Francisco Mariscal

About Francisco Mariscal

Francisco is an Investor at Angeles Ventures, focusing on seed-stage startups. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and has experience in investment banking at Citigroup, in startups (both at one he launched and at a fintech startup that was later acquired), and in venture investing at Citi Ventures as well as Angeles Investors & Ventures.While he is industry-agnostic, he also leads fintech investments and shares his thoughts about the industry through the Fintech Series @ Angeles. Initial posts:1. Fintech 101 (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries1)2. High Growth Fintech Sectors Poised for Success (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries2)3. CFO Stack (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries3)4. Embedded Fintech (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries4)5. Fintech AI (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries5)

Experience

1. VP & COO Angeles Ventures

   Angeles Investors

   Aug 2023 — Present · Miami, US

   Investing in seed rounds of the most promising tech-enabled B2B and B2C startups, leveraging Hispanic and Latinx growth.Deal experience- Storybook - Seed Round- Linker Finance - Seed Round- Certiverse - Seed Round- Sigo Seguros - Seed and Series A Round- CodeGPT - Seed Round- Valiot - Seed Round- Soon more to come!Thesis: Fintech Series @ Angeles1. Fintech 101 (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries1)2. High Growth Fintech Sectors Poised for Success (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries2)3. CFO Stack (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries3)4. Embedded Fintech (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries4)5. Fintech AI (https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries5)6. What comes after the #CryptoWinter?(https://tinyurl.com/FintechSeries6)7. Agentic Fintech (more information coming soon)About Angeles VenturesAngeles has a mission to find, fund, and grow the most promising startups. In 2019, Angeles launched Angeles Investors and since has made over 30 investments, with the participation of ~400 members. This success has positioned it as one of the largest and fastest-growing angel investing groups in the U.S. In 2023, Angeles launched its $20M Fund I to invest in 20-30 startups leveraging Latino and Hispanic growth.

Education

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Industrial Engineering

  2010 — 2015

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  Master of Science - MS, Finanzas, general

  2015 — 2017

• Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management

  MBA (Exchange Student), Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA Candidate, Class of 2023, Finance