CEO at Patagonia Ventures
Argentina
- Current
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- CEO at Patagonia Ventures
- Past
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- VP of Global Business Develpment at .FOX Networks (a News Corp. company)
- Co-Managing Director at .FOX Networks
- Director at Digital Ventures
- Interactive Marketing Manager at Global Mind Network
- Founder & Director at CuponesOnline.com Inc.
- Founder & Director at Inter-Marketing Group
- Founder, Director at NetKiosk S.A.
- Marketing Associate at Datatrak / Megatrans S.A.
- Marketing Associate at Unisys Sudamericana
- Education
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- Universidad de San Andres
- Universidad de Belgrano
- Universidad de Belgrano
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Damian Voltes’s Summary
Damian Voltes is the CEO of Patagonia Ventures (www.patagoniaventures.com) an Early Stage Venture Capital firm focused in Latin American markets.
Previously, he founded Digital Ventures, Directa Networks, Performa Networks, Afiliados Hispanos and InZearch all online advertising companies acquired by FOX/News Corp in July 2007. During the post-acquisition period he served as VP of Global Business Development (M&A & International Expansion) and Co-Managing Director.
Damian is also a serial entrepreneur and also an angel investor. Since 1996, he is involved in the Internet/Online Media Industry. In the past, he founded several companies including: CuponesOnline.com Inc. (Online Sweepstakes), Netkiosk S.A. (Internet Public Kiosks) and Inter-Marketing Group (eBuilder & Hosting). He also worked in management and marketing positions at Global Mind (Interactive Agency), Datatrak (GPS) and Unisys Sudamericana (IT). Currently, he participates in the Business Angels Club of IAE/Universidad Austral investing in seed stage companies.
Damian also engages not for profit activities. For the past 3 years, he has been teaching ebusiness and entrepreneurship at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), one of the Argentine leading business schools. He is a frequent speaker at several conferences around the world including Ad:Tech, IAA, IAB, Online Marketing Europe, OMD, Marketing 2.0, AMDIA, among others). He also participates actively in several trade associations and is an active contributor at Fundacion Tzedaka.
Damian holds a Bachelor in Business Administration (Universidad de Belgrano), a MBA (Universidad de Belgrano) and a Postgraduate in Telecommunications (Universidad de San Andres & ITBA).
He is 35 years old, married since 2001 to Yamila and has a 2-year old son, Federico.
In his spare time, Damian enjoys playing tennis, squash, skiing and blogging at www.damianvoltes.com
Damian Voltes’s Specialties:
Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Entrepreneurship, Digital Business, Online Media, Internet Advertising, E-Commerce, E-Business, Internet, Technology, Web 2.0, Blogging
Damian Voltes’s Experience
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CEO
Patagonia Ventures
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2009 — Present (11 months)
Patagonia Ventures is an Early Stage Venture Capital Firm focused in Latin American markets.
We make early stage investments on the best and brightest new technology companies in Latin America.
We develop successful, fast-growth companies by providing capital as well as expertise, mentoring, networking opportunities and even office space as needed. We are active investors and our objective is to nurture the ideas of innovative, high-tech entrepreneurs and accelerate their development by offering much more than just funding.
We’re looking to invest in extraordinary entrepreneurs who have the ability to think globally and build great global companies. -
VP of Global Business Develpment
.FOX Networks (a News Corp. company)
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — February 2009 (11 months)
Responsabilities:
M&A / Corporate Development
Business Development
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Co-Managing Director
.FOX Networks
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NWS; Internet industry)
July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)
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Director
Digital Ventures
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 3 months)
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Interactive Marketing Manager
Global Mind Network
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 9 months)
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Founder & Director
CuponesOnline.com Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
December 1999 — September 2001 (1 year 10 months)
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Founder & Director
Inter-Marketing Group
(Internet industry)
June 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 7 months)
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Founder, Director
NetKiosk S.A.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 3 months)
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Marketing Associate
Datatrak / Megatrans S.A.
(Telecommunications industry)
May 1995 — May 1996 (1 year 1 month)
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Marketing Associate
Unisys Sudamericana
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
February 1990 — December 1990 (11 months)
Damian Voltes’s Education
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Universidad de San Andres
Postgraduate , Telecommunications , January 1997 — December 1997
Universidad de San Andres & ITBA (Instituto Tecnologico Buenos Aires)
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Universidad de Belgrano
MBA , Master in Business Administration , July 1995 — August 1997
Specialized in Strategic Marketing
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Universidad de Belgrano
B.A. , Business Administration , March 1990 — December 1994
