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Luis Valdich

Citi Ventures

New York, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director, Venture Capital group, Citi Ventures (New York & London)

    2015

    Luis is responsible for Citi Ventures’ fintech investing activities across North America/Europe/Israel and, increasingly LatAm/Southeast Asia/India. His investments include Socure, HighRadius, Forter, Drivewealth, Loft, HoneyBook, iCapital, Feedzai, PayJoy, Blockdaemon, Forto, PPRO, Soldo, SmartAsset, Capitolis, Warren, Octane, Splash, Fidel API, Justt, Proxymity and KomGo among others.

2008 - 2015

  • Managing Director, Founder/Global Head of Strategic Investments

    2008 - 2015

    Responsible for investing in companies with strategic relevance to JPMC businesses and functions firmwide. Co-invested both with other strategics (consortium deals) and/or with venture capital and growth equity investors. 30+ investments including Block/Square, Markit, Tradeweb, BATS/DirectEdge, Air Lease Corp, LME, Pico, clearXchange/Zelle-EWS, Symphony and Avant.

2004 - 2008

  • Consultant, Corporate Finance & Strategy / Banking & TMT Practice

    2004 - 2008

    Advising clients in financial services and technology on strategic initiatives typically involving one or more inorganic moves, whether acquiring or divesting businesses or making partnerships or alliances

2000 - 2004

  • Principal

    2000 - 2004

    Sourcing and executing venture capital investments and monitoring portfolio companies