Who We Are
Who We ArePRESTO I, LLC is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive and scalable companies in Puerto Rico and the United States, emphasizing the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. PRESTO I, LLC is the result of a joint venture between IDEA Fund Partners which has $40M under management and REOF Capital, LLC. We are impact driven. We strongly believe that it is possible to provide strong returns to our investors while having a positive impact and transforming the communities where we invest and operate. We believe in working with early stage companies with strong cash flow potential. One of our main competitive advantages is our robust co-investment network nationwide. |
Board of Advisors
Ramon Morales
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Our Team
Alejandro Badillo
- Has provided advisory services to local start-ups as partner of REOF Capital, LLC
- 13+ years of experience as counsel representing start-ups, emerging growth companies, private equity funds and venture capital funds.
- Successfully has led teams in venture capital, private equity and mergers & acquisitions transactions.
- Experience in raising capital and securities compliance matters.
- Acted as de facto outside general counsel to many emerging growth companies.
- J.D. Columbia University, M.P.P. University of Michigan, B.A. Haverford College.
G. Antonio Sosa-Pascual
- Currently provides advisory services to local start-ups as partner of REOF Capital, LLC.
- Has been involved in the start-up local scene for years.
- Currently manages and has managed a real estate portfolio.
- 12+ years of Private Equity experience including with Advent Morro.
- Emerginvest.com Cambridge, MA – Tech Crunch Finalist.
- Consultant to Corporate Venturing Funds with Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School.
- Former Executive Director of the Compañia de Comercio y Exportación.
- M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.P.P. University of Michigan, B.A. University of Chicago.
John Cambier
- 15 years of early stage VC experience. Since 2002, has led 9 investments, worked with over 50 companies and reviewed over 3,000 business opportunities.
- Prior to VC, spent 10 years in various operational roles supporting microelectronics research and commercialization at MCNC including 3 spin-outs that raised over $50M and returned $800M.
- Detail-oriented and execution focused with strong transactional and financial experience.
- Currently a Director of Sarda Technologies and Impossible Objects; Observer of BioSpatial, Ceterus, LiveSource, Payzer, Physcient and Sense Photonics; Advisor to Lucerno Dynamics.
- BA Michigan State University, MBA UNC
Lister Delgado
- 15 years of early stage VC experience. Since 2002, has led 9 investments, evaluated thousands and advised hundreds of companies.
- Led the design and implementation of the NC IDEA Grants program.
- Background in semiconductor design, software development and systems engineering at AT&T Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies.
- Big picture thinker who’s passionate about innovation and company building.
- Currently a director on the Board of 71 Lbs, Canopy, FilterEasy, First, GradSave, Reveal Networks, NextRay, Sift, Spiffy and Windsor Circle and an observer on the Boards of Distil Networks, NextRay, Sift, Spiffy, and Windosr Circle.
- Sc.B. Brown University (Brown U. Scholar), MS EE University of Texas-Austin, MBA UNC (Bank of America Scholar)
Partnered with Puerto Rico One LLC:
- Jose Ortiz, Serial Entrepreneur and lead investor in Puerto Rico One LLC.
- Ramon Morales, Technology Entrepreneur, has taken two companies public, international technology consultant
- David Cortiella, structured and public finance, tax credit specialist and attorney, investor, numerous senior level positions in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts