Boardroom E-3: the corporate venture capital advisory that votes the cheque, and the room already has the pitch deck in merch for the founder

Boardroom E-3 is the advisory room of a corporate venture capital based in Santa Fe: 12 seats in a horseshoe, a glass-surface table for projecting the pitch deck, an interactive 4K display, individual microphones for hybrid sessions, a digital voting system with private-blockchain hash for deal-flow traceability, an extended-hours lactation room for founders, capacity for a 4 to 6-hour session. This is where CVC advisory committees run for Mexican industrial groups, where venture-capital investment committees sit with corporate LPs, where Mexican pre-seed and seed startups pitch, and where portfolio follow-on committees run for Series A and B companies. What defines Boardroom E-3 is not the interactive screen; it is the cadence. The merch is delivered at session close, with a copy of the pitch deck and the managing partner's signature.

Merch packages for Boardroom E-3

Managing-partner kit

Production of 8 to 14 units for advisory members, corporate LPs, and the fund's founding partners. Metal-clip folder with the current month's cover, numbered notepads with the fund's and corporate LP's letterhead, roller pen engraved with the partner's name, encrypted USB holding the portfolio summary deck and the voting matrix, card with the day's agenda and deals on the ballot. Delivered before the advisory into the locker at Boardroom E-3.

Fund-team merch

Uniforms for the fund team, the CVC staff, and the personnel at Boardroom E-3. Polo shirt with the fund's logo on the left chest, hoodie for the investment team, badge with photo, name and role (managing partner, principal, associate, platform), backpack with embroidered logo for carrying the portfolio deck. Production in organic-cotton textile, professionally pressed, delivered back-of-house 90 minutes before doors open.

Portfolio-founder recognition

Production of 1 to 6 units for the founder closing an exit, the portfolio CEO with a Series D round, or the entrepreneur leaving the cap table. Wooden box with engraved plaque bearing the startup's name and exit amount, hand-bound book tracing the company's timeline, ceramic mug with the fund's logo, calligraphed card with the guest's monogram. Delivered in a sealed envelope at the close of the advisory or at a private post-pitch dinner.

Pitch-day merch

Production of 50 to 200 units for founders pitching the advisory, the portfolio startup teams, and the invited guests. Pocket notebook with the fund's logo cover and dotted pages for taking pitch notes, roller pen engraved with the founder's name, limited-edition advisory t-shirt, stainless-steel tumbler with the fund's logo. Production in organic-cotton textile, delivered at the entrance of Boardroom E-3 before each pitch.

Boardroom E-3 logistics, access and deal-flow custody

Boardroom E-3 operates with a single load-in entry: the CVC's service entrance, which accepts a 3.5-tonne van within restricted hours (generally 7:00 to 10:00 and 17:00 to 20:00). The pedestrian load-in requires prior identification, the fund's badge, and a signature in the deal-flow logbook; informal access is not allowed. The fund's operations staff hand over POP material and the managing-partner kits with visible ID and badge. The back-of-house at Boardroom E-3 includes a biometric-locked locker: the POP-material room, where merch is kept in sealed boxes bearing the fund's stamp and a digital voting record. Boardroom E-3 has no visible kitchen: the CVC's cafeteria sends food through the service corridor, and table service is coordinated with the fund's operations lead to comply with advisory protocol.

For sessions with international LP attendance (typically from the US, Europe, or Asia), we handle USD invoicing at the Banco de México FIX rate of the day before the event, with USMCA compliance and support for deduction as investment or advisory expense in the fund's fiscal close. For sessions with international founder attendance, we comply with the fund's compliance protocol and the LP's due-diligence protocol. The merch custody chain is documented with signature, timestamp, and photograph at every checkpoint: entry to the load-in, review by the fund's operations personnel, transfer to the locker, restocking during recesses, post-advisory collection.

For CVCs with IMMEX operations or partnerships with US corporates, we handle complementary SAT invoicing with 16% IVA breakdown and support for deduction as investment or PR expense. For venture-capital funds, we handle invoicing in compliance with the corporate-share-disposal income regime under Mexican tax law. For groups with US operations, we handle bilingual (es/en) invoicing and USMCA compliance when the managing-partner kit crosses the border as part of the hospitality kit for the LP residing abroad.

