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About IGNIA

IGNIA is a venture capital firm founded in 2007. It is primarily based out of Mexico City, Mexico. As of Jun 2025, IGNIA is an active investor, having invested in 36 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Mexico based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Retail. Most recently it led the $13.6M Series A round of Crabi along with Kaszek. This round also saw participation from Redwood Ventures and other investors.
Overall, IGNIA portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 1 IPO and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Pet Love, Rapyd and Konfío. A lot of funds co-invest with IGNIA, with names like Antai Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
IGNIA has team of 7 people including 5 partners.
Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months

IGNIA's List of Top Investments

IGNIA has a portfolio of 36 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Escala and Airtm.Their portfolio spans across Mexico, United States, Brazil and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Retail and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A  and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by IGNIA:
Payment processing and card issuance solutions for businesses. It offers solutions such as payment gateways, hardware-based POS terminals, billing and subscription payments, and more. It also offers financial services such as the issuance of corporate cards, business financing, and more.

Key facts about Stripe

  • Founded Year: 2009
  • Location: San Francisco (United States)
  • Annual Revenue: 371M SGD as on Dec 31, 2023
  • Valuation: $91.5B as on Feb 27, 2025
  • Stage: Series I
  • Total Funding till date: $9.81B
  • Employee Count: 5,904 as on Dec 31, 2023
  • Investors: Glynn Capital, Silver Lake and 117 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series I, Apr 08, 2024, $694M
  • Highlight: Editors' Pick
Platform offering multi-category supplies for cats and dogs. It offers medicine and healthcare products, grooming products, toys, feeding accessories, travel accessories, bedding, hygienic and cleaning products, treats & snacks, and more. It offers products for birds, reptiles, fish, rodents, dogs, cats, and more. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.

Key facts about Pet Love

  • Founded Year: 2005
  • Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • Stage: Acquired
  • Total Funding till date: $226M
  • Investors: L Catterton, SoftBank Group and 11 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 27, 2022
  • Highlight: Acquired
FinTech company that provides global payment solutions. It offers a wide range of payment methods and currencies to businesses and developers. It operates globally through its regulated regional group companies and provides a platform for digital commerce, allowing businesses to process payments, make payouts, and offer fintech services. It enables businesses to simplify complex payment offerings and expand their global reach.

Key facts about Rapyd

  • Founded Year: 2016
  • Location: London (United Kingdom)
  • Annual Revenue: £13.7M as on Dec 31, 2023
  • Valuation: $4.5B as on Mar 13, 2025
  • Stage: Series F
  • Total Funding till date: $1.26B
  • Investors: BlackRock, Annox Capital and 30 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series F, Mar 13, 2025, $500M
  • Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Abra

Abra provides an app-based platform for trading cryptocurrencies. It provides services such as crypto asset trading, cryptocurrency buying, and selling, cryptocurrency exchange, and more. It also allows for investments in both fiat and cryptocurrency funds. The app is available for both iOS and Android.

Key facts about Abra

Financial solutions platform provider. It offers invoice financing, microloans, business credit lines, SME credits, and more. It also provides a virtual credit card and offers a tool for accessing the credit score and credit history of the business.

Key facts about Konfío

  • Founded Year: 2014
  • Location: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico)
  • Valuation: $1.3B as on Sep 29, 2021
  • Stage: Series E
  • Total Funding till date: $378M
  • Investors: Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Group and 22 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, May 19, 2022, $10M
  • Highlight: Editors' Pick
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IGNIA's Investments by Stage

IGNIA has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.06M, 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.15M, 5 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $29.3M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $43M and 1 investment in Series E stage with an average round size of $100M.
Here are IGNIA's investments by stage:
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Breakdown of IGNIA's investments by stage of entry - domiterapia.comSeed (14)Series A (11)
Stage of entry
No. of Investments
Seed
14
Series A
11
Series B
5
Series C
1
Series E
1

IGNIA's Investments by Sector

IGNIA has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 33 Tech companies, 22 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 18 Software companies and at least 15 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Here are IGNIA's investments by sector:
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Breakdown of IGNIA's investments by sectors - domiterapia.comFinTech (18)Enterprise Applic... (14)
Sector
No. of Investments
FinTech
18
Enterprise Applications
14
Retail
10
Consumer
9
High Tech
4
Others
23

IGNIA's Investments by Geography

IGNIA has made most investments in Mexico (13), followed by United States where it has made 10 investments.
Here are IGNIA's investments by geography:
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Breakdown of IGNIA's investments by countries - domiterapia.comMexico (13)United States (10)
Country
No. of Investments
Mexico
13
United States
10
Brazil
2
United Kingdom
2
Chile
1
Others
4

IGNIA's recent investments

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IGNIA has made 3 investments in 2025 so far. Tensec and Crabi are the latest among them.
Here are the most recent investments by IGNIA:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Jun 18, 2025
United States
Seed
$12M
Jun 05, 2025
Mexico
Series A
$13.6M
Kaszek [+5]
Mar 06, 2025
Brazil
Series A
$5.5M
TOTVS [+6]
Aug 02, 2024
Mexico
Seed
$5.5M
Krealo [+7]
Jun 25, 2024
United States
Series A
$12M
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Unicorns in IGNIA's Portfolio

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IGNIA has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Konfío and Rapyd. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Konfío. It became a unicorn in 2021, 3 years before IGNIA first invested in it.
Here is a list of unicorns in IGNIA's portfolio:
Tracxn Score
Company
Short Description
Founded year
Sector
Location
Company Stage
First Investment/ Acquisition Details
64
Financial solutions platform provider
2014
Miguel Hidalgo
Series E
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71
FinTech company that provides global payment solutions
2016
London
Series F
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IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in IGNIA's Portfolio

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1 of IGNIA's portfolio company became public -  Ofi. It got listed on the Singapore stock exchange. ( SGX), in Mar 2022.
Here are IGNIA's portfolio companies that went public:
Company
IPO Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Mar 18, 2022
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Acquired companies in IGNIA's Portfolio

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5 companies from IGNIA's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Arcus in Nov 2021 by Mastercard.
Here are IGNIA's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Nov 24, 2021
Dec 27, 2017
Series A
$7.91M
Sep 15, 2021
Nov 23, 2016
Seed
Undisclosed
Mar 19, 2021
Jan 31, 2017
Series B
$11.6M
Jan 28, 2021
Oct 24, 2017
Series A
Undisclosed
Apr 01, 2019
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Team profile of IGNIA

IGNIA has a team of 7 members including 5 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in Mexico and United States. IGNIA's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of all team members in IGNIA:
Name
Designation
Location
Board Memberships
Contact details
Partner
Monterrey
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Partner
Chapultepec
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Partner
Chapultepec
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Partner
Monterrey
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Partner
Boston
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Venture Partner
North Miami Beach
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Associate
Mexico City
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Co-investors of IGNIA

Over the past 9 years, 241 investors have co-invested in IGNIA's portfolio companies.

  • Invested before IGNIAY Combinator, American Express Ventures and 98 others have invested in rounds before IGNIA. There are 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before IGNIA and 2 companies where American Express Ventures has invested before IGNIA.
  • Top Co-investors of IGNIA73 investors entered a company along with IGNIA. These include investors like Antai Ventures (2 companies).
  • Invested after IGNIAA total of 68 investors have invested in IGNIA's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Stellar (2 companies), IDC Ventures (2 companies) and Google Ventures (1 company).
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