Santiago Alvarez

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Principal at Mapleleaf Seed Fund · Consumer · venture capital, brands

Mapleleaf Seed Fund
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
7+ years experience
UC Berkeley
English
Investing
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Overview

I invest in consumer at Mapleleaf Seed Fund, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 33 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with hardware and marketplaces. Learning Japanese, slowly.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in consumer
  • Second opinions on hardware decisions
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations
  • SEO and link-building offers
Skills
hardwareventure capitalbrandsmarketplaces
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed consumer in the UK

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
Consumer
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
Fundraising strategy for the next round

Usually the first cheque in. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

New York, NYbrandsmarketplacesventure capital
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Mapleleaf Seed Fund · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Sit on 6 boards.
    • Backed 33 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 6 years before investing.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2019 - Jun 2023
    General Motors · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 7 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. UC Berkeley
    BA, Engineering
    2014 - 2018

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