Pedro Neira Ferrand

4-time serial entrepreneur Pedro Neira Ferrand has been at the forefront of this shift. Having grown 3 of his 4 startups in LatAm, Pedro has witnessed the changes to the local startup ecosystem with pleasure. After founding 2 startups— one immediately before, the second immediately after the dot-com bubble- Pedro sold his 3rd startup (Adondevivir) to Tiger Global Management.

With Mi Media Manzana, Pedro created what later became the #1 most downloaded app in the dating category in LatAm, with over 2.5M downloads.

Talking specifically about fundraising, Pedro has accumulated extensive experience raising funds from different parts of the world for his 4 startups: Spain, Silicon Valley, New York, South Korea, Peru, and Colombia. Over the years, Pedro has raised several US$ million in different debt and equity instruments, successfully completing 16 rounds with over +400 pitches.

With 4 startups under his belt, Pedro is now dedicated to educating budding entrepreneurs in LatAm through his involvement in organizations like BlackBox Connect (2014 Acceleration program gratuate, named BlackBox Ambassador 2018), Founders Network (Lifetime member 2018), and Endeavor (Selected as Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2015) and participation in numerous entrepreneurship and Startup related events. Pedro is also a Reforge, OnDeck, Latitud alumnus as his continuous learning process.

Currently, Pedro has founded his 5th venture: ConstructAI. A company that is building AI Agents to automate the cost estimation process for large construction firms with AI, to help them win more multimillion-dollar contracts in bidding processes.