Alejandro Ponce

Alejandro Ponce (born May 3, 1970, Arequipa) is a Peruvian economist, seasoned global investor, and recognized Latin-American serial entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of Nexus Group (founded 1998), the largest Peruvian private equity firm with total commitments of about 1 billion. For 17 years, Alejandro acted as Managing Partner, and was responsible for creating and sourcing new ventures and investment opportunities, as well as strategic monitoring of the portfolio companies. In 2015, Alejandro decided to leave Nexus Group, expanding his investment scope and founding ToN Ventures, an angel investment fund with 25 minority stake investments in innovative technology ventures, mainly based in Israel and the Silicon Valley.

In 2016, after attending Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program, Alejandro founded 01Labs and 01Ventures. 01Labs is a venture builder, to launch in Latin American companies that leverage the rise of exponential technologies and incorporate human-centered design. 01Ventures is an early stage fund that offers Latin American investors and corporations access to technology startups in Israel and Silicon Valley. 01Ventures co-invests alongside top venture capital firms and accelerators, eager to offer their portfolio companies access to the Latin American market.

His areas of expertise and experience lie within startups, turnaround and growth investment, and back in 2013, he was also named one of the Top 50 most influential people in Latin American private equity by Private Equity World.

The most important companies he has founded includes Nexus Group, Cineplanet, Casa Andina, Innova Schools, Oechsle, Promart, and ToN Ventures, the newest and most important in the future being 01_Labs and 01_Ventures. Provided by Wikipedia