By nature, we are endlessly curious. By trade, we are generalist, multidisciplinary professionals 

Team

Mr. Sands is the Founder and Managing Director of California-based venture capital firm, Costanoa Ventures. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of Sutter Hill Ventures, a private equity firm investing in early-stage enterprise software startups like Merced Systems, Youku, and Feedburner.&nbsp;Mr. Sands was the first product manager at Netscape Communications where he wrote the initial business plan, coined the name Netscape and built his business unit from 0 to140 M. He brings 25+ years of experience in tech entrepreneurship and venture capital investing.

Advisor 

Greg Sands

Mr. Castro is the Founder, President and Managing Director of the leading Latin American private equity firm, Mesoamerica Investment; and director of several of the firm’s portfolio companies. Mr. Castro was a founding partner of Central America’s first private equity fund, a former consultant at Bain &amp; Co. and is a member of G-50, a select group of business leaders of the Americas. He brings 25+ years of senior private equity and Company Building experience across the region.

Luis Javier Castro

Zach joined Polymath in May 2017, developing and testing various business concepts focused on the target population of working women. He founded and launched Elenas: one of Polymath’s ventures that now operates both in Colombia and Mexico. Before joining Polymath, Zach started a number of businesses and growth initiatives for startups in the US, South Africa, and the Netherlands. He studied Global Business in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Co-Founder & CEO - Elenas

Zach Oschin

Diego joined our team as a legal intern, and after completing his studies in Law and finalizing six successful months of work with our team, he joined as a full-time analyst.

Legal Senior Analyst

Diego Villamil

Before Polymath, Lorena had worked for GCFAprendeLibre as an administrative and accounting coordinator, she also was part of the team in Grant Thornton Colombia, expanding her work experience and improving her knowledge there. Lorena is a Public Accountant at the Panamericana University of Bogotá with a Degree in IFRS for SMEs from the EAN University of Bogotá.

Senior Accountant

Lorena Sánchez 

JP is the Chief Business Officer at Polymath Ventures, the Venture Studio for the middle-class in Latin America, where he leads our engagements with corporations and external stakeholders. Previously, he co-founded and led Ataria, a venture capital (VC) and corporate advisory firm. Academically, JP’s experience includes both teaching and research positions at Stanford University and Harvard University. JP holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Lima, a Ph.D.(c) and an M.A. in Economics from Stanford University, an M.P.A. in International Development from Harvard University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Chief Business Officer

Juan Pablo Ortíz

Juan Marco has experience as an innovation and service design consultant in a variety of fields, from health and education to the food and automotive industry. He founded his own company in Mexico, worked as an academic professor and as a Creative Designer.

Service Designer

Juan Marco Rivera

Mateo is a Director at Polymath Ventures, the Venture Studio for Latin America, where he works along with the ventures of our portfolio to drive accelerated growth and optimize operational teams. Before joining Polymath, he built a successful finance career, with roles at Raymond James Financial and Shellman Wealth. Mateo has been at the Polymath since 2019, holding different roles as Co-Founder of one of our portfolio companies and leading the design of new ventures. Mateo holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and is certified as CFA.

Business Design Director

Mateo Tarabal

Before joining Polymath Ventures, Damián was CEO and co-founder of Carmatch.mx, an online vehicle marketplace that was sold at the end of 2018. Damián holds an MBA from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a Master in Architecture, Building and Planning from the Eindhoven University of Technology and a Bachelor in Urban Planning from the Breda University of Applied Sciences.

Sr. Growth Director

Damián Alcedo

Natalia has a Masters in Finance from London Business School and a Bs in Business Administration from Universidad del Rosario. She has experience as an investment professional in equity research departments of various pension funds, brokerage firms, and private equity funds.&nbsp;She joined Polymath as a senior investment associate and works hand in hand with our CFO leading the company's investment strategy.

Senior Investment Associate

Natalia Casas

Andres is a talented Front-End developer working alongside our tech team to create and improve experiences in webpages and other digital products.

