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Ariel Olaiz

FinTech Operations @ C2FO

San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2023

  • Vice President, Operations Latin America

    2023

    - Run operations for C2FO's Latin America business

2017

  • Board Member

    2023

    - Advise Management Team and assist on strategy, fundraising, and operations

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2020 - 2023

    - Ran Operations at ePesos, ensuring the right infrastructure and processes were in place to properly scale the company

  • Chief Financial Officer

    2017 - 2020

    - Supported strategic growth and planning through detailed financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting. Raised Series A financing along with multiple debt financing facilities to enable growth

  • Managing Partner

    2015

    - Lead Xochi Ventures, an early-stage angel fund which invests in tech startups in the US and LatAm. Portfolio companies include: Bitso, Camino Financial, Collective, Lvna, Moons, Melonn, Finkargo, FloatMe, and Mattilda among others

  • Mentor

    2018

    - Mentor leaders in Enterprise courses and Collective's flagship Masters in Business & Technology program in: Problem Solving, Strategy, Decision Making, and Behavioral Science

2016 - 2017

  • Associate

    2016 - 2017

    - Consulted on multiple engagements with corporates and state-owned eterprises in a variety of industries including CPG, financial services, logistics, and energy

2007 - 2013

  • Vice President

    2011 - 2013

    - Cultivated relationships with official institutions (central banks, SWF's, and ministries) in Latin America and co-managed team of 5 that covered and serviced $6bn in AUM

  • Associate

    2010 - 2010

    - Serviced a $4bn book of business of institutional clients in Latin America & Iberia

  • Analyst

    2007 - 2009

    - Provided client service to international institutional investors

2006 - 2006

  • Summer Analyst

    2006 - 2006

    - Worked in the Interbank team verifiying and settling forwards, swaps, options, and other structured products between banks in order to reduce the firm's operational risk