Nicolas Peñaranda Email & Phone Number

Bogotá, Co

Bogotá, Co

Castia is a proptech/fintech company providing homeowners and renters with tailor-made and innovative credit products, enabling their access to the financial system through digital solutions. We are the first Colombian proptech company to participate in Y Combinator. Castia has raised over US $6MM in equity and US $33MM in debt.Launched and scaled Castia from US $0 to US $3MM in annual revenue in less than two years by leading the development and structuring of Castia’s operation, product development and consumer lending products. This involved the creation of mobile/web low-code products, underwriting engines, credit management processes, and overseeing operations end-to-end.

Founding member of Guilt, a Colombian brand of 100% natural snacks - Finance, Strategy & Business Development and Investor Relations | www.guilt.com.co | Instagram: @guiltbar

Bogotá, Bogotá Dc, Co

New York, Ny, Us

Bogotá, Dc, Co

Agtech Startup deploying cutting edge precision agriculture tools to optimize farmer´s profitabilitywww.optagro.com+ Led the initial customer development process and closed a strategic alliance with an IT provider from Purdue University, U.S+ Developed and executed a pilot project in a 6.000 hectares’ oil palm plantation to evaluate the viability of the product, generating key insights for the software development process + Generated sales leads worth USD 75k from potential clients in different sectors – oil palm, coffee, sugarcane, rice and potatoes

Bogota, Distrito Capital, Co

+ Evaluated the microfinance industry in Sri Lanka for a private equity fund to assess the opportunity of acquiring one of the leading companies in the sector, including strategic and financial valuation of the company+ Led the strategic planning of the top Free Trade Zone company in Colombia, focusing on international expansion and improving profitability of current operations+ Proposed and developed a financial model to simulate the impact and viability of a new customer service strategy for one of the top banks in Colombia, generating up to USD$ 2.5 million in savings

Bogota, Distrito Capital, Co

Boutique management consulting firm created by former Booz Allen Hamilton principals (now strategy&)+ Built a profitability model per client to optimize sales channels for the largest rice producer in Colombia, generating up to USD$ 1.5M in savings + Developed a business valuation model for the leading construction company in Colombia, including an innovative tool to simulate financial viability in construction projects+ Created an innovative tool to assess the cross selling impact for the corporate business arm of one of the biggest insurance company in Ecuador

Bogota, Distrito Capital, Co

+ Identified logistic and sales force integration synergies during a merger of two lubricant oil companies in Colombia, generating up to USD$ 1M in savings

Education record

Education record

Msc, Technology Entrepreneurship, Distinction

Industrial Engineering, Finance And Operations

Economics, Finance

Baccalauréat Scientifique, Physics