Hi-tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Visionary and Fanatic
Argentina
Hi-tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Visionary and Fanatic
Argentina
Emiliano Kargieman is a co-founder and managing director of Aconcagua Ventures, a venture capital fund based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that invests in hi-tech companies in Latin America to develop them as high-growth, global businesses.
Prior to co-founding Aconcagua, Emiliano co-founded Core Security Technologies, an information security software company based in Buenos Aires and Boston, where he occupied a variety of operational roles since its inception.
Emiliano has an extensive background in management and technology, writes contributions for several publications and is a regular speaker at industry events. Prior to co-founding Core, he served as a member of the Special Projects Group for the World Bank. Emiliano has also independently consulted and developed software products for several corporations and government agencies.
Emiliano is a member of the committee in charge of evaluating R&D investment results for the Argentinian Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica (SeCyT), member of the board of advisors of the RAICES project at SeCyT, member of the management committee of Encuentro de Cooperación de la Diáspora para el desarrollo de Argentina (ECODAR), founding member of the Board of Directors of LatIPNet.
Emiliano studied mathematics and philosophy at Universidad de Buenos Aires
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