Empowering
your dreams

Surfing together with entrepreneurs
to build disruptive companies

Our DNA:

We have made the journey. We are a group of serial entrepreneurs with solid experience as co-founders and CEOs of successful technology companies. This helps us to better understand founders’ needs and to generate more value for our portfolio companies.

And we are not alone, we also have a wide network of well-known internet entrepreneurs that both co-invest with us and bring operational knowledge.

Investment Criteria

01

We bet on founding teams that have a strong sense of ownership, an international mindset and the ambition to create something big (+€300M companies)

02

We look for disruptive projects that can scale thanks to their strong tech component

03

We invest from Pre-Seed stages to Series A+, with tickets ranging from €100K to €4M

04

Our goal is to be your investment partner both in the current and in the following funding round

Meet the team

Managing Partners have decades of experience as co-founders of tech companies and as investors in private and public equity. We bring all of our knowledge and experience to help you scale your business.
From founders for founders.

Jesús

Monleón

Jesús

Monleón

Managing Partner

Founder of eMagister, Offerum and SeedRocket
Invested as Business Angel in +40 companies, 13 exits

Background

BBA at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Corporate Finance at Arthur Ardersen
Investment Director at Caixa Capital Risc
Partner and Board Member at Trovit
Board Member in +10 companies

Marc

Badosa

Marc

Badosa

Managing Partner

15 years of VC experience in 5 funds
Participated in +40 investments
Led the incorporation and fundraising of 4 ECRs

Background

Industrial Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
MBA at ESADE Business School
Senior Consultant at Everis and at Deloitte
VC Director at Caixa Capital Risc
Investment Director at Riva y García

Marek

Fodor

Marek

Fodor

Managing Partner

Co-founder of Atrápalo
Invested as Business Angel in +15 companies, 7 exits

Background

Computer Science Engineering & Economics in Prague, Berkeley and London
Co-founder and CTO at Atrápalo
Professor at the University of California
Chairman at Kantox FX

Javier

Pérez-Tenessa

Javier

Pérez-Tenessa

Managing Partner

Co-founder of eDreams (listed and unicorn)
Led multiple funding rounds, 4 exits and over €1bn transacted

Background

Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
MBA at Stanford University
Satellite Design Engineer at Airbus Group
Consultant at McKinsey & Company
Senior Manager at Netscape
Board Member at Vueling
Co-founder and CEO at eDreams (EDR)

Paula

Blazquez

Paula

Blazquez

Managing Partner

10+ Years of VC experience in Silicon Valley, USA, Spain and UK.

Background

BBA in Northeastern University & MS in Finance at Grande Ecole Skema and Munich Business School
Invested over $200M in over 50 startups in +15 countries in Europe, Israel, USA and Latam
Launched and led the CVC of Bank Sabadell and Managed a Micro VC fund with TVPI of 4.2x.
Business Angel and Board to several startups

Patricia

Espaliat

Patricia

Espaliat

Finance Director

20 years experience in financial management, accounting and auditing

Background

Economics at Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Senior Audit at Deloitte
CFO at Keiro
CFO at Premier Spain

Marc

Castilblanco

Marc

Castilblanco

Principal

Investor at different startups as a Business Angel

Background

BBA at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and at Uppsala Universitet
MBA at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Senior Auditor at PwC
M&A Manager at Deloitte

Rufo

de la Rosa

Rufo

de la Rosa

Principal

Worked closely with 400+ startups in the last 10 years

Background

Bachelor in Law
Diploma in Business Administration
MBA Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
8+ years at Google (Spain, Singapore and Japan)
2x Founder

Joan

Cavallé

Joan

Cavallé

Associate

Experience in different VC funds

Background

International Business Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and HEC Montréal
MSc in Finance at ESADE Business School
Investment Analyst at InnoCells (Banco Sabadell Corporate VC)
Investment Analyst in the technology fund at Inveready