Front-End Developer

Andrés Felipe Gonzalez

Wenyi Cai is the Founder &amp; CEO of Polymath Ventures, a venture studio that builds digital platforms to empower the middle-class of Latin America. Prior to founding Polymath, Wenyi was an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. As the COO of Milo.com, a consumer internet startup that sold to eBay in 2010, Wenyi led business development efforts with major technology companies like Microsoft and eBay and oversaw the product and engineering teams. Earlier in her career, Wenyi was a consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Preceding her business career, Wenyi helped build a quantitative trading hedge fund, and was a published researcher in applied physics. Wenyi graduated cum laude from Harvard College, and studied philosophy and physics. Wenyi was born in China and grew up between China and the United States.

Co-Founder & CEO 

Wenyi Cai 

Francisco has +12 years of experience in companies in the real sector, private equity, investment banking and management consulting in more than 8 countries across Latin America. He was previously CFO and CTO at MesoFoods (Café OMA/Presto) which is one of the biggest food service groups in Colombia with 450+ points of sale. Prior to that he was consultant in Mesoamerica, a leading Private Equity firm focused in Latin America, where he participated in several M&amp;A and strategic consulting projects across all Latin America in various industries including cement and aggregates manufacturing, construction materials wholesale and retail, sugar cane, energy, banking, bakery/coffee bars, airlines and telecommunications. He holds an MBA from INCAE Business School (Costa Rica), and a B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from UNITEC (Honduras).

Francisco Paz 

Diego is a full stack developer, he's been driven by curiosity, pushing him self to take on challenging assignments that stimulate personal development and constantly thriving in dynamic results-oriented environments. His passion for technology has always pushed him to learn new languages and develop new techniques.

Lead Full Stack Developer

Diego Zarate

Manuel was previously Vice President of Banco Falabella Colombia, Head of Sales Channels, where he lead areas including branch networks, remote channels (internet/mobile, contact centers and ATM networks) and customer service. Manuel has more than 12 years of experience in international financial institutions, including roles in Finance, O&amp;T, Business Analysis, Credit Scoring, Product Management, Business Development and Sales and Distribution. He holds an Executive MBA from IE Business School, a BS in Business Administration from UNED, and Computer Science degree form Universidad de Valladolid (Spain).

Co-Founder & COO - Aflore

Manuel Jimenez 

Evan Marwell is the Founder and CEO of EducationSuperHighway, the leading non-profit focused on closing the digital divide in America’s most unconnected communities. In eight years, EducationSuperHighway closed the digital divide in America’s K-12 schools – connecting nearly 47 million students in 99.7% of America’s classrooms to high-speed broadband. To accomplish this, Evan secured commitments from 85 governors from all 50 states to upgrade their schools for the 21st century and $2.5 billion per year of federal funding to make these commitments a reality.&nbsp;A recipient of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Visionary of the Year award and a serial entrepreneur, Evan launched companies over the last 25 years in the telecom, software, and hedge fund industries. Evan is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, an advisor to high-potential social entrepreneurs, a board member at Direct Relief and Recidiviz, and the board chair of myAgro, an NGO helping smallholder farmers in Africa move out of poverty.

Evan Marwelll

Andrew was most recently at I-DEV International in Perú providing investment banking and strategy consulting services to social enterprises operating in emerging and frontier markets. Prior to I-DEV, he was a VP at HSBC in New York, focused on debt transactions for clients in the U.S. retail sector. He also spent time at the Grameen Foundation in Colombia building a credit risk tool applicable to smallholder coffee farmers. Andrew graduated from Tufts University with a double major in economics and international relations.

Chief Growth Officer - Autolab

Andrew Hallman

Luis is our investment analyst, he holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and joined Polymath to help enhance our fundraising strategy.

Investment Analyst 

Luis Guarín 

Luis spent the first 5 years of his career working for Telefónica in Caracas and Madrid, where he was focused on procurement and budget management for the engineering department. After this, he started a company to provide solar energy services in Panama. He moved to Colombia in 2015 to start working with Polymath and its ventures in multiple and diverse areas including marketing, talent acquisition, and operations. Today, Luis is the COO of Polymath and interim CGO for Autolab, where he is helping the company with growth efforts. Luis holds an MBA from IE Business School.

