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
Co-Founder & 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, the first Inveready fund, since then Roger has participated in most of Inveready’s investment & disinvestment deals. Roger has been involved in the IPOs of Atrys Health, Parlem or NATAC among others. He is currently involved in the “Venture” verticals at Inveready and in managing the Family Offices program.
Carlos Conti
General Partner
Office
Madrid
Carlos is responsible for the Private Equity division at Inveready. Since 2019 the vertical has succesfully launched a flexible sector and investment stucture strategy. Investments include GIGAS Hosting, Orgoa, Alda Hotels or Conversia, companies where Carlos is an active Board Member.
Prior to that, Carlos was responsible of launching the Venture Debt and Strategic Public Equity verticals at Inveready and has led more than 20 transactions, notably iSalud, Respiro, Parclick, Kubi Wireless, eDiagnostic, Odilo, BIlua, World Mastery, Top Doctors, Digital Legends, Voz Telecom, SEC Newgate and Netex Learning.
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 General Partner, focused on monitoring, efficiency and improving the financial structure of the whole Group. Now he is the CEO of Arraigo among other duties.
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 General Partner. He is part of the Strategic Public Equity, Private Equity (GAEA Inversion) and Infrastructure teams.
Before joining Inveready, Beltrán spent more than 10 years at Barclays Capital, both in the Madrid and London offices, 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
Office
San Sebastián
Sara is one of the founding partners and is in charge of the managing and coordinating fiscal incentives for companies, as well as, designing financial plans for companies with R+D+I projects in order to optimize public financial aid and project management.
Prior to joining Inveready, Sara was the head of the Public Financing Department at a consulting firm and head of R&D Projects Department at ACC10-Generalitat of Catalonia.
She sits in the board of directors of Voz Telecom and Gigas Hosting and several companies of Inveready Group.
She holds a BSc in Economics and Actuarial Sciences from Universidad de Barcelona as well as an MBA from ESADE Business School, and is currently a member of the Instituto de Consejeros y Administradores (IC-A), where he also holds the Diploma.
Aniol Brosa
General Partner
Office
Barcelona
Aniol joined Inveready in 2021 as a Partner, leading the Digital Technology Venture Capital funds and also joining the firm’s Executive Committee.
His career before joining Inveready spanned over a decade in hands-on entrepreneurial roles, serving as CEO and Founder for three ventures. Some of these were successfully sold, with the last one being part of Inveready’s portfolio.
Before his venture into entrepreneurship, Aniol gained six years of experience in corporate roles. His journey began as a consultant at Accenture, where he specialized in Corporate Strategy and M&A. He later joined Sabadell Bank’s internal Corporate Strategy and M&A team, and also worked for the Private Equity Fund L Capital (now Catterton).
In terms of education, Aniol holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, with a finance specialization from Boston College.
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
Fernando Orteso
Investor Relations Manager
Office
Madrid
Fernando joined Inveready in 2024 as Investor Relations Manager.
Prior to joining Inveready, he worked almost 6 years in private banking at ATL Capital and Renta 4Banco. He also worked at Dozen Investments as a senior investor manager and investors relations, and he was one of the people responsible for the stablishment of AYO Social Ventures.
Fernando holds a degree in business administration from Francisco de Victoria University and a master’s in private banking and financial consulting from IEB (EFPA).
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 GAEA in 2019 to lead the process of identifying operations and implementing value creation strategies for portfolio companies. Since then, he has led operations and is a board member of Orgoa and TICNOVA, both majority LBOs.
Prior to joining Inveready, Ramón worked at PwC in the Private Equity team, advising medium and large private equity funds on implementing an action plan post-investment.
Before that, he worked in the M&A department of Grupo Applus+, integrating numerous companies aligned with the company’s business strategy, following a Buy & Build strategy.
Ramón began his career at BNP Paribas in the M&A team in New York.
Gerardo Redondo
Investment Director
Office
Madrid
Gerardo Redondo joined Inveready in 2024 and is part of the Venture Finance team where he will be acting as Senior Investment Director and co-leading the deployment strategy as well as working closely with the portfolio companies to add as much value as possible as a personal goal.
Prior to joining Inveready Gerardo has work 10 years for some of the most impactful Fintech unicorns as CEO and Country General Manager, embodying the perfect ally for startups seeking growth.
Prior Gerardo worked 10 years for some of the most transformative Investment banks such as UBS and ING in the lending and debt teams.
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.
Xavier Núñez-Romero
Investment Director
Office
Madrid
Xavier joined Inveready in 2023 and is responsible for the Strategic Public Equity deal flow analysis and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Inveready, Xavier worked at PJT Partners and Lazard and has over 8 years of experience advising corporations and financial sponsors on M&A, financial restructuring, and capital raise transactions.
Xavier holds a BSc in Economics with honors from Universitat de Barcelona and a master’s degree in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from IEB. He also completed Stanford Ignite, an executive education program on innovation and entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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.
