Ruben Sanchez Souza

Cultura Colectiva is a tech and media company that uses data to create powerful and engaging content. Our mission is to inspire our audiences to generate awareness, ignite action and awaken emotions through engaging quality content. Cultura Colectiva is the largest native content platform in Mexico and Latin America with significant reach in Argentina, Chile, Colombia as well as in Spain. As of 2017, Cultura Colectiva opened its commercial office in New York. Creating original content in english for the US ambicultural™ audience, Cultura Colectiva is the fastest growing media platform in the United States. With an audience of over 45 million followers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Pinterest combined, Cultura Colectiva has an average monthly reach of over 40M page views and close to 3 billion video reproductions. Cultura Colectiva is made up of over 200 interdisciplinary content creators, production experts, data scientists, journalists, marketing professionals and sales members. Through content published in 13 different sections- news, art, photography, cinema, history, literature, music, design, lifestyle, fashion, travel, science and technology and food- we generate four times more conversation and five times more engagement than the average media publishers.

21212 is Brazils leading accelerator and a member of Startup Brasil-- a federally funded program to support entrepreneurship in Brazil. 21212 is led by a group of accomplished entrepreneurs with a passion for helping entrepreneurs to build market leading digital products. Weve work with a proven lean methodology which focuses on product development, customer acquisition and growth, team building and fundraising. 21212 provides a range of value and services including seed capital, mentorship, international investor, operational expertise, technology, office space and the legal and business expertise that help allow high potential entrepreneurs to establish a strong foundation, build great products and rapidly grow their businesses.

Cultura Colectiva is a tech and media company that uses data to create powerful and engaging content. Our mission is to inspire our audiences to generate awareness, ignite action and awaken emotions through engaging quality content. Cultura Colectiva is the largest native content platform in Mexico and Latin America with significant reach in Argentina, Chile, Colombia as well as in Spain. As of 2017, Cultura Colectiva opened its commercial office in New York. Creating original content in english for the US ambicultural™ audience, Cultura Colectiva is the fastest growing media platform in the United States. With an audience of over 45 million followers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Pinterest combined, Cultura Colectiva has an average monthly reach of over 40M page views and close to 3 billion video reproductions. Cultura Colectiva is made up of over 200 interdisciplinary content creators, production experts, data scientists, journalists, marketing professionals and sales members. Through content published in 13 different sections- news, art, photography, cinema, history, literature, music, design, lifestyle, fashion, travel, science and technology and food- we generate four times more conversation and five times more engagement than the average media publishers.

We invest in Latin American startups with global ambition. Let’s go Hi! Founded in 2012 in Mexico City, Hi is led by Federico Antoni & Jimena Pardo. Hi’s investment thesis participates deeply and actively in the Fintech, Future of Commerce, Human Capital and Smart Cities sectors, which are all experiencing a strong acceleration shift at a regional level. Across four portfolios, the fund has invested in 40+ innovative and successful companies led by founders who share our vision to democratize access to services and fix large inefficient industries throughout the region. The firm is a member of the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA), the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) and Endeavor Investor Network.

Endeavor is the leading global network of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs innovating Elsewhere. We support 3,000+ high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurs across 50+ markets.

21212 is Brazils leading accelerator and a member of Startup Brasil-- a federally funded program to support entrepreneurship in Brazil. 21212 is led by a group of accomplished entrepreneurs with a passion for helping entrepreneurs to build market leading digital products. Weve work with a proven lean methodology which focuses on product development, customer acquisition and growth, team building and fundraising. 21212 provides a range of value and services including seed capital, mentorship, international investor, operational expertise, technology, office space and the legal and business expertise that help allow high potential entrepreneurs to establish a strong foundation, build great products and rapidly grow their businesses.

Founded in 1999 as an Internet Incubator, Ideiasnet was listed on the BM&FBovespa in 2000. In 2004 it acquired the Pactual Internet fund, which included several of the current portfolio companies. In 2009 Ideiasnet began a new dynamic investment cycle with the hiring of a professional management team, an R$ 100M capital injection, its first divestment with the sale of Braspag, and a new fund structure. In 2013, Ideiasnet became an accredited Fund Manager and sold 18,24% of Fund I to Paul Capital at a NAV of R$ 435M in a secondary sale. Ideiasnet currently manages two funds and has R$ 625 million in Assets Under Management.