Damián Voltes
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Damián Voltes
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Damian is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with a strong experience in mergers & acquisitions.
Since 1996, he has been building, investing, scaling and exiting media & tech companies in Latin America.
Currently, SVP Corporate Development at Aleph Holding, the world leading digital ad representation company of the top digital platforms such as Twitter, Meta, Snap, TikTok and 40+ more. As an "intrapreneur", Damian have launched and leads Aleph Payments, a cross-border payment business covering 130+ territories with 49 currencies.
Director at Patagonia Ventures, a private seed investing SPV with a remarkable success rate: 15 exits out of 26 investments.
Director at Fiera, a Venture Builder that co-creates new companies with entrepreneurs and corporations.
As entrepreneur, Damian founded 6 Internet companies (3 of them were acquired by public corporations):
1) Digital Ventures, the largest Display Ad Network in Latin America and exclusive sales representative of Facebook, LinkedIn, Zynga, MySpace. Acquired by FOX, a News Corp. company (NASDAQ:FOX).
2) InZearch, the first Search Marketing Agency in LatAm. Also acquired by FOX/News Corp.
3) EmergingCast, a company focused on an Internet-based model for the professional creation of content at scale. Acquired by Demand Media (NYSE:DMD).
Post-Acquisitions, Damian served for both, FOX and Demand Media, in Global M&A/Corporate Development and international expansion initiatives.
As an angel investor, Damian wrote first checks to:
- Wondery (acquired by Amazon)
- IndexTank (acquired by LinkedIn)
- Hunt Mobile Ads (acquired by Opera)
- Properati (acquired by OLX)
- SandBox (acquired by Animoca)
- ComentaTV (acquired by Wayin)
- ttsports (acquired by Resonant Media)
- RecargaPay (secondary buyout)
- Playmaker (Reverse Trading Offering and then acquired by Better Collective)
- Other investments and startups: 123seguro.com, Workana, Octupus, ZetaNet, FAV!, Wayin, Sumavisos, Educabilia, Natural Tech, CuponesOnline, Netkiosk and Intermarketng.
Damian holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and MBA from Universidad de Belgrano. Postgraduate in Telecommunications from Universidad de San Andres & ITBA and a Mergers & Acquisitions executive program at Stanford Business School.
In his spare time, Damian enjoys skiing and cycling.