Alejandro Laplana Zabarain

CEO at Shokworks, Inc.

📍 Miami Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
17
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6
Early stage
6
Mid stage
2
Late stage
13y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Jan 2023
Compass is a bitcoin-first company on a mission to strengthen Bitcoin's network by democratizing hashrate. Compass Mining's marketplace provides easy access for institutions and retail to procure and deploy their own mining operations. Compass also produces an industry-leading podcast and research to educate new and existing bitcoin miners. Bitcoin mining is a notoriously opaque industry, but Compass is there to guide everyone's path to successfully mining bitcoin. Thanks to Compass, it has never been easier to mine bitcoin.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Fresh drives the leading companies of tomorrow by scaling their people management and building impactful teams today.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Protect your privacy with our open-source and post-quantum encrypted suite of secure services. Internxt Drive, Send, VPN, Meet, Mail, and more.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Shimoku enables different teams to harness the potential of AI. Startup Founders can launch AI SaaS with expert guidance. Python developers can build AI applications with "Low-Code". Marketing and Sales can leverage sales opportunities identified by AI.
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2022
Troop builds technology that enables everyday investors to govern public companies, because we believe corporate governance is our collective responsibility.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Aug 2022
Deal Box is secure digital asset management and storage, primarily focused on Secure Token Offerings. Our platform provides investors and issuers with the following: + Simplified Management: Deal Box provides a single, centralized platform for managing digital assets, simplifying the process and reducing operational costs. Issuers can easily add and manage multiple wallets and exchanges in one place. + High-Speed Transactions: The Deal Box platform is designed for high-volume transactions and can process up to 500 transactions per second. This speed makes it ideal for institutions and businesses that require fast transaction processing times. + Compliance Support: Deal Box has integrated compliance tools and processes to help users comply with regulations and avoid fines. Users can track transaction histories and generate reports to meet compliance requirements. + Enhanced Security: Deal Box uses multi-party computation (MPC) technology to distribute private keys and protect against cyber attacks. MPC allows for secure, distributed signing and approval of transactions, which reduces the risk of a single point of failure. + Partner Ecosystem: Deal Box has partnered with numerous exchanges, wallets, and other service providers to create an extensive ecosystem. This ecosystem allows users to move assets quickly between different platforms and services.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Aug 2022
True I/O is a tokenization company transforming trust between individuals and institutions. Through the Universal Communication Identifier (UCID), True I/O has generated millions of globally unique digital tokens across Financial Services, the Internet of Things (IoT), and User Identity. UCID is a unique ID capable of delivering cross-network asset provenance and verification, resulting in stronger cooperation between diverse actors. True I/O also powers Digital Names, an alias solution for public keys that changes complex public wallet addresses into a simple Digital Name (ex: $JohnSmith). Across these solutions and others, True I/O is executing its mission to hardcode the building blocks of trust for the new token economy.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2021
eGoGames is the leading eSports platform for mobile games in Europe. Our proprietary technology helps mobile game developers turn their titles into a competitive mobile arena with a simple SDK integration. We guarantee a 100% skill component of the game, to make a fair yet fun and challenging competition. eGoGames organizes head to head matches, tournament and live events inside mobile games. Are you ready for the next generation of mobile gaming? Business Inquiries: contact@egogames.es
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Aug 2021
Famera is a metaverse of 3D spaces purpose-built for virtual hangouts and livestream events.
Investor
Apr 2021
alfred is a payments infrastructure company that partners with both fintechs and regulated financial institutions in LATAM. alfred’s solution enables businesses to offer local LATAM payments with one simple API connection. We bridge the worlds of Web3 and traditional finance and look to play a key role in the continued adoption of Crypto-based payments across LATAM.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
May 2020
Connect your brand to consumers Enhance the connectivity between brands and consumers using free-to-play mobile sweepstakes games benefiting charities.
Investor
Mar 2020
Rypplzz /rip·uhlz/ is the spatial engineering company behind Interlife™, an all new world that entangles the digital and physical Through Interlife™, our mission is to advance humanity by spatially engineering the flow of the environment to create optimal efficiency. Interlife™ enables unique location-based experiences and transforms physical spaces into smart environments with precise geolocation and enhanced connectivity. The evolving use and omnipresence of connected devices and the increasing demand for experiential content, including mixed reality, is resulting in an exponentially increasing need for Interlife™ and its applications.
