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Chingona Ventures

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United StatesMidwestFintechHealthtechB2B SaaSConsumerEnterprise

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Investment thesis

Chingona Ventures invests in industries that are massively changing and founders whose backgrounds uniquely position them to create businesses in growth markets that are often overlooked. Focus areas are in financial technology, future of work, future of learning, and health technology. The firm primarily invests in pre-seed companies where they are raising their first institutional round of capital, with initial check sizes between $250k-$2MM. The fund invests in businesses catering to the massive generational and demographic shift occurring in the U.S., which will ultimately upend how consumers spend money, use products, manage their health, and engage with society. Chingona Ventures takes an orthogonal approach to investing, working to find entrepreneurs who may not fit the 'pattern recognition' inherent in the venture industry, intentionally removing bias in the deal sourcing and selection process.

Notable quotes

In an industry where 12 percent of venture capital firms are female-led and 0.1 percent of venture capital partners are Latina, I am proud to pave a new path in my industry, and to do my part to provide capital to the pioneers and innovators that need it most. We are committed to supporting the best ideas, no matter their source, during the pre-seed funding process.

Samara Mejia Hernandez · PR Newswire · 2022-05-06

With Chingona Ventures, I've made the commitment to take an orthogonal approach to investing, working day and night to find those entrepreneurs who just might do something that matters, but who may not fit the 'pattern recognition' (code word: confirmation bias) inherent in the venture industry.

Samara Mejia Hernandez · IHCC Business

Team

Samara Mejia Hernandez

Founding Partner

FintechHealthtechEnterprise

Fernando Carranza

Senior Principal

Veronica Crystal Mejia

Chief of Staff

Lori DeLuca

Chief Financial Officer

Sonia Sahney Nagar

Senior Advisor

Stella Garber

Senior Advisor

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
HarveySeries E$59m2025-10-01
SilklineSeed$4m2025-10-01
SafeHillSeed$3m2025-09-01
Linker FinanceSeed$4m2024-08-01
Agency AISeed$12m2024-10-01
Career KarmaSeries B$40m2022-01-01
Suma WealthSeed$7m
Finixunknown
EarlyBirdunknown
Honey Homesunknown

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