About
Chingona VenturesChingona Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, based in Chicago, that invests in companies changing the way we learn, work, and live. We invest early and go big by aiming to write the first and largest check into a company’s first institutional round.
Note from the editor
Chingona Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, based in Chicago, that invests in companies changing the way we learn, work, and live. We invest early and go big by aiming to write the first and largest check into a company’s first institutional round.
Editors
Associate Team @ Chingona Ventures
Investing in badass founders from backgrounds and industries that are not well understood by the traditional investor.
Grisel Hernandez
Associate @ Chingona Ventures. Writing about things I find interesting across fintech, Latinx consumers, emerging VC fund operations, and more.
Writers
Isabella Artiles
Kellogg MBA ’21, currently @ Listen Ventures | Previously at Chingona Ventures, Ashoka, Alterna Impact & Accenture
Kinsey Hart
A business strategist by day and designer by night. Current: MBA Candidate @KelloggSchool Previous: @ChingonaVentures @Upwork @Deloitte
Angeli Agrawal
MBA Candidate @kelloggschool — operator and investor in healthcare, edu and future of work — previously @KaporCapital @SlackHQ @clever
Amber Washington
2022 MBA Candidate @ Kellogg School of Management & Associate @ Chingona Ventures. Aspiring opportunity-creator for BIPOC founders. A lifelong champion for DEI.
Cameron Merten
Tech + Consumer + Sustainability. MBA Candidate @ Kellogg. MS Design Innovation Candidate @ Northwestern Engineering. VC @ Chingona Ventures.
Julie Chung
Femtech + Content Creation. MBA + MS Design and Innovation @ Kellogg. Venture Associate @ Chingona Ventures.
Andres Avendano
Venture Associate at Chingona Ventures, and MBA Candidate at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University)
Grisel Hernandez
Associate @ Chingona Ventures. Writing about things I find interesting across fintech, Latinx consumers, emerging VC fund operations, and more.
Mbere Monjok
A lot of figuring out how to build and run a successful business. what’s going well, what’s blowing up in smithereens, and everything in-between.
