Mateo Valenzuela

Overview

I invest in AI applications at Mapleleaf Capital, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 6 years before investing. Most at home with venture capital and applied ML. Bird-watcher and amateur naturalist.

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Experience

1. Principal

   May 2023 - Present
   Mapleleaf Capital · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Led or co-led 19 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Backed 19 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Sit on 7 boards.
2. Associate Partner

   Mar 2021 - May 2023
   Santander · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Took payment success rates from 91.2% to 96.5%.
   • Cut p99 latency on the payments platform services from 696ms to 84ms.
3. Associate Partner

   Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
   EY · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 41 minutes to under 4.
   • Led the migration of 44 services to venture capital.
4. Senior Consultant

   Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
   Embraer · 1 yr · Contract · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Delivered 11 engagements across 5 countries.
   • Designed the operating model for a 20 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

1. Unicamp

   Bacharelado, Finance
   2012 - 2016