Francisco Ortiz Von Bismarck
Co-Founder & Investor
Francisco is an international entrepreneur and an investor, who brings extensive direct investment experience across Europe, North America and South America.
He has co-founded several companies in different sectors – from technology to agriculture – raising USD 50M in the process and selling some of these start-ups for over USD 200M. He took his most recent venture public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2019 and sold it in 2021.
Francisco has failed a few times but as he puts it “one learns a lot more from failing than from succeeding, the key is to learn from one’s and from other’s mistakes so as not to repeat them”.
Francisco holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Harvard University and lives in Nassau, Bahamas.

EXPERTISE
Direct Investments
IPO/RTO
M&A
ON HIS BOOKSHELF
Blood and Iron, The Rise and Fall of The German Empire
The Myth of Capitalism
The Intelligent Investor
TALK TO HIM ABOUT
His family of 4 + 3 dogs
Real Madrid
Sports (Football, Golf, Tennis, Ski)
Gadgets
HIS MOTTO
“A really great man is known by three signs… generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.”*
*borrowed from my great great grandfather.