Cometa

TEAM

Cometa, Abel Bezares

Abel Bezares

Principal

Cometa, Beatriz Belmont

Beatriz Belmont

Analyst

Cometa, Begoña Ortiz

Begoña Ortiz

Principal

Cometa, Carmen Martínez

Carmen Martínez

Office Manager

Cometa, Daniel Owen

Daniel Owen

Sr. Analyst

Cometa, Fede Monsalve

Fede Monsalve

Head of Platform

Cometa, Lucila Esteve

Lucila Esteve

Platform Analyst

Cometa, María José Traconis

María José Traconis

Finance Manager

Cometa, Mateo Castro

Mateo Castro

Intern

Cometa, Paolo Sancen

Paolo Sancen

Intern

Cometa, Pepe Bolaños

Pepe Bolaños

General Partner

Cometa, Rafa De Haro

Rafa De Haro

General Partner

HISTORY

COMETA is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies targeting Spanish-speaking markets globally.
 
The firm was founded in 2012 as VARIV Capital by Diego and Ernesto Vargas who subsequently invited Rafael de Haro as the third co-founder. This marked the establishment of a venture capital firm for the technology sector in Mexico and Latin America.

The first fund, VARIV I, which started making investments in 2013, was focused on e-commerce and its enablers, namely, payments and logistics. Over 10 investments were made in those categories expanding the geographic scope from Latin America to Spain.
 
In 2015, the Firm raised a second fund, VARIV II, to capture the emerging opportunities in fintech, marketplaces, and first-generation enterprise businesses founded by local entrepreneurs. Pepe Bolaños, who joined the Firm as a Principal in 2014, became a Partner in 2017. Throughout the four-year investment period, sixteen companies were added to the firm’s portfolio, and the scope broadened to include the US.
 
In 2019, the firm rebranded to COMETA. That same year, once the investment period of VARIV II ended, Diego and Ernesto decided to step down from their operational roles in the fund to focus full-time on their holding company VARIV. As Co-founders, they remain advisors and LPs of VARIV II but, as of the third fund, they are no longer part of the GP (in 2023, they reached an agreement to sell their stake to Rafael and Pepe for all future funds).
 
In 2021, COMETA III, the Firm’s third fund, was launched to continue investing in the founders that are building the category-defining companies in the Spanish-speaking world.