
Serial tech entrepreneur and investor, with an extensive career in the travel sector. Founder and CEO of TravelX, the first blockchain-based aviation retailing technology that is transforming the way we know Travel. He is also founder of Newtopia, an early stage VC that aims to become the main engine of Latam entrepreneurial ecosystem investing in more than 1000 startups. He has founded and led, as CEO, Almundo, one of Latin America’s biggest travel companies with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Almundo is an omnichannel agency that has a strong focus on technology and innovation and has reached almost $500 million in GB and $60 million in annual revenues. The company has been sold in 2019 to CVC Corporation, a Brazilian travel group, for $75 MM. Before creating Almundo in 2013, Juan Pablo has been Chief Commercial Officer of Aerolineas Argentinas, Argentina’s largest airline and national flag carrier, where he has tripled its revenues in less than four years. He had also been deeply involved in the hospitality business, creating and operating three hospitality chains: Hostel Suites, HI Argentina and Hostel Inn. He has also founded ASATEJ in the 1990s, a youth and student travel agency in Latin America, USA and Spain, that became Argentina's number one travel agency in just 4 years. Passionate about technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, venture capital, travel and people.
travelx.io
almundo.com
aerolineas.com
org.ar
Argentina
CEO & Co-Founder
TravelX
• www.linkedin.com/company/travelxchange
• Full-time
Nov 2021 - Present
Mentor
Endeavor Argentina
• www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor-argentina
Jun 2015 - Present
General Partner & Founder
Newtopia VC
• www.linkedin.com/company/newtopiavc
Dec 2020 - Present
Buenos Aires y alrededores
Investor Partner
YAVU Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/yavuventures
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Buenos Aires y alrededores
CEO & Founder
Almundo
• www.linkedin.com/company/almundo-cvc
Jun 2013 - Oct 2020
Latinoamérica
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Aerolineas Argentinas
• www.linkedin.com/company/aerolineas-argentinas
Aug 2009 - Jun 2013
CEO & Founder
Hostel Inn & Hostel Suites
• Full-time
Mar 2005 - Jul 2009
Argentina
CEO & Founder
ASATEJ Group
Mar 1992 - Dec 2004