Newlin

What is Newlin?

Newlin is an investment fund focusing on catalyzing founders to finance their ambitions, with the intent of building the society of tomorrow. They specialize in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A investment stages, extending their reach across North and South America.

Newlin's investment thesis hinges on discovering amazing founders in undercapitalized markets and empowering them through meaningful capital and strategic guidance. They emphasize a 'Land to Label' strategy, investing in areas like Ag Tech, which impacts the food supply chain right up to end consumer products.

Newlin has a penchant for early-stage ventures that operate within various industries such as Hospitality, Media, AgroTech, Retail, IoT & Wearables, CleanTech, HealthTech & Fitness, Food & Beverage, Insurance, Aerospace & Defense, DeepTech, and Healthcare & Wellness, along with a focused interest in Woman Focused businesses.

Their investment spans from a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $200,000, with a sweet spot of $150,000.

The firm strategically avoids Large scale B2B enterprise SaaS, social media free consumer apps, consumer marketplaces, and ventures from highly established markets or those with high operational costs, such as expensive living, rent, or onerous regulations. On their website, Newlin emphasizes a comprehensive value-add approach for their portfolio companies.

This includes capital raising, product roadmap strategy, HR consulting, cross-border culture training especially between LATAM and the US, operations management, entrepreneurial finance, and go-to-market strategy. Their portfolio spans IoT & Smart Hardware, Internet of Food (IoF)/Food Tech, InsurTech, and B2B2C/Consumer sectors, demonstrating their diversified approach and their commitment to fostering innovation in various fields.

Newlin prides itself on having a 65% diversity ratio among its investments and has facilitated over $250 million in follow-on capital, aiding in creating over 400 jobs through their portfolio companies.

What they say:

Newlin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Pre-Seed and Seed companies across North and South America. We are committed to supporting our founders and portfolio companies from "Day Zero", often stepping in even before a signed term sheet.

What we look for: We invest in early-stage startups across North and South America, focusing on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds. We target industries including fintech, IoT, web3, smart hardware, SaaS, B2B2C, mobile technology, food tech, and insurtech. Our mission is to support bold entrepreneurs leveraging technology to solve real problems and build scalable solutions. We do not shy away from "boring" value-providing companies.

How we help: We specialize in guiding our portfolio companies from their early stages to successfully reaching Series A. We excel at helping founders scale their businesses across borders and pride ourselves on being scrappy for our founders from making high-value introductions to navigating complex growth challenges.