Santiago Juarez

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Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Natura &Co

Independent
Mexico City, Mexico · CST (UTC-6)
13+ years experience
PUCP
English, Spanish
Investing
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Overview

Angel investor, backing developer infrastructure companies. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Backed 55 founders at pre-seed and seed. Volunteer coding coach for school students.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in developer infrastructure
  • Second opinions on venture capital decisions
  • Questions about developer infrastructure
Please don't message about
  • Decks without a clear ask
  • Crypto token projects
  • Courses and coaching offers

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
venture capitaldeveloper toolsopen sourcego-to-market
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $100k cheques into seed developer infrastructure in North America

Cheque size
$100k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Developer infrastructure, climate
Geographies
India
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Happy to follow a strong lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Mexico City, Mexicoventure capitalgo-to-marketopen source
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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Independent · 6 mo · Contract · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Sit on 4 boards.
    • Led or co-led 39 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Jan 2023 - Apr 2026
    Natura &Co · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Delivered 17 engagements across 8 countries.
  3. Associate Partner
    Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
    Ambev · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Grew the growth team from 3 to 13 engineers.
  4. Consultant
    Oct 2017 - Aug 2020
    BBVA México · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Ran commercial diligence on 18 deals.
    • Delivered 9 engagements across 8 countries.
  5. Engagement Manager
    Aug 2013 - Jun 2017
    EY · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mexico City, Mexico
    • Delivered 30 engagements across 3 countries.
    • Designed the operating model for a 7 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. PUCP
    Ingeniería, Engineering
    2001 - 2005

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