Jose Marin

Founding Partner at FJ Labs · Joined 2009

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Biography

Jose Marin is Founding Partner of FJ Labs, the marketplace-focused investment firm he built with Fabrice Grinda. He was one of the co-founders of DeRemate, an online marketplace for Latin America that was acquired by Mercado Libre, and afterwards built a startup studio in Brazil with expertise in real estate and travel. He and Grinda pooled their angel investing activity in 2009, received 50 million dollars of exclusive funding from Telenor in 2016, and by 2023 the firm had raised 260 million dollars across a pre-seed fund and an opportunity fund. FJ Labs states that it does not lead rounds, price rounds or take board seats.

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

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Co-founded DeRemate, an online marketplace for Latin America that was later acquired by Mercado Libre.
2009
Pooled his angel investing activity with Fabrice Grinda, the arrangement that became FJ Labs.
2016
Telenor offered exclusive funding to Marin and Grinda, giving them 50 million dollars to invest.
2023
FJ Labs announced 260 million dollars in capital commitments across a pre-seed fund and an opportunity fund.

Sources & References

FJ Labs - Team ↗Fabrice Grinda - The Genesis of FJ Labs ↗TechCrunch - Most active investor FJ Labs closes on $260M across two new vehicles ↗Two-Sided (Sharetribe) - Lessons from investing in 1,100+ network businesses, Jose Marin ↗FJ Labs - Strategy ↗