All investors$6MQ2 2026Q2 2025
Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm in Chicago, IL. It invests at pre-seed, it backs companies in Fintech, Healthcare and Agtech & Food and it leads, co-leads or follows.
Chingona Ventures
Chicago, IL
Closed a $52 million second fund backing pre-seed founders overlooked by other investors in massive markets.Source
At a glance
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Industry
- FintechHealthcareAgtech & Food
- Lead
- Any position
- How to pitch
- Application form
What they look for
Backs pre-seed founders in fintech, future of work, future of learning, and health or wellness, especially those whose backgrounds give them an edge in overlooked growth markets. Passes on gaming, marketplaces and consumer goods. Only considers US based companies raising their first institutional round.
Latest fund
- Fund size
- $24M
Their largest fund closed in the last two years, per SEC filings. This is the fund's size, not a check size.
From SEC filings
Board seats1
Suma Wealth, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
company round · Q4 2025
Companies where one of their partners holds a board or officer seat. Typical round: $5M to $20M. Amounts are the company's whole round, not this investor's check.
Named on filings1
Samara Mejia Hernandez
Director
Last filed 29 June 2026
Funds
Chingona Ventures III LP
$24M closed of a $50M target
Chingona Ventures III LP
$50M target, no close reported yet
Fund filings by quarter
Q3 2024Q2 2026
SourcesLast updated 29 September 2026
Told us whether they lead, how they take pitches, how to apply and what they look for. Checked 23 September 2026.
Told us their logo. Checked 23 September 2026.
techcrunch.com/2022/05/06/chingona-ventures-lands-52m-to-fund-overlooked-founders-in-massive-markets
Told us what they invest in, the stage they invest at and the one-line description above. Checked 23 September 2026.
Website
Confirmed as theirs on 22 September 2026.
SEC Form D, 2 filings
Funds, partners and board seats. Filed between 27 June 2025 and 29 June 2026.