Partner at EUCAP European Capital Partners
London, United Kingdom
Partner at EUCAP European Capital Partners
London, United Kingdom
Serial entrepreneur in online services, together with my partners, since 1994. Rode the Web 1.0 wave at the crest; voted "Most Influential Internet Personality of the Year" by Expansion (Financial Times equivalent in Spain). I have gone through the entrepreneurial life cycle, from seed to IPO, and back from public to private ownership. Currently active in online related ventures across Europe.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Price comparison search site, and Search Engine Marketing Services in the UK and US
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
November 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
Corporate investment vehicle in the online media sector. Existing assets include hispavista.com, labolsa.com (shares.com in spanish), and trabajos.com (jobs.com in spanish). A closed fund with an investment remit of small to mid-size online media and advertising ventures.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 1994 — Present (15 years 8 months)
The only privately owned property in ACNielsen's Spanish top ten internet list. Acquired in 2000 by Libertysurf S.A at $70m valuation. Currently a management buy-out from Tiscali since 2002.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TIS.MI; Telecommunications industry)
February 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 4 months)
The Libertysurf founder acquired my company and we sub-sequently went public as a pan-european ISP.I led the spanish side of the operation.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ENXT.PA; Capital Markets industry)
June 1996 — June 1999 (3 years 1 month)
London Financial Futures & Options Exchange. Part of the management team that delivered LIFFE CONNECT (tm), trading system now widely used in derivative exchanges worldwide.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AAT.L; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1991 — June 1996 (5 years 1 month)
Provided bespoke robot & automation systems to the nuclear, defence and pharmaceutical industry.
M.Sc , Industrial Engineering
MBA modules , Financial Strategy
D.Phil , Computer Science
Sir Mike Brady's Robotics Research Group
creative commons, digital rights management, internet architecture, technology investment, newmedia, online marketing, search engine optimisation, vertical search