Thursday, November 12, 2026 · Boulder, Colorado
Portfolio
A collection of companies I've founded, invested in, and advised over the years.
Co-founder and CEO / CTO
3Metas is an independent technology group, founded in 2009, that builds AI into how established businesses already work, runs the cloud infrastructure underneath it, and builds products for startups in exchange for equity, through its AI Labs, Cloud, and Ventures divisions.
AI/ML · Technology Services · Services
Co-founder and CEO / CTO
23blocks is a software platform company. Its platform, and AI Maestro, its AI agent orchestration product, give teams the building blocks to build and run AI-powered applications.
AI Platforms · Software · Platform
Investor & Builder
A tiny team with an army of agents. FluidMind is the AI lab where Juan invests and builds agent systems with Alejandro Vargas — products in the wild include NotoNote, WinePro, Avogado, Fly Mimi, and an agent-first ERP for Absolute Racing Japan. Its agent stack runs on AI Maestro and the AID identity protocol from 23Blocks.
AI Agents · AI Lab · Agent Infrastructure
Founder
2xAI Lab builds AI experiences and explores the AI frontier: user experience, agent autonomy, robotics, AI learning, agent memory, and robot learning models.
AI Experiences · Agent Autonomy · Robotics
Investor · via Alejandro Vargas
Legal search and career advisory since 2016, with over 500 placements across four continents — US domestic moves, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe — and 5% of everything donated. Juan has invested in the firm and collaborates with Alejandro Vargas, who runs it, on FluidMind AI, whose legal products Avogado and LawyerNet serve the same market.
Legal Recruiting · Advisory · Global
Earlier ventures, through to their exits and one closure.
CTO
Denver AI startup from the Techstars Boulder Spring 2024 cohort. Knolly was an AI-powered second brain: readers could chat with books, take notes, and turn them into insights and published content. I was CTO for 6 months; the company later closed.
AI · Knowledge Engine · Content Creation
Staff Engineer
Boston mobile-research company founded in 2016. Its People Platform used mobile and location data to map consumer visits and sequence behavior patterns, giving brands near-real-time insight into consumer behavior. Acquired by Stagwell in 2022.
Mobile Research · Location Data · Consumer Insights
Partner - CTO
Colombian technology company from Bogotá, founded in 2000, focused on business-process consulting, automation, and software factory work, including Bizagi implementations as a Premiere Certified Partner. I joined as CTO when Gattaca acquired Virtual Business and later sold my shares.
Software Factory · Process Automation · Bizagi
Co-founder and CEO / CTO
Colombian software company founded in 2000, building web products as services: e-Content, e-Accounting delivered as an ASP, VBeMall, and intranet products as web services. Clients included Bancoldex, Avantel, and Leasing de Occidente. Acquired by Gattaca.
Web Services · e-Content · e-Commerce
Beyond my own ventures, I actively invest in and advise early-stage companies focused on AI, distributed systems, and developer infrastructure.
I invest in companies where I can add significant strategic value beyond capital. My focus areas include:
I only invest at the pre-seed stage, and most of the time my investment vehicle is tech for equity: 3Metas builds the founder's product against a Statement of Work and takes equity as the fee for that work. I also actively mentor founding teams on technical strategy, hiring, and go-to-market.
I'm always interested in meeting ambitious technical founders working on hard problems. If you're building in my focus areas and looking for strategic investors or advisors, let's talk.
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