Sacha Spitz
General Partner at Newtopia Investor
Sacha Spitz
General Partner at Newtopia Investor
Argentina
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner & Co-Founder
2021 - Current
Newtopia is a venture capital firm that invests up to 2M USD per startup, starting with 1st checks of up to 500k in pre-seed and seed-stages, with the possibility of investing up to 1.5M USD of follow-on in the Series A of the top performers of the portfolio. We are agnostics in terms of sectors, and we are looking for latin american entrepreneurs targeting regional or global markets. Those founders who are shaping reality with innovative solutions to huge problems, breaking the status quo by shifting paradigms, and creating new industries (or revolutionizing the existing ones) by founding today the admired companies of the future. We are a fund created (and supported) by entrepreneurs, seeking to help the next generation of great founders. Our investors include prominent unicorn founders such as Marcos Galperín (Mercadolibre), Martín Migoya (Globant), Matías Woloski (Auth0), Agustín Soler (Mural), Mike Santos (Technisys), Poncho de los Ríos (Nowports), Maxi Casal (Nowports) and Mariano Suárez Batán (Mural), along with other renowned entrepreneurs and former elite athletes like Manu Ginóbili, Mariano Zabaleta, Pico Mónaco, Julián Montoya, among other basketball, rugby, tennis and fútbol players.
Operating Director & founding member
2017 - 2021
The Universidad de San Andrés is one of the top business schools in Latin America, and the Incubadora UdeSA is an innovative space provided for entrepreneurs to take their ideas to the next stage. Incubadora UdeSA provides entrepreneurs (weather they attended to UdeSA or not) with a set of tools to implement and validate their business hypotheses, mentorship, business development, office space and a small amount of capital (investment) to launch the business.
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
2016 - 2021
Buenos Aires based VC (Acceleration Program + Venture Studio) that provides tech-startups a 360º degrees value proposition: investment up to US$100k, hands-on mentorship, coworking space, business development, workshops, among other perks. YAVU has 20 companies in the portfolio.
Co-Founder
2015 - 2016
Online platform that allowed users to buy-sell-exchange their frequent flyer miles and loyalty points with other members that are in need of extra miles in their balance to make a trip or redeem a prize.
Co-Founder & CEO
2014 - 2015
Multiple Locations: Nova Scotia, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Bs. As., Argentina; Philadelphia, U.S. Loyalty digital-wallet that allowed users to manage all their loyalty programs in one single place and redeem the miles/points in exchange for “useful stuff” at affordable rates (netflix or spotify subscription, amazon check out, ride at uber, coffee at starbucks, among others). Got selected by several entrepreneurial programs: Warthon VIP program in PHL and SFO, Seed from Minas Gerais Brazil, Capital Semilla in Argentina and Startup Chile in Santiago de Chile.
Advisor & founding member
2013 - 2014
Cultural Center located in the new-williamsburg-vibe neighborhood called Chacarita. It was pioneer at the new cultural scene that started to be developed in that area of Buenos Aires City. Short after being launched, SANTOS was already a hit, and become one of the few chosen locations for the Yearly Art and Cultural Fair organized by the Bs. As. Government.
Co-Founder & CEO
2012 - 2013
Modern fast fashion brand at affordable prices. Successful implementation and scale. Got the investment back and paid leveraged debt in less than 6 months after opening. Sold the business after 18 months of operations.
Head of Strategy and Commercial Analysis
2009 - 2012
2011 - Head of Strategy and Commercial Analysis for the International and Domestic market of LAN Ecuador; Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador. Coordinate sales and marketing actions to make profitable the routes from Quito and Guayaquil to South America, USA and Europe. Coordinate interaction between teams of the Comercial Department. Increase income of the direct sales channels (web, call center, ticketing offices). Make the incentive plan for the travel agencies, and carry out the negotiation. Design and deploy best practices from headquarters in a home market. 2010 - Senior Analyst of International Revenue Management for the International market of LAN Argentina; Location: Santiago de Chile. Maximize income and profits of routes from Argentina to South America, Asia, Caribean, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Europe. Train and give coaching to junior analysts. Define comercial strategies, tactic actions, sales and promotions, with the respective campaign launch. Make studies to test viability of new routes. 2009 - Analyst of International Revenue Management for the Asian, Australian, New Zealand, and French Polinesian markets; Location: Santiago de Chile. Maximize income and profits of routes from Australasia (e.g.: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Thaiti) to South America. Define comercial strategies, tactic actions, sales and promotions, with the respective campaign launch. Manage codeshare with other companies from Australasia (e.g.: Qantas Airways, Korean Air Lines).