# Ataria

> Ataria is a VC fund in Lima backing Software, Apps and Internet. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lima, Peru
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/01v/
- Website: https://www.atariavc.com/

Ataria is a venture capital firm that offers family offices and conglomerates in Latin America diversified access to early-stage high-tech startups in Israel and Silicon Valley. It provides startups with the opportunity to expand into Latin America, a region with a substantial and fast growing customer base.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$12M |
| Series A | $2.9M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 32% |
| Apps | 3 | 14% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Consumer | 2 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 9% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 36% |
| Series A | 7 | 32% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 55% |
| Israel | 4 | 18% |
| Mexico | 3 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JP Ortiz | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jp-ortiz |
| Alejandro Ponce | Founder | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-ponce |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dNovo Bio | Dnovobio is a developer of a direct reprogramming technology intended to create any cell, tissue, or organ on demand. Its company's platform converts skin into functional brain cells. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Runa | Runa is a human resources software solution designed for small to medium-sized companies. It offers a cloud-based software solution to change the way they pay payroll and human resources management. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Polanco, Mexico. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Leena AI | Leena AI is an autonomous conversational AI-backed platform that helps enterprises better employee experience. The platform is powerful, flexible, and made to meets the needs of any enterprise. With Leena AI, companies can eliminate the need for HR staff to work on tasks such as answering policy-related questions, knowledge management,generating employee documents on demand, and managing employee tickets so they can focus on high-value activities.Leena AI plays well with 20 plus platforms, including SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Office 365. It is trusted by 1M employees across companies like Nestle, Puma, AirAsia, Coca-cola, Lafarge Holcim, and Abbott.The platform is capable of handling every aspect of employee experience across the employee lifecycle. From FAQ automation and employee engagement right up to employee onboarding, the platform aims to help organizations streamline all HR workflows. | $8M | Series A | Nov 02, 2020 |  |
| Mudafy | Mudafy is a tech-enabled real estate broker for LatAm. |  | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 |  |
| Mudafy | Mudafy is a tech-enabled real estate broker for LatAm. | $1.9M | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 |  |
| Engie | Connecting Cars with service providers- Engie's technology provides remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance information in a simple way, to make car repairs easy and efficient | $6M | Series A | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| The Lobby | The Lobby (YC W18) is a marketplace where job candidates can instantly get mock interviews, resume reviews, and insights from company insiders, starting with the finance industry. It is on a mission to democratize access to the best jobs and make the hiring process more transparent and meritocratic than it is today. The company is aventure-backed startup located in the heart of Tribeca, New York City with an amazing roster of investors including Y Combinator, Ataria Ventures, 37 Angels, the former CEO of Travelocity Carl Sparks, Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School Angela Lee, a former Goldman Sachs Partner & $2bn hedge fund manager, and more. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 27, 2018 |  |
| GoTrendier | Gotrendier.com.co is a platform to sell the clothes that you no longer use and to buy in the closet of other girls throughout Colombia. Posting your products on gotrendier.com.co is completely free! They are sure that in your closet you have many fashion garments that you have not even put on, or that are new, even with a label. At GoTrendier wegive you the opportunity to sell these items and earn money. In addition, you can buy clothes from other users, and find your new favorites | $2.9M | Series A | Sep 15, 2018 |  |
| DreamCraft | DreamCraft is a platform that allows anyone to create, publish and monetize games without programming or art skills. | $2.4M | Seed | Aug 20, 2018 |  |
| Defined.ai | Defined.ai is enabling AI creators of the future, from those building their first boot-strapped models, to those fine-tuning complex AI projects. Defined.ai hosts the leading online marketplace where it's possible to buy, sell or commission off-the-shelf or custom-ordered AI data, tools and models, and offers professional services to helpdeliver success in complex machine learning projects. Defined.ai is a community of AI professionals working together to build fair, accessible, inclusive and ethical AI of the future. | $11.8M | Series A | Jul 31, 2018 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kalei Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalei-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ataria invest in?

Ataria invests primarily in Software, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ataria's check size?

Ataria typically joins rounds of $120k–$12M at Seed and $2.9M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ataria participates in.

### How do I contact Ataria?

Public channels for Ataria include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ataria?

The team at Ataria includes JP Ortiz (Managing Partner) and Alejandro Ponce (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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