Sebastian Diaz

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Angel Investor, Independent - marketplaces · brands · venture capital

Independent
Bogotá, Colombia · COT (UTC-5)
14+ years experience
Insper
English, Spanish
Investing
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Overview

I invest in consumer, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 10 years before investing. Before that: iFood and Petrobras. Most at home with marketplaces and venture capital. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Skills
marketplacesbrandsventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into pre-seed consumer in LatAm

Cheque size
$1M
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Consumer, climate
Geographies
MENA
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

Bogotá, Colombiabrandsmarketplacesventure capital
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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Independent · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Backed 36 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 2 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
  2. Associate Product Manager
    May 2023 - Jul 2024
    iFood · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 11 days to 3.
  3. Group Product Manager
    Dec 2019 - May 2023
    Petrobras · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Ran 111 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
  4. Associate Product Manager
    Nov 2016 - Dec 2019
    Despegar · 3 yr 1 mo · Contract · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Launched the marketplace product in 7 markets.
    • Grew marketplace revenue from $4 million to $33 million ARR.
  5. Director of Product
    Jan 2013 - Sep 2016
    Banco do Brasil · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 10 days to 3.

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Education

  1. Insper
    Economia, Finance
    1999 - 2003

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