Before becoming an investor, Mariano Mayer spent about 15 years as a startup lawyer and later worked in government, where he studied Israel's approach to startup policy, and he looks for companies that could return at least the whole fund on their own rather than just chasing a big exit. He also sees a real connection between founders and athletes—pointing to why people like Manu Ginóbili and David Nalbandian are involved with Newtopia—focuses on using AI to retrain workers and widen access to it, and ties his interest in diversity to being a father of four girls.
About their Fund
Newtopia is backed by well-known Latin American business leaders and athletes, was founded by people who helped build Argentina's startup policies and later teamed up with experienced leaders from across the region's tech scene, and focuses on very early-stage companies—starting from just an idea—through a structured 10-week program meant to help them reach product-market fit, filling a gap many see in Latin America between the idea stage and later funding rounds. The fund only backs companies that could realistically return its full $50 million size on their own, tends to prefer business-focused (B2B) companies where software drives growth, and in crypto only invests in startups that make things easier to use and more accessible, all reflecting its belief that Latin America needs more startups being created, not just more money available to invest.
















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