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Gonzalo Martinez De Azagra

Investor

General Partner at Cardumen Capital

Tel Aviv, Israel

Writes $1M – $4M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra has close to twenty years of experience across technology and venture capital. Before founding Cardumen Capital, he established and led Samsung Ventures' office in Israel, and earlier worked in the Chairman's office of Samsung Group in Korea and at the Atomic Energy Authority in the UK. He holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, a Bachelor's in Economics from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and is a Kauffman Fellow.

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Experience

  1. Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A.Founder and General Partnercurrent2017 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
  2. NagishFirst Institutional Investorcurrent2022 — present
  3. BrandlightBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. Second NatureBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  5. IVIXBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  6. Alison.aiBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  7. Blee (YC S22)Board Membercurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
  8. SubstrataInvestorcurrent2023 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  9. DoControlBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  10. KahoonaBoard Directorcurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
  11. Spotlight.aiInvestorcurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  12. Spinach.ioBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  13. bananazBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  14. Verax AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  15. malanta.aiInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  16. NeuRealityBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  17. VendictBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  18. ConvrtBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  19. Naboo - StealhBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  20. MagicyardBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonMaster of Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering1999 — 2003
  2. Télécom ParisMaster of Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering2002 — 2003
  3. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Bsc, Economics & Management (External Programme)2004 — 2008
  4. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Venture Finance2008 — 2010
  5. Kauffman FellowsVenture Capital2018 — 2022

Skills & more

Fundraising3Venture Capital99Business Strategy99Management Consulting99Start-ups73Competitive Analysis55Strategic Partnerships41Business Valuation30Consulting46Cloud Computing33Financial Modeling31Marketing24
+12 moreCorporate DevelopmentInternational NegotiationsMobile DevicesProduct ManagementDue DiligenceBusiness DevelopmentStrategyStrategic PlanningLeadershipCapital de inversiónEstrategias de inversiónFinanzas

Languages English · French · Italian · Korean · Spanish

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Also attended Télécom Paris34

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Also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)828

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Shared employers

Also worked at Brandlight2

Ed KellerCEO, The Keller Advisory Group at Joyance PartnersSkyler SeymourSenior Associate at Pelion Venture Partners

Also worked at bananaz1

Adi Dangot ZukovskyPartner at Ibex Investors

Also worked at Verax AI2

Ariel RahamimPrincipal at Concept VenturesMichelle Taycher NishryInvestor at Qualcomm Ventures

Also worked at malanta.ai1

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Colleagues at Cardumen Capital

Aitor Almendros
Head of Scale Platform at Cardumen Capital
Alberto Criado
Principal at Cardumen Capital
Arturo Martínez
Financial Controller at Cardumen Capital
Carla Calviño
Analyst at Cardumen Capital
Diego López-Ulloa
Associate at Cardumen Capital
Enrique Burguillos
CFO at Cardumen Capital
Ernersto Gómez-Luengo de la Puente
Analyst at Cardumen Capital
Ignacio de Diego
Associate at Cardumen Capital

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Venture Partner at StageOne Ventures
Ludwig Schulze
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Luis Valdich
Managing Director at Citi Ventures
Sarit Firon
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Tal Slobodkin
Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures

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