# Chingona Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Chingona Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 40 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Chingona Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 40 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $24M, Jun 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR) B2B CRM

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**45%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 40 on record

Since the last cheque **18** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $1.0M** Rounds led **2 of 40** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

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## Chingona Ventures highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 69% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $2.3M

## What they do

> We are Chingona Investing in the next generation of badass founders. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR) B2B CRM
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **40 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Dapta](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapta)** Seed · US · LatamList **$6.0M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Beagle Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/beagle-labs)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$4.1M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Linker Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/linker-finance)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Beni](https://millionrounds.com/company/beni)** Seed · US **$815K** With 3 others
- **2025** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Ciphero AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ciphero-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[SafeHill](https://millionrounds.com/company/safehill)** Pre-seed · US **$2.6M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Yeti Confetti Kids](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeti-confetti-kids)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[LuminX](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminx)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Linker Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/linker-finance)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Certiverse](https://millionrounds.com/company/certiverse)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$11M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Scout](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Optimal AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimal-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.3M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Scout](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout)** Seed · US **$56K** With 4 others
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Viva](https://millionrounds.com/company/viva)** Pre-seed · US **$2.2M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Cartwheel](https://millionrounds.com/company/cartwheel)** Debt · US **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Paerpay](https://millionrounds.com/company/paerpay)** Venture · US **$700K** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Hoop](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoop)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Kudos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kudos)** Series A · CA **$10M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Yeti Confetti Kids](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeti-confetti-kids)** Seed · US **$5.3M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Topl](https://millionrounds.com/company/topl)** Venture · US **$1.3M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[She Matters](https://millionrounds.com/company/she-matters)** Venture · NL **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[iAsk Ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/iask-ai)** Seed · US **$5.7M** With 2 others
- **2023** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[EarlyBird](https://millionrounds.com/company/earlybird)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Betterleave](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterleave)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Tendrel](https://millionrounds.com/company/tendrel)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Tiny Organics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tiny-organics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Crate](https://millionrounds.com/company/crate)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Innovare](https://millionrounds.com/company/innovare)** Grant · US **$150K** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[ConnectCareHero](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectcarehero)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Zero Grocery](https://millionrounds.com/company/zero-grocery)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **2022** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Beni](https://millionrounds.com/company/beni)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Dame](https://millionrounds.com/company/dame)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Empower3d](https://millionrounds.com/company/empower3d)** Seed · US **$2.6M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Toolchain](https://millionrounds.com/company/toolchain)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Leaf Trade](https://millionrounds.com/company/leaf-trade)** Series B · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **2021** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Olivex](https://millionrounds.com/company/olivex)** HK **$5.8M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Expectful](https://millionrounds.com/company/expectful)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **May** **[Reel](https://millionrounds.com/company/reel)** Seed **$6.3M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Shopflix](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopflix)** Pre-seed **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **2019** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Career Karma](https://millionrounds.com/company/career-karma)** US · Edsurge **$1.5M** With 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named**

SM **Samara Mejia Hernandez** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **7** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$61M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Chingona Ventures Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 316482

New fund on file

**$24M**

raised in Jun 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.3M**

Led 2 of 40 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *16*
- Venture *9*
- Pre-seed said *6*
- Series A said *3*
- Debt *2*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 9
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 8
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) 6
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 5
- [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) 4
- [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Chingona Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Techstars** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Gaingels** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Everywhere Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Hustle Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund)[**Kapor Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital)[**Better Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-ventures)[**Bread and Butter Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bread-and-butter-ventures)[**Commerce Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures)[**Flybridge** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)[**MaC Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital)[**MassChallenge** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Chingona Ventures put money into.

[**Dapta** $6.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapta)[**Beagle Labs** $4.1M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/beagle-labs)[**Linker Finance** $5.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/linker-finance)[**Beni** $815K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/beni)[**SafeHill** $2.6M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/safehill)[**Yeti Confetti Kids** Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeti-confetti-kids)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Chingona Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 5 Jan 2023 · 26 min VC10X - Investing in BADASS founders - Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner, Chingona Ventures Mentions [Chingona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chingona-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 22 Aug 2022 · 46 min 347. Lessons from the Largest Latina Solo GP, Being Impactful Without Being an Impact Fund, and How to Use Sales Tactics for Success in VC (Samara Mejia Hernandez) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Chingona Ventures

### What does Chingona Ventures invest in?

Chingona Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR), B2B and CRM.

### How active is Chingona Ventures?

40 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Chingona Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Dapta (Seed, Oct 2026), Beagle Labs (Pre-seed, Sept 2026) and Linker Finance (Seed, Jul 2026).

### How big are Chingona Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.0M.

### Does Chingona Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 40 investments on record (5%).

### Where does Chingona Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%).

### Is Chingona Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Chingona Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Techstars (9 rounds together), Gaingels (8 rounds together) and Everywhere Ventures (6 rounds together).

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