Team
Our mixed backgrounds in Fortune(™)100 companies,
investment banking, structured finance, startups and mid-
market companies will contribute to the growth of our companies.
Josep Maria Echarri
Managing Partner

Office
San Sebastián
Josep Maria is one of the founding partners and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Inveready. He is involved in most of the different verticals Inveready has developed over the recent years.
He sits in the board of directors of, among others, MasMovil, Grupo Natac, Palobiofarma, Dozen Investments, Ability Pharma, and public companies such as Atrys Health, Oryzon, Parlem Telecom, and Audax Renovables (where he is an independent board member).
He is also actively involved in MasMovil, where he is currently Vice Chairman of the Board, and where he has led transformational acquisitions such as Pepephone, Yoigo and Euskaltel and its different capital markets transactions in the equity and leveraged finance markets.
Josep Maria holds a BSc in Economics and Actuarial Sciences and a MFin from ESADE, and is currently a member of the Instituto de Consejeros y Administradores (IC-A), where he also holds the Diploma.
Ignacio Fonts
Managing Partner

Office
Barcelona
Ignacio leads the IT practice in Inveready and has been part of the Inveready team since 2010. During this time Inveready has built a portfolio of companies that differentiates for its deep technology content and are mostly focused on B2B models.
Before his time at Inveready Ignacio spent the majority of his career as a senior executive of Hewlett Packard where he worked 25 years and became Vice President of several businesses both in Spain and the USA where he lived 4 years while he was managing the Inkjet Supplies Biz for HP Printing Biz.
Ignacio holds an MBA from ESADE Business School.
Roger Piqué
General Partner

Office
San Sebastián
Roger created the 1st Private Investment network in Catalunya and has participated in the design of several government funding programs. Founder and investment director for Inveready Seed Capital, Roger has participated in most of Inveready’s deals.
Roger has been involved in the sale of PasswordBank, 3Scale and Indisys. Roger has been involved in the IPOs of Agile Contents and Atrys Health.
Carlos Conti
General Partner

Office
Madrid
Carlos started the Venture Debt vertical at Inveready and has led more than 20 transactions, notably iSalud, Respiro, Parclick, Kubi Wireless, eDiagnostic, Odilo, BIlua, World Mastery, Top Doctors or Digital Legends.
He is also in charge of the investment in quoted companies in growth companies through the use of hybrid instruments and middle market Private Equity in GAEA Inversion.
Carlos has a broad experience in principal investing – having worked in Impala Capital Partners and Corsabe Capital– as well as in structured financed– being part of the Structured Finance team BNP Paribas in Paris.
The combination of both enables him to design crafted financing solutions for growth stage companies.
Carlos has also worked in JP Morgan’s Equity Capital Markets department in London, and in the M&A team of UBS in New York. He holds an MBA from IESE.
Sara Secall
General Partner

Office
Barcelona
Sara joined Inveready in 2013 and is responsible for building the Biotech Portfolio. While at Inveready she has led transactions such as AVX Pharma and Edesa Biotech (both exited) and sits at the board of companies such as Oxolife, Aptatargtets and Oncostellae. Sara has an extensive international career in technology investing.
Prior to joining Inveready, as Director of Spin Outs for the University of Barcelona, she was involved in starting and financing over 25 technology start ups and she negotiated numerous technology licenses, mainly in the biotechnology sector. She started her career as an investor at Chevron Technology Ventures, Chevron’s corporate Venture Capital group based in California with USD 210 MM under management.
She has worked extensively in the USA, Latin America and Europe.
Sara holds a BS in Chemistry from Universitat de Barcelona, MSc from Indiana University and an MBA from the London Business School.
Eduard Feliu
General Partner

Office
Barcelona
Eduard joined Inveready in 2019 as CFO and Operating Partner, focused on monitoring, efficiency and improving the financial structure of the whole Group.
Prior to Inveready, he worked more than 14 years auditing financial entities (VC, Banks and Insurance Companies) among others, mainly at Deloitte and PwC.
Eduard holds a Business Bachelor Administration and a Financial Postgraduate. Member of ROAC (Registro Oficial de Auditores de Cuentas).
Ignacio Puig
General Partner

Office
Barcelona
He developed the investment area in Venture Capital, with more than € 77M under management, leading equity operations such as 21Buttons among others and later developed the Venture Debt team, working closely with Inveready Venture Finance until he joined the team in 2019.
Beltrán Mora-Figueroa
General Partner

Office
Madrid
Beltrán joined Inveready in 2021 and is currently Partner of the firm. He is Director of the Strategic Public Equity funds, and a member of the GAEA Inversión and Infrastructure teams.
Before joining Inveready, Beltrán spent more than 10 years at Barclays Capital, both in the Madrid and London offices, and where he advised corporates and financial institutions in M&A and capital markets (leveraged finance, equity, and debt) transactions.
Beltrán graduated from CUNEF with a BSc Finance degree and has the Diploma for Directors from the Instituto de Consejeros y Administradores (IC-A).
Sara Sanz
General Partner – Inveready Capital Company

