Dragones VC

What Dragones VC does

Dragones VC (legal name: Dragones Venture Partners) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests at pre-seed, seed, and early Series A stages in startups originating in Latin America and Israel. The firm operates from Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv and applies a defined ticket-size framework — under US$250K at pre-seed, under US$500K at seed, and under US$2M at Series A — with explicit valuation and round-size guardrails. Its investment model requires a minimum 5x return per company, supported by individual theses and active board participation rather than reliance on a single outlier winner.

The firm is built around seven partners with operating backgrounds in technology, telecommunications, retail, finance, and industry across Argentina and LatAm. It supplements direct capital with operational support including business-model definition, fundraising assistance, and commercial deployment services, particularly for Israeli agrotech and deep-tech companies entering LatAm. Deal flow originates from direct relationships with Israeli incubators and accelerators, allied funds, demo days, and referrals from existing portfolio companies.

The portfolio comprises 16 active investments totaling US$20M+ deployed capital, with 12 companies in LatAm and 4 in Israel. Verticals span biotech, agrotech, healthtech, foodtech, edtech, biomanufacturing, IoT, mobility, cleantech, platform sharing, mining, rare-earth, fintech, and space. The firm has completed 3 exits and all 16 portfolio companies have raised follow-on rounds at higher valuations. A co-investor network of 70+ partners from Argentina, Spain, the US, Israel, and Panama provides syndication capacity, diligence depth, and cross-border execution support.

Name

Dragones VC

Legal name

Dragones Venture Partners

Website

https://dragonesvc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dragones VC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at pre-seed, seed, and Series A in startups from Latin America and Israel. It operates from Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv, deploying capital under $2M per company with active board support and a 70+ co-investor syndicate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA), Geography-Focused Venture Capital (Regional/Emerging Markets) (FSANAAAE)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Early-stage investing
• Pre-seed funding
• Seed funding
• Startup investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment returns through exits: VC firm generating returns through equity exits from portfolio companies. Investment model requires minimum 5x return per investment without depending on one winner to carry the portfolio.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dragones VC provides early-stage venture capital investment (pre-seed, seed, and early Series A) to startups in Latin America and Israel, with ticket sizes under US$ 250K, US$ 500K, and US$ 2M respectively. The firm invests across sectors including biotech, agrotech, deep tech, fintech, SaaS, healthtech, cleantech, and energy, and supplements capital with active board participation, strategic support, fundraising assistance, and commercial deployment services for Israeli companies entering LatAm.

Product overview

Dragones VC is a venture capital firm operating as a single unified investment platform. Their core offering consists of early-stage venture capital investment services (pre-seed through Series A) targeting Latin American and Israeli startups, supplemented by active portfolio support including board participation, business development services, and fundraising assistance. The firm manages a portfolio of 16 active investments across diverse sectors including biotech, agrotech, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and SaaS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-seed Venture Capital Investment Early-stage equity investment of under US$ 250K for pre-seed startups in LatAm and Israel with clear problem/solution pairs, large addressable markets (TAM > US$ 1B), and round sizes under US$ 1M with valuations under US$ 3M.
• Seed Venture Capital Investment Seed-stage equity investment of under US$ 500K for startups in LatAm and Israel that have completed POCs, have revenue or LOIs in execution, with round sizes under US$ 3M and valuations under US$ 10M.
• Early Series A Venture Capital Investment Early Series A equity investment of under US$ 2M for startups in LatAm and Israel with validated business models targeting LatAm + USA or Europe, with round sizes under US$ 10M and valuations under US$ 30M.
• Business Development Services for Israeli Companies in LatAm Commercial deployment, paid pilots, pricing adaptation, regional alliances, strategic co-investment, representation, distribution, and reseller services for Israeli agrotech and deep-tech companies entering the LatAm market. Currently 3 companies are represented.
• Strategic Board Support Services Active board-level and strategic board support for portfolio companies, including business model definition, strategy implementation, and fundraising assistance for the next round.

Quantifiable outcome

• Minimum 5x return required per investment without depending on one winner to carry the portfolio
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

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 highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Valor Capital Group: US-Brazil cross-border VC. Directly comparable to Dragones' cross-border (Israel-LatAm) thesis, with a similar emphasis on bringing international tech into Latin American markets.
• Magma Partners: LatAm-focused early-stage VC investing across the region with an explicit cross-border angle. Highly comparable stage, check size, and regional mandate to Dragones.
• Cometa: Mexican early-stage VC investing in pre-seed and seed startups across LatAm. Comparable stage focus and regional thesis, though Mexico-anchored.
• DILA Capital: Mexico-based early-stage VC investing in LatAm tech startups. Comparable as a regional early-stage fund with similar investment-stages mandate.
• Atlantico: Early-stage VC focused on LatAm and US Hispanic markets. Comparable regional early-stage thesis and stage focus to Dragones.
• NXTP Labs: Argentina-originated early-stage VC and accelerator program across LatAm. Highly comparable in stage, geography, and the operator-investor posture Dragones emphasizes.

Broad incumbents

• SOSV: Global multi-stage VC and accelerator operator; listed as a co-investor in Dragones' Caspr investment. Comparable as a deep-tech/agrotech VC with accelerator-driven dealflow — adjacent rather than directly competing.
• Kaszek Ventures: One of the largest LatAm-focused VC firms, founded in Argentina. Kaszek invests across stages and geographies in the region, and is the most direct comparator for an Argentine-anchored early-stage LatAm fund.
• monashees: Brazilian VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups across LatAm. Highly comparable as a regional early-stage VC with analogous thesis and stage focus, though Brazil-anchored.

Regional players

• OurCrowd: Israel-headquartered global VC platform with strong Israel-sourcing and international deployment. Comparable to Dragones' Israel-anchored dealflow and cross-border mandate, though much larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dragones-vc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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