Alaya Capital Partners

Alaya Capital Partners is a Córdoba, Argentina-based venture capital firm founded in 2010/2011 by Luis Bermejo, Omar Vega, Mario Barra, Carlos Baradello, and Oscar Guardianelli, making it one of the earliest institutional early-stage venture funds to operate from the Southern Cone. The original directory entry lists Santiago, Chile as the city, but the firm is headquartered in Córdoba with offices in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. The firm has operated three successive funds: a $1 million pilot fund, a $20 million Fund II raised in 2017, and a $25 million Fund III launched in 2022, managing a total of approximately $50 million across its active vehicles. Over more than a decade, Alaya has backed 43 to 65 companies across Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, investing at seed and Series A stages in sectors spanning enterprise software, fintech, consumer internet, agritech, proptech, and logistics. The firm employs a hands-on approach to portfolio support, providing founders with go-to-market strategy, pricing guidance, fundraising preparation including data room support, and direct introductions to a network of more than 30 regional and international investors. Its portfolio has produced one unicorn in Betterfly, a Chilean employee benefits and wellbeing platform, and one acquisition in Aquabyte, a precision aquaculture intelligence company acquired by Vitruvian Partners in December 2025. Beyond its original investments, named portfolio companies include Betterfly, Houm, Aquabyte, Lemon, and Moova.