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Helping tech startups disrupt the world since 2009. In the making of a great company, founders make all the big calls. And investors play the supporting roles. As prior founders ourselves, we started AppWorks to play that role. So you can count on our support. We love founders with passion, grit, and determination. We want to be the first investor to fund you and we want to help you go all the way. 472 ACTIVE STARTUPS 1,522 FOUNDERS 23,390 EMPLOYEES $5.4B TOTAL RAISE $31.5B TOTAL VALUATION $15.2B ANNUAL REVENUES The Support We Provide AppWorks provides 2 main services that cater to startups in 2 different stages. AppWorks Accelerator helps seed-stage startups go from 0 to 1. AppWorks Funds provide financing to help growth-stage startups scale faster. On top of that, our AppWorks School provides education to talents and prepares them for a thriving career in the startup world. AppWorks Accelerator: Started in 2010, AppWorks Accelerator is a turbo engine built for seed-stage startups and your connection to our network of 472 startups and 1,522 founders, one of the largest of its kind in Greater Southeast Asia. AppWorks Funds: With 3 funds at US$212 million of total fund size, AppWorks can go from a US$200K seed round all the way to leading with $15 million into a C round. As one of the most active early-stage VCs in Greater Southeast Asia, we fund 20-30 deals a year. AppWorks School: AppWorks School aims to provide the most practical training for those who are determined to become software developers. Among our 660 graduates, 90% of them became software engineers and joined Internet Companies like KKBOX, 91APP, Tagtoo, Line TV, UDN Shopping, WeMo Scooter, and Gogoro to start their promising careers.

Established in 2014, Indicator Capital stands as a leading deep-tech early-stage venture capital firm, committed to bridging the gap between the US and Brazil. Backed by internationally renowned LPs, such as the Brazilian Development Bank, Qualcomm Ventures, Multilaser, Lenovo, Motorola, Banco do Brasil, and Telefonica, we offer unmatched credibility and expertise in the industry. With over US$ 70M in Assets under Management (AuM), Indicator oversees the largest IoT fund in Latin America, spearheading digital transformation within corporations. Our commitment is further solidified through the collaborative efforts of our equal partnership of GPs, who deploy our proprietary methodology known as Building Value Together®.

We are a VC firm that accelerates early-stage Latin American startups on three fronts: investment, knowledge transfer, and community building. We bet on projects with the greatest potential from their ideation, so that they can grow and scale exponentially, generating a positive and measurable impact on the economy and society. We are formed by a team of 15 people who are distributed across 7 different areas.

We write $100K checks to founders with ganas and a big vision to address big problems in growing markets thru a sustainable go-to-community strategy. We help our portfolio companies with sales, community, and fundraising strategies by leveraging our expertise, proprietary tools, WhatsApp, and our Ganas LP, mentor, and support community. We’re on a mission to produce outsized returns con ganas! And, while we’re at it, we’re changing the narrative of who VCs are, who we invest in, and how companies become unicorns by just being us. The fund is run by solo-GP Lolita Taub who is building an early-stage VC boutique franchise; after investing in 91 startups as a scout/angel/VC, and post launching her first fund The Community Fund. Learn more about community-driven companies here.

Through strong human and financial commitment, Latin Leap aims to provide international tech scale-ups with access to essential resources for successful deployment in Latin America. Latin Leap is positioned to operate at levels of efficiency characteristic of tech-based companies. By offering preferred access to corporate partnerships and experienced venture partners who serve as gatekeepers of the Latin American market, Latin Leap aims to help tech companies establish a unique geographical footprint in the region. Latin Leap was founded by Stefan Krautwald, a long standing technology entrepreneur and senior executive in Latin America. Of German origin, Stefan has lived and worked in several Latin American countries and calls Colombia home. Some of his past corporate roles include Managing Director in Cdiscount (Groupe Casino) and Arvato (Bertelsmann). He is a co-founder of Latin America’s leading online pharmacy pure player, Farmalisto.com and has been Co-Founder and Managing Director of Latin America’s leading fashion online retailer Dafiti LATAM. He is also a Co-founder of Fluz.app, an innovative cash-back application in the United States. Stefan is an active angel investor and adviser to many technology start-ups in the region. He is a frequent guest lecturer to several local and international universities as well as Mentor to start-up and accelerator programs. Stefan holds a Master of Science in Management from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany, where he leads the alumni chapter for Latin America and has conlcuded Executive Education Programs at INALDE Colombia, IESE Spain and VC University of University of Berkeley.