Swanlaab Venture Factory

Aitor Sancho co-leads a €25M global search-fund vehicle, has backed 40+ search funds and joined 12+ cross-border acquisitions, specializing in supporting searchers who buy and run small and medium-sized businesses.

Monte Davis brings 25+ years of entrepreneurial experience across the US, Europe, Asia and Oceania and specializes in buy-and-build roll‑ups and post‑merger integration as a hands‑on operator and principal investor.

Angel Santos combines Spain-focused AgriFood and life-sciences investing—General Partner of the country's largest AgriFood VC and managing director of a health-tech firm—after senior roles at SC Johnson and Eli Lilly.

Claudia Jimenez is an operator-turned-VC whose CEO-led Algenex exit, plus investment banking, M&A and business development leadership at Cellerix, gives her unusually strong transaction structuring and exit expertise.

Juan Revuelta applies entrepreneur empathy from building a fund from scratch, launched Spain's first Hispano-Israeli venture fund, and builds tech‑transfer‑heavy Agrotech vehicles that form teams around Spanish patents and research.

Nora Alonso leverages her scientific research background and CEO/co-founder experience at Iden Biotechnology to give agrifoodtech founders both investor insights and operator-level strategic advisory in one person.

Verónica Trapa co-founded and leads a Spain–Israel platform that combines Israeli tech-transfer expertise, Spanish market access and company-building, bridging Spanish founders to international markets in B2B software and agri-food tech.

Xana Belástegui, a two-decade scientist-operator and Iden Biotechnology co‑founder, is a sector-specialist investor who backs about 15 AgriFoodTech and biotech startups through Series A/B with long-term support amid regulatory complexity.

Eduardo Solís, founder of a Spanish founders content platform and educator for first-time founders, uses Samara scaling experience and double degree to prioritize repeatable B2B sales engines and go-to-market design.

Roger Salameh bridges a Spain–Israel firm into North American agri-food/agtech ecosystems, brings 30+ years of agribusiness and biotech experience, runs DnA Advisory Services and combines investing with hands-on strategic advisory.

Tal Mizrahi combines deal-making with hands-on leadership in finance, accounting, tax, HR and administration, is a CPA with an LL.M., and brings venture partnership experience across Israel, Spain and Poland.

Yuval Avni, a trained medical doctor and former surgeon turned medical-device CEO, blends clinical-to-investing experience, a Spain–Poland–Israel footprint and teaches entrepreneurship at Technion and Tel Aviv University.

Zeev Holtzman brings Israeli and German venture discipline to Spain, founded venture funds across Israel and Poland, and created IVC Research Center, a cornerstone of Israel's venture data infrastructure.

Zvi Schechter co-founded an early Israeli VC that reached over $600M AUM, and now holds GP and Spain-based partner roles, connecting Israeli and European tech with operator-style board experience.

Ecosystem manager with over 15 years in marketing and sales, having supported more than 100 tech startups on business models and go-to-market strategies. Focused on ecosystem relationships and deal flow origination.

Early-career finance professional supporting financial and administrative operations of the management company and its funds, including accounting, compliance, and reporting.

Chief Operating Officer with over 30 years in finance, compliance, and internal operations, including regulatory compliance, tax optimization, and international market expansion.

Analyst at Swanlaab Venture Factory with a scientific perspective on investment, focused on innovation in the biotech and agri-food sectors, having participated in Women for Science and Technology seminars and bio-entrepreneurship workshops.

Operations manager with over 10 years as a commercial banking relationship manager and back-office operations experience in anti-money-laundering and investment companies. Holds an MBA.

Legal counsel with over 10 years of experience across commercial law, real estate investment, urban planning, intellectual property, and investment regulation.

Analyst focused on innovation in the biotech and agri-food sectors, bringing a scientific perspective to investment and business growth opportunities.