About
Ariel Arrieta co-founded one of Latin America's earliest seed funds, transformed it from an accelerator into a ~$100M B2B fund, and is a marketer-first entrepreneur focused on ecosystem building.
Invests in
E-commerceFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaS
Experience
- ShortaCofounder & Chairmancurrent2025 — present
- NXTP VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2011 — presentLatin America
- ExactlyInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- ARCAP (Asociación Argentina de Capital Privado, Emprendedor y Semilla)Board Membercurrent2024 — presentBuenos Aires Province, Argentina
- SecuritizeInvestorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SecuritizeBoard Member2018 — 2021
- PodsInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- JAIInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- AxenyaInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- SplineInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSantiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- CobliInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- InventaInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- Junior Achievement ArgentinaBoard Membercurrent2014 — present
- VC3 DAOGenesis Member2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- ArquiveiBoard Member2019 — 2026São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- RetailAppBoard Member2018 — 2026Miami, Florida, United States
- Puente LabsBoard Member2014 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- KanguInvestor2019 — 2021São Paulo, Brazil
- NEXTPERIENCECo-Founder & Board member2009 — 2018Argentina, Chile, Peru
- ProperatiBoard Member2014 — 2018Greater São Paulo Area
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolOPM 41, Management2009 — 2011
- Society of Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellows2013 — 2015
- Singularity UniversityExceutive Education2013
Skills & more
Board Governance1Board OperationEntrepreneurship99Online Marketing99Online Advertising99Digital Marketing99Start-ups99Digital Strategy99SEM99International Expansion44Angel Investing96Venture Capital99
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Online Media ManagementBootstrappingEarly Stage InvestmentM&A experienceAcrylic PaintingMentoringPagmatic Visionary ThinkingVisionary ThinkingFunraisingLatin AmericaLanguages English
From Ariel's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Shared employers
Also worked at ARCAP (Asociación Argentina de Capital Privado, Emprendedor y Semilla)10
Marta CruzGeneral Partner at NXTPAgustín RotondoInvestor at MatterScale VenturesMariano MayerCo-founder & Managing Partner at Newtopia VCDiego González BravoPartner & Cofounder at Draper CygnusSusana Garcia-RoblesManaging Partner at Capria VenturesLuis BermejoManaging Partner at Alaya Capital
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Also worked at Junior Achievement Argentina1
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows360
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesRoi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
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Colleagues at NXTP
Agustina Chaar
Accounting and Treasury Analyst at NXTP
Alexander Busse
Managing Partner at NXTP
Bruno Dalaparia
Principal at NXTP
Bruno Dalapria
Partner at NXTP
Darly Bendo
Managing Partner at NXTP
Diego Vargas
Investment Analyst at NXTP
Eduardo Razzetti
Chief Financial Officer at NXTP
Federico Molina
Partner at NXTP
Network8
Ben PouladianScout
Partner at AiSprouts VC
Daniel RecanatiScout
Founder and CEO at Rhodium
Gil CanaaniScout
Managing Director at Hearst Ventures
Pedro ArntScout
Retail Champion at 30N Ventures
Alex Pall
General Partner at Mantis Capital
David Marcus
Investor at FELIX CAPITAL
Gonzalo Costa
General Partner at NXTP
Max Shapiro
Managing Partner at Cadenza
Investors connected to Ariel in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.