Cacao Capital VC

Cacao Capital is a family-owned venture capital firm based in Guatemala City, Guatemala, founded in 2019. Named after the Maya tradition of using cacao beans as currency — the cacao tree first cultivated in Central America — the firm invests in startups at the idea, pre-seed, seed, and early stages across fintech, agritech, e-commerce, healthtech, SaaS, ad tech, and food technology sectors. Managing Partner Ximena Matus leads the firm's focus on conscious angel and impact-oriented investment in emerging market entrepreneurs. The portfolio of nine companies includes Influur, a content creator fintech platform, and EA Electric Aviation. The firm's typical check size is below $100,000, targeting early-stage Latin American and emerging market startups with social and economic impact potential. Cacao Capital operates in an underserved segment of Latin American venture — pre-institutional, in a Central American market with limited early-stage capital infrastructure — where a patient, mission-aligned investor can provide meaningful support to founders who have few alternatives at the idea and pre-seed stage. The firm's impact orientation reflects a belief that technology entrepreneurship in emerging markets generates both financial returns and measurable community benefit.