We are an early stage venture fund supporting big ideas and the next generation of fund managers

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Atacama /A-TUH-KA-MA/

As the staging ground for NASA’s Mission to Mars, the Atacama Desert is where visionaries go to work on the ultimate moonshot. The place where our future is being designed, tested and realized.

Atacama is the driest place on Earth, and that’s exactly what makes it unique for experimentation and the founding of great opportunities. Only in a place where little can survive can pioneers take on life’s greatest challenges. A place where survival requires them to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.

And we kinda love that.

At Atacama Ventures, we uphold the spirit of our namesake. We put our resources behind those who have a dream and the courage to think it will improve life as we know it.

Portfolio

We invest in top early stage funds and their breakout companies

The Team

We invest in top early stage funds and their breakout companies

Mark George

Founder & Managing Partner

Mark George leads Atacama Ventures as founder and Managing Partner, where he focuses on identifying and backing the next generation of venture capital funds. As Executive Chairman of the Texas Rattlers, a Professional Bull Riding team in Fort Worth, he brings his entrepreneurial expertise to one of America's fastest-growing sports franchises.

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George Hodgin

General Partner

George spearheads the direct investment strategy and life sciences practice at Atacama. He is the founder and CEO of a clinical-stage therapeutics company. He is a former Navy SEAL Officer that led SEALs in counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan and southeast Asia.

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Parker Sessions

Senior Investment Director

Parker leads diligence on Atacama's fund and company investments. Prior to joining Atacama, Parker spent 6 years at Cambridge Associates, where he advised institutional clients on portfolio management, oversaw hundreds of millions in commitments to private investment funds, and led diligence on dozens of venture capital funds.

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