Proeza Ventures

Proeza Ventures is a Monterrey, Mexico-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests exclusively in the mobility sector — industrial tech, smart components, new vehicles, Mobility-as-a-Service, and digital data services. The firm is recognized as the largest mobility-focused VC fund established in Latin America and maintains a secondary office in Houston, Texas to support US deal flow. Proeza is backed by Grupo Proeza, a Mexican portfolio management company that operates Metalsa — a Tier-1 supplier of structural automotive products and the North American market leader in frames for light trucks. The fund is led by Managing Partners Enrique M. Zambrano and Rodolfo Elias Dieck, CFA. The firm's thesis holds that regulatory pressure, climate commitments, urbanization, and digital transformation are collectively forcing a fundamental rewiring of how people, goods, data, and energy move. Fund I targeted approximately 15 companies at a disclosed size of roughly $50 million, with initial checks averaging approximately $1.5 million. Fund II is being raised at a $70 million target. As of October 2025 the firm has made approximately 22 disclosed investments; notable portfolio names include Solvento ($12.5 million Series A, November 2024), Cargado (freight brokerage software), BUSUP (corporate shuttle platform), Xos Trucks (electric commercial trucks), and Ridepanda (most recent disclosed investment, October 2025). Proeza's industrial heritage through Metalsa gives it a genuine advantage in mobility investing: portfolio companies gain access to Grupo Proeza's Tier-1 supplier relationships, manufacturing facilities, and automotive OEM connections that would take years to build independently. The firm's geographic focus on the Americas — with selective exposure to Western Europe and Israel — positions it at the center of nearshoring-driven supply-chain realignment and the rapid electrification of commercial transportation.