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Cristian Raygoza

GP @ Iluminar Ventures | President @ TrueColors LatAm

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2021

    Iluminar Ventures is a Seed-focused venture firm investing in Latin America across fintech, marketplaces, SaaS, and digital commerce.

  • Executive Director

    2023

    TrueColors LatAm promotes LGBTQ representation in the LatAm tech and venture ecosystem.

2021

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    Gaingels (https://gaingels.com/) is the leading venture firm focused on helping create more diversity and representation in the tech ecosystem, including representing the LGBTQIA community and its allies within it. Since 2018, Gaingels has invested over $750M+ deployed into a portfolio of over 700 companies and has invested in over 40+ unicorns.

2023 - 2024

  • Advisor, Everyday Investor Program

    2023 - 2024

2023 - 2024

  • Global Head of Startups, VC, & PE

    2023 - 2024

    Clara is the best corporate credit card and spend management solution for Mexico and LatAm. Our cards are local and have the highest acceptance rates. Issue unlimited cards, personalize your expense policy, and save time on repetitive accounting processes. We work with many of the top companies in our ecosystem; send me a message if you think Clara is interesting for your team or if you're interested in joining ours.

2022 - 2022

  • Fellow

    2022 - 2022

    ODA7

2018 - 2021

  • Fixed Income Investor

    2018 - 2021

    Managed a $360B multi-asset portfolio for AIG's insurance clients, largely composed of fixed income and structured products, as well as public and private equity and real estate assets.

  • Research Assistant

    2015 - 2018

    Professor Raaj Sah is an esteemed economics professor primarily associated with the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the economics of income inequality, public finance and taxation, and the nature of human fallibility.

2017 - 2017

  • Private Equity & Hedge Funds Analyst

    2017 - 2017

2016 - 2016

  • Growth & Ops Analyst

    2016 - 2016

    Forkable is a startup based in San Francisco that wants to read your mind and deliver food to you based on your tastes and preferences. We partner with companies and large teams to handpick and deliver lunch from our top-notch partner restaurants.