MatterScale Ventures

What MatterScale Ventures does

MatterScale Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in early-stage startups with Latin American founders or target markets. The fund targets pre-seed through Series A rounds with check sizes between $150,000 and $750,000, with capacity to syndicate larger rounds alongside limited partners. Its investment thesis centers on technology-enabled services that improve access, affordability, and quality for mass-market populations, spanning education, healthcare, financial services, security, employability, and broader "services for the majority" verticals.

The firm is led by five General Partners — Adriana Suarez (Bogota), Antonio Lück (Detroit), Fernando Fabre (Mexico City), Gabriela Macagni (Buenos Aires), and Roberto Charvel (San Francisco) — supported by approximately 25 Venture Partners across the US and Latin America. The General Partners collectively bring credentials from Endeavor (including a former Endeavor Global President), the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Citi ($3B+ in M&A and IB transactions), Supervielle, Prudential Investment, O'Connor Capital, and Vander Capital. The team's stated track record includes 300+ transactions and $2.5B in AUM managed across prior roles. General Partners maintain physical presence in 10+ Americas metro areas to source deals and support portfolio companies on the ground.

The firm generates revenue through standard venture capital mechanics: management fees on committed capital and carried interest on fund profits, supplemented by LP syndication on larger rounds. Beyond capital, MatterScale provides portfolio companies with operational guidance, network access, and the proprietary Culture Rank tool, which anonymously surveys employee culture, DEI, wellbeing, feedback loops, and OKRs. The portfolio spans 30+ active investments including 1DOC3, Bia Energy, Glim, Celes, Nilo Labs, Pulppo, Immigo, 1Mentor, Hunty, Isa, Elevva, Manzana Verde, and Moova.

Name

MatterScale Ventures

Legal name

MatterScale Ventures

Website

https://www.matterscale.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MatterScale Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing $150K-$750K in pre-seed to Series A rounds for Latin American and US-LatAm founders building technology-enabled services for mass-market accessibility, with General Partners physically located in 10+ Americas metro areas.

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Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

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Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early stage startups
• Latin America venture
• Seed stage investment
• Pre-seed funding

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Carry and Management Fees: Standard VC revenue model consisting of management fees (typically 2% on committed capital) and carried interest (typically 20% of fund profits above the hurdle rate). Returns generated through equity ownership in portfolio companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MatterScale Ventures is an Americas-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage Latin American startups (pre-seed to Series A) applying technology to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible services for the majority. The firm writes initial checks between $150,000 and $750,000 and can syndicate larger rounds with its LPs, while also providing operational guidance and access to a global network through its 5 General Partners and approximately 25 Venture Partners.

Product overview

MatterScale Ventures is a venture capital firm, not a product company. As such, it does not offer a unified product platform or distinct product/module architecture. The firm's core offering is investment services—providing capital, mentorship, and network access to early-stage Latin American startups (pre-seed to Series A, $150K-$750K tickets). The firm does not maintain a product suite, SaaS platform, or technology product catalog. Its primary digital presence (matterscale.com) serves as a corporate/investor-facing website and does not constitute a product offering under the definition of commercialized software, services, or technology solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Culture Rank: A tool to anonymously survey Employee Culture and DEI where eNPS, DEI indicators, wellbeing, feedback loops, OKRs, and expectations are measured and shared with founders and teams.

Products and services

• Pre-seed to Series A Venture Capital Investment
• LP Syndication for Larger Rounds

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EndeavorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMatterScale founders have deep Endeavor roots - team members served as Managing Directors of Endeavor in Colombia, Detroit, Argentina, and as President of Endeavor Global. The Endeavor network is a core sourcing channel for deal flow and portfolio support. The relationship is foundational to MatterScale's origin and operational model.
• Culture RankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCulture Rank is a proprietary tool created by MatterScale to anonymously survey Employee Culture and DEI in portfolio companies. It measures eNPS, DEI indicators, wellbeing, feedback loops, OKRs, and expectations. This tool is used to assess and improve portfolio company leadership and culture.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kaszek Ventures: One of the largest LatAm-focused early-stage venture capital firms, investing from seed through Series A+ across the region. Kaszek directly competes with MatterScale for early-stage LatAm founders and operates a similar thesis-driven, sector-generalist approach with deep local presence.
• monashees: Brazil-anchored early-stage VC investing across LatAm at pre-seed, seed, and Series A. monashees competes directly with MatterScale for the same pool of high-quality LatAm founders and shares a similar thesis of backing mission-driven, technology-enabled services.
• Cometa: Mexico-based early-stage VC investing across LatAm with a pre-seed to Series A focus. Cometa's geographic emphasis on Mexican founders and similar ticket size band puts it in direct competition with MatterScale's Mexico City GP for the same deal flow.
• DILA Capital: Mexico-based early-stage VC investing across LatAm at seed and Series A. DILA overlaps directly with MatterScale on geography, stage, and target founder profile, and competes for similar 'tech for the majority' theses.
• ALLVP: Mexico-based early-stage VC with a focus on tech-enabled services for the LatAm middle class. ALLVP's mission and stage overlap make it a directly comparable peer to MatterScale's 'services for the majority' thesis.
• Valor Capital: US/LatAm cross-border early-stage VC investing in Brazilian and US-based founders. Valor's trans-LatAm positioning and stage focus closely mirror MatterScale's US/LatAm bridge strategy.
• Magma Partners: Chile-anchored, cross-border early-stage VC investing across LatAm and into US-based LatAm founders. Magma's stage range, geographic emphasis, and fund-of-LPs model are highly comparable to MatterScale.
• Mountain Nazca: Mexico-based early-stage VC investing across LatAm in fintech, healthtech, and consumer verticals. Mountain Nazca's stage and thesis overlap with MatterScale's Mexico City GP sourcing.

Broad incumbents

• Endeavor Catalyst: The co-investment fund of Endeavor, the global high-impact entrepreneur organization. Although closely related through MatterScale's GP lineage, Endeavor Catalyst is a larger, multi-stage vehicle that invests alongside select lead investors in Endeavor-sourced companies — overlapping heavily on deal sourcing.
• 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups): Global early-stage VC with significant LatAm presence and accelerator programs. 500 Global's seed-stage focus and global-LP-driven model make it a comparable emerging-market early-stage investor, though at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments46 records

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