Investor profile
Epakon Capital
Micro-fund
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Epakon Capital is a high-growth, early-stage (pre-seed to seed) venture capital fund investing in category-defining businesses across emerging markets — for founders, by founders. The firm invests primarily across three verticals: Enterprise AI, Consumer, and Fintech, with a particular focus on backing extraordinary founders from Venezuela and Latin America. Founded by operators who built Yummy (YC S21), Epakon sources deals from the Harvard ecosystem, Y Combinator, accelerators, and its network of co-investors, writing first or second checks of $50K–$300K into founders ready to build industry-changing, multi-billion dollar companies.
Notable quotes
“I invest in category defining businesses across industries. Must be companies looking to change the world.”
“It's not about predicting them, but about knowing how to solve them when they arise.”
“We invest in founders ready to build industry-changing, multi-billion dollar companies when they are looking for their first or second check.”
Team
Vicente Zavarce
General Partner
Gregory Guggenheim
General Partner
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| StackAI | Series A | $16m | 2025-05-07 |
| Reforged Labs | Seed | $4m | 2024-08-14 |
| Yummy | Seed | — | 2020-06-15 |
| NextUI (HeroUI) | Pre-seed | — | 2023-10-06 |
| Cashea | Seed | — | — |
| Titan Dynamics | Seed | — | 2026-01-24 |
| Cocuy La Capilla | Seed | — | 2026-05-01 |
| PetsTable | Seed | — | — |
| Lazo | Seed | — | — |
| Krece | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Soma Capital | 2 |
| DCM Ventures | 1 |
| Goodwater Capital | 1 |
| Lobby VC | 1 |
| Gradient | 1 |
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