As a proud media partner of Angeles Investors, Hispanic Executive is thrilled to feature the Angeles 100 Award. Angeles Investors is on a mission to find, fund, and grow the most promising Hispanic & Latinx ventures. The Angeles 100 award highlights the top 100 startup companies with Hispanic or Latino leadership that have continued to attract investment, employees, and attention in 2023. The Angeles 100 is not a ranked list, but rather a collection of successful venture-backed US startups from seed through series E funding with Hispanic founders, cofounders, and board members.
Spotlights
THE EVERY COMPANY
HQ: South San Francisco
COFOUNDER & CEO: Arturo Elizondo
WHAT IT DOES: Makes animal-free protein
The EVERY Company is a market leader in engineering, manufacturing and formulating animal-free, animal proteins as ingredients for the global food and beverage industry.
SUMA WEALTH
HQ: Los Angeles
FOUNDER: Beatriz Acevedo
WHAT IT DOES: A wealth building digital platform for the Latino community
SUMA Wealth is the leading financial technology company devoted to increasing prosperity, opportunity, and financial inclusion for young US Latinos. SUMA’s innovative approach deploys technology to build financial tools that are engaging, culturally relevant, and useful to the community.
CANELA MEDIA
HQ: New York City
CEO: Isabel Rafferty Zavala
WHAT IT DOES: First free streaming app for US Hispanics
Canela Media is a leading digital media tech company offering brands a complete ecosystem to connect with multicultural audiences leading with its free streaming service, Canela.TV, offering on-demand Latino-focused movies and TV entertainment through multiple platforms reaching more than 20 million unique Hispanics across its 180+ premium Spanish-language sites and influencer database.
PALADIN
HQ: New York City
COFOUNDER & CEO: Kristen Sonday
WHAT IT DOES: Increasing visibility and transparency of pro-bono work and impact
Paladin‘s mission is to increase access to justice by helping legal teams run more efficient pro bono programs.
AboveBoard Founder, Lucinda Duncalfe
Aclima Founder, Co-Founders, John Adams, Tomas Puig
Alembic Founder, Davida Herzl
Archie Founder, Yunas Reguero
Babyscripts Co-Founders, Anish Sebastian, Juan Pablo Segura
Beereaders Founder, Ruben Arias
Belong Co-Founders, Ale Resnik, Owen Savir, Tyler Infelise, Tyler Infelise
BetterUp Co-Founders, Alexi Robichaux, Eddie Medina
Biobot Analytics Co-Founders, Mariana Matus, Newsha Ghaeli
Bitwise Industries Co-Founders, Irma Olguin, Jake Soberal
Bounce Imaging Founder, Francisco Aguilar
Brex Co-Founders, Henrique Dubugras, Pedro Franceschi
Camino Financial Co-Founders, Kenneth Salas, Sean Salas
Canela Media Founder, Isabel Rafferty
Capchase Co-Founders, Ignacio Moreno Pubul, Luis Basagoiti, Miguel Fernandez, Przemek Gotfryd
Career Karma Co-Founders, Artur Meyster, Ruben Harris, Timur Meyster
Carto Co-Founders, Javier de la Torre, Miguel Arias, Sergio Alvarez-Leiva
CASHDROP Founder, Ruben Flores-Martinez
Certiverse Founder, Ruben Arturo Garcia
Circular – Co-Founders, Anthony Ruizcalderon, George Ruizcalderon
Cleverman – Founder, Carlos Barreto
CoreChain Founder, Chris Aguas
credit mountain Founder, Nathan Pinto
Dree – Founder, Edgar Carreon
Eight Sleep Co-Founders, Alexandra Zatarain, Andrea Ballarini, Massimo Andreasi Bassi, Matteo Franceschetti
EnsoData Co-Founders, Brock Hensen, Chris Fernandez, Nick Glattard, Sam Rusk
finally Co-Founders, Edwin Mejia, Felix Rodriguez, Glennys Rodriguez
Finix Payments Co-Founders, Richie Serna, Sean Donovan
