Chingona Ventures

Join us to learn from VCs who are actively writing checks and closing the funding gap. @SamaraMHernandz is speaking at a live webinar this Wednesday and there’s still plenty of time to sign up. ✍ Hope you can make it—see you there! luma.com/p99j5e04

Excited to see our founder @SamaraMHernandz speak at the 100x Leader Initiative: Raising Seed Venture Capital 101 💪 Join us to learn from VC's who are actively writing checks and closing the funding gap. Ready to scale?! 📅 March 19 — luma.com/p99j5e04

Income Verification 2.0 is LIVE now on @BoomPayApp This launch represents smarter processes, stronger accuracy, and an even better experience for our partners. 🚀 #launch #propertymanagement #incomeverification

Our founder, @SamaraMHernandz will be speaking at ONEder Women, a fundraising event hosted by UNO Chicago. 100% of proceeds directly support UNO Chicago’s girls programming and funds mentorship and leadership development for girls in grades 6–12 ✨ #chicago #WomenEmpowerment

Our newly launched @joinkudos AI agent called T-Mobile and cut my bill by $840/year (54%). It handled the hold music, the bots, and the negotiation. Companies have call center AI agents. Now consumers have theirs too. Here’s the clip of the call.

Congratulations to Kara Egan of @TealHealth for making the prestigious @TIME 100 Health list for 2026! 👏 Through Teal Health, Kara is redefining what’s possible in women’s health care. Check out the full feature here: tinyurl.com/mwzemey5

Our February newsletter is here! This month we highlight our investment in Beagle Labs and explore what Bad Bunny means for the investable Latino community 💰 Happy Valentine's Day! The best relationships start with a great intro❣️ Full issue here: tinyurl.com/4xjazjzx

Check out this survey on VC comp data: venture5.com/salary-survey/

Exciting Chingona News! Our very own @SamaraMHernandz is joining the @SomosVC_ Senior Advisory Board! Congratulations to Somos and their new advisory board. An inspiring year ahead for Latinos in venture ✨ tinyurl.com/ysvjd6yb

💫 Happy New Year from Chingona Ventures! As we welcome 2026, we’re excited to share our 2025 Year in Review -- a reflection on the wins and momentum across our firm and portfolio over the past year. Check it out here: medium.com/chingona-ventu…

Happy New Year from Chingona Ventures! We are excited to share our January 2026 Newsletter. This month’s highlights include: 🎉 Our 2025 Year in Review 💰 Announcing Our Investment in Ciphero 🙌 Introducing Our MBA Associates, Caroline and Zack mailchi.mp/chingona/janua…

Happy Holidays from Chingona Ventures! As the year comes to a close, we’re excited to share our final newsletter of 2025. This month, we highlight: 🎁 A sneak peek at our 2025 Wrapped 🌟 @PeriEhlman's promotion to Associate 🚀 And more! mailchi.mp/chingona/decem…

🛍️ Portfolio company Beni is making a splash with its latest feature launch: the Beni Lens — an AI visual search tool that lets shoppers instantly find secondhand deals with just a photo or screenshot. Read more in @Forbes here: forbes.com/sites/tonybrad…

Our November Newsletter just dropped! This month’s highlights: 🚀 Agency Announces $20M Series A 🌴 Chingona Ventures Takes LA Tech Week 🌟 @PeriEhlman Highlighted for her EVCA Leadership Check out the full issue here: mailchi.mp/chingona/novem…

@agency Congratulations team!

We just raised $20M (Menlo, Sequoia, Felicis, Snowflake, Databricks) and launched Kai—the first superintelligent AI co-worker for customer success. It shouldn't take 100 people to serve 1,000 customers. Kai knows every customer, acts instantly, never drops the ball. Agency.inc fortune.com/2025/11/12/eli…

We are thrilled to see Senior Analyst @PeriEhlman recognized by the @joinEVCA for her leadership of its Chicago Chapter. Read the full interview here: evca.org/content/leader…

Our October Newsletter is here! This month's highlights: 💰 Announcing Our Investment in SafeHill 👋 Welcoming Our MBA Associates to the Team! 🌮 Recapping Our Hispanic Heritage Month Event 🎉 Celebrating National Chingona Day Read it here: mailchi.mp/chingona/octob…

Excited to see @iamtikue, CEO of portfolio company @joinkudos, speak on Forbes about how Kudos can help the everyday consumer maximize credit card rewards, benefits, and spend in a simple way. Watch the full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=MnB7jT…

Our September Newsletter has arrived! This month’s highlights: 🎉 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 📍 @TealHealth Teal Wand Now Available in California 🌟 Chingona Ventures Receives Estrellas Award from @AngelesInvestor Read it here: mailchi.mp/chingona/septe…