Edrizio De La Cruz, Angel Investor

Edrizio De La Cruz is a fintech entrepreneur and investor, currently Co‑Founder of Kira, building embedded financial products powered by AI agents and stablecoins. He also founded Founder School, a platform supporting entrepreneurs, and previously served as a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator. Earlier, he co‑founded Arcus, a payments company acquired by Mastercard in 2021 in one of its largest Latin American deals. At Arcus, he scaled the business to 200 customers and 110 employees, raising $25M from leading investors including Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Softbank, Citi, and Initialized. His career began in investment banking at J.P. Morgan. He is also an active angel investor, with a portfolio that includes Linker Finance, Afterwork, Vivanta, and Sigo Seguros, reflecting his focus on fintech innovation and early‑stage ventures in financial services.