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Learn which startups Ganas Ventures invests in, what size check sizes they write, and who their partners are (e.g. Lolita Taub).
Ganas Ventures is a Latina-led venture capital fund investing in early-stage startups across the United States and Latin America. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed rounds, supporting community-driven companies utilizing Web2 and Web3 technologies. Its investment thesis prioritizes ventures demonstrating robust community engagement and scalable impact.
The firm was founded in 2022 by Lolita Taub, leveraging her background in technology and venture capital. Taub’s insight for Ganas Ventures centered on addressing the need for a fund dedicated to empowering founders building with a community-first approach. This also positions the firm as a pioneering Latina-led traditional VC fund.
Ganas Ventures primarily serves early-stage founders developing innovative, community-centric businesses, offering essential initial capital and strategic guidance. Its long-term vision aims to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem of diverse, community-driven companies throughout its target geographies. It strives to foster growth for founders connected to and supported by their user base.
Key people at Ganas Ventures.
Ganas Ventures is a Latina-led venture capital fund that invests primarily in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across the United States and Latin America. Its mission centers on supporting diverse, community-driven founders—including BIPOC, Latine, women-led, and LGBTQ-led companies—by providing capital and leveraging a strong network of co-investors to foster growth, inclusion, and lasting impact. The fund focuses on startups that are building solutions across various sectors, emphasizing community and generational wealth creation. Ganas Ventures has built a portfolio that reflects its commitment to diversity and inclusion, with approximately 90% of its portfolio companies led by BIPOC founders and significant representation of Latine and women founders[1][2][3].
Founded by Lolita Taub, a solo Latina General Partner with 15 years of Silicon Valley experience and over 90 angel and VC investments, Ganas Ventures emerged from a vision to back underestimated founders with bold ideas and relentless determination ("ganas" means drive or desire in Spanish). Lolita Taub’s background in tech and investing, combined with a strong focus on community-driven startups, shaped the fund’s approach. The firm has evolved to invest across the US and Latin America, with a growing community of over 86,000 members, including LPs and deal partners, and a network of top-tier co-investors like a16z and NFX that help fuel portfolio growth[1][2].
Ganas Ventures rides the growing trend of diversity and inclusion in venture capital, addressing the historic underfunding of minority and community-driven founders. The timing is critical as both the US and Latin American startup ecosystems expand rapidly, with increasing recognition of the value diverse perspectives bring to innovation and market growth. By focusing on early-stage investments in these regions, Ganas Ventures helps bridge capital gaps and fosters a more inclusive tech ecosystem. Their community-driven approach aligns with broader market forces emphasizing social impact alongside financial returns, influencing how venture capital supports underrepresented entrepreneurs[1][2][3].
Looking ahead, Ganas Ventures is poised to expand its geographic reach beyond the US and Latin America, as indicated by plans for a global Fund II. The fund’s emphasis on community and diversity positions it well to capitalize on growing investor interest in inclusive innovation. Trends such as increased digital adoption in Latin America, the rise of Web3 startups, and the continued push for equitable funding will likely shape Ganas Ventures’ trajectory. As the firm scales, its influence may grow not only through capital deployment but also by setting a model for how venture capital can drive social and economic change through community empowerment[2][3]. This forward momentum ties back to the fund’s core ethos of "ganas"—the drive to succeed against the odds, fostering lasting wealth and impact in underrepresented communities.
