Cuatrecasas‘ venture capital practice operates as a unified national team enabling strong collaboration across Spain’s key tech and entrepreneurial hubs, including Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Málaga, and the Basque Country. Major domestic and international VC funds, corporate venturing vehicles, start-ups and their founders turn to the firm for assistance with the full scope of VC deals, from seed investments to exits. Diana Rivera, who specialises in VC and PE transactions involving the tech, banking, energy and pharma sectors, oversees the venture capital group from Madrid. In the same office, Amador Rodríguez stands out at the associate level for his involvement in VC investments and divestments. Isabel Gandoy is a key partner-level contact in Barcelona for VC firms, strategic investors and VC-backed companies in the tech, media, entertainment, financial services and retail spaces.

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Key clients

  • Samaipata Ventures
  • Creandum
  • Unovis Asset Management
  • Delivery Hero
  • Paack Logistics
  • Multiverse Computing
  • CMPC Ventures
  • Ignion
  • Kayyak Ventures
  • Northzone
  • Blackfin Capital Partners
  • Climentum Capital Fund
  • Global Founders Capital
  • Constellation VMS Ventures
  • Insight Venture Management
  • GFC Global Founders Capital (Rocket Internet)
  • GCO Ventures
  • Antler
  • Life X Ventures
  • Tiger Global Management

Work highlights

  • Advising Creandum, as leading investor, and Samaipata Ventures, as one of the other investors, on a Series A funding round in Embat.
  • Advising Unovis on the Series B investment round for Foods For Tomorrow (Heura).
  • Advising Insight Venture Management on a Series A funding round in Onum.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Diana Rivera

Other key lawyers

Isabel Gandoy, Amador Rodríguez, Xavier Morera