Adrià Roca
Investment Manager
Office
Barcelona
Adrià joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the TIC investment team as Investment Manager 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.
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.
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
Investment Associate
Office
Barcelona
Ernest joined Inveready in 2022 and is part of the digital tech Venture Capital fund, where he contributes to dealflow investment analysis, portfolio management and reporting, and leads their tech and data initiatives.
Prior to joining Inveready, he worked as an Strategy Analyst 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.
Eduardo Blasi
Investment Analyst
Office
Barcelona
Eduardo joined Inveready early-2024 and is part of the Life Sciences Venture Capital fund, where he contributes to dealflow investment analysis, portfolio management and reporting.
Prior to joining Inveready, he worked as a Investment Banking Intern at Clearwater International, and as a Project Management Intern at Amazon. Other experiences include a Financial Consulting internship at Accenture.
Eduardo holds a Master’s in Management from HEC Paris and a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Martina Milà
Investment Analyst
Office
Barcelona
Martina joined Inveready in 2024 as an investment analyst and it is part of the Life Science Venture Capital fund, where she contributes to dealflow investment analysis, portfolio management and reporting.
Prior to joining Inveready, she worked as a Healthcare analyst at Ship2B Ventures and as a research intern at Bellvitge’s faculty of medicine and health Sciences.
Martina holds a degree in Biology, with specialization in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Barcelona.
Juan Fernández
Investment Analyst
Office
Madrid
Juan joined Inveready in 2024 as part of the Venture Debt fund, where he contributes to deal flow investment analysis, portfolio management, and reporting.
Before joining Inveready, Juan worked at S&A Financial Advisory, a firm focused on M&A projects and Debt Restructuring. Previously, Juan held various positions in consulting and market risk.
Juan holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Data Science from CUNEF.
Andreu Perdigó
Investment Analyst
Office
Barcelona
Andreu joined Inveready in 2024 as an investment analyst and it is part of the Digital Tech Venture Capital fund department where he contributes to dealflow investment analysis, portfolio management and reporting.
Before joining Inveready, he worked as a Business Development Analyst at Omnios AI, a startup focused on developing AI-based products, for approximately one year. His other experiences include a Revenue Management Internship at Suez Spain and his time as a Product Design Engineer at Perdigó, where he worked on the development and research of new medical products.
Andreu is a senior industrial engineer, holding a degree in Industrial Technology Engineering and Economic Analysis from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University, with an exchange program at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon (Portugal). He recently obtained his qualification as a Senior Industrial Engineer (specializing in industrial organization) from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (ETSEIB) through the MUEI master’s program.
Jordi Ruestes
Controller
Yang Shi He
Controller
Office
Barcelona
Yang joined Inveready in 2022, as the Financial Controller in Operations team. His role is based in reporting to investors, the CNMV, and financial controlling.
With a background in the financial department of CSQ, an online top-up company, he has honed his skills in financial operations.
He holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Management from Pompeu Fabra University.
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
Controller
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 Manager
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.
José de Abadal
Accounting & Tax Manager
Office
Barcelona
Jose joined Inveready in 2024 and is part of the Operations team, where he performs financial control, accounting, and investor reporting in an Inveready company.
Prior to joining Inveready he worked at Gesdocument in the Financial and tax department.
Jose holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona.
Víctor Piña
Lawyer
Office
Barcelona
Victor joined Inveready in 2024 as a lawyer in our Legal department.
Before joining Inveready, he worked as a corporate lawyer in two law firms, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, including the management of commercial transactions and the negotiation of strategic agreements, providing advice to a wide range of national and international clients.
Victor holds a degree in Law from CEU, doing an exchange program at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano), and a Double master’s in legal Practice and Specialization in Corporate Law from ESADE Business & Law School (Barcelona).
Mar Fernández
Marketing and Communications Manager
Office
Barcelona
Mar joined Inveready in 2022 as the Marketing and Communications Manager.
Prior to this, Mar worked as Head of Communication and Events at Knowledge Innovation Market (KIM) and as Project Manager at CreaCiencia. She has also participated in several scientific initiatives collaborating as Event Assistant at Youth Mobile (MWC), as editor of a biweekly section in the magazine “Muy Interesante” and as radio broadcaster in Onda Cero Catalunya (with her own section in the program “Els 5 sentits”) and sporadically in local radios.
Mar has a Master’s degree 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 in Barcelona. She also holds a course in Private Equity and Venture Capital from the Università Bocconi and has a degree in Science (Microbiology) from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Anna Muchart
Digtial Transformation Manager
Office
Barcelona
Anna joined Inveready in 2024 as the Digital Transformation Manager in the Operations Team.
Prior to joining Inveready Anna worked as a data intelligence consultant with different tools such as AWS Lex, Pentaho and MySQL.
Anna holds a degree I business administration from Esade and a MSc in Data Science from La Salle BCN and a Postgraduate in Digital Transformation Management from UPC.
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.