Fiveable Co-Founders, Amanda DoAmaral, Tán Ho
Form Energy Co-Founders, Brock Hensen, Chris Fernandez, Nick Glattard, Sam Rusk
Goldbelly Co-Founders, Joe Ariel, Joel Gillman, Trevor Stow, Vanessa Torrivilla
goTenna Co-Founders, Daniela Perdomo, Jorge Perdomo
GrainChain Inc Founder, Luis Macias
Hello Alice Co-Founders, Carolyn Rodz, Elizabeth Gore
Hello Iconic Co-Founder & CTO, Jorge Garcia
Hone Co-Founders, Jeremy Hamel, Savina Perez, Tom Griffiths
Indigo Co-Founders, David Berry, Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Ignacio Martinez, Noubar Afeyan
Innovare – Founder, Pete Blunt
IOTA Impact – Founder, Andres Satizabal
Kalshi Co-Founders, Luana Lopes Lara, Tarek Mansour
Kin Insurance Co-Founders, Lucas Ward, Sean Harper, Sebastian Villarreal, Stephen Wooten
Lazo – Founder, Juan Barrero
Logixboard Co-Founders, Juan Alvarez, Julian Alvarez
Maspanadas Founder, Margarita Womack
Milo Founder, Josip Rupena
MindsDB Co-Founders, Adam Carrigan, Jorge Torres
MURAL Co-Founders, Agustin Soler, Mariano Suarez-Battan, Patricio Jutard
Muuk Labs – Founder, Ivan Vargas
Nasuni Co-Founders, Andres Rodriguez, Robert S. Mason
Novel Partners Co-Founders, Carlos Antequera, Keith Harrington
NUE Life Health Co-Founders, Christina Getty, Demian Bellumio, Juan Cappello, Katie Kiernan, Kazi Hassan
Octane Co-Founders, Andre Gregori, Jason Guss, Mark Davidson, Mark Garro, Michael Fanfant
Okteto Co-Founders, Pablo Chico de Guzman, Ramiro Berrelleza, Ramon Lamana
Origin Co-Founders, Joao De Paula, Matt Watson
Pachama Co-Founders, Diego Saez-Gil, Tom√°s Aftalion
Pager Co-Founders, Gaspard de Dreuzy, Oscar Salazar, Philip Eytan
Paladin Co-Founders, Kristen Sonday
Papaya Co-Founders, Jason Meltzer, Patrick Kann
Paystand Co-Founders, Jeremy Almond, Scott Campbell
Pipefy Co-Founders, Alessio Alionco, Kelvin Stinghen, Leandro Johann, Magnus Arantes
Platzi Co-Founders, Christian Van Der Henst, John Freddy Vega
Plus One Robotics Co-Founders, Erik Nieves, Paul Hvass, Shaun Edward
Poppy Flowers Co-Founders, Cameron Hardesty
ProducePay Co-Founders, Ben Dusastre, Pablo Schwarzbeck
QuickNode Co-Founders, Alexander Nabutovsky, Auston Bunsen, Dmitry Shklovsky, Manuel Kreutz
Resonado Labs Co-Founders, Brian Cho, Erikc Perez-Perez , Peter Moeckel
Rever Co-Founders, Borja Gomez, Errette Dunn, Ignacio De Loera
Revl Co-Founders, Bruce Pla, Eric Sanchez, Nelson Vazquez
Scentbird Co-Founders, Andrei Rebrov, Mariya Nurislamova, Rachel ten Brink, Sergey Gusev
Schola – Founder, Jaime Martinez
Securitize Co-Founders, Carlos Domingo, Jamie H. Finn, Shay Finkelstein, Tal Elyashiv
Sigo Seguros Co-Founders, Júlio Erdos, Nestor Solari
Storybook – Founder, Francisco Cornejo, Daniela Vega
Subject Co-Founders, Felix Ruano, Jonathan Quiros, Michael Vilardo
Suma Wealth Founder, Beatriz Acevedo
Supply Hive –
SweetBio Co-Founders, Isaac Rodriguez, PhD, Kayla Rodriguez Graff, Marsalas Whitaker
TackleAI Founder, Sergio Suarez Jr.
Taxfyle Co-Founders, Michael Mouriz, Richard Lavina, Will Sahatdjian
The EVERY Company Co-Founders, Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel
Titan Co-Founders, Clayton Gardner, Joe Percoco, Max Bernardy
Ugami Founder, Hector Hulian
Valiot Founder, Federico Crespo
Vyrill Co-Founders, Ajay Bam, Dr. Barbara Rosario
Welcome Tech Co-Founders, Amir Hemmat, Raul Lomeli
Wing Assistant Co-Founders, Karan Kanwar, Martin Gomez, Roland Polzin, Saideep Gupta
Wonderschool Co-Founders, Arrel Gray, Chris Bennett
Yalo Co-Founders, Javier Mata, Renato Barrios
Yuvo Health Founder, Cesar Herrera
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