Nomada Fund made its public debut on October 19, 2026, positioning itself as the world's first New Media fund. The Miami-based firm provides startups with Media Credits that support sustained distribution across more than 10 channels, including newsletters, podcasts, communities, events, SEO, and GEO. Its operations are backed by ILB Media Group, a New Media conglomerate with more than 20 finance and investment outlets serving the United States and Latin America.
A Distribution for Equity Model
Nomada Fund uses the same financial structure as Media for Equity funds, where media groups trade advertising space for equity, but it introduces two important differences. The fund operates on New Media platforms instead of traditional television, radio, or print, and it invests at Pre-Seed and Seed stages rather than at maturity. The firm describes this approach as Distribution for Equity, or D4E, and considers it the world's first fund in this category.
Why Distribution Is the New Moat
The fund argues that artificial intelligence agents and no-code tools allow a small team to recreate a working product in days. What competitors cannot easily copy is the trust of people who follow a company, open its emails, and recommend it to others. Nomada Fund captures this view with the motto 'Distribution is the new moat,' meaning an audience based on trust has become the central competitive advantage.
Moving From Rented Attention
Rival IQ's 2026 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report shows brands' median Instagram engagement at 0.30% of followers, down from 0.36%. This decline illustrates the weakness of rented attention on platforms a startup does not control. Nomada Fund helps startups move that attention into owned channels such as newsletters, communities, and events, where relationships can grow more predictably.
An Experienced Leadership Team
Co-founder and Managing Partner Jose Kont brings more than 20 years of New Media experience and is a partner at Impacta VC, CAFI, and Cuantico VP. Co-founder and Venture Partner Israel García Ballesteros is CEO and founder of Startuplinks, the leading Spanish-speaking community of VC funds and accelerators with more than 270 institutional members. Venture Partners Rodrigo Giacaman, Ileana Figueroa, and Jose Manuel Aguirre work alongside legal partner Eugenia di Marco, trained at UC Berkeley School of Law and MIT.
A Bilingual Network Across the Americas
ILB Media Group operates a New Media conglomerate of more than 20 finance and investment outlets in the United States and Latin America. This network gives portfolio startups early distribution to investors, founders, and customers, providing access that would otherwise take years to build. Because the fund is backed by these outlets, startups can reach key audiences across two major markets from the start.
What Founders Receive
Nomada Fund invests sustained distribution and visibility rather than cash, targeting early-stage startups with proven traction in Latin America and the United States. The fund's model treats a startup's brand and relationships as its most valuable assets, not just the product itself. By using a Media for Equity structure adapted to New Media platforms, it provides founders with a practical route to build trust and awareness.
Nomada Fund enters the venture landscape at a moment when software is cheaper to build and community trust is harder to replicate. By trading distribution for equity at the earliest stages, the firm gives founders a way to build an audience that competitors cannot easily duplicate. Its launch signals a broader shift in how early-stage companies may think about capital, visibility, and long-term defensibility.