Luis Barrios
Miembro del Consejo at AFICO
Luis Barrios
Miembro del Consejo at AFICO
Mexico City
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2017 - Current
We are the first online platform to make startup & alternative finance investing available to the public in Latin America with a vibrant secondary market exchange to enhance liquidity to private investors. We want to inspire everybody to co-invest in building a better future & accelerate companies who deserve a place in the world. Arkangeles.com empowers individuals and business to create and share value in ways that are more open, inclusive, efficient and global. We are recruiting an army of investors, join us!
MB Startups
2022
As the leader of MB Startups, my role revolves around pioneering the equity crowdfunding initiatives that position Mercado Bitcoin as a linchpin in financing top Brazilian Tech Startups, especially within Web3, Tokenization, and Crypto domains. I am at the vanguard of blending traditional and alternative finance with the future of tokenization, leading a talented team towards establishing MB Startups as the primary collective financing platform. This involves strategic outreach to emerging startups and leveraging an extensive network of investors to fuel innovative ventures within the tech ecosystem.
Founder
2016
Since 2017, Arkfund.co has been at the forefront of impact investing, amassing a portfolio of over 85 companies committed to fostering abundance and progress across Latin America. Their mission is to back startups that are not only focused on innovation and disruption but also on generating significant social and economic impact within their communities. This approach aims to catalyze sustainable development and equitable growth throughout the region, supporting ventures that address critical challenges and opportunities for progress in diverse sectors.
Miembro del Consejo
2023
Member of the Board 2023-2025 at Asociación de Financiamiento Colectivo de Mexico AFICO to represent more than 25 crowdfunding platforms and continue to promote the Crowdfunding industry in Mexico and strengthen relationships such as improving the Fintech Law with CNBV.
Class 20
2015
The Kauffman Fellowship is a highly sought-after two-year program dedicated exclusively to the world of venture capital and the cultivation of new high-technology, high-growth, high-impact companies. Only around thirty Kauffman Fellowships are offered each year; selection signals membership among an elite cadre of the world's most promising venture investors. To date, Kauffman Fellows have made $6 billion in venture capital investments, sparking growth in hundreds of new enterprises, $15 billion in annually recurring revenues, and the creation of 50,000 jobs.
Founder
2013
The Pool is an entrepreneurship center and coworking. We have incubated more than 150 startups and invested seed money in a few of them. Including @Boletia @econducemx @arrivio @quotanda among others. ThePool’s management team operate 5 coworkings and entrepreneurial centers around Mexico City.
Consejero
2020 - 2022
Member of the Board of the FintechMX Association for two fundamental years in the regulatory change in the financial sector in Mexico with the publication of the Fintech Law in 2018 and strengthening of the Association to create a proactive environment for the creation of new technology-based financial entities in the country.
Education
Global Startup Program
2019 - 2020
VCx - The Venture Capital Experience
2014 - 2014
MBA
2008 - 2010
BA
2000 - 2004
Advanced Culinary School
1999 - 1999
High School
1987 - 1999
Investments
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