Mouro Capital
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
London, United Kingdom
Countries of investment
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Spain
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Germany
- France
- Israel
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
Investment stages
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- FinTech
- Financial Services
- Payments
- Lending
- InsurTech
- Wealth Management
- Embedded Finance
- RegTech
About
Mouro Capital is a London-based VC focused on global fintech and financial services. Their focus spans payments, lending, banking tech, insurtech, embedded finance, and crypto across the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France, Israel, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. The firm supports founders from Series A through Growth.
Mouro Capital is a London-based VC focused on global fintech and financial services. Their focus spans payments, lending, banking tech, insurtech, embedded finance, and crypto across the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France, Israel, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. The firm supports founders from Series A through Growth.
Investment Thesis
Mouro Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across fintech, financial services, embedded finance, and adjacent technology sectors. They invest in Series A through Growth-stage companies building the future of financial services across developed and emerging markets. The firm differentiates itself through its independent management spun out from Santander InnoVentures with $400M AUM, global fintech ecosystem expertise across Europe, the Americas, and Israel, and deep strategic relationships with one of the world's largest banking groups for portfolio support.
Manager's Experience
Manuel Silva Martínez (General Partner) founded Mouro Capital in 2020 after spinning out from Santander InnoVentures where he led investments from 2018; prior to Santander he was founding member of BBVA Ventures in San Francisco, one of the first VC arms in global banking, and spent 5 years at BBVA in Corporate Development and Innovation; he holds a B.A. in Business Administration from CUNEF Madrid, MPhil in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Sciences Po Paris, and conducted doctoral-level research on Chinese Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chris Gottschalk (Senior Advisor) joined from Blumberg Capital in 2019 where he was a Principal, bringing US fintech investing expertise. The firm has delivered 25-35% IRR since 2014 inception with 1.75x cash-on-cash multiple portfolio-wide.
Team
Manuel Silva Martínez - Founder & General Partner
Chris Gottschalk - Senior Advisor
Ignacio González García - Operations Associate
Portfolio
iZettle
Kabbage
Creditas
Curve
Ripple
Tradeshift
Trulioo
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