Latin Leap

What Latin Leap does

Latin Leap is a boutique venture capital firm headquartered in Medellín, Colombia, founded in 2019, that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Latin America. The firm manages a $20 million fund and focuses its deployment in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia — markets that together account for 82% of regional VC activity. Its core product is the VC fund itself, offering early-stage equity capital alongside operational guidance; a secondary product is the annual Latin America's Startup Ecosystem Report, which serves as both a thought leadership asset and a deal-sourcing channel by providing proprietary regional market intelligence.

The firm operates a sales-led go-to-market targeting early-stage Latin American founders, publishing research to attract deal flow and leading or co-leading investment rounds. Recent deployment includes leading the equity portion of a $4 million seed-extension round for Refurbi (a Colombian refurbished-smartphone marketplace expanding into Mexico) alongside co-investors PSM Impact Ventures, Epic Angels, Inter-American Development Bank, and Banco Itaú. This structured equity-plus-debt deployment model — pairing venture equity with non-dilutive development-bank and commercial-bank financing — is a notable differentiator for the firm within the regional early-stage market.

Latin Leap is led by founder and managing partner Stefan Krautwald, with a small boutique team that built its deal flow processes, portfolio operations, and scouting pipelines from inception. The firm generates returns through equity ownership in portfolio companies (realized via acquisitions, IPOs, or secondary sales) supplemented by standard VC management fees on committed capital. The reported headcount band of 11–50 employees reflects its position as an emerging, operationally focused regional VC rather than a scaled multi-fund platform.

Name

Latin Leap

Website

https://latinleap.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Latin Leap is a Medellín-based boutique venture capital firm founded in 2019 that manages a $20 million fund investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, while publishing annual Latin America startup ecosystem reports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Pre-seed funding
• Seed-stage investment
• Latin America startups
• Emerging market investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns / Capital Gains: As a venture capital firm, Latin Leap generates returns through equity ownership in portfolio companies. Returns are realized through exits (acquisitions, IPOs, secondary sales). The firm deployed capital into startups like Refurbi and likely charges management fees on committed capital.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Latin Leap is a boutique venture capital firm managing a $20 million fund that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Latin America, with focus on Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The firm provides early-stage equity capital, operational development support, and publishes an annual Latin America's Startup Ecosystem Report delivering regional VC market intelligence.

Product overview

Latin Leap operates as a boutique pre-seed and seed venture capital firm focused on Latin America. The firm offers investment funding to early-stage startups and publishes the 'Latin America's Startup Ecosystem Report' as an annual research publication providing market intelligence on regional VC trends, deal activity, and sector analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Latin Leap VC Fund A boutique pre-seed and seed venture capital fund with $20 million in committed capital that invests in early-stage Latin American startups across fintech, SaaS, and B2B software categories. Targets founders in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia who require early-stage equity capital and operational guidance.
• Latin America's Startup Ecosystem Report An annual research publication providing data-driven analysis of Latin America's startup ecosystem, covering regional VC deployment figures (e.g., $4.1 billion in 2024), sector breakdowns, deal flow trends, and unicorn landscape. Distributed to founders, investors, and ecosystem stakeholders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Led $4M seed-extension round for Refurbi

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ALLVP: Mexico-based early-stage VC firm investing in Latin American startups. Closely comparable to Latin Leap given similar stage focus (pre-seed/seed) and regional orientation toward Mexico and broader LatAm.
• Valor Capital Group: US-Brazil cross-border VC firm focused on Latin American startups. Comparable geographic focus and early-stage investment approach, with similar boutique positioning serving cross-border deals.
• Cometa: Mexico-based pre-seed and seed VC investing in Latin American startups. Direct peer with nearly identical stage focus and target geography, including Mexico concentration.
• Monashees: Brazil-based VC firm investing across early-stage Latin American startups. Directly comparable to Latin Leap as a regionally-focused early-stage investor with portfolio construction approach across Brazilian and LatAm tech ecosystem.
• Magma Partners: Early-stage LatAm VC firm investing across Spanish-speaking Americas. Comparable stage focus, regional scope, and boutique size to Latin Leap's model.
• DILA Capital: Mexico-based early-stage VC firm focused on Mexican and Latin American startups. Comparable in stage focus and geographic orientation, with similar boutique positioning in the Mexican ecosystem.
• Atlantico: Latin America-focused early-stage VC firm. Direct peer in regional venture investing with comparable focus on pre-seed and seed stage LatAm technology investments.

Broad incumbents

• Kaszek Ventures: Largest LatAm-focused venture firm founded by MercadoLibre founders, investing from seed to growth. Comparable as a regional VC specialist, though significantly larger scale than Latin Leap and with growth-stage focus.

Emerging players

• CoreAngels: Global angel network with active Latin American chapters investing at pre-seed stage. Comparable to Latin Leap's seed-stage deal flow through angel co-investment networks like Epic Angels.
• Salkantay VC: Peru-based early-stage VC firm focused on Andean and broader LatAm startups. Comparable as a boutique regional VC with similar stage focus and emerging market orientation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/latinleap

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments38 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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