Manuel Yañez
VC Director HC
Manuel has experience in International Relations and is an expert in raising capital and financial structuring of venture capital investments and divestments.
He has participated in the structuring of more than 15 private equity funds and in the analysis and diligence of more than 50 startups and more than 400 entrepreneurship projects, among which there have been several success stories and unicorns. Likewise, he has advised national and international companies.
In addition to being part of Hefesto Asesores, Manuel is a member of one of the main investment funds focused on Latinos in the United States.
He is a graduate of Tecnológico de Monterrey with a degree in International Relations and has four diplomas from the same institution in Human Rights, Technical Elements for the Creation of State Policies on Climate Change, Evolution and Changes in Democracy in Latin America and Finance. He has a Diploma in Creation and Operation of Private Equity Funds from Universidad Anahuac. He holds a Master’s Degree in Development Economics and International Development from the University of Edinburgh.
Areas of Expertise
Relevant
- Advised GC Capital on the capitalization of the Convertible Notes in SkyAlert.
- Participated in the structuring of a CBQA Solutions Pre-Seed Round.
- Advised Telfin in the structuring of a $15,000,000 MXN equity round through the issuance of a special series of shares.
- Members of our team advised Hoteles Rotamundos in the structuring and renegotiation of a $6,000,000 USD equity round.
- Advised Annit in the structuring of growth via bootstrap for subsequent capital raising.
- Advised Grupo Inders in the process of raising institutional capital and corporate restructuring.
Education
Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations
- Diploma in Human Rights
- Diploma in Technical Elements for the Creation of State Policies on Climate Change
- Diploma in Evolution and Changes of Democracy in Latin America
- Diploma in Finance
- Anahuac University Mexico
Universidad Anáhuac México
- Diploma in Creation and Operation of Private Equity Funds
Universidad de Edinburgo
- Master’s Degree in Development Economics and International Development
Partners
Federico Vázquez
Moises Saltiel
Manuel Yañez
Alix Trimmer
Ian Ibarra
Associates
Ariadna León
Celeste Vera
Tania Vázquez
Staff
Daniel Alvarez
Hector Enríquez