Andres Palacio

Andrés Henao Palacio is an experienced investment banker and the founding partner of iK Banca de Inversión, an independent investment banking advisory firm based in Medellín, Colombia. The firm specializes in structuring and executing corporate-finance transactions — mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and raising capital through financial institutions or new investors — and states that its executive team carries more than 45 years of combined experience across multinationals, conglomerates, and recognized firms.

Before founding iK, Andrés worked with Grupo Mundial, the investment banking unit of Bancolombia (one of Colombia's largest financial groups), and earlier with Promotora de Proyectos. Across his career he has led and directed transactions throughout Colombia and Latin America in sectors including industrial, oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, retail, energy, agroindustrial, and telecommunications.

He holds a BS in Business Administration and Finance from EAFIT (a leading university in Medellín) and completed an executive program at the Stern School of Business, New York University.

Note on the stub data: the email prefix "ahenao" and firm domain "ikbi.co" both resolve to Andrés Henao Palacio at iK Banca de Inversión rather than to a standalone angel investor named "Andres Palacio." The "Angel Investors / Seed Round" descriptors in the source stub appear to be an aggregator mislabeling; iK's own site describes an M&A and corporate-finance advisory practice, not seed-stage venture investing. No public source confirms a personal angel portfolio for him.

• iK Banca de Inversión positions itself as an independent advisor to "investors, companies or their owners," working with large corporations as well as small and medium enterprises across many sectors of the economy.
• The firm's stated value proposition is partner-led engagement, independence in advisory work, and privileged access to the investor community and the Colombian/regional financial system.
• Core services are M&A transaction planning and structuring, project finance, and corporate funding (arranging debt or equity through financial institutions or new investors) — an advisory/dealmaking model rather than a check-writing venture-capital or seed thesis.
• No publicly stated personal check size, seed thesis, or "what makes me say yes" criteria were found for Andrés Henao Palacio as an individual investor.