Our team members are Fintech subject matter experts in Latin America
Our two co-founders have invested in over 60 Fintech companies across Latin America and Europe, have a track-record investing and supporting companies at pre-seed stage that years later became Fintech unicorns and are among the most active Fintech investors in LATAM. In previous lives, our co-founders have built, invested and exited technology startups and also worked with incumbents.
Team
Fermín Bueno
Fermín Bueno
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Fermin is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista, an ecosystem-driven innovation and venture capital firm that helps transform finance for the better in Latin America. Finnovista partners with the most visionary startups, investors and corporates to solve the big challenges of finance by unleashing the power of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Fermin is also Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista.vc, one of the most active early-stage Fintech VC investors in Latin America.
Fermin was previously part of the management team that launched a 250M USD investment fund in Spain, where he led investments in Fintech, mobile technology, artificial intelligence and semiconductors startups. Fermín has also worked as a management consultant in technology-driven markets helping European incumbents overcome the challenges of disruption and digitalization. Before that he was co-founder of a wireless internet service startup serving business travelers in Spain. Fermín started his career at Ericsson as a developer, bringing to life telecom technologies that later triggered the mobile internet revolution.
Fermin holds a M. Sc. in Industrial and Electrical Engineering from University of Seville, Spain and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He also holds an International MBA degree by IE Business School, Spain.
Andrés Fontao
Andrés Fontao
Co-founder
Andrés Fontao is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista, an ecosystem-driven innovation and venture capital firm that helps transform finance for the better in Latin America. Finnovista partners with the most visionary startups, investors and corporates to solve the big challenges of finance by unleashing the power of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Andrés is also Co-founder and Managing Partner of Finnovista.vc, one of the most active early-stage Fintech VC investors in Latin America.
Before Finnovista, Andres worked for a Silicon Valley-based fintech start-up leading its expansion into Europe and LATAM. Prior to that, he was head of mobile banking at Bankinter and also worked as a consultant to mobile operators in Europe and Mexico. He holds a BA from Middlebury College and MBA from IE Business School in Madrid.
Bilingual in English and Spanish, Andres has global exposure, having lived and worked in the US, Mexico, Spain and other European markets. He is currently based in New York City.
Gonzalo Sánchez
Gonzalo Sánchez
Program & Portfolio Director
Gonzalo holds a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Entrepreneurship by the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a Diploma on International Business. He has +7 years of experience within the startup and Fintech ecosystems of LatAm and has contributed to invest in, support and grow over 30 early-stage Fintech startups and entrepreneurs by: Launching the Mexican Crowdfunding Association (AFICO); by the hand of the the Inter-American Development Bank and the Anáhuac University who led the project Crowdfunding Mexico. Running events, research efforts and open innovation initiatives for Finnovista & Startupbootcamp FinTech.Scouting potential partnerships and investments fitting the innovation strategy of Citibanamex while leading the biggest FinTech Hackathon of LatAm with +250 baking APIs available for creating innovative Fintech solutions. As entrepreneur, he launched the Fintech resources site FintechExpert and is cofounder of OverSky, a videography company based in the state of Hidalgo. His labors also include supporting public and private players of the Mexican entrepreneurial ecosystem.
