Alvaro Arango

Founder, Glade Health - product · B2B sales · fundraising

Glade Health

Mexico City, Mexico · CST (UTC-6)

9+ years experience

UNAM

English, Spanish

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Overview

Founder of Glade Health (B2B payments). 17 years of building before that. Raised $38 million across 2 rounds. Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company. Before that: Accenture and Nubank. Most at home with product and fundraising.

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Pre-seed round open - cross-border payouts for CPG brands, 16 enterprise pilots

Stage: Pre-seed
Raising: $1M
Instrument: SAFE
Committed so far: $271k from angels
Lead investor: Lead in place
Traction: 16 enterprise pilots after 25 months
Use of funds: 18 months of runway to Series A milestones

16 enterprise pilots after 25 months. Looking for investors who know payments and can help with expansion into MENA.

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Need an operations co-founder: GST reconciliation in Africa

The idea: Need an operations co-founder: GST reconciliation in Africa
Stage: Prototype
I bring: 5 years in B2B payments
Looking for: Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: Mexico City or remote

I bring 17 years of B2B payments (currently Glade Health). Ideally you've led a design team. Have a working prototype and design partners.

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Experience

Founder
Dec 2025 - Present
Glade Health · 10 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
- Took Glade Health from zero to $1 million ARR.
- Signed 366 paying customers, 23 of them enterprises.
Product Manager
Jul 2024 - Oct 2025
Accenture · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
- Cut time-to-first-value for new care customers from 10 days to 2.
Principal Product Manager
Nov 2020 - Jul 2024
Nubank · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
- Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
Principal Product Manager
Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
Santander · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
- Led or co-led 6 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.
Group Product Manager
Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
Uber · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
- Took logistics activation from 26% to 42% in three quarters.

Projects

Write-up: B2B payments in practice

2024

A long-form guide to B2B payments for people starting out.

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Education

UNAM
Licenciatura, Computer Science
2005 - 2009

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