Chief Growth Officer - Aflore

Luis Castillo

Victor most recently built a home-buying web application for the Swiss real estate market while living as a digital nomad traveling Latin America. Prior to that he worked at the intersection of technology and marketing for the largest news website in Switzerland creating interactive campaigns and contests for various high-profile clients like L’Oréal and Red Bull. He began his career as a software engineer in a startup where he worked on new records management systems for state governments and for the country's section of Amnesty International.

Victor Baumann

Danna holds a bachelor's degree in Social Communication from the Pontificia Universidad Javierana. She joined Polymath after working in digital marketing and now leverages that experience to bring the best possible candidates for our team as a Talent Senior Analyst.

Talent Senior Analyst

Danna Campos

Rafael is the VP of Technology in Autolab. He worked previously as a software developer in Aragmedia and as a freelancer in projects such as real-time geolocation, marketplaces, speed tracking, IOS, and Android apps. He studied computer science at Carabobo University.

CTO - Autolab

Rafael Pérez

Luisa joined the team in 2017 as a Junior Recruiter and currently works as a Talent Business Partner. Before joining Polymath, she worked with Los Andes University as a project assistant, especially with a program dedicated to entrepreneurship.

Talent Business Partner

Luisa Bolivar

Roberto is the Managing Director of Amador Holdings, he is also Secretary &amp; Member of Investment Committee of Grupo Eleta, Board member of Hugo App and Amicus Holdings. &nbsp;

Roberto Sierra

Axl has five years of experience in accounting and taxes. Before joining Polymath he worked in accounting with a national University.

Senior Finance Analyst

Axl Contreras

Martin is Co-Founder &amp; CMO at Ropstar. He is an entrepreneur at heart. Prior to Ropstar he co-founded YaEsta.com in 2013, Ecuador’s first fully integrated online marketplace. After the acquisition of the company in 2019, he was brought on to build and lead the e-commerce department for a major retailer in Colombia, eventually also becoming head of customer experience and marketing.&nbsp;Fully invested in developing the e-commerce and online services ecosystem in Latin America, Martin was also a Board member and co-founder of the Ecuadorian Chamber of Innovation and Technology (CITEC). He holds an MSc. in Business Development from the Umeå School of Economics and Statistics, and was awarded the Global Swede Award for excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Co-Founder & CMO - Ropstar 

Martín Jara 

Andres is an experienced Finance Manager. Previous to Polymath he worked for other technology companies going from analyst to financial supervisor. Andras worked at Polymath before and now he has come back to constantly improve our finance process.

Finance Manager

Andrés Pereira

David came from Venezuela at the end of 2017 where he worked for 8 years with his own company providing industrial maintenance services and engineering projects in different food industries and recognized factories in the country. David studied at Simon Bolivar University and obtained the title of Materials Engineer with a specialization in Metallurgy.

Colombia Country Manager - Autolab

David Quintero

Maria Camila has a master’s in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, with an emphasis in Marketing and sales. Experience in research and analysis of new business opportunities in different markets, as well as in planning and executing strategies to the sales force to generate loyalty and increase purchase ticket. Excellent interpersonal relationships and high analytical skills. Ability to learn quickly and efficiently.

Talent Manager

Camila Montilla

Sandra is an Industrial Engineer with, MSc. in Management and Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She accumulated experience in Project planning and evaluation, Consulting, Production, Logistics, Talent, and Project management. Before Polymath, Sandra worked with the central bank of Colombia developing organizational design projects.

Business Designer 

Sandra López

Joaquin is an experienced entrepreneur with great skills in operations and business management. Previous to Polymath, Joaquin co-founded and led Volariu, a travel startup in Colombia. As a Business Designer, Joaquin supports the growth path of the portfolio companies, leveraging his experience in Strategy and Marketing to accelerate the business results.

