Alaya Capital
Venture capitalMontevideo · Pre-Seed–Series A · 18 people tracked
Also known as ALAYA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
Investment thesis
Alaya Capital backs the next generation of Latin American digital entrepreneurs, focusing on technology-driven startups with the ambition to make a global impact. Its investment approach centers on the intersection of future, talent, technology, and Latin America, combined with a positive impact orientation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 30 of 69 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10SaaS ×9Fintech ×8E-commerce ×4Marketplaces ×4Sales Tech ×3AdTech ×2AgTech ×2
HQs:Mexico×4Argentina×3Chile×1Spain×1Norway×1Peru×1
Investments · 69 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12019 · 12 dated
123Seguro is an online insurance brokerage that lets consumers and businesses compare quotes from multiple insurers, buy policies online, and manage renewals and claims, with options for auto, home, commercial, and teleassistance coverage.
FintechInsurTechMarketplaces
Aquabyte develops an AI-powered platform combining computer vision and machine learning to monitor fish health, welfare, behavior, and biomass for aquaculture farms at sea and on land.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoTNorway, NO
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ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Betterfly offers employee benefits platform with configurable benefit packages, including life insurance starting from $20,000 MXN and dental insurance from $10,000 MXN, serving Mexican employers and their workforces.
HR TechInsurTechMexico City, MX
Eduardo della Maggiora(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Molina(Director)Cristobal della Maggiora(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMike Packer(Director)
Coba provides an infrastructure platform for instant, compliant cross-border money movement between the US and Latin America, serving businesses conducting cross-border transactions.
FintechSaaSMonterrey, MX
Abraham Kuri Vargas(Founder)inEduardo Lopez De Leon(Founder)inCarlos Alberto Medellin Gonzalez(Founder)inEduardo López(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)Carlos Medellín(Chief Executive Officer)Abraham Kuri(Chief Technology Officer)in
Equip is an online platform for buying construction materials, letting construction companies submit a materials list, receive a quote via WhatsApp, and have items delivered directly to their job site.
B2B MarketplacesConstruction TechE-commerce
Filadd offers online test-preparation courses for college entrance exams in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, featuring video lessons, live tutoring, and AI-generated study plans tailored to individual students.
EdTechCórdoba, AR
Joaquin olmedo(Founder)inGuillermo Bruchmann Tanodi(Founder)inNicolás Ferrer(Founder)inAgustin Trombotto(Founder)in
Houm is a proptech platform that helps property owners list and rent residential properties in Latin America.
MarketplacesPropTechSantiago, CL
Benjamín Labra(Founder)inNicolas Knockaert(Founder)inJorge Benitez(Director)Benjamin Ignacio Labra Zelaya(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Lewy(Director)Hatim Khety(Director)
Kilimo runs water stewardship programs at the watershed level, working with companies, organizations, and farmers to improve water security through hydrological assessment, territorial data, and efficient irrigation practices in the field.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
myHotel is a SaaS guest experience platform for hotels that uses AI to run satisfaction surveys (NPS), manage online reputation across OTAs like Booking.com, Tripadvisor and Google, handle case/incident management, and provide a WhatsApp virtual concierge assistant.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Pago46 provides payment infrastructure for Latin America, offering pay-in, pay-out, remittances, and settlement for merchants across six countries through a single API, including cash-in/cash-out at thousands of points and stablecoin settlement.
PathPilot provides specialized AI agents that automate 60–80% of high-volume operational workflows in lending, including onboarding, servicing, and collections, integrating directly into lenders' existing systems to enable revenue growth without proportional staff expansion.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Victor Laguna(Founder)in
Preauth provides a dashboard and payment-link tool for businesses to place, manage, and charge preauthorization holds (security deposits) on customers' cards, letting them reserve funds before delivering a service and charge partially or fully when needed.
FintechSaaS
QMATCH is a web platform that extracts and monitors pricing, product, promotion, content, and image data from eCommerce sites, using AI to match and classify products.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Teamcubation combines software development with training, building software for client companies while training their developers and existing employees in tech skills, AI agents, and RPA automation.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPathPilot · ycombinator.com · Jul 13, 2026
Filadd · entrepreneurindia.com · Mar 6, 2026
Escala · calcalistech.com · Jul 21, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Alaya Capital invest at?
- Alaya Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Alaya Capital's typical check size?
- Alaya Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $1M.
- What sectors does Alaya Capital focus on?
- Alaya Capital focuses on Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Alaya Capital located?
- Alaya Capital is headquartered in Montevideo, AR.
- Does Alaya Capital lead rounds?
- Alaya Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamLuis Narro - Alaya Capital
vagabondvc · Luis Narro
Luis Bermejo (Alaya Capital Partners, Endeavor) & Juan Pablo Cappello (PAG.law)
Aqui & Ahora: el TecnoLatino habla · Luis Bermejo
Co-investors · 8
Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs a select group of founders solving large, difficult problems, positioning itself as a long-term, operationally engaged partner from a company's earliest days through later milestones.
Impacta VC is a Latin American impact-focused venture capital firm that invests capital and provides mentorship and network access to early-stage startups whose purpose is to generate positive social and environmental impact.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm known for backing AI and technology founders, emphasizing deep, hands-on partnerships with the companies it funds.
FJ Labs is a venture capital firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, having built a large portfolio of marketplace startups with over 30 becoming unicorns.
Rivet Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer-facing companies, with a particular focus on businesses deliberately targeting the female consumer market.
Wayra is Telefónica's corporate venture arm that invests in startups with the potential to create impact within Telefónica and helps them scale through commercial collaboration.
Chainforest operates as a "Venture DAO" where hundreds of community members called "Rainmakers" earn non-transferable $RAINDROP tokens that represent slices of the fund's carry without needing to contribute capital or become LPs, turning web3 operators into incentivized scouts and advisors with real economic upside. Unlike typical investment DAOs that use democratic voting, Chainforest centralizes investment decisions with its GP while using the DAO purely to source deals and provide support—with about 50% of investments coming from founders who are themselves Rainmakers and multiple deals sourced through the community's beta testing of products.
Kalei Ventures is a venture capital fund backing founders who apply artificial intelligence to concrete problems in Latin America, aiming to build global category leaders from the region.
Firms observed investing alongside Alaya Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Alaya Capital's recorded portfolio.
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