Office
San Sebastián
Sara joined Inveready in 2010 and is in charge of the managing and coordinating fiscal incentives for companies as well as, designing financial plans for companies, R+D+I projects in order to optimize public financial aid and project management.
Prior to joining Inveready Sara worked as a consultant of public financial aid for 4 years, as head of the Department of Aid as well as at ACC10-Generalitat of Catalonia as head of the Department of R & D Projects and responsible for Business Information, for 10 years.
She holds an economy degree from Universidad de Barcelona as well as an MBA from ESADE Business School
Aniol Brosa
Partner

Office
Barcelona
Aniol joined Inveready in 2021 as a Partner for the Digital Technology vehicles and member of Inveready’s Executive Committee.
He has previous experience as an entrepreneur, taking charge of the Founder & CEO role for 3 different start-ups for the 10 years prior joining Inveready. Being Plusrite the first one (sold to Flon Holdings China), u!studio the second one (sold through an MBO), and World Mastery the last one (An Inveready and Nauta Capital portfolio company).
Prior to being an entrepreneur, he spent 7 years in corporate roles, starting as a consultant at Accenture’s Corporate Strategy and M&A division, to further join the Corporate Strategy and M&A Internal Practice of Sabadell Bank and lastly the Private Equity Fund L Catterton (sponsored by LVMH).
Aniol holds a full-time MBA from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a bachelor degree in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra with a specialization in Finance by the Boston College (US). In addition, he has an Executive Education from the Wharton Business School in Blockchain Economics and Digital Assets.
Alejandro Olivera
Compliance Manager

Office
Barcelona
Alejandro joined Inveready in 2023 as a Compliance Manager in order to oversee the entity´s Corporate Compliance area and DPO.
Prior to joining Inveready he developed his professional career first as a Corporate Lawyer at GE Capital Bank, Catalunya Caixa and Credit Mutuel-Cofidis, and later as a Compliance Manager and Data Privacy at Hubside.
Alejandro holds a Bachelor´s Degree in Law in Abat Oliba CEU. Additionally, he holds a Postgraduate Degree and meetings in Compliance and Data Privacy.
Alejandro is currently a member of the Spanish Compliance Association (ASCOM).
Laia Prats
Head of Legal & ESG

Office
Barcelona
Laia joined Inveready in 2022 as our Head of Legal and ESG.
Prior to joining Inveready, she has worked as a corporate lawyer in Grant Thornton for more than 7 years, where she has specialized in M&A, restructuring transactions, venture capital and investment rounds, advising either national and international clients from different sectors and businesses.
Laia holds a degree in Law, a Master in Legal Practice from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Executive MBA from ESADE (Barcelona).
Joan Miralles
Head of Administration and Valuation
Mª José Vericat
Head of Investor Relations

Office
Barcelona
Maria Jose joined Inveready in 2012 as the Head of Investor Relations.
Previously Maria Jose worked for 10 years in the venture capital Corporación Sant Bernat, as assistant to the Managing Partner, performing internal management tasks.
Maria Jose holds a BS in law from UNED
Eduard Pi
Head of Controlling and Risk Manager

Office
Barcelona
Eduard joined Inveready in 2023 and is responsible for Head of Controlling and Risk Manager.
Prior to joining Inveready, Eduard worked as an Audit Manager at BDO.
Eduard holds a Degree in Business Administration from Barcelona University and a master’s in Audit and Accounting from the Abat Oliba University.
Ramón Resa
Investment Director

Office
Madrid
Ramón joined Inveready in 2019 to lead the process of identifying investment opportunities and implementing value creation strategies in each of the companies included in GAEA’s portfolio.
Prior to joining Inveready, Ramón worked at PwC in the Private Equity team, advising medium and large-sized private equity funds in the post-transaction stage involved in the implementation of an action plan. This includes the elaboration of financial and operational dashboards for the management, enabling greater control of the performance of company. Ramón began his career at BNP Paribas in the M&A team in New York and later on joined the M&A department of Applus + Group integrating several companies aligned with the company’s business strategy.
Ramón holds a degree in B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in law from the University of San Pablo – CEU.
Alexandre Bartolini
Venture Debt International Investment Director

