The Malaysian payments veteran spent two decades assembling wallets, cards, checkout tools and merchant software. Its next act puts that infrastructure behind public transport and branded financial services.

He left an art marketplace because nobody could figure out how to ship a painting. A decade later his software quietly runs the last mile for fine art, watches, and collectibles across 45 countries.
Alejandro Guerrero is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Act One Ventures, a Los Angeles micro-VC firm that backs pre-seed and seed companies across vertical SaaS, fintech, compliance, and AI-native enterprise software. A first-generation Mexican-American and former two-time founder, he authored the Diversity Rider, a clause now adopted by hundreds of funds that obligates lead investors to make space on cap tables for underrepresented co-investors. Act One closed a $73M Fund III in 2024 - roughly 3x its prior fund.