Raul Manterola

Raul Manterola currently serves as the Portfolio Manager at The Ark Fund, a prominent Mexican venture capital investment firm dedicated to financing early-stage technology enterprises across Latin America. In this primary investment role, he oversees capital allocation strategies specifically targeting pre-seed and seed funding rounds for emerging regional software and technology startups. Manterola works alongside notable venture partners, including Luis X Barrios and Maria Rivero Borrell, to source, evaluate, and execute transactions within the broader Latin American entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through his work at The Ark Fund, he provides critical foundational capital and operational oversight to early-stage founders navigating the initial phases of commercial development and market entry. Consequently, his current professional focus remains centered on managing the firm's active venture portfolio while identifying high-growth, early-stage investment opportunities to accelerate technological innovation throughout the Latin American region.