Daniela Espinosa

Angel Investor – Ex Founding COO Kushki (first Ecuadorian Unicorn)

Private Entrepeneur and Angel Investor

Bio

Daniela Espinosa, Angel Investor and Entrepeneur. I worked for Citibank for 12 years, final position was Country Risk Manager then I was CFO for two large corporations in Ecuador. In 2016 I started with the two founders as Founding team of Kushki which is the first Ecuadorian Unicorn. Kushki closed an extension Round B in June 2022 with a valuation of 1.6 billion. I started Kushki with the founders with cero employees and now Kushki has 1,100 employees. It has created more than 300 jobs in Ecuador, value added jobs. Now I am Angel Investor of start ups en Latin America, also advisor of a lot of entrepeneurs and I am starting to work in my next start up.

Partnership opportunities

I am trying to develop with a team in Latam more entrepeneur possibilities in Ecuador and other countries of Latin American We are developing a larger Venture Capitalist ecosystem, entrepeneur ecosystem and more investments in the region. The ACE may help connect some dots. I am also organizing an event in Central America with other entrepeneurs to connect the ecosystem. I am also creating more start ups and it will be useful to find partners who will like to collaborate.

Offer:

Knowledge in Finance, Banking. Deep knowledge in Start Ups, Venture Capitalist and Angel Investment. How to grow and internationalize companies. I am working with more entrepeneurs in the region who have also created unicorns or highly valuated companies and changing ecosystems.

Ecuador