeopardy when you listen to the venture capitalists (VCs) at Redwood Ventures speak. They’re just led an investment round in a shiny new last-mile delivery startup from their native Mexican city of Guadalajara, Zubut. You’ll remember that Rappi had […]

Contxto – There is another, less explored, facet of the startup equation. Indeed, no idea gets far without the money to do the walking. This is where venture capitalists (VCs) come in. And as one would expect, Venture Capital in Mexico and the rest of Latin America is no exception. Oft the mighty presences behind […]

Contxto – Just up the road from Contxto’s main offices in Guadalajara, the venture capitalists (VCs) at Redwood Ventures announced they had just led an undisclosed seed round for Genius Foods. This foodtech startup from Monterrey has potential in the wasteful world we live in. For, you see, Enrique González and Flavio Siller—its co-founders—realized that […]

Contxto – Last Friday, Redwood Ventures announced its participation in an investment round for an undisclosed amount in a press release. Mexican artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Atexto was the beneficiary of these funds. And alongside the Tapatío venture capital (VC) firm were Avalancha Ventures, Dux Capital, MC Capital, Innogen Capital, Poligono Capital, as well as […]

Contxto – International market research wonk Atlantia Search from Mexico City recently wrapped up an undisclosed bridge round led by tapatío fund, Redwood Ventures.  “Of course, the bet in Atlantia Search is an attractive business model and scalable,” said Ian Paul Otero, a managing partner at Redwood Ventures, in recent correspondence. “It’s a robust and […]

Contxto – Payment startup Parco just parked it. Where? Well, where else other than Redwood Ventures’ portfolio, of course. For how much? For an undisclosed amount, according to a recent press release. Others joining Redwood on this occasion were Polígono Capital and past angel investors. Moreover, this startup from Guadalajara now accompanies Gurú de Viaje, […]

Contxto –  Puerto Rican startups are gaining momentum in the Latin American startup ecosystem. Simply take a look at our coverage about Instarz developing a self-sustainable lunar settlement, BUREA helping customers earn cashback rewards or Guilty revolutionizing fashion with technology.  Without any further ado, the latest Boricua company making progress is Sojourn, the newest addition […]