Alfredo Méndez – Aneva
Led Cajitas at Nubank Mexico helping millions save, ex-Microsoft/Google PM, Stanford MBA. Knows how to build financial products that actually change behavior.
Meet our 2nd SF cohort: 8 inception-stage, LatAm-born founders building globally, selected from 700+ applications. Still in the “-1 to zero” phase. Not formally raising yet. All are open to meeting investors who can add value early. Listed alphabetically.
Led Cajitas at Nubank Mexico helping millions save, ex-Microsoft/Google PM, Stanford MBA. Knows how to build financial products that actually change behavior.
Built a ticket marketplace in Brazil at 17 (R$24M TPV), led product at the largest crypto exchange in Brazil, UC Berkeley Physics dropout.
Built banking software at Q2 ($QTWO), leads an indie dev community with 10k members in Brazil. Now building PIX-first infra for brazilian developers building with no-code and AI tools.
VP of Operations at Frubana managing food supply chain across LatAm, led new product at Addi, employee #4 at Tributi (YC W18) scaling growth 10x YoY, Stanford GSB.
Built and sold a no-code app builder, then spent 8 years at Meta-US personalization algos. Using this to build personalized health experiences.
ex-Microsoft PM (Copilot for MS Office), ex-Apple ML/AI PM (Siri), Stanford undergrad, Harvard MBA. filed bankruptcy papers at 12 to save her mom's business.
Ex-Microsoft engineer who cut computer cluster costs 76% at Wisconsin. Harvard MBA, started a real estate business and saw the industry's broken workflows firsthand.
Grew up helping parents run restaurants, then built Simpleat to $1M ARR. Knows the pains of food industry inside-out and how to sell into it.
Refer a Founder to the Next Fellowship. Applications start late January.