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Cristian Raygoza

Executive Director at TrueColors LatAm

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Cristian Raygoza is a Founding Partner at Iluminar Ventures and President at TrueColors LatAm, with a strong background in venture capital and startup ecosystem. He has invested in a diverse range of companies in various sectors and stages, including Zulu, Latitud, and HENRY. Raygoza's career highlights include leading TrueColors LatAm and serving as a Global Head of Startups, VC, & PE at Clara.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2021 - Current

    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.

  • 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.

Gaingels provides funding to startup companies and supports diversity and inclusion within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

  • Advisor, Everyday Investor Program

    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.

  • Fellow

    2022 - 2022

    ODA7

On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.

  • 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.

AIG is a global insurance company providing insurance products to support clients in business and in life.

  • 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.

  • Private Equity & Hedge Funds Analyst

    2017 - 2017

AIG is a global insurance company providing insurance products to support clients in business and in life.

  • 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.

Forkable provides an automated and organized lunch serving individual and customizable meals to offices from restaurants.

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