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Damian Alcedo

Managing Director

Damian Alcedo is Operating Partner at Polymath Ventures and Managing Director for our Studio where he leads the Build Program, guiding founders and ventures from inception to scale. Damian is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded Nido, Mexico’s only digital room rental platform focused on the middle class, and Carmatch, the country’s first transactional marketplace for second-hand vehicles, backed by Rocket Internet.

He holds an MBA from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, which included a specialized program in emerging markets in India. Additionally, he earned a master’s in Architecture, Building & Planning from Eindhoven University of Technology, where his thesis was exhibited at the Dutch Design Week. An active angel investor, Damian was born and raised in the Netherlands, bringing global experience and entrepreneurial expertise to Polymath.