Key people at Ganas Ventures.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Leracom AI | $1.0M Pre-Seed | WeBoost | Adriel Araujo, Claudio Schlegel, Daniel Otero, Gabriel Monroy, Oswaldo Monroy, 99 Startups, ALINA VC, AngelHub, Blue Zone Ventures, Semilla Ventures |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Wordware | $30.0M Seed | Spark Capital | 10100, 6th Man Ventures, Acton Capital Partners, Adjacent, Albion VC, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Angel investor, Atomico, Audrey Capital, Blossom Capital, BlueRun Ventures, Broadway Angels, Chalfen Ventures, Climate Capital, Color Capital, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, Day One Ventures, Decibel Partners, Divergent Capital, DocuSign, Double Down, DST Global, Embedded Ventures, Emergence Capital, Essence VC, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, Flexcap, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Friends & Family Capital, Frontline Ventures, Fusion Fund, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Indicator Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Kohala Ventures, La Famiglia, Lakestar, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Listen, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Moxxie Ventures, Jonathan Golden, OpenCapital.vc, Openspace Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Paradox Capital, Partners Resolute, Pioneer Fund, Polymath Capital Partners, Prototype Capital, Radical Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, Runa Capital, Scribble Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Shrug Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Web Smith, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trammell Venture Partners, Treble Capital, Tribe Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, Untapped Capital, Valhalla Ventures, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Alex Pattis, Amjad Masad, Andrew Gazdecki, Andrew Gluck, Andrew Steinwold, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Bob Young, Casey Neistat, David Peterson, Dharmesh Shah, Doug Monro, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Gina Bianchini, Girish Mathrubootham, Gokul Rajaram, Jaime Schmidt, James Isilay, James Meekings, Jean Charles Samuelian, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jen Rubio Butterfield, Julia DeWahl, Kevin Stumpf, Kevin Weil, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Chou, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Matt Mickiewicz, Moshe Lifschitz, Nkechi Iregbulem, Noah Sidman-Gale, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Peter Hunn, Peter Kazanjy, Ran Makavy, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Scott Belsky, Sergei Anikin, Sherry Coutu, Siqi Chen, Spencer Kimball, Stephen Cole, Thijn Lamers, Tim Ferriss, Tony Jamous, Vishal Rao, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Yann LeCun, Zachary Sims, Zach Segal |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Restate | $7.0M Seed | Jordan Segall | 8VC, Alumni Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, Atomico, Benchmark, Broadway Angels, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, Cusp Capital Partners, Essence VC, Felicis Ventures, Firstminute Capital, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, March Capital, Next47, Otherwise Fund, Polymath Capital Partners, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Vibe Capital, Akshay Kothari, Alex Pattis, Ameet Patel, Amit Agarwal, Andrew Gazdecki, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Bob Wood, Casey Neistat, Chris Schagen, David Peterson, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Gina Bianchini, Guy Fighel, Julia DeWahl, Louis Lehot, Mathilde Collin, Neha Narkhede, Nkechi Iregbulem, Peter Kazanjy, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Zachary Sims |
| May 16, 2024 | Swivel | $1.0M Pre-Seed | — | Michael Shehan, Steven B. Swoboda, David Grampa, GFR Fund, Graham & Walker, LongJump, Network Ventures |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Avify | $800K Seed | — | Cacao Capital VC, Adriel Araujo, Andrés Rubinstein, Eduardo Carazo, Harold Marcenaro, Jaime Matus, Jose Leon mosa, Rafael Barroso, Walter Montes, 500 Startups, Amplifica Capital, Caricaco, Qapu VC, Venture Do, ZEMU VC |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Chptr | $1.5M Seed | Grit Capital Partners | Jackson Jhin, Matthew Rutler, Vijen Patel, Accel Starter, Oliver Libby, Gaingels, Lolita Taub, Lucas Venture Group, Sarah Lucas, Alexandra Tynion, Singularity Capital, Tubbs Ventures |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Pontoro | $5.0M Seed | Ulu Ventures | Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Greycroft, Illuminate Financial Management, Target Global, Luca Zorzino, Nevcaut Ventures, W11 Capital |
| Aug 1, 2023 | Leadsales | $4.0M Seed | Ulu Ventures, BluePointe Ventures | — |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Glitzi | $3.0M Venture Round | — | Emanuel Pleitez, Prasanna Srikhanta |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Outdid | $3.0M Seed | Jump Crypto | AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Battery Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Divergent Capital, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Iluminar Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kearny Jackson, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Matterscale Ventures, Nascent, NFX, Not Boring Capital, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, TBD Angels, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Urbanist Ventures, Version One Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Nage, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Immad Akhund, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Loreanne Garcia, Luis Cuende, Martin Varsavsky, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Nathaniel Whittemore, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Ricardo Weder, Scott Belsky, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Stefan George, Stelleo Tolda, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward, Alexi Ned, Bogdan Stanciu, Can Kisagun, Emanuele Francioni, EO Hao, Gaston Frydlewski, Harsh Rajat, Pia Mancini, Pressian Karakostov, Santiago Siri, Simeon Simeonov, Superscrypt |