Oficina
Barcelona
Alexandre joined Inveready from Bootstrap Europe where he underwrote more than +€40m of venture loans in the broad range of sectors including Semiconductor Equipment, Super Computing, E-commerce, Digital Remittances, Genetic Sequencing, Agriculture Chemicals, Banking Software among others.
Prior to this, he was part of the Investment Team at British Business Investments where he helped address the access to capital constraints faced by fintech start-ups and challenger banks in the UK through regulatory capital, senior debt funding and mezzanine instruments; leading investments such as Funding Circle, Atom Bank, ThinCats, Market Finance and Assetz Capital.
He began his career at GE Capital in Leverage Finance where he underwrote senior secured financings in Europe and the US for leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, and working capital to private and public companies.
He holds a B.A degree in International Business from University of Westminster as well as a Master’s in management from ESCP Europe.
Jordi-Ferran Penina
Investment Director

Office
Barcelona
Jordi joined Inveready in 2020 and is responsible for the Venture Debt Portfolio deal flow analysis.
Prior to Inveready, Jordi worked 2 years at Badi within Business Analytics and FP&A department. Also, he worked for KPMG Transaction Services in Barcelona and Metalcaucho, where he helped the Management Team with Operational & Analytics duties.
Jordi holds a double bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Business Administration from the University of Barcelona.
María Poveda
Investment Director

Office
Barcelona
María joined Inveready in 2018, she is responsible of identifying investment opportunities and leading the investment process. She has actively contributed to the construction of Inveready Biotech III’s portfolio. Furthermore, she provides support and monitors the performance of portfolio companies.
She sits at the board of directors of companies such as Innerva Pharma and BiteRight.
Prior to joining Inveready María worked as a consultant for life sciences entrepreneurs and has a previous experience in other life sciences fund.
María holds a degree in Biotechnology from UMH, MSc in Biomedicine from UCM and MSc in Management of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Companies.
Antonio Herce
Investment Director

Office
Barcelona
Antonio joined the Inveready team in 2019. Since joining the company he has participated in the investment of more than 20 companies completing the Inveready Biotech III Investment period. Antonio is responsible, as investment director, for the analysis of new opportunities, coordination of due diligence as well as monitoring the progress of the companies in their business plan.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Molecular Pharma, 3D Shaper, StereoDive and Bionanoplus.
Before joining Inveready Antonio worked for several years in technology transfer and business development in different research organizations and start-ups promoting the creation of academic spin-offs and leading collaboration and licensing agreements with biotechs, as well as with large pharma companies.
Antonio holds a degree in Biotechnology and an MSc in Management of Biomedical Companies from the University of Barcelona.
José Carlos López
Portfolio Manager

Office
Barcelona
Jose Carlos joined Inveready in 2019 and acted as Controller and Risk Manager until 2022 and since then has acted as Portfolio Manager.
Prior to joining Inveready, Jose Carlos worked as a Controller at Hotusa, Bayer and Synlab.
Jose Carlos holds a Degree in Economics from Malaga University, a masters in Bank and Finance from the University Pompeu Fabra and a master’s in Tax from UOC.
Thanks to his master’s from Pompeu Fabra he can act as a financial advisor authorized by the CNMV; furthermore, he is currently enrolled in the CFA program and passed the level 2.
Javier Cortés
Investment Associate

Office
Madrid
Javier joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the GAEA team.
Prior to joining Inveready, Javier worked at Castellana 93 Asset Management, an investment firm focused on Private Equity and Private Debt investments, as a sole investor or with institutional partners.
Previously, Javier has held various positions in consulting and capital markets.
Javier holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master in Finance from ICADE.
Adrià Roca
Investment Associate

Office
Barcelona
Adrià joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the TIC investment team as Senior Associate where he works in the sourcing and analysis of new investment opportunities and the management of portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Inveready, he worked for more than 4 years at the Venture Capital team of ICF Capital. He participated in the dealflow analysis, the structuring of deals and the monitoring of several start-ups, while participating as observer in some boards.
Adrià holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universitat Pompeu Fabra with an Exchange Program at ESCE in Paris.
Adrián Macho
Investment Associate

Office
Madrid
Adrián joined Inveready in 2020 and is part of the Venture Debt and GAEA´s investment teams.
He previously worked at CAPZA, an international Private Equity and Private Debt fund focused on the lower-mid market, where he collaborated in the analysis of selected transactions and helped to develop investment recommendations for CAPZA´s Investment Committee.
Adrián holds a double degree in Business Administration and Law from ICADE.
Ernest Gassó
Senior Investment Analyst

Office
Barcelona
Ernest joined Inveready mid-2022 and is part of the deep tech and digital technologies Venture Capital fund, where he contributes to dealflow investment analysis, portfolio management and reporting, and is in charge of their tech platform and data initiative.
Prior to joining Inveready, he worked as a Strategy Analyst Intern at Accenture Strategy for the Industry & Automotive team, and as a BI and Strategy Intern at SDG Group. Other experiences include a Business Analyst & Technology internship at an early-stage startup in the proptech sector and the development and sale of a SaaS to manage clinics in the aesthetics sector.
Ernest holds a degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering & Economic Analysis from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University, where he was elected member of the school representative council and did an exchange program at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden).
Carlos Navarro
Investment Analyst

