The Opportunity
Latin America is ripe for social and economic transformation. With its rapidly growing and digitizing middle class, we are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring our empathy, ingenuity, and grit to design and scale vibrant solutions for this traditionally underserved demographic.
311M
People in middle-class
140M
Informal workers
$4T USD
Middle-class expenditure
Our approach
We build and invest in transformative companies for the emerging middle-class in Latin America.
A growing and empowered middle class is the foundation of a more equal, stable, and prosperous society. Our mandate is to create impact through disruption, building for an abundant Latin America.
We adapt to the needs of the high-growth Latin American middle-class.
This is how we do it
Binding
entrepreneurs & opportunities
Bridging
the experience gap
Catalyzing
early-stage capital
Our Story
From a small, donated office in a university to a multi-country portfolio of companies
2023
Polymath announces a dedicated Seed fund for external investments as well as EIR builds in Spanish speaking Latin America. Pacto, a leading POS and payment processor for Mexican restaurants, becomes Polymath's first direct investment!
2012
In the beginning - June of 2012 - we recruited ten talented (and a little crazy) people for the first Ideation project in Medellin. In three months, we designed two venture concepts: Taximo and Aflore. Let’s build!
2014
After one year of operation in Bogota, we launched three new ventures; Aflore, Autolab, and VincuVentas.
2017
Polymath arrived in Mexico to extend our impact in the region and pursue our purpose of transforming Latin America's middle-class.
2018
We launched Elenas and learnt from Asia’s venture ecosystem through our office in China.
2020
Crazy year, right? Amidst the crisis, we learned and thrived. Autolab grew shop visits by7X and Elenas’ sales increased by 20x.
2021
Great year for Polymath! Started the year launching 2 new ventures, Ropstar and Tani, a growing team of 300+ people, and new financing rounds increasing our total capital raised to $50M+.
2023
Polymath announces a dedicated Seed fund for external investments as well as EIR builds in Spanish speaking Latin America. Pacto, a leading POS and payment processor for Mexican restaurants, becomes Polymath's first direct investment!
2012
In the beginning - June of 2012 - we recruited ten talented (and a little crazy) people for the first Ideation project in Medellin. In three months, we designed two venture concepts: Taximo and Aflore. Let’s build!
Our Values
Our core values are the reflection of our culture. These are the principles in which we believe, they determine how we behave, what we expect from each other, and how we make decisions.
Founders
Mentality
Results
obsessed
Growth
Mindset
Pursuit
of excellence
Team
over individuals
We all are founders of Polymath, period. We are all owners of the success of our company and enjoy getting our hands dirty so we take action to solve what's not working or improve what can be done better, even if it is not related to our role.
Our founders and leaders come from different backgrounds but they share the same vision; transforming the emerging middle-class in the region through intentional and innovative solutions.
"The dream of building a company with huge growth and valuation potential — and that can have a huge social impact — is a reality"
We are a growing global team of dream builders