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Joining us through the Students + Startups program (Internships in San Antonio, TX), we are excited to welcome Ana Clara...
06/22/2026

Joining us through the Students + Startups program (Internships in San Antonio, TX), we are excited to welcome Ana Clara Lobato as our Summer 2026 Venture Fellow!

Ana Clara is a student-athlete at the University of the Incarnate Word, where she’s pursuing a Business degree with a double concentration in Finance and Economics. As part of the artistic swimming team, she is passionate about taking on leadership positions that make an impact in her community. With an interest in consulting and wealth management, she’s emerging into the San Antonio’s startup and angel investing ecosystem this summer and we couldn’t be more excited to have her.

Welcome to Alamo Angels, Ana Clara!

Meet Aurora Archer . 👋CEO & Co-Founder of The Opt-In™ , rooted in her distinct formulation of Nepantla Intelligence™️: t...
06/12/2026

Meet Aurora Archer . 👋

CEO & Co-Founder of The Opt-In™ , rooted in her distinct formulation of Nepantla Intelligence™️: the ability to read rooms others can’t, hold competing realities without collapsing them, and find the move where everyone else only sees the gap.

Aurora brings a rare combination: deep business strategy expertise, a cultural intelligence lens, and the kind of conviction that makes founders and investors take notice.

She’s spent 28 years proving it works at scale: transforming a $6B brand at AstraZeneca, winning the Cannes Lions Grand Prix (the first ever for a healthcare campaign), leading $2.6B in eCommerce at HP across 30 countries, and reversing a three-year consumer decline at Everyday Health in under 12 months.

She joined Alamo Angels in 2025 because she believes deeply in San Antonio’s unique position at the intersection of innovation, impact, and cross-border growth. Being in the room where the future is being built matters to her.

Her message to women considering angel investing for the first time? Jump in. You don’t need all the answers before you start.

Meet Aurora Archer. 👋CEO & Co-Founder of The Opt-In™ , rooted in her distinct formulation of Nepantla Intelligence™️: th...
06/12/2026

Meet Aurora Archer. 👋

CEO & Co-Founder of The Opt-In™ , rooted in her distinct formulation of Nepantla Intelligence™️: the ability to read rooms others can’t, hold competing realities without collapsing them, and find the move where everyone else only sees the gap.

Aurora brings a rare combination: deep business strategy expertise, a cultural intelligence lens, and the kind of conviction that makes founders and investors take notice.

She’s spent 28 years proving it works at scale: transforming a $6B brand at AstraZeneca, winning the Cannes Lions Grand Prix (the first ever for a healthcare campaign), leading $2.6B in eCommerce at HP across 30 countries, and reversing a three-year consumer decline at Everyday Health in under 12 months.

She joined Alamo Angels in 2025 because she believes deeply in San Antonio’s unique position at the intersection of innovation, impact, and cross-border growth. Being in the room where the future is being built matters to her.

Her message to women considering angel investing for the first time? Jump in. You don’t need all the answers before you start.

Last week, Alamo Angels hosted its flagship community gathering with Rafael Lopez, co-founder of ZenBusiness and founder...
05/26/2026

Last week, Alamo Angels hosted its flagship community gathering with Rafael Lopez, co-founder of ZenBusiness and founder of Nibbles, a current portfolio company. The conversation was led by Don Douglas of Geekdom Fund, an early investor in ZenBusiness, on what it actually takes to build and scale a venture-backed company.

Founded in Austin in 2015, ZenBusiness grew into a platform serving hundreds of thousands of small business owners and reached a billion dollar valuation, one of the more notable outcomes to emerge from the Texas.

Rather than a rehearsed retrospective, the session brought the founder and the early investor into the same room to trace the decisions that shaped that trajectory.

There was a full circle quality to it for us. We heard the arc of one company from the people who built and backed it, and through Nibbles we now get to support Rafael on what comes next.

