Samara Hernandez
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner and Jefa
2019 - Current
Investing in badass founders at the earliest stages.
Chingona Ventures focus on investing at the earliest stages.
Board Member
2024
Finance Leaders Fellow
2023
Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator is an accelerator that fuels innovation by investing in not-for-profit organizations and NGOs.
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2023
Transforming students' lives with world-class STEM tutoring.
Board Member
2020
A financial wellness company for the U.S. Latinx community.
Suma Wealth is a FinTech company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community.
Raised $12,500,000.00 from Cooley, Commerce Ventures, Acumen, Ascendo venture capital, ResilienceVC, Female Founders Fund, Chingona Ventures, Ulu Ventures, VamosVentures and OVO Fund.
Board Member
2021
Testing beyond limits. Results within reach.
Certiverse leverages proprietary technology and proven, economic-based crowdsourcing models to develop high-quality certification exams.
Raised $5,150,000.00 from Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund.
Board Observer
2022
Un proveedor inclusivo de seguros de automóviles que se dedica a servir a la comunidad hispana.
Sigo Seguros is an insurance company that offers auto insurance services.
Raised $22,635,000.00 from Listen, Zeal Capital Partners, Angeles Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Fiat Ventures, Varo Capital and Flintlock Capital.
Board Observer
2021
The only education intelligence platform you need.
Innovare is the edtech and data strategy app helping education leaders visualize, analyze, and use data to positively impact the community.
Raised $6,650,000.00 from Black Founders Fund.
Board Observer
2021
Making secondhand shopping simple.
The Beni browser extension instantly shows you the best resale listings while you shop your favorite brands online.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Buoyant Ventures and Better Ventures.