Mario Barra
InvestorInvestor at Alaya Capital
Miami, Florida
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Mario Barra is co-founder and president of VATES, a software engineering firm headquartered in Argentina with offices in Chile and Colombia that employs over 600 IT engineers and provides nearshore staff augmentation and custom development services to clients including IBM, Intel, and Thomson Reuters. He serves as director at ALAYA Capital Partners, a Latin American venture capital firm with investments in over 30 companies, and holds board positions at several Latin American enterprises including ALLADIO and Holcim Argentina. Barra has also founded or co-founded multiple organizations including an orthodontics company, a technology cluster, and a community foundation, and serves as a professor at the National Technological University.
Experience
- ALAYA CAPITAL PARTNERSDirectorcurrent2010 — presentChile
- Nobracks! Ortodoncia InvisibleDirectorcurrent2013 — presentArgentina
- Universidad Tecnológica NacionalTechnological Entrepreneurs & Business Intelligence Teachercurrent1992 — presentCordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
- VatesCo-Founder & Presidentcurrent1991 — present
- Jose M. Alladio e Hijos S.A.External Member - Board of Directors2017 — 2021
- Cordoba Technology ClusterVice President2007 — 2011
Skills & more
Languages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mario Barra?
- Mario Barra is co-founder and president of VATES, a software engineering firm headquartered in Argentina with offices in Chile and Colombia that employs over 600 IT engineers and provides nearshore staff augmentation and custom development services to clients including IBM, Intel, and Thomson Reuters. He serves as director at ALAYA Capital Partners, a Latin American venture capital firm with investments in over 30 companies, and holds board positions at several Latin American enterprises including ALLADIO and Holcim Argentina. Barra has also founded or co-founded multiple organizations including an orthodontics company, a technology cluster, and a community foundation, and serves as a professor at the National Technological University.
- Where does Mario Barra work?
- Mario Barra is Investor at Alaya Capital.
- What check size does Mario Barra write?
- Mario Barra typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Mario Barra go to school?
- Mario Barra studied at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (1991, Sistemas); Universidad Empresarial 'Siglo 21' (UE Siglo 21, Software Engineering).
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