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PALO ALTO, CA — July 6, 2017 — (HISPANICIZE WIRE) — LEAP Global Partners<\/a><\/strong> announced the launch of its first early stage venture capital fund, LEAP Partners I<\/strong>. LEAP\u2019s mission is to develop, connect and invest in talented Latin American entrepreneurs working on impactful global solutions in the areas of finance, marketplaces, health, education, shared economy and media. The first fund, LEAP Partners I is a cross-border partnership with a strategic Limited Partner network that includes members of some of the most prominent family-owned enterprises in Mexico, as well as US investors, and will primarily focus on US Latino and Mexico based entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to launch a first of its kind, cross-border venture capital fund seeking to invest in one of the largest untapped entrepreneur opportunities: the Latino entrepreneur,\u201d said Roman Leal<\/strong>, Managing General Partner of LEAP Partners I. \u201cOnly one percent of all venture capital-backed companies is Latino-owned. Our hope is that our investment fund, strategic LP network and co-investment partners will serve as a catalyst for the next wave of global innovation by identifying, connecting and investing in the most talented entrepreneurs across the Americas.\u201d<\/p>\n In conjunction with the first close of its fund, LEAP announced its early stage investments in two disruptive Latino-led companies in California: Listo<\/strong> of San Jose and PayStand<\/strong> of Scotts Valley.<\/p>\n \u00abLEAP has the unique opportunity to serve as a bridge between Latin America and US Latino-led startups, beginning with companies headquartered along the West Coast Technology corridor,\u00bb said Giovanni Rodriguez<\/strong>, a Forbes contributor and advisor to startups and regional hubs that support them. \u00abWith investments in companies based in Silicon Valley, Scotts Valley, and with a pipeline of potential investments down the coast of California, LEAP is already beginning to light up that corridor while blazing a new path that others might follow.\u00bb<\/p>\n Jeremy Almond<\/strong>, CEO of PayStand notes, \u201cone of the most compelling parts of working with the LEAP team is their focus on partnering with startups to help them grow beyond just a U.S. centric business. The partners at LEAP have the operating experience and the connections, to help startups lead the next wave of digital transformation across the Americas.\u201d<\/p>\n LEAP is ready to support the growth of the next generation of innovation through strategic partnerships and its cross-border network.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to collaborate with LEAP Global Partners in our journey to provide life changing financial services to the large underserved US Hispanic community,\u201d said Samuel Ulloa, Co-Founder of Listo. LEAP\u2019s cross-border network and strategic partnerships will help fuel Listo\u2019s growth and enable us to reach and help millions of hardworking families across America.\u201d<\/p>\n About LEAP Global Partners<\/strong> About Listo<\/strong> About PayStand<\/strong> Disclaimer:<\/strong> For more information, please contact Eva Carrillo at eva@leapglobalpartners.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — LEAP Global Partners Launches Its First Early Stage Fund, LEAP Partners I — <\/em><\/p>\n — Invests in disruptive Latino-led companies: Listo and PayStand — <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2358,2348],"tags":[4890,4635,3211,4891,4892,4893,4894,4895,4896],"class_list":{"0":"post-21911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet-tecnologia","8":"category-negocios-finanzas","9":"tag-early-stage-venture-capital-fund-es","10":"tag-hispanic-es","11":"tag-latino-es","12":"tag-leap-es","13":"tag-leap-global-partners-es","14":"tag-leap-partners-i-es","15":"tag-listo-es","16":"tag-paystand-es","17":"tag-venture-capital-es","18":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/leap-global-partners-logo-1.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/leap-global-partners-logo-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"mruiz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/author\/mruiz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLEAP Global Partners<\/strong> is an early stage venture capital firm aimed at identifying and investing in the most impactful technologies created by the most talented entrepreneurs across the Americas. Through its in-house accelerator, LEAP Innovation Lab, LEAP accelerates its portfolio companies utilizing a range of tech, growth and professional services. Together, with the collaboration of strategic investors, enterprises and governments, LEAP maximizes returns for all partners & stakeholders. For more information, visit www.leapglobalpartners.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nListo<\/strong> is a socially responsible consumer facing company that offers life changing financial services to the hard-working yet underserved Latinos in the US in a highly transparent and aspirational way. Listo leverages technology to empower the community with relevant and insightful information to help them make smarter decisions about their financial goals putting them on a path toward a healthier and brighter financial future. Listo is built by an immigrant team that had previously built a billion-dollar company, with domain expertise in financial services and the Latino communities in particular.<\/p>\n
\nPayStand<\/strong>‘s mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments. PayStand’s revolutionary \u00abPayments as a Service\u00bb model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand\u2019s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, mobile applications, and ERPs. For more information, visit www.paystand.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis press release is for information purposes only and is issued by LEAP Global Partners to members of the financial press and media and the information contained herein should not be construed as investment advice. This is not an offer or solicitation to sell securities of, or financial interests in, the Fund. Investment in the Fund is limited to a restricted pool of investors, namely \u201cAccredited Investors\u201d and others not requiring disclosure by prospectus as defined under applicable securities laws.<\/p>\n