Rocío Pillado López
InvestorPartner at Adara Ventures
Madrid, Spain
Writes $100K – $1.5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Rocío Pillado López is a partner at Adara Ventures, a European deeptech venture capital firm managing over €350M across five funds. She invests in seed and series A stage companies in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure. She holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from UPM/ENSIMAG and an MBA from Chicago Booth.
Experience
- Adara VenturesPartnercurrent2019 — present
- Adara VenturesPrincipal2016 — 2018
- Adara VenturesAssociate2013 — 2015
- IE Business SchoolAcademic Director, Advanced Venture Capitalcurrent2021 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- IE Business SchoolAssociate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurshipcurrent2018 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Club-MBACo-Founder2011 — 2026
- Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIBProject Manager & Front Office Software Engineer2008 — 2011New York and Hong Kong
- Trusted LogicResearch and Software Development