| Apr 1, 2023 | Clerkie | $33.0M Series A | Left Lane Capital | 1984 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Y Combinator, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Dileep Thazhmon, Eric Futoran, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda, Tom Blomfield, David Vélez, Tom Proulx, Citi Ventures, CMFG Ventures, Vestigo Ventures, Wellington Management |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Betterhalf | $9.0M Series A | Arash Ferdowsi, Alexey Garyunov | Andreessen Horowitz, BigSpring, Commerce Ventures, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Quiet Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Gabriel Jarrosson, Immad Akhund, Kunal Shah, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Nate Matherson, Ricardo Weder, Rodrigo Teijeiro, Samvit Ramadurgam, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda, Tom Blomfield, Brendan O'Driscoll, Derek Callow, Gabriel Jarrosson, Manik Gupta, Punit Soni, Ravish Naresh, Scott Belsky |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Archetype | $3.0M Seed | MaC Venture Capital | Atomico, Broadway Angels, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, Essence VC, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Otherwise Fund, Polymath Capital Partners, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alex Pattis, Andrew Gazdecki, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Casey Neistat, David Peterson, Elad Gil, Gina Bianchini, Julia DeWahl, Mathilde Collin, Peter Kazanjy, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Zachary Sims, Hustle Fund, Magic Fund, NOMO Ventures, Soma Capital |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Link Financial Technologies | $20.0M Series A | — | The Community Fund, Valar Ventures |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Broadcast | $2.0M Seed | — | AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Broadway Angels, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, DFJ, Elephant Partners, Essence VC, Victor Noguera, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, LGF, Montauk Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Octopus Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pioneer Square Labs, Polymath Capital Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures, SRB Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Vibe Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Alex Pattis, Andrew Gazdecki, Ashish Agrawal, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Bill Gates, Casey Neistat, Daniel Pourasghar, David Peterson, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Evan Moore, Gina Bianchini, Julia DeWahl, Julian Shapiro, Kunal Shah, Mathilde Collin, Mike Vernal, Neil Parikh, Nkechi Iregbulem, Peter Beck, Peter Kazanjy, Richard Laxer, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Sri Batchu, Zachary Sims |
| Jan 1, 2023 | CYGNVS | $55.0M Series A | Angela Strange | Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda, Eos Venture Partners, Stone Point Ventures |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Portão 3 | $4.0M Seed | Jacob Gibson | Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda, Endeavor Scale-Up, Flexport, Pareto Holdings |
| Dec 1, 2022 | WOODEA | $1.0M Seed | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Eneko Knorr, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Luis Martin Cabiedes, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Klubi | $6.0M Venture Round | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Canary Ventures, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Igor Marchesini, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Leadsales | $400K Seed | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Ulu Ventures, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda |
| Oct 1, 2022 | REWORTH | $3.0M Seed | — | 83North, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Broadhaven Capital Partners, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Marathon Venture Capital, Matterscale Ventures, monashees, Mouro Capital, NFX, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Sarona Ventures, Softbank Latin America Fund, Urbanist Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Y Combinator, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Edvard Engesæth, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Justin Mateen, Liam Casey, Lluís Cañadell, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Pablo Viguera, Ricardo Weder, Roger Laughlin Carvallo, Sean Behr, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Topline Pro | $5.0M Seed | Bonfire Ventures | BBG Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, Feenix Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Forerunner Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Northzone, Struck Capital, The Community Fund, Threshold Ventures, TMV, Jim Schneider, Songe LaRon |
| Aug 1, 2022 | AiPrise | $2.0M Seed | Okta Ventures, Y Combinator | 1984 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Verified Capital, Xochi Ventures, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda, Immad Akhund, Mit Shah, Samvit Ramadurgam, Seth Weinstein, Vijay Krishnan, Financial Venture Studio, Liquid 2 Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, Wedbush Ventures |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Latú Seguros | $7.0M Seed | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Canary Ventures, CRV, Divergent Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Iluminar Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matterscale Ventures, NFX, Hans Tung, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Urbanist Ventures, Valar Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Chase Gilbert, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Fabian Gomez Gutierrez, Immad Akhund, Loreanne Garcia, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Ricardo Weder, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Stelleo Tolda |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Better Stack | $19.0M Series A | Creandum | 7percent Ventures, Antler, Atomico, Audrey Capital, Base10 (Base10 Partners), Broadway Angels, C2 Investment, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, DST Global, Essence VC, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, LGF, One Way Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Passion Capital, Polymath Capital Partners, Positive Sum VC, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alexandre Scialom, Alex Pattis, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Andrew Gazdecki, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Casey Neistat, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Petersen, David Peterson, Elad Gil, Gina Bianchini, Henry de Zoete, Immad Akhund, John Collison, Julia DeWahl, Mathilde Collin, Matteo Franceschetti, Nkechi Iregbulem, Oliver Jung, Pedro Franceschi, Peter Kazanjy, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Tanooj Luthra, Tom Blomfield, Tony Jamous, Zehan Wang, Emil Eifrem, Hannu Valtonen, Lachy Groom, Lucjan Samulowski, Madhu Muthukumar, Michael Stoppelman, Oskari Saarenmaa, Ryan Petersen, Tim Soulo, Zachary Sims, Credo Ventures, K5 Global, KAYA, Susa Ventures |