# Manuel Godoy

> Manuel Godoy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Félix, a WhatsApp-native remittance platform that uses USDC stablecoins and AI to let Latino immigrants send money home in minutes for a fraction of traditional costs. Born in Venezuela and educated at Caltech and Wharton, Godoy turned his own immigrant experience into a company that has processed over $1 billion in remittances, serves 400,000+ active users across nine countries, and raised $90.5M including a $75M Series B in April 2025 led by QED Investors.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Félix
- **Organizations:** Félix (felixpago.com), Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, Boston Consulting Group, Schlumberger, MicroSilicon Inc, Endeavor
- **From:** Venezuela
- **Nationality:** Venezuelan-American
- **Education:** MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), BS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Félix, which has processed over $1 billion in remittances annually with 400,000+ active users, Raised $90.5M in total funding including a $75M Series B (April 2025) led by QED Investors, Achieved 12x revenue growth from 2023 to 2024

## Career timeline

- **2004-2007** — BS Electrical Engineering at Caltech; received SVC Foundation Jane & Frank Warchol Scholarship (2007)
- **2007-2009** — MS Electrical Engineering at Caltech; presented at SVC Techcon 2006 in Chicago
- **2009-2011** — Schlumberger - hardware engineering in Texas for oil and gas industry
- **2011-2015** — MicroSilicon Inc - Director of Product Development, building paramagnetic sensors
- **2015-2019** — Boston Consulting Group - Summer Consultant; additional roles including Senior Electrical Engineer at Caltech
- **2019-2021** — MBA at Wharton; met co-founder Bernardo Garcia through Wharton Latin American Student Association
- **2021** — Co-founded Félix with Bernardo Garcia; named one of Wharton's Most Disruptive MBA Startups by Poets & Quants
- **2022** — Félix raised Series A ($15.5M) led by Switch Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, HTwenty
- **2024** — Félix crosses 400,000 active users and $1B in annual remittance volume; featured as Harvard Business School case study
- **2025-04** — Félix raises $75M Series B led by QED Investors; partnerships with Mastercard Move and dLocal; expands to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- **2026** — Named 2026 Endeavor Outlier (top 10% of Endeavor companies globally); Félix powers $3B in payment volume on Stripe

## Achievements

- Co-founded Félix, which has processed over $1 billion in remittances annually with 400,000+ active users
- Raised $90.5M in total funding including a $75M Series B (April 2025) led by QED Investors
- Achieved 12x revenue growth from 2023 to 2024
- Named 2026 Endeavor Outlier (top 10% of Endeavor-backed companies globally)
- Featured as a Harvard Business School case study
- Named one of Wharton's Most Disruptive MBA Startups (2021, Poets & Quants)
- Built Félix to a Net Promoter Score above 90 with ~99% payout success rate
- Secured partnerships with Mastercard, Circle, Stripe, MercadoLibre, Nubank, and dLocal
- Expanded Félix to 9 countries across Latin America
- Speaker at Money20/20 US 2025
- SVC Foundation Jane & Frank Warchol Scholarship recipient (Caltech, 2007)
- Grew Félix to $3 billion in payment volume processed on Stripe

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Félix raised a $75M Series B led by QED Investors, with participation from Monashees, Endeavor Global, General Catalyst, Switch Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, and HTwenty.
- **2025-04** — Félix integrated with Mastercard Move to accelerate U.S.-to-Latin America remittances.
- **2025-04** — Félix and dLocal launched instant stablecoin-funded WhatsApp remittances across Latin America.
- **2025-03** — Manuel Godoy spoke at Amplomedia on 'Supporting Immigrants' - discussing the personal mission behind Félix.
- **2026-05** — Named a 2026 Endeavor Outlier alongside Skyloom - part of a cohort of companies that have collectively raised $31B.
- **2026** — Félix powers $3 billion in payment volume on Stripe's platform, up from $1B the prior year.

## Links

- Website: https://felixpago.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/godoymanuel
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/manueljgodoym
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felixpagos

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Last updated: 2026-05-25