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Kevin Alvarez-Fung

Company Builder & Investor

New York, New York

Overview

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

  • 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 ;)

  • Investor

    2021

    PreSeed / Series A investor in Wander, the operating system for remote rentals. • Co-investors include Redpoint, Andreessen Horowitz, QED Investors

  • 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.

  • 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)

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