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Susana Garcia-Robles

Capria Ventures

Managing Partner

Susana Garcia-Robles is a recognized expert on entrepreneurship, high-impact investment, building diversified VC ecosystems, and an investor in applied AI startups and VC funds. She is a Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, responsible for the Middle East, Africa, and LATAM regions. She recently led the final close of the firm’s second fund for the Global South and is now researching strategies built on Capria’s deep global south capabilities for the firm’s next funds for Latin America and Africa. Before joining Capria, she served as Chief Investment Officer and Gender Initiatives Coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank. She was the leading architect of its investment strategy for early-stage funds and startups from 19990-2020. She is also a Senior Advisor and a former Board member of the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). An avid supporter of ecosystems, she co-founded the Argentinean VC/PE Association/ARCAP and the Colombian VC/PE Association/Colcapital. She served on the Advisory Boards of the Brazilian VC/PE association /ABVCAP, the Board of Directors of Village Capital (2020-2023), and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Argentinean VC/PE association/ARCAP, the CITES company builder/fund, the IThink VC fund, as well as in the investment committee of the Bancoldex Fund of Funds (Colombia) and the Fondo de Capital para Emprendimientos Innovadores (Peruvian Fund of Funds from COFIDE). In 2012, she co-founded Wexchange (now housed at IDB), the first networking platform and pitch competition for LAC women STEMpreneurs, dramatically improving women’s access to funding. She also co-founded EmprendedoraLAC. In 2019, she co-founded WeInvest Latam, a platform for women investors with LATAM as the central focus region. Susana has analyzed and coached thousands of seed and VC funds and startup founders, investing $500M in over 100 funds, startups, and ecosystem-building initiatives throughout LATAM. She’s now transferring her knowledge and experience building the VC industry in LATAM to other places in the Global South, mainly Africa and the Middle East. Through her work with Capria’s portfolio, she has developed expertise in applying AI to startups across the Global South to increase profitability, expand TAMs, and build defensible “data moats” that are critical for survival in a fast-moving market. For her pioneering work in LATAM and efforts to make the VC industry more inclusive, she has been dubbed “the godmother of VC in LAC.” Americas Quarterly recognized her as one of the five 2020 Top Champions on Gender Equality. She has also been recognised by LAVCA as a Top Woman Investor in Latin America — every year, for ten years, from 2016 to 2025. Susana has a master’s degree in Philosophy and Education from the Universidad Catolica of Argentina, and one in International Relations, with a concentration on International Economic Policies from Columbia University.
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