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Kevin Alvarez-fung
Company Builder & Investor
New York, New York
Overview
Kevin Alvarez-Fung is a seasoned Company Builder and Investor based in New York, known for founding Predictive VC and investing in a diverse range of sectors including Lodging/Hospitality, BioTech, and FinTech. With a background in entrepreneurship development and financial modeling, he has successfully invested in companies like Hex Technologies (Series A) and Esusu (Series A).
Currently serving as the Founder & General Partner of Predictive VC, Kevin Alvarez-Fung has a notable track record of investing in early-stage startups such as Infringements (Pre Seed) and Sharebite (Series A), showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising ventures across various industries.
Work Experience
Founder & General Partner
2019 - Current
Predictive VC is an early-stage venture capital firm ($15M+ AUM) incubating or investing into companies with technology or network-differentiated data moats — we primarily invest across the U.S. and Latin America. We've incubated products and companies from inception, including: • Mural [$6M raised]: Served as Co-Founder & CPO, instant global payments powered by stablecoins • Winible [$7M raised]: Served as interim Head of Product, fintech for sports betting content creators • Verified [acquired '23]: Served as Co-Founder & CEO, building verified AI sidekicks for Hollywood • Cooking up something new ;) We're an early investor (PreSeed-Series A) in 30+ transformative companies, including: • Esusu 🦄 (co-investors - Softbank, Kleiner Perkins, Serena Ventures) • Pomelo (co-investors - Sequoia, Kaszek, Index, Insight, Monashees) • Huspy (co-investors - Sequoia, Founders Fund, Breyer Capital) • Nabis (co-investors - Artemis Growth, FJ Labs) • Dutch (co-investors - Forerunner Ventures, Eclipse Ventures) • Patented.ai (co-investors - Founder Collective, Boston Seed Capital) • Snappt (co-investors - Insight Partners, Inertia Ventures) • Owner.com (co-investors - Redpoint, Altman Capital) • Wander (co-investors - Redpoint, a16z, QED Investors) • Loyal (co-investors - Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital) • Moni (co-investors - 186 Ventures, YCombinator, Uncovered Fund) • Machina Labs (co-investors - Innovation Endeavors, Nvidia, Lockheed Martin) • Zigazoo (co-investors - Lightspeed, Dapper Labs, NBA, Animoca) • Arch (co-investors - Galaxy Digital, Morgan Creek) • Givingli (co-investors - 776 Ventures, 186 Ventures) • Mural (co-investors - Galaxy Digital, DCG, AlleyCorp, 186 Ventures) • Medallion (co-investors - Lightspeed, TCG, Coinbase) • Skyways (co-investors - Evolution VC, Social Capital, Y Combinator) • Twentyeight Health (co-investors - Great Oaks, Third Prime, SteelSky) Learn more at predictivevc.com
Advisor
2024
Supporting Patented.ai, a cutting-edge AI company for intellectual property. • Backed by Founder Collective, Boston Seed Capital, Naval, Scott Belsky, and many more
Patented.ai provides unique, high-value IP products for innovators, funds, and litigators.
Raised $4,500,000.00 from Nicolas Susco, Boston Seed Capital, Wesley Putnam, Brian Shin, Brian Lynn, Vikas Mohindra, Cooley, Jeremy Levine, Artur Adib and Naval Ravikant.
Advisor
2024
Mostly Human is a pioneering production company developing ethical AI-enhanced film, television, and content slates. Working with the team to develop a new generation of interactive media, stay tuned ;)
Mostly Human Media is an entertainment and tech company that explores the intersection of AI and humanity.
Investor
2021
PreSeed / Series A investor in Wander, the operating system for remote rentals. • Co-investors include Redpoint, Andreessen Horowitz, QED Investors
Wander is a luxury rental company that provides smart home travel services.
Raised $148,123,822.00 from Vijay Shankar, The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund, Bluewatch Ventures, Spacecadet Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Susa Ventures, Authentic Ventures, Redpoint and Edoardo Marzocco.
Investor
2022
Pre-Series A investor in Huspy, the leading proptech simplifying the homebuying process in Europe and the Middle East. • Co-investors include Sequoia, Founders Fund, Breyer Capital
Investor
2021
Seed/Series A investor in Pomelo, building the connected financial infrastructure for Latin America. • Co-investors include: Insight, Index, Kaszek, Sequoia
Investor
2021
Series A investor in Esusu, the leading financial technology platform leveraging data solutions to improve property performance and enable residents to build credit. • Co-investors include Softbank, Kleiner Perkins, Serena Ventures, Motley Fool Ventures
Angel
2017
Fortunate to support amazing teams at early stages including... • Wander (series A) - operating system for remote rentals • Ava (seed) - operational AI for the US home care industry • Mozper (seed) - finance for latin american youth • Ajax (preseed) - time saving AI for archaic legal processes • Patented.ai (preseed) - the most powerful AI engine for intellectual property • RapidCompact (seed) - compression and optimization of 3D assets • Integrated Projects (seed) - digital transformation of real estate • Sona (seed) - web3 music protocol • Arch (preseed) - liquidity for alternative assets • Conduit (seed) - cross-border enterprise payments in LatAm • Sumer (seed) - virtual storefront for LatAm businesses • Sharebite (series a) - full-stack food ordering for businesses • Hex (series a) - collaborative data analytics • Beacons (seed) - AI website builder for creators • Base Operations (preseed) - AI for global threat intelligence • Seed&spark (seed) - where creators tell stories • Ash Wellness (preseed) - enabling at home diagnostics • Verb Energy (first investor) - healthy & delicious energy products
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer (Incubation)
2021 - 2023
Co-led Mural's product strategy, fundraising, recruiting, and MVP execution 0 -> 1, as Cofounder & CPO. Mural is developing pioneering payment infrastructure, enhanced by Web3, to unlock financial connectivity for global communities (particularly across Latin America). Raised $5.7M in seed capital from investors including Galaxy Digital, Digital Currency Group, Predictive VC, AlleyCorp, Firstminute Capital, 186 Ventures, Human Capital, and leaders at groundbreaking companies including Alchemy, Digits, Ledger, Argent, Esusu, Palantir, Apple and many more.
Instant global payments & invoicing. Eliminate delays and fees. Pay vendors and contractors with stablecoin-based payments.
Raised $5,600,000.00 from Leblon Capital, Edward Lando, Firstminute Capital, Jeff Seibert, AlleyCorp, Cosmic Venture Partners, Ronny Shibley, Chang Corporation, Cygni Capital and Joseph Lau.
Product
2020 - 2022
First product hire / led product management at Digits, the "financial engine" for the modern business. World-class team building a revolutionary suite of AI-enhanced tools for SMB operators to better manage their finances. Supported by SoftBank, GV, and Benchmark ($100M raised)
Digits is a fintech company that offers financial tools for small businesses.
Raised $97,500,000.00 from Benchmark, Google Ventures, The Twenty Minute VC and SoftBank Vision Fund.