Business Designer

Joaquín Nassar

Natalie joined Polymath Ventures after working for a human-centered design and innovation studio in Kenya, leading research and prototyping projects in Africa in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, financial inclusion and gender equality. Prior to that, Natalie spent the last 7 years mentoring and building up start-ups in Africa (Kenya), Europe (UK), Asia (Singapore, Indonesia), Middle East (Iran) and the United States across the board from operations, marketing to product management. Passionate about community building and mentoring, Natalie has organized multiple TEDx, started a community of women entrepreneurs &amp; change makers in Asia Pacific and she is currently mentoring high potential students in Bangladesh and Nepal. She holds a BSc from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Co-Founder & CEO - Tani

Natalie Copuroglu

Mr. Febres-Cordero is a Senior Advisor, Entrepreneur, Early-Stage Investor in FinTech related startups, Executive Chairman at Alpina and former Senior Advisor and Executive-in-Residence at Capgemini. During the past 8 years, Mr. Febres-Cordero has advised numerous asset and wealth managers, family offices, private equity firms, and venture capital funds. He also served as board member and advisor of several regional start-ups. He brings 25+ years of experience investing across U.S and Latin America.

Rafael Febres Cordero

Ana is co-founder and CEO of Aflore, before joining this project she was most recently Director of “Housing for All” at Ashoka, where she worked with corporations and social entrepreneurs to deliver affordable housing solutions to the “bottom of the pyramid”. Before Ashoka, Ana spent eight years in London working for Lehman Brothers and Nomura, structuring financial products for institutional clients. She started her career in Colombia, trading coffee and managing risk at the Federation of Coffee Growers. She has an MBA from London Business School and a Bs in Business Administration from Universidad de los Andes.

Co-Founder & CEO - Aflore

Ana Barrera

Mr. Andres, as a partner, opened the Virtus Partners office in Bogotá, Colombia in 2011, and since then, he leads the Virtus Cambridge Latam Joint Venture.&nbsp;Andrés has extensive experience accompanying large Family Business groups in their strategic and organizational transformation, leadership transition between generations, and corporate governance.&nbsp;Prior to Virtus Partners, Andrés was a Senior Partner in McKinsey &amp; Company where he led the Family Business Practice in Latin America &nbsp;

Andrés Maldonado

Santiago has experience in Digital, Inbound and Growth Marketing. Prior to Polymath, he worked in several digital and media agencies leading an executing data-driven marketing strategies for companies in sectors like Technology, Health, Telecom and and Goverment. He's passionate about digital culture, blockchain edtech and future of work.

Marketing Lead

Santiago Pérez

Santiago is an experienced lawyer both in the legal and private sector. Before joining Polymath, he worked with a renowned law firm in the country, Gómez-Pinzón, as a legal associate.

Senior Legal Associate

Santiago Medellín

Carlos is the co-founder and CFO of Polymath Ventures, the venture studio for Latin America. He was most recently Partner at N+1 Mercapital, where he spent 9 years leading its operation in the Andean Region. He holds an MBA from IE Business School, a Master in Corporate Finance from IEB, and a degree in Law from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Carlos has been a founder and angel investor of start-ups in Spain and Colombia.

Co-Founder & CFO

Carlos F. de la Pradilla 

Sergio is a seasoned Product Manager with broad experience leading complex operations and designing growth strategies in Latin America, in companies such as Easy Taxi, La Victoria Lab, and most recently Crehana. Currently, he is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Polymath, working closely with the Ropstar team to develop the product vision and accelerate the next phase of growth of the company.

Entrepreneur in Residence

Sergio Moreno

Marcela is an architect with experience in project management and people management. In the past, she managed vendors, contractors, and clients and led the development and execution of budgets. Currently, she leads our compliance efforts with different areas of focus, from people operations to public tenders.