Office
Madrid
Carlos joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the investment team at GAEA Inversión.
Prior to joining Inveready, Carlos worked at H.I.G. Capital, an international Private Equity, where he analyzed acquisition targets through market analysis and financial modeling and performed portfolio companies optimization.
Carlos holds a degree in Business Administration from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and a Master’s in Finance from CUNEF.
Anna Prous
Investment Analyst

Office
Barcelona
Anna joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the Venture Debt team, supporting the deal-flow and portfolio management team.
Before joining Inveready, she joined the Fundació ACE’s R&D team, participating in the project management to investigate Alzheimer’s.
Anna holds a double degree in Biotechnology and Business Administration from IQS School of Engineering and School of Management, where she did an exchange program at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden).
Carolina Cavallo
Controller and Internal Audit

Office
Barcelona
Carolina joined Inveready in 2021. Her main responsibilities are financial control, accounting, investor reporting and internal auditing.
Before joining Inveready Carolina worked in the financial accounting sector at Banco Julio SA, in Argentina and as a senior auditor at PwC, Argentina, and in Crowe, Spain.
Carolina has a degree in Business Administration and Management from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina and has completed the Specialization in Corporate Finance and Capital Markets at the Siglo XXI University in Córdoba, Argentina.
Jordi Ruestes
Controller

Office
Barcelona
Jordi joined Inveready in 2020. His main responsibilities are financial controlling, accounting and reporting to investors.
He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Pompeu Fabra University and is studying a Master course in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking at IEB Madrid.
David González
Controller

Office
Barcelona
David joined the Inveready Group in 2022 as part of the Operations team and performs financial control, accounting, and reporting to investors in an Inveready’s Group company.
Prior to joining Inveready Group, he worked as a fiscal manager at BGO Legal and Viola Perez and Associates.
David holds a degree in Business Administration from EAE Business School and a Master of Finance from Barcelona Institute of Financial Studies, he is currently enrolled in the CEFA and EFA program
Nelson David Cardona
Accounting & Tax Manager

Office
Barcelona
Nelson joined Inveready Group in 2022 and is part of the Operations team, supporting an Inveready’s Group company.
Prior to joining the Inveready Group, Nelson worked in Customer Financial Services.
Nelson holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona.
James Córdova
Accounting & Tax Manager

Office
Barcelona
James joined Inveready in 2023 and is part of the Operations team where he will perfoms financial control, accounting, tax and reporting in an Inveready’s Group Company.
Prior to joining Inveready he worked as a tax accounting in a business line of the real state of business holding.
James holds a degree in Economics and Master in accounting and tax from University of Barcelona
David Fernández
Accounting & Tax Administrative

Office
Barcelona
David joined Inveready in 2023 and is part of the Operations team, where he performs financial control, accounting, and investor reporting in an Inveready Group company.
Before joining Inveready, he worked as a tax accounting officer in a tax consultancy firm. He is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
Mar Fernández
Marketing and Communications Manager

Office
Barcelona
Mar joined Inveready in 2022 as the Marketing and Communications Manager.
Prior to joining Inveready Mar worked as the Communications & Events Manager at Knowledge Innovation Market (KIM) and as a Project Manager for various scientific initiatives.
Mar holds a Master in Business and Corporate Communication from the University Isabel I, as well as several specialization diplomas in Marketing, Coaching, and NLP from the European Business School of Barcelona. She also holds a BA in Science (Microbiology) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
José Manuel Soriano
IT Manager

Office
Barcelona
José Manuel joined Inveready in 2019 as the IT Manager.
Prior to joining Inveready he worked as project manager at FCC as well as Systems Manager at Fonavi among others. José Manuel counts on more than 20 years of experience in the field.
José Manuel holds a higher level education cycle in Computing Management.
Maria Platas
Digital Transformation Manager

Office
Barcelona
Maria joined Inveready in 2022, and she’s part of the Operations & TIC Departments.
Prior joining Inveready Maria worked as a Data Manager in an international pharmaceutical company. Previously Maria has worked as Data Analyst in a leading gaming company.
Maria holds a degree in Business Administration from UPF.
Pilar Conde
Office Assistant

Office
Madrid
Pilar joined Inveready in 2023 as an Executive Assistant to support the Madrid office and its partners, also supporting the rest of the offices.
Previously, she worked at Delaw Firm Legal Services, a law and tax firm in Madrid, as an Office Manager.
Pilar holds a Master’s in Protocol, Event Management and Institutional Relations from the International School of Protocol. She also has a Bachelor’s in Tourism from the UCM and a Diploma in Management Assistance.