About InQlab
InQlab is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of Bogota, Colombia. As of Oct 2025, InQlab has invested in 17 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Colombia based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Consumer to Enterprise Applications and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Bold.co A lot of funds co-invest with InQlab, with names like Tiger Global Management sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. InQlab has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series B & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
InQlab's List of Top Investments
InQlab has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments are in Lentesplus and Lentesplus.Their portfolio spans across Colombia, United States and Argentina. They have invested in Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Retail and 12 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by InQlab:1. Bold.co
Provider of payment solutions for businesses. The platform provides solutions such as payment links, payment gateways, face-to-face payments, payment integrations, tracking ,and more. It also provides a data phones for retailers.
Key facts about Bold.co
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $170M
- Employee Count: 1,517 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: General Atlantic, Global Founders Capital and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Slang App
Provider of online SaaS and app-based English language learning solutions. Based on the data entered the platform provides personalized and adaptive English learning solutions. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Slang App
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Bogota (Colombia)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14M
- Employee Count: 181 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Impact Engine and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 20, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Laika
Online retailer of pet supplies. The product catalog includes apparel, food products, accessories, grooming products, and more. The products are for cats and dogs. The brands associated with the company are Pedigree, Barf, Acana, and others.
Key facts about Laika
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bogota (Colombia)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $65.2M
- Employee Count: 390 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: SoftBank Group, Daintree.VC and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 12, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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4. Lentesplus
Online retail store for contact lenses and other eye products. Offers contact lenses from a range of brands including Acuvue, Air Optix, Biofinity among others for a range of needs including Myopia, Astigmatism, cosmetics among others. Also, it offers eye drops and glasses.
Key facts about Lentesplus
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Bogota (Colombia)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.2M
- Employee Count: 69 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: IGNIA, Palm Drive Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 08, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Chiper
Chiper is an online B2B platform offering multi-category products. Its product offerings include home care accessories, sports & fitness, clothing, food & beverages, baby products, and more. The mobile application is available for Andriod and iOS users
Key facts about Chiper
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bogota (Colombia)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $80.1M
- Investors: Flucas Ventures, Kaszek and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 18, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
InQlab's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
InQlab has invested in 17 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Favik and most recent follow-on round was in Bold.co.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
InQlab's Investments by Stage
InQlab has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.18M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $54M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $2.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series B | 2 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InQlab's Investments by Sector
InQlab has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Retail, FinTech, HealthTech and Business Services. Notably, it has invested in 16 Tech companies, 10 Consumer (B2C) companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Business Services | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InQlab's Investments by Geography
InQlab has made most investments in Colombia (5), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Colombia | 5 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InQlab's recent investments
InQlab has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by InQlab:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 10, 2025 | United States | Series C | 2848 | [+2] | |
Feb 14, 2024 | United States | Series C | 9502 | [+2] | |
Jul 12, 2022 | Colombia | Seed | 2079 | [+6] | |
Feb 03, 2022 | United States | Series B | 1999 | ||
Nov 18, 2021 | Colombia | Series B | 3113 |
Acquired companies in InQlab's Portfolio
1 company from InQlab's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Logysto in Oct 2022 by Clicoh for $*****.Here are InQlab's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 05, 2022 | - | - | 7937 |
Team profile of InQlab
InQlab has a team of 2 members located in Colombia. InQlab's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of InQlab
Over the past 10 years, 51 investors have co-invested in InQlab's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before InQlab: Index Ventures, Slack and 6 others have invested in rounds before InQlab. There is 1 company where Index Ventures has invested before InQlab and 1 company where Slack has invested before InQlab.
- Top Co-investors of InQlab: 27 investors entered a company along with InQlab. These include investors like Tiger Global Management (2 companies).
- Invested after InQlab: A total of 16 investors have invested in InQlab's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include IFC (1 company), INVERLINK (1 company) and SoftBank Group (1 company).
Recent News related to InQlab
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Colombian fintech Bold raises $40M funding roundLatamList•Oct 10, 2025•IFC, Bold.co, INVERLINK, General Atlantic and 1 other
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Bold raises $50 million in Series C funding round led by General Atlantic and IFCMy Startup World•Feb 19, 2024•Bold.co, General Atlantic, IFC, The World Bank and 7 others
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Upskilling Startup Scaler Academy Raises $55 Mn, Valuation Touches $710 MnInc42•Aug 03, 2023•Scaler, Scaler, Touches, Aspada Investments and 18 others
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Colombian startup Favik extends pre-seed round and closes at $3.6MLatamList•Jul 12, 2022•Cacao Capital, InQlab, Favik, Wollef and 4 others
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Laika Pet E-commerce Raises US$48 MillionContxto•Jan 13, 2022•Laika, SoftBank Group, FJ Labs, JAM Fund and 3 others
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LAIKA raises US$5M seed investment to expand platform for petsContxto•Jul 09, 2020•Laika, Soma Capital, InQlab, Palm Drive Capital
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Argentina's Ayala Capital Partners Invests US$1m in Three Chilean Startups LAVCA•Jul 24, 2017•MY HOTELS, Chattigo, Lentesplus, Stella Maris Partners and 2 others
