11/25/2023 0 Comments Maria rita garcia andrade![]() ![]() Monica then joined Accion to set up a product innovation group and worked in Mexico with Gentera (née Compartamos) Bank, the largest microfinance institution in Latin America – which went public in 2007 (NSDQ: GENTERA:MM). While living in S Africa, Monica founded Anthuri Catalysts to prepare Early-Stage companies for investment. Monica also worked at Calvert Ventures and Anthuri Ventures – Early-Stage equity vehicles based in Bethesda and Cape Town, respectively. Monica spent her formative years in Silicon Valley, where she helped launch a US$50m multi-bank lending intermediary to finance small businesses. Quona is the investment manager for the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, the first global, third-party fintech fund for inclusion, and its successor, the Accion Quona Inclusion Fund. She is the co-founding Partner of Quona Capital – a venture firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets. Monica Brand Engel is an entrepreneur and investor, having launched various funds and products aimed at broadening financial inclusion. Top Women Investing in Latin American Tech Regina Zurutuza ( 500 Global ), Gabriela Cibils-Bernardes ( Cibersons ), Bianca Sassoon ( 17Sigma ), Macarena Liu ( Driven VC ), Vanessa Bello ( Wayra Hispam ), Viviane Radiuk ( Invest Tech ), Evelyn Arriaga Velasco ( G2 Momentum Capital ) Seven women from last year’s Emerging Women Investors list now hold Partner or Partner-level roles and are featured in this list: LAVCA identified 20 new partner-level women investing in Latin American VC/Tech in 2022, representing a 23% increase over 2021. LAVCA also published a companion list identifying 52 new junior investment professionals, a 16% increase over 2021. In an effort to continue to raise their visibility, LAVCA has published the list 2022 Top Women Investing in Latin American Tech, and our fourth annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech. In the US, women only hold ~16% of GP positions in VC, and the majority of firms have no women partners in other markets, reliable benchmarks for comparison are harder to come by. ![]() ![]() Women in venture are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally. ![]()
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