Santiago Tenorio
Venture Partner
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- Full Name
- Santiago Tenorio
- Title
- Venture Partner
- Firm
- Rewired
- Firm Type
- Technology and esports-focused venture studio
- Investment Stage
- Seed to growth stage
- Check Size
- Rewired states it participates in growth-stage investments from $5 million to $100 million
- Target Company Profile
- AI, machine-learning, robotics, sensor, bionics, mapping/localization, and esports ventures with clear potential for exponential growth
- Sector Focus
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, sensor technologies, bionics, mapping/localization, esports
- Geographic Focus
- Global, with Rewired based in Switzerland and investing in companies addressing global markets
- Location
- Nyon, Switzerland
Background
Santiago Tenorio was identified by Axios in August 2017 as a Venture Partner at Rewired, a robotics-focused venture studio that had secured a $100 million bankroll from Cascade Global. In that role, he described Rewired’s hands-on model for commercializing robotics and machine-perception technologies, particularly for technical founders and researchers who needed company-building support.
Rewired’s model at launch was broader than a conventional check-writing venture investor: Axios reported that the studio would both help form companies around entrepreneurs and researchers and back early-stage companies that already existed. Tenorio told Axios, “In many cases, these scientists have no idea how to commercialize these technologies,” framing Rewired’s role as operational and commercialization support as well as capital.
Rewired’s current website describes the firm as a technology and esports-focused venture studio backed by Cascade Global. Its public team page no longer lists Santiago Tenorio, so his current operating status at Rewired could not be verified from the firm’s current site.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Rewired’s early focus, as described by Tenorio in 2017, was machine perception: technologies that help computers interpret data in more human-like or expanded ways.
- Areas specifically named in Axios include sensors, machine learning, and machine hearing.
- Rewired told Axios it would not invest in military weapons-related technology.
- Rewired’s current stated focus is artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, sensor technologies, bionics, mapping/localization, and esports.
- Rewired says it seeks ventures with “a clear road map to exponential growth” and uses the “Six Ds” framework from Singularity University as a way to think about rapid technology progression.
- Current Rewired criteria state that it participates in growth-stage investing with investments from $5 million to $100 million.
- Rewired emphasizes both “intellectual and financial capital,” positioning itself as a hands-on venture studio rather than a passive investor.
Notable Investments
- Open Bionics: Developer of affordable bionic hands and prosthetics; Axios named it as one of Rewired’s first investments, and Rewired’s site describes prosthetics costing 80% less than traditional alternatives.
- Raptor Maps: Software platform for converting drone data into expert deliverables, including solar-farm inspection and aerial thermal-imaging workflows; Axios named it as an early Rewired investment.
- Seldon: Machine-learning deployment platform; Rewired says it first backed Seldon during its Seed fundraising in August 2017 and later sold shares during Seldon’s Series A, recouping a 148% return.
- Aromyx: Developer of technologies for reproducible measurement and digitization of taste and smell, with applications in robotics, food and beverage, CPG, chemical, and agricultural markets.
- Elementary Robotics: Full-stack robotics company focused on human-assistive robots and automation of repetitive tasks.
- Team Vitality: European esports organization; Rewired says it made a major esports investment in Team Vitality, with current Rewired materials referencing €50 million invested.
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