Carmen Alfonso Rico is the founder and general partner of Cocoa Ventures. She previously served as a partner at Blossom Capital and Samaipata.
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Cocoa writes $250K to $3M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- Samaipata · partner
- Blossom Capital · partner
- Cocoa Ventures · Founder & General PartnerNow
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Who is Carmen Alfonso Rico?
Carmen Alfonso Rico is the founder and general partner of Cocoa Ventures. She previously served as a partner at Blossom Capital and Samaipata.
How much does Carmen Alfonso Rico invest?
Carmen Alfonso Rico invests through Cocoa, which writes checks of $250K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Carmen Alfonso Rico?
A warm intro from a founder Cocoa backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Carmen Alfonso Rico do before Cocoa?
partner at Samaipata; partner at Blossom Capital.
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