Mouro Capital Fund III | 2020 VC Fund

Mouro Capital

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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
InsurTech
Wealth Tech
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.

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Max check size: $12M
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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.

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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.