MD

Marcus Dantus

Founder & Chairman @ Startup Mexico. Venture Partner @Impacta VC. Shark @ Shark Tank Mexico. Guest Professor @ IPADE. Managing Director Mexico @ GEN.

Naucalpan de Juárez, México

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founder and Chairman

    2013

    Startup Mexico a leader in the innovation, growth and entrepreneurship segments in Latin America. We support entrepreneurs in the creation of new, high potential companies, we accelerate SMB´s growth, we help corporates in their innovation processes and cooperate with local governments in fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems.

  • General Partner

    2023

    Ananda Ventures is a hybrid Venture Capital and Micro Private Equity fund investing in visionaries and founders in the Americas.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Rewards and encourages social impact projects with innovation, strengthening the link between Latin America and Israel

  • President

    2022

    Generating prosperity through education, entrepreneurship, innovation and investment

  • General Partner

    2022

    Angel syndicate fund investing in retail and technology green field projects

2021

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    At Impacta VC we invest in Impact Startups, which with the help of Mentors and our Co-investors grow to raise their next round of capital. In the process, we enable our Limited Partners to multiply their investment and create positive impact around the world. All of this would not be possible without a Team and Partners who share our vision of a better world.

  • Shark

    2017

    Shark Tank Mexico is an Mexican business reality television series on Sony Channel that premiered on June 17th, 2016.[1] The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den, which originated in Japan as Tigers of Money in 2001.[2] It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of five investors or "sharks," who decide whether to invest in their company.

  • Managing Director, Mexico

    2017 - 2024

    The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates a platform of projects and programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. GEN’s extensive footprint of national operations and global verticals in policy, research and programs ensures members have uncommon access to the most relevant knowledge, networks, communities and programs relative to size of economy, maturity of ecosystem, language, culture, geography and more. GEN helps celebrate, understand, support and connect entrepreneurs and those who champion them. https://genglobal.org/content/about-gen

2013 - 2022

  • Head of Latin America

    2013 - 2022

    Angel Labs is a premier angel investing bootcamp for high-net-worth individuals all around the world. Our goal is to make an impact on the liquidity side of the entrepreneurial equation, build connected angel investor & LP communities globally and create smart capital for entrepreneurs

2010 - 2022

  • Guest Professor

    2010 - 2022

    IPADE is one of the foremost Business Schools in the world and he most important one in Mexico. My contribution to IPADE has been in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital