Entrepreneurs funding entrepreneurs
Fabrice Grinda
Founding Partner
Fabrice is an Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, student and lover of life, aspiring Renaissance man and co-founder of OLX, one of the largest free classifieds sites in the world.
Jose Marin
Founding Partner
Jose is a serial entrepreneur and global investor. He co-founded Deremate.com, project builder IG Expansion, and Serendipity Investments that has invested in more than 200 companies. He loves flying and extreme sports, plays the piano and tennis, and speaks 5 languages.
Arne Halleraker
Principal
A Norwegian native, Arne [ˈɑrni] joined the FJ Labs team in the spring of 2016. He lived in San Francisco for 1.5 years, where he was director of global partnerships for Telenor and focused on business development with Google [x].
Jeff Weinstein
Principal
Jeff Weinstein is a Principal at FJ Labs. He was previously a Senior Associate at Lux Capital. Outside of work, Jeff is a competitive runner training to run a sub-four minute mile. Jeff holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Matias Barbero
Investor
Matias is an investor at FJ Labs. Previously, he was an M&A investment banking associate at JPMorgan. Before that, he held different strategy, marketing, and finance roles. Originally from Argentina, Matias holds an MBA from Duke University, where he graduated with honors as a Fuqua Scholar
Kelly Anne Tully
Head of Platform / Investor
Kelly is Head of Platform and an investor at FJ Labs. Previously, Kelly worked at Bloomberg Philanthropies and is a proud alum of the Bloomberg Administration. Kelly is born and raised in New York City and holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Rodd Macklin
CFO
Matthew Stone
Head of Operations
Matt is Head of Operations and an investor at FJ Labs. Matt began his career in GE’s Financial Management Program, and, most recently, worked as a Sr. Director at FTI Consulting. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Fordham University and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.
Zineb Belghiti
Analyst
Zineb is an analyst at FJ Labs. Previously, Zineb worked at Deutsche Bank in Asset and Wealth Management. Zineb is originally from Morocco and studied Economics and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and holds a Masters in Applied Analytics from Columbia University
Kristen Gonzalez
Operations Manager
Kristen joined FJ Labs summer of 2016 as the first American employee. In her spare time, Kristen performs sketch comedy at the Peoples Improv Theater. Kristen holds a BFA in Acting and Film Studies from Pace University.
Martin Pustilnick
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Martin joined FJ Labs in 2018. Previously, he held different investing, operations and consulting roles at Exor, OLX and BCG. Martin is originally from Argentina and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA in Economics from U. Torcuato Di Tella.
Vivian Graves
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Vivian is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor at FJ Labs. She previously worked as a fixed income and FX strategist at JPMorgan and held a marketing role at Care/of. She’s lived in six countries and tries to read a book a week. Vivian holds a BA from UT Austin and an MBA from MIT.
Andrea Xu
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Andrea is an EIR & Investor. Before FJ, she led financing transactions across LatAm and Asia as part of Principal Investments and EM teams at Goldman Sachs. She is Spanish-born-Chinese and is fluent in both Spanish and Mandarin. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a B.A. from NYU.
Agapitos Diakogiannis
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Agapitos joined FJ Labs in 2019. Previously he held consulting and operations roles at BCG and Rocket Internet, working in total in ten countries. He is a big basketball fan and an avid skier. Agapitos is an engineer by training and is currently an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School.  
Nancy Dong
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Prior to joining FJ Labs in 2019, Nancy launched and operated new markets at Uber in 7 countries across Asia, Latin America, and the US. Her passions include weightlifting and getting her hands on any good sci-fi read. She studied BA Economics at Northwestern and MBA at Harvard.
Andres Santos Cantu
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Andres joined FJ Labs as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor in 2020. He was previously an entrepreneur in Mexico's restaurant space and an executive at Sigma, a global food CPG company. Outside work, Andres enjoys hiking and skiing every chance he gets. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Mark Lurie
Venture Partner
Mark Lurie focuses on cryptocurrency & blockchain at FJ. He is a 2x founder (a cryptocurrency, ICO 2018; an online marketplace, Acq. 2018) & a former investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. Mark is a Boston-native & can usually be found hiking, biking, or camping. He holds an MBA & a BA from Harvard.
William Guillouard
Venture Partner
William has 18 years of experience in C2C and B2C marketplaces. During his 8 years as OLX CMO, he spent $300M in 20 different countries as different as Russia, UAE, Brazil, India, South Africa, Portugal, Vietnam and Egypt.
Güimar Vaca Sittic
Venture Partner
Originally from Argentina, Güimar is a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and co-founder of Merlin. Güimar led over 150 investments for FJ Labs since 2013. Güimar previously co-founded Instacarro and Cenaplus (acq by Restorando). Güimar is a competitive ping pong player.
Morgan Hermand-Waiche
Venture Partner
Morgan is the founder of Adore Me, a leader in online DTC fashion disruption. Elected 3x in the Inc500 ranking, and #2 fastest growing US retailer, the company stands for women empowerment and inclusivity. Morgan was nominated top 100 US entrepreneur by Goldman Sachs, top Silicon Alley entrepreneurs
Daniel Simon
Venture Partner
Founder of Mealco, a platform that allows anyone to create and manage a restaurant from their mobile phone. Previously a developer and product lead at TV disrupter Applicaster and investor at Viola and FJLabs. Holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from MIT.
Oliver
Venture Partner
Olivier is a tech entrepneur whom co-founded 4 startups across the USA and Latam. He is also an angel investor with over 40 investments which includes, Adoreme, Airbnb, Uber and Opendoor. He is currently a VP at Clearbanc.com
Borja Moreno de los Rios
Venture Partner
2x founder (Merlin, an hourly jobs marketplace, Acq. in 2020; and Matoko Fund, a social enterprise in rural Uganda) investor and advisor. Madrid-born, passionate about big wall climbing and ski mountaineering. Preiously @ Goldman Sachs, MBA @ MIT Sloan, Forbes 30 under 30.