Cristian is Founding Partner of Iluminar Ventures, a Seed fund investing in LatAm with 35 investments in fintech, marketplaces, SaaS and supply chain. He's a Venture Partner at Gaingels, where he led the firm's Research team. Cristian founded TrueColors LatAm, the first non-profit for LGBTQ entrepreneurs in LatAm. Cristian managed a $360B portfolio at AIG, investing across fixed income, structured products, real estate, and private funds. He holds an Economics degree from University of Chicago. Cristian loves turning brilliant ideas into mission-driven companies, and actively advises folks on early stage investing, fundraising, achieving product-market fit, growth and go-to-market strategies, and building mission-driven cultures.