Office Manager

Marcela Chica

Mr. Posada is Founder, former CEO and Executive Chairman at VivaAir, the leading low-cost airline in Colombia; and former CEO of Avianca Airlines.Mr. Posada is Board Member for Grupo Odinsa, which builds infrastructure projects across Latin America, and holds board positions at several other Latin America-based companies and NGOs. Currently, Mr. Posada is founder and Partner at the Colombian investment firm, NT3.&nbsp;He brings 25+ years of entrepreneurship, executive, and advisory experience. &nbsp;

Juan Emilio Posada

Salvador worked as a engagement manager for McKinsey &amp; Company. Previously he worked in IDEO’s non-profit arm (IDEO.org). He has worked in the energy, healthcare, banking, government and consumer goods sectors across US, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and South Asia. Salvador studied his undergraduate degree in ITESM in Mexico and his Master’s in Stanford University.

Founder & CEO - Autolab

Salvador Zepeda

Before joining Polymath, Raphael worked at Paua Ventures, a German venture capital fund focusing on early-stage tech companies across Europe. Prior to that, he worked in the M&amp;A department of Mediobanca in Frankfurt. Raphael graduated cum laude in MSc Finance and Investments from Erasmus University Rotterdam and holds a BSc in International Business from University Maastricht. Before studying he completed a 2-year apprenticeship at UBS in Switzerland.

Co-Founder & CEO - Ropstar

Raphael Kromer

Luis is an experienced tech leader of Latin American startups. Previous to his role at Polymath, he led the technical department of Carmatch and Alivean, both successful Mexican startups. Luis is part of the tech team at Polymath and currently is the VP of engineering of Tani Salud, a company of the portfolio. His role is to lead the tech vision of the company, develop the product and build and mentor the team to achieve great success.&nbsp;

Luis Ovando

Alberto has spent over 10 years at leading law firms advising local and international clients on corporate transactions including mergers &amp; acquisitions and private equity placements. He holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics, a Master in Finance from Harvard University and a Law degree from Universidad del Rosario. Alberto also teaches Corporate Law to graduate and undergraduate students at Universidad del Rosario.

Director & General Counsel

Alberto Bravo 

Sonia most recently worked at Banco de la República, Colombia’s central bank, on IFRS adoption, concentrating on property, plant and equipment standards. She is experienced in taxes and controlling. She holds two bachelor degrees from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in Accounting and in Business Administration.

Wenyi Cai

Co-Founder & CEO

Carlos F. de la Pradilla

Co-Founder & CFO

Juan Pablo Ortíz

Chief Business Officer

Damián Alcedo

Sr. Growth Director

Francisco Paz

Business Design Director

Alberto Bravo

Director & General Counsel

Victor Baumann

CTO

Natalie Copuroglu

Co-Founder & CEO - Tani

Ana Barrera

Co-Founder & CEO - Aflore

Manuel Jimenez

Co-Founder & COO - Aflore

Andrew Hallman

Chief Growth Officer - Autolab

Salvador Zepeda

Founder & CEO - Autolab

Zach Oschin

Co-Founder & CEO - Elenas

Luis Castillo

Chief Growth Officer - Aflore

Diego Villamil

Legal Senior Analyst

Lorena Sánchez

Senior Accountant

Juan Marco Rivera

Service Designer

Mateo Tarabal

Business Design Director

Natalia Casas

Senior Investment Associate

Andrés Felipe Gonzalez

Front-End Developer

Diego Zarate

Lead Full Stack Developer

Luis Guarín

Investment Analyst

Danna Campos

Talent Senior Analyst

Rafael Pérez

CTO - Autolab

Luisa Bolivar

Talent Business Partner

Axl Contreras

Senior Finance Analyst

Martín Jara

Co-Founder & CMO - Ropstar

Andrés Pereira

Finance Manager

David Quintero

Colombia Country Manager - Autolab

Camila Montilla

Talent Manager

Sandra López

Business Designer

Joaquín Nassar

Business Designer

Santiago Pérez

Marketing Lead

Santiago Medellín

Senior Legal Associate

Sergio Moreno

Entrepreneur in Residence

Marcela Chica

Office Manager

Luis Ovando

Lead Full Stack Developer

Sonia Moyano

VP of Finance & Accounting