About
Cristian Tala founded Pago Fácil, a fintech that grew from an open-source plugin used by 3,000 companies to a platform serving 6,000 clients before being acquired by Evo Payments. He currently operates as an angel investor in 30+ Latin American startups, founded Nakama Ventures, and serves as a limited partner in multiple investment funds while teaching engineering at the university level. Tala has authored two books on startup investment and entrepreneurship and created Cágala, Aprende, Repite, a community focused on practical lessons from entrepreneurial failures.
Experience
- Cágala, Aprende, Repite (CAR)Fundadorcurrent2026 — present
- El Ecosistema StartupCEO / Capitan Piratacurrent2023 — presentChile
- Nakama Ventures (ex Hero Capital)General Partnercurrent2022 — presentChile
- EVO Payments, Inc.VP eCommerce for LATAM2021 — 2022Chile
- Servicios Tecnológicos Pago FácilFounder and Business Developer2016 — 2021Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- PANDORA LTDAChief Executive Officer2015 — 2016Chile
- EmpresasCTMProject and Process Manager2011 — 2016Santiago, chile
- EmpresasCTMImport & Export Manager2011 — 2016Santiago, Chile
- Universidad Diego PortalesProfesor Facultad de Ingeniería2010 — 2016
- Scoala de ValoriSession Developer & Trainer2011 — 2012
- GROWTrainer2011
- AIESECTrainer in Grow2011Romania
- AIESECOGX Coordinator in AIESEC USACH2010 — 2011Chile
Skills & more
PHP23Java8MySQL8SQL8phpMyAdmin3Wordpress3Web 2.03javaee2JoomlaMentoría1LiderazgoStrategy1
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Analytical SkillsTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementTeamworkNegotiationLeadershipManagementPublic SpeakingInteligencia artificialEstrategia empresarialEmpresas emergentesCreación de comunidadLanguages English · Spanish
- Curso de Meta Ads Avanzado: Conoce Nuevas Funcionalidades — Platzi
- Curso de Meta Ads Básico — Platzi
- Curso de Community Manager — Platzi
- Optimizing a Website for Google Search — Coursera
- Google SEO Fundamentals — Coursera
- Introduction to Google SEO — Coursera
- Reconocimiento como Speaker EtMday Santiago 2022 — Discóbolo Certificaciones Digitales Inteligentes
- Reconocimiento como Speaker EtMday Concepción 2022 — Discóbolo Certificaciones Digitales Inteligentes
- Root Cause Analysis: Getting to the Root of Business Problems — LinkedIn
- Microservices Architecture - The Complete Guide — Udemy
From Cristian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Taram Capital
Adolfo Gana
Director de Compras Dimerc at Taram Capital
Alex Harasic
Senior Investor Manager AWS at Taram Capital
Alfonso Cuadra
Founder & CEO Rindegastos at Taram Capital
Andres Cargill
Gerente General Soluciones Orión at Taram Capital
Angélica Opazo
Principal of Operations at Taram Capital
Camila Gonzalez
Strategic Growth Senior Director NotCo at Taram Capital
Carlos Murillo
Presidente Pfizer España at Taram Capital
Carlos Pedevila
Global Strategy & Growth Executive @3M at Taram Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cristian Tala?
- Cristian Tala founded Pago Fácil, a fintech that grew from an open-source plugin used by 3,000 companies to a platform serving 6,000 clients before being acquired by Evo Payments. He currently operates as an angel investor in 30+ Latin American startups, founded Nakama Ventures, and serves as a limited partner in multiple investment funds while teaching engineering at the university level. Tala has authored two books on startup investment and entrepreneurship and created Cágala, Aprende, Repite, a community focused on practical lessons from entrepreneurial failures.
- Where does Cristian Tala work?
- Cristian Tala is CEO El Ecosistema Startups at Taram Capital.
- Where did Cristian Tala go to school?
- Cristian Tala studied at Maastricht School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master in Business Administration); Udacity (AWS Cloud Developer); Universidad de Chile (Certification in Evaluation and Management of IT Projects, Information Technology Project Management).
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Also attended Universidad de Chile60
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Also attended Universidad Diego Portales11
Paulina BrionesExecutive Assistant at SV AngelCarlos PedevilaGlobal Strategy & Growth Executive @3M at Taram CapitalLaura ChicurelFounder & CEO Innova360 / Regional director & Partner Bluebox at Taram CapitalOscar GomezCEO Intico at Taram CapitalJavier MancillaConsultant in Technology and Innovation at SquareOne CapitalCarolina LeivaAnalyst and Accounting at Manutara Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at AIESEC108
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