Chilango Ventures

Chilango Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Mexico City. The firm backs early-stage technology and consumer startups built by Latin American entrepreneurs with global ambitions, deploying capital across North America and Latin America. Managing Partner Neha Jain, Managing Director Carlos Ochoa, and Partner Yamandu Rodriguez lead a three-person partnership that combines an operator-first investment philosophy with hands-on strategy, sales, marketing, and business development consulting. Chilango deploys $100,000 to $2 million per deal at the Seed and Series A stages, concentrating on fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency, AI, and data science. Notable portfolio companies include MPOWER Financing, which provides student lending to international students, and Arcus, a payments infrastructure company. Co-investors have included VARIV Capital, and the firm has executed over 50 deals across its history. Chilango's differentiation lies in its cross-border position — a US-based fund with deep Mexico City roots that understands both the cultural expectations of Latin American founders and the institutional requirements of US venture capital markets. That fluency in both ecosystems, combined with operational advisory alongside capital, positions the firm as a genuine bridge investor for startups building from Latin America with ambitions to scale across North America and beyond.