Many thanks to Don and Rafael, and to the members who joined us. Our flagship gatherings exist to give this community direct access to the operators and investors behind real outcomes, and this was a strong example of that.

Two years ago, we made it official: Alamo Angels was opening a chapter in the Rio Grande Valley. It was a strategic comm...
05/20/2026

Two years ago, we made it official: Alamo Angels was opening a chapter in the Rio Grande Valley. It was a strategic commitment to one of the most underestimated innovation corridors in the United States.

But the real story started before that. It started with showing up. Listening. Building relationships on the ground. Because in early-stage investing, trust is the currency and you can’t build it from a distance.

Every year we come back, we see more founders, bigger ideas, and stronger energy. This scene is accelerating and Alamo Angels is here to make sure the right people have a seat at the table.

Alamo Angels is proud to back Darkhive in their $30M Series B.The round was led by RTX Ventures, with new investors Drap...
05/07/2026

Alamo Angels is proud to back Darkhive in their $30M Series B.

The round was led by RTX Ventures, with new investors Draper Associates and Bison Capital joining returning investors Crosslink Capital, 1011 Ventures, Stellar Ventures, and Alamo Angels. We first backed Darkhive at the pre-seed in 2022, and the Series B is the latest validation of that conviction.

Founded by John Goodson and headquartered in San Antonio, Darkhive develops advanced, software-defined hardware engineered for fast adaptation and scalable production. Darkhive's mission is to equip those who serve with the cutting-edge technology needed to assure success across operational domains.

Darkhive runs major programs with the U.S. Air Force, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Earlier this year, the Pentagon selected Darkhive to lead a $49.7M APFIT program, the single largest award in program history.

Last week, David Kestenbaum led our Masterclass series and walked the room through his own angel portfolio. No highlight...
05/04/2026

Last week, David Kestenbaum led our Masterclass series and walked the room through his own angel portfolio. No highlight reel. 16 companies in 3 years, every position on the table.

A founder with deep experience in venture capital, David managed a ~$350M corporate venture portfolio before bringing those same frameworks to angel investing.

Swipe through for the 6 insights he left us with. 👉

Thank you David for bringing this level of honesty to our community. And thank you to everyone who joined us.

We are incredibly proud to share that our portfolio company took the top spot at StartCo, rising above 350 startups fro...
04/27/2026

We are incredibly proud to share that our portfolio company took the top spot at StartCo, rising above 350 startups from across LatAm. This recognition, backed by a 15,000+ audience, reflects the strength of both the team and the mission.

It’s exactly the kind of bold, technically ambitious, and purpose-driven company we are proud to support at Alamo Angels. Congratulations to , and the entire team. This is just the beginning.

Sebastian Garzon, Managing Partner of Alamo Angels and board member of , walked away from TechFuel 2026 with a convicti...
04/24/2026

Sebastian Garzon, Managing Partner of Alamo Angels and board member of , walked away from TechFuel 2026 with a conviction he hasn’t felt before — San Antonio has crossed a threshold 🚀.

Here are the 3 signals that tell him this ecosystem has finally arrived.

After years of institution-building by organizations like Alamo Angels and Tech Bloc, the talent, capital, and community have reached a critical mass and the results are showing up on stage💡

Huge congrats to Freyya and Gabriele Niederauer on taking home the $50K grand prize at TechBloc's TechFuel 2026 Pitch Co...
04/21/2026

Huge congrats to Freyya and Gabriele Niederauer on taking home the $50K grand prize at TechBloc's TechFuel 2026 Pitch Competition last night.

Freyya is building real-time, data-driven care for pelvic floor health, a space that has gone underserved for far too long despite affecting millions of women.

We've now backed two of Gabi's companies. In San Antonio, you bet on the people, and Gabi is one of the best we've got.

And for the second year running, an Alamo Angels portfolio company has walked away with the top prize. That's not luck. That's the caliber of founders building here.

Also a big shoutout to RentBamboo for second place and the audience vote, and to OpenLane for the honorable mention.

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