Luis Valdich
Investor at Citi Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director, Venture Capital group, Citi Ventures (New York & London)
2015 - Current
Luis is responsible for Citi Ventures’ fintech investing activities across North America/Europe/Israel and, increasingly LatAm/Southeast Asia/India. His investments include Socure, HighRadius, Forter, Drivewealth, Loft, HoneyBook, iCapital, Feedzai, PayJoy, Blockdaemon, Forto, PPRO, Soldo, SmartAsset, Capitolis, Warren, Octane, Splash, Fidel API, Justt, Proxymity and KomGo among others.
Managing Director, Founder/Global Head of Strategic Investments
2008 - 2015
Responsible for investing in companies with strategic relevance to JPMC businesses and functions firmwide. Co-invested both with other strategics (consortium deals) and/or with venture capital and growth equity investors. 30+ investments including Block/Square, Markit, Tradeweb, BATS/DirectEdge, Air Lease Corp, LME, Pico, clearXchange/Zelle-EWS, Symphony and Avant.
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .
Consultant, Corporate Finance & Strategy / Banking & TMT Practice
2004 - 2008
Advising clients in financial services and technology on strategic initiatives typically involving one or more inorganic moves, whether acquiring or divesting businesses or making partnerships or alliances
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Principal
2000 - 2004
Sourcing and executing venture capital investments and monitoring portfolio companies
Education
MBA
1998 - 2000