Confidentiality, Boardroom E-3 compliance and prohibitions

Boardroom E-3 operates under rules the merch must respect: no mobile-phone use in the room during advisory votes, no merch that creates noise or distraction during pitches, no backpacks or large bags in the room (deal-flow protocol), no POP material with third-party logos (a frequent request from LPs), no food or beverages outside the CVC's cafeteria service. For sessions that require limited-edition merch (numbered anniversary t-shirt of the fund, book signed by the invited founder, paperweight marking the exit year), we coordinate with the fund's operations area to ensure the piece complies with compliance protocol, deal-flow-confidentiality protocol, and transmission protocol (when the session is internal and is not recorded, in compliance with the Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares).

For sessions with media coverage (post-pitch press conference, exit presentation to the BMV, new-fund launch), we comply with the fund's press protocol and the LP's disclosure protocol, with pieces carrying no third-party logos or with digital redaction when the fund's manual requires it. For sessions with internal transmission to the fund's offices in NY or SF (sessions transmitted to the fund's investment committee), we comply with the fund's transmission protocol with pieces visible on-screen and pieces hidden from transmission. For sessions with live transmission abroad (video call with LPs in Tokyo, London, or NY), we comply with time-zone rules and ship pieces to the international LP two weeks in advance.

For SAT invoicing, we issue CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA breakdown and support for deduction as investment, advisory, or PR expense, depending on how the merch is used. For funds with IMMEX or US operations, we handle complementary invoicing in USD or EUR with USMCA compliance when the merch crosses the border as part of the hospitality kit. The merch is delivered with carta porte 3.0 when interstate or international transit applies, with the foreign-trade complement when applicable, and with the payment complement when the fund pays in instalments. Delivery to the locker is documented with an entry slip signed by the fund's operations lead, the managing partner, and the compliance officer.

MOQ, costs and reservations for Boardroom E-3

Managing-partner kit — from MXN $4,250 before IVA per unit in a run of 10. Fund-team merch — from MXN $2,650 before IVA per person in a run of 8. Portfolio-founder recognition — from MXN $9,500 before IVA per unit in a run of 4. Pitch-day merch — from MXN $890 before IVA per unit in a run of 80. Costs exclude the Boardroom E-3 rental, which is quoted directly with the CVC's operations area depending on the day, schedule, setup, additional services (cafeteria, lactation room, audiovisual equipment, digital voting system) and deal-flow compliance.

For high-demand dates (advisory committees with quarterly voting calendars, investment committees with deals above USD $5M, pitch sessions with international founders), we hold the calendar with 60 days' lead time and a firm written commitment. For low-demand dates, we hold with 30 days' lead time. Express production under 18 days carries a +35% surcharge for curation and dispatch. The reservation is made with a 14-point brief: advisory date, session type (advisory, pitch, investment committee), attendee count, units per package, fund brand manual, brand colour palette, fund deal-flow protocol, transmission compliance, load-in logistics, post-session donation, and SAT invoicing.

Boardroom E-3 FAQ

Can the managing-partner kit be delivered with receipt signed per fund partner?

Yes — we deliver the kit with an individual acknowledgement, signed by the partner, with delivery time and the uniformed delivery staff's signature. The custody chain is documented with photography when the fund protocol permits, and is held in a sealed envelope throughout the day for return at the close of the advisory.

Can you handle merch for pitch sessions that recur monthly?

Yes — we run monthly programming with the same brand manual, scaling the run according to the pitch agenda and special guests (international LPs, invited founders, tech journalists). Coordination with the fund's platform team for editorial curation.

Can the merch be invoiced as investment expense?

Yes — we issue CFDI 4.0 to the SAT with 16% IVA breakdown and support for deduction as investment, advisory, or PR expense, depending on the merch's use. For CVCs with IMMEX operations, we handle complementary invoicing in USD with the foreign-trade complement and USMCA compliance.

Is Corp-Merch an official partner of Boardroom E-3?

No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop handling curation, production and logistics of merch for CVC advisory, investment committees, and pitch sessions at Boardroom E-3 and other CDMX venues. Boardroom E-3 is mentioned for sector-description purposes only.

Request a quote for Boardroom E-3 merch

Tell us the advisory date, session type, attendee count, units per package, fund brand manual, brand colour palette (where applicable), fund deal-flow protocol, transmission compliance, load-in logistics, and SAT invoicing. We respond with a package-by-package quote, curation proposal, and digital mock-up within 24 to 48 business hours.



Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop handling curation, production and logistics of merch for CVC advisory, investment committees, and pitch sessions at Boardroom E-3 and other CDMX venues. We are not a partner, sponsor or official supplier of Boardroom E-3, of the CVCs, or of the venture-capital funds mentioned on this page. The figures, venues and suppliers mentioned are sector references and are cited for descriptive purposes only.