Jamie Riggs

Jamie Riggs is the Co-founder and General Partner at Driven, a venture capital fund dedicated to propelling Latino founders into the largest markets in the Americas, including Mexico, Brazil, and the US.

Jamie's professional career spans over 25 years in finance and venture capital, with a distinctive focus on nurturing early-stage founders across Latin America and Silicon Valley.

Previously, Jamie led the Venture Capital Area at Fundación Chile, where Jamie managed a seed fund that invested in 16 companies, achieving milestones such as a SPAC acquisition and supporting portfolio companies in their expansion across Latin American and U.S. markets. Jamie also played a pivotal role in creating and presiding over an investor network across the Pacific Alliance and co-founded the Association of Venture Capital in Chile. Jamie's professional trajectory includes a significant tenure at Silicon Valley Bank, providing venture debt financing to early-stage companies that later became publicly traded, such as Okta and Cloudflare, and supported Skybox Imaging, which was acquired by Google.

Jamie's board involvement includes innovative companies like Simpliroute, Wheel the World, Wareclouds, and Repartes, demonstrating a hands-on approach to entrepreneurial growth.

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