Investor
Nov 2019
Chargello provides businesses portable phone chargers to keep their customers charged. Chargello offers their proprietary chargers either via a subscription service or for free supported by advertising. This unique advertising channel, offers a powerful opportunity to brands that can now place their ads directly on the batteries for a higher visibility and a more intimate experience, ultimately providing a long-lasting interaction between brands and consumers. With Chargello brands can have access to targeted campaigns, ads can be placed where and when wanted, to optimize results. The innovative product design and portable charging stations, compatible with all smartphones, provide venues with a free solution for customers to charge their phones -- thus, serving up a value-added experience by easily solving the ongoing low-battery or no-battery problems. Chargello’s powerful battery devices allow smartphones to charge almost 3x faster than any regular outlet charger and can charge a maximum of six mobile phones simultaneously. Currently available in over 4,500 venues in 20+ countries including South America, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Lead Investor
Jan 2016
Founded in 2009 by Nicolas Chaillan, AFTER-MOUSE.COM has quickly become a world leader in the development of touch screen, gesture-based and wearable applications. We combine creative design and emerging technology to develop interactive applications that evolve businesses, blurring the line between the physical and digital world. AFTER-MOUSE.COM focuses exclusively on the development of touch, gesture, mobile and wearable applications on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Kinect, Google Glass and smartwatches, and has designed over 200 innovative projects to date. We develop business applications tailored around individual company goals, and supply the necessary tools for a one-of-a-kind experience. We have worked across a wide variety of business sectors, and have the expertise to develop a solution around the most unique requests. In addition to full service consulting and custom development, AFTER-MOUSE.COM offers a suite of off-the-shelf games, applications and business tools that are applicable to any industry. Our PLAY interactive touch table is deployed in 40 countries with global brands such as Marriott, Hyatt, Starwood, Sandals & Beaches Resorts, Four Seasons, Renaissance, AMResorts, Atlantis Bahamas, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, Disney Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Line, Karisma Hotels, Accor, Novotel, Ramada, Wyndham, Ronald McDonald Houses, Menchie's Frozen Yogurt, Teapioca Tea Lounge, Cleveland Clinic and over 40 leading children's hospitals. Discover our custom projects at http://after-mouse.com/portfolio.html Visit our off-the-shelf app store at http://apps.after-mouse.com
Lead Investor and Board Member
Jan 2015
Wait List Ordering is a white labeled mobile software solution designed to manage a restaurants wait list and reservations. The Platform also allows the patrons to pre-order food and drinks while they wait for their table that is embedded with a full scale loyalty platform.
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2024
Founding Partner
Oct 2024
About Austin AI Lab The Austin AI Lab, launched by Shokworks, International Accelerator, and Austin AI Valley, is an initiative aimed at driving AI adoption and innovation within Austin’s tech ecosystem. Our mission is to empower Texas businesses of all sizes with access to scalable, enterprise-grade AI resources, enabling digital transformation with cost-effective delivery. From Austin, Texas, we make advanced AI tools accessible for prototyping, testing, and real-world problem-solving. Our core services include AI Agents as a Service, Model Execution, Workflow Automation, and Data Analytics, all designed to streamline operations, reduce costs, and give Texas businesses a competitive edge. The lab combines expertise from Shokworks’ extensive experience in AI solutions, International Accelerator’s mentorship, and Austin AI Valley’s focus on building an AI ecosystem in Texas. This collaboration fosters innovation, education, and success, bridging academia, industry, and entrepreneurship. With specialists and advisors on hand, we help businesses implement AI securely, protecting data and intellectual property. Join us in transforming Austin into a hub for applied AI and setting new standards for tech innovation.
2023
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Jan 2023
Compass is a bitcoin-first company on a mission to strengthen Bitcoin's network by democratizing hashrate. Compass Mining's marketplace provides easy access for institutions and retail to procure and deploy their own mining operations. Compass also produces an industry-leading podcast and research to educate new and existing bitcoin miners. Bitcoin mining is a notoriously opaque industry, but Compass is there to guide everyone's path to successfully mining bitcoin. Thanks to Compass, it has never been easier to mine bitcoin.
2022
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Fresh drives the leading companies of tomorrow by scaling their people management and building impactful teams today.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Protect your privacy with our open-source and post-quantum encrypted suite of secure services. Internxt Drive, Send, VPN, Meet, Mail, and more.
Investor & Member of the Board of Advisors
Dec 2022
Shimoku enables different teams to harness the potential of AI. Startup Founders can launch AI SaaS with expert guidance. Python developers can build AI applications with "Low-Code". Marketing and Sales can leverage sales opportunities identified by AI.
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