Alaya Capital

Alaya Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina, that invests in and scales Latin American startups. It operates with a diverse team and partners across major Spanish-speaking markets in Latin America, supporting portfolio companies to grow globally. The firm aims to advance a new economy in Latin America based on technology and knowledge by increasing the value of regional technology ventures.

Carlos Baradello

General Partner

Claudio Barahona Jacobs

Managing Partner

Mario Barra

Investor

Luis Bermejo

Managing Partner

Ravi Chari

Principal

Carolina Costa

Investor

Juan Manuel Giner Gonzalez

Managing Partner

Luis Narro

Venture Partner

Bruno Perez

Principal

Oriol Rius

Venture Partner

Juan Sebastián Valderrama

Analyst

Juan Valderrama Vera

Principal

Past deals in South America

Creditop

Seed Round in 2024
Creditop facilitates merchant lending by offering a platform that connects businesses with multiple lenders. It streamlines the credit application process, enabling merchants to compare financial entities in Colombia efficiently and secure their ideal credit.

Loads

Venture Round in 2024
Loads is the first digital platform to offer an end-to-end solution to make importing and exporting fresh food simple, transparent, and accessible, from financing through logistics and everything in between, enabling traceable and secure transactions worldwide for growers and importers. Located in Chile, our multidisciplinary team combines up to +20 years of experience in technology and international trade, all sharing the same purpose: Change how the industry has been working for the past +80 years by helping local growers connect with global markets through technology.

Loads

Seed Round in 2023
Loads is the first digital platform to offer an end-to-end solution to make importing and exporting fresh food simple, transparent, and accessible, from financing through logistics and everything in between, enabling traceable and secure transactions worldwide for growers and importers. Located in Chile, our multidisciplinary team combines up to +20 years of experience in technology and international trade, all sharing the same purpose: Change how the industry has been working for the past +80 years by helping local growers connect with global markets through technology.

MegaBite Food

Seed Round in 2022
MegaBite is a multibrand cloud kitchen restaurant that specializes in offering premium gastronomic brands at midrange prices targeted at the middle class in Latin America. The company operates exclusively through digital channels, utilizing integrated kitchen software and hardware to facilitate efficient order processing. MegaBite runs its operations from rented dark kitchens, which allows for a modular growth model that enhances scalability. This innovative approach enables the opening of new kitchens with significantly lower capital expenditure and much faster timelines compared to traditional restaurants. Operating in Mexico and Peru, MegaBite has achieved impressive growth, averaging 30% month-over-month since its inception. The platform provides customers with access to a variety of virtual restaurant brands, enhancing their culinary choices while ensuring a seamless online ordering and delivery experience.

Rocketpin

Seed Round in 2020
Rocketpin operates a mobile crowdsourcing platform that collects and verifies business information online. Based in Santiago, Chile, the company connects trained professionals with clients for tasks such as verifications, inspections, audits, and remote signatures.

Entelai

Seed Round in 2019
Entelai LLC is a technology company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 2018, that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software solutions for the healthcare sector. The company offers a range of products, including Entelai Pic, which focuses on medical image analysis, and Entelai Pre-Doc, designed to enhance patient interactions in clinical settings. Entelai's software aids in the early detection of medical anomalies, providing diagnostic and therapeutic suggestions to healthcare professionals. By enabling better conceptualization of patient conditions, the company's solutions aim to improve overall patient care and enhance the experience for both practitioners and patients.

QMATCH - eCommerce Intelligence

Seed Round in 2019
QMATCH is a business-to-business web platform specializing in information extraction, analysis, and comparison for the e-commerce sector. Founded in 2017 and based in Vitacura, Chile, QMATCH utilizes innovative data validation technology to scrape the web for product information, enabling client companies to optimize pricing, assortments, and marketing strategies. The platform offers insights into competitor performance, market trends, and brand analysis, allowing e-commerce clients to enhance their sales and customer loyalty. By providing accurate and comprehensive data, QMATCH helps businesses gain a competitive edge in the dynamic e-commerce marketplace.

Filadd Chile

Seed Round in 2019
Filadd Chile is an education technology platform for university students that enables sharing and organization of study resources, including notes, summaries, and online classes. The platform supports uploading and accessing class notes contributed by peers, organizing study materials, and taking notes, with an emphasis on collaboration to adapt learning to current needs. Lectures can be recorded by teachers at the company's offices to ensure high quality, while instructors later respond to questions and provide guidance, creating a space where summaries, instructor insights, and exam models are shared. The service is designed to facilitate study resources and online courses for career and university students, with a focus on accessibility and collaborative learning. It is based in Córdoba, Argentina.

Betterfly

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Betterfly is a purpose-driven wellbeing and insurance platform founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile. The company aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of organizations and their employees while fostering positive community impact. Betterfly's innovative platform rewards individuals for adopting healthy habits by providing life insurance coverage that increases daily. Additionally, every healthy activity is converted into a charitable donation, enabling businesses to integrate corporate wellness and social responsibility into their employee benefits programs. This unique approach not only promotes individual health but also encourages corporate engagement in community support.

Kilimo

Seed Round in 2018
Kilimo is a company specializing in water management solutions for agriculture, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina. It offers an irrigation management tool that simplifies farm management and enhances efficiency by utilizing big data. The company's technology integrates climate monitoring with satellite and site-specific soil data, allowing it to provide tailored irrigation prescriptions for various crops. By analyzing soil conditions and leveraging advanced algorithms, Kilimo enables farmers to optimize water usage, ultimately improving crop yields while conserving water resources.

Rocketpin

Seed Round in 2018
Rocketpin operates a mobile crowdsourcing platform that collects and verifies business information online. Based in Santiago, Chile, the company connects trained professionals with clients for tasks such as verifications, inspections, audits, and remote signatures.

123Seguro

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2010, 123Seguro operates as an online insurance brokerage platform headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It specializes in comparing and selling insurance policies from top providers, currently focusing on auto, commercial, and life insurance across five Latin American countries.

Genwords

Seed Round in 2015
Genwords is a digital marketing and content creation company based in Cordoba, Argentina, founded in 2013. It provides content writing services and operates a platform for producing articles, blog posts, and product reviews to help clients increase engagement, website traffic, and conversions. The company offers a range of services including content marketing, inbound marketing, web positioning, and ecommerce support, as well as web development, consulting, and marketing planning. By combining content production with broader digital marketing strategies, Genwords supports brands across industries in strengthening online presence and achieving measurable outcomes.

MegaBite Food

MegaBite is a multibrand cloud kitchen restaurant that specializes in offering premium gastronomic brands at midrange prices targeted at the middle class in Latin America. The company operates exclusively through digital channels, utilizing integrated kitchen software and hardware to facilitate efficient order processing. MegaBite runs its operations from rented dark kitchens, which allows for a modular growth model that enhances scalability. This innovative approach enables the opening of new kitchens with significantly lower capital expenditure and much faster timelines compared to traditional restaurants. Operating in Mexico and Peru, MegaBite has achieved impressive growth, averaging 30% month-over-month since its inception. The platform provides customers with access to a variety of virtual restaurant brands, enhancing their culinary choices while ensuring a seamless online ordering and delivery experience.
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