# Federico Collarte: CEO, Baraja

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Co-founder and CEO of [Baraja](/companies/baraja), a Sydney-based LiDAR company that invented Spectrum-Scan™ technology — a patented wavelength-tuning approach to automotive LiDAR. Co-founded Baraja with Cibby Pulikkaseril in 2015/2016; both founders came from telecommunications engineering backgrounds. Grew the company to ~150 employees across Australia, the US, Europe, and China, with volume off-road deployments and an on-road manufacturing partnership with Veoneer.

- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Baraja](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/baraja.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.baraja.com/en/blog/introducing-the-new-baraja-a-word-from-founder-and-ceo-federico-collarte
2. https://www.frederick.ai/blog/cibby-pulikkaseril-baraja
3. https://blackbird.vc/portfolio/baraja-1


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