Meet
The Team
To make a good job as a fund you have to find great investment opportunities, however, to make an outstanding job you need to have an amazing team in order to foresee the next business trend.
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Ariel Gómez-Ortigoza
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Managing Partner
MSc. in Finance as Dean List Scholar and MBA both from University of Southern California, bachelor in Biochemistry by ITESM; as a serial entrepreneur Gomez-Ortigoza founded and funded Startups in the computer and communications space both in Mexico and in the USA for three decades. On 2010 he was awarded a patent from USPTO and IMPI in Mexico. For the last ten years he has been an angel investor in Biofab and Smart IT startups both in Mexico and in the US. https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielgomezortigoza/
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José Luis Hernández
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Scaling and Engineering Counsel
Technology from University of California at Davis and BsD in Chemical Engineering from University of Guanajuato. Expertise in the food processing industry for more than three decades in administration and operation of industrial plants and design of food an chemical manufacturing processes. Experience in design, scale up and start up of food processing plants as Operations Director and responsible of Capex Investments in multiple countries.
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Alexis Gómez-Ortigoza
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Partner
Was fortunately born to a family with a deep connection and understanding of biology and technology and is a multi-skilled and value-driven individual. As a result, he became passionate about life, music, nature, consumer technology, design, creativity, and market trend research. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Finance at Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus Monterrey. At 27, he co-founded Polybion™ with his brother Axel, a synthetic biology company focused on biomaterials. At the same time, he served as Sub Director of a Wealth Management International firm established in México. In the pursuit of building a company able to become a beacon for sustainability, circular economy, and next-generation biomaterials, Alexis decided to leave his Wealth Managing position at 30 to go full-time with Polybion™.
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José Manuel Aguilar
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Biotechnology Counsel
Ph.D. in Biotechnology from ITESM, M.Sc. program in biotechnology at the same institution, Molecular Biologist from the University of Baja California. He has worked in the development and production of monoclonal antibodies for pharmaceutical purposes, for which he was hired by Tec de Monterrey, while still a student. In 2009 he became a full time professor of the same institution, teaching Genetic Engineering and Protein Engineering as well as Molecular Biology for the graduate program; among other courses. During the same year, due to the H1N1 influenza pandemic origin in Mexico, José Manuel directed his research towards the development of a new platform for the production of influenza vaccines. In 2012 he was considered by Technology Review “one of the 10 outstanding innovators of Mexico” for his work. He is currently working one a COVID vaccine.
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Axel Gómez-Ortigoza
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Partner
Grew up in awe of how life, nature, and the universe work, hence his genuine interest in life sciences and solving problems. After high school, he decided to continue the family tradition of three generations of engineers, becoming a bioengineer and experienced R&D scientist skilled in Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Cell Culture, Murine Assays, Genetic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, and Origami. At 22 years old, along with his brother Alexis, he co-founded Polybion, the New Generation Materials Company, which entitled him one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35. Today, he serves as CEO and CTO of his own company. His work and contributions have led to the construction of the First Bacterial Cellulose Biomanufacturing Facility worldwide. Axel’s efforts have set a path to accelerate the development of bioassembled products, increase sustainability.
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Joseariel Gómez-Ortigoza
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Partner
As an entrepreneur with a bachelor in Finance Joseariel Gómez has been actively investing in the FINTECH space. Ten years ago he abandoned a position at Merrill Lynch to learn how to code and start his first Fintech company. After a couple years of coding financial apps in social networks and the cloud, he founded a Fintech named Shastic that automates banking lending processes via AI and Robotic Process Automation. He is currently active in the space as an investor and as CEO of Shastic, Inc.
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Francisco Hidalgo
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Partner
He is an Industrial Engineer graduated from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Co-founder of Monitor App®, the first industrial IoT platform in Latin America that integrates into a simple cloud solution, non-invasive technology for industrial digitization for the production floor. Francisco has successfully implemented more than 100 digitization projects in national and international manufacturing plants, achieving efficiency increases of more than 20%. MonitorApp®, the company he co-founded in 2017, is already working with national and international manufacturing companies in Mexico and abroad. Before founding MonitorApp®, Francisco was responsible for the statistical validation of more than 500 operations at the General Motors Silao plant. He also has 5 years of experience as a quality coordinator at the GM Silao transmission plant .
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