Circulate Capital
Valerie Aizpuru is a seasoned investment professional currently serving as the Director of Investments for Latin America and the Caribbean at Circulate Capital since June 2023. Aizpuru has held various leadership roles on multiple boards, including Hola<code/> and kikoya, and contributed as a member of the Board of Advisors for iluméxico. Previously, invaluable experience was gained at Promotora Social México as an Investment Officer, focusing on impactful investment strategies in education, health, and social development sectors. Aizpuru's finance expertise was further honed as a Finance Manager at KUA Mex Foods and an Investment Professional at Rothenberg Ventures, complementing earlier experience as an Investment Banking Associate at Grupo Financiero Banorte Ixe. Aizpuru holds an MBA from Hult International Business School and a Bachelor in Finance from Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México.
This person is not in any offices
Circulate Capital
Circulate Capital is an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastic. They focus on the prevention of mismanaged plastic waste in countries located in South Asia and Southeast Asia, regions that contribute disproportionately to ocean plastic pollution primarily because theyoften lack the critical waste infrastructure to manage the problem. They were created in collaboration with Closed Loop Partners and Ocean Conservancy, and their founding investors are expected to include PepsiCo, the first investor; Procter & Gamble, Dow, Danone, Unilever and The Coca-Cola Company. They are also supported by many other leading consumer product goods and chemical companies, intergovernmental organizations and associations including 3M, American Chemistry Council, Kimberly-Clark, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) and the World Plastics Council.