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Chingona Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Chingona Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $50K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $1.5M

AUM

$59M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in overlooked and underrepresented founders across fintech, healthcare, and consumer industries.

How Chingona Ventures invests

Chingona Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other.

Chingona Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $59M in assets under management.

Chingona Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Snowball Wealth, Remitly.

Meet the Team

SH

Samara Hernandez

Founding Partner

GH

Grisel Hernandez

Senior Associate

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SN

Snowball Wealth

fintech
RE

Remitly

fintech
How to pitch Chingona Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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