Jose Manuel Gasalla
InvestorCo-founder and Managing Partner at Kibo Ventures
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Writes $2.2M – $6.5M checks
About
Jose Manuel Gasalla brings Oliver Wyman senior-partner experience and dual roles as venture partner and managing partner of a €160M private-equity platform that scales profitable European SMEs through operational improvement.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardware
Experience
- NzymeCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2023 — present
- NzymeCo-Founder and Investment Committee Member2023 — 2024
- Oliver WymanSenior Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSpain
- Oliver WymanPartner and Co-head Greece2022 — 2024Greece
- Oliver WymanPartner2020 — 2022Madrid
- Oliver WymanPrincipal2013 — 2020Madrid
- CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros)Coordinator and Professor of Information and Communication Technologies for the financial sector2011 — 2014Madrid
- ACO FormaciónManaging Director - Board Member2006 — 2013Madrid y alrededores, España
- Design Labs S.L.Owner - Consejero2004 — 2010
Skills & more
Private EquityFundraisingTechnological InnovationBusiness Strategy25Strategy10Management Consulting21Financial Analysis21Corporate Finance8Mergers & Acquisitions2Entrepreneurship3Financial Modeling3Excel8
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TelecommunicationsProject PlanningFinanceMatlabBusiness PlanningMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelManagementEngineeringPlanningC++Languages English · German · Spanish
From Jose's professional profile.
Colleagues at Kibo Ventures
Álvaro Fresnillo
Value Creation Director at Kibo Ventures
Álvaro Lozano
Investment Vice President at Kibo Ventures
Aquilino Peña
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Kibo Ventures
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Covadonga García-Valdés
Principal at Kibo Ventures
Edvinas Kiskis
General Counsel at Kibo Ventures
Fernando Díaz Solís
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Kibo Ventures
Gonzalo Sánchez-Arjona
Investment Director at Kibo Ventures
Guillermo Álvarez
Value Creation Vice President at Kibo Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jose Manuel Gasalla?
- Jose Manuel Gasalla brings Oliver Wyman senior-partner experience and dual roles as venture partner and managing partner of a €160M private-equity platform that scales profitable European SMEs through operational improvement.
- Where does Jose Manuel Gasalla work?
- Jose Manuel Gasalla is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Kibo Ventures.
- What does Jose Manuel Gasalla invest in?
- Jose Manuel Gasalla invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware.
- What check size does Jose Manuel Gasalla write?
- Jose Manuel Gasalla typically writes checks of $2.2M – $6.5M.
- Where did Jose Manuel Gasalla go to school?
- Jose Manuel Gasalla studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration - MBA); CUNEF Universidad (Master in Corporate Finance, M&A); Universidad de Alcalá (telecomunications engineering, engineering).
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,388
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Also attended Universidad de Alcalá15
Eduard FeliuManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupChris HulmeSenior Associate at Sorenson VenturesJuan LópezPartner at Kibo Ventures & Managing Director of Nzyme at Kibo VenturesIñigo López-HuertaCFO at Ysios CapitalEnrique SalvadorBoard Member and Legal Counsel at Axon Partners GroupMack HealyManaging Partner at KdT Ventures
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Also attended Wrexham University3
Also attended University of Cambridge896
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nzyme6
Fernando Díaz SolísCo-founder and Managing Partner at Kibo VenturesGonzalo Sánchez-ArjonaInvestment Director at Kibo VenturesÁlvaro FresnilloValue Creation Director at Kibo VenturesMiguel García-OviesInvestment Manager at Kibo VenturesÁlvaro LozanoInvestment Vice President at Kibo VenturesJaime GervásInvestment Associate at Kibo Ventures
Also worked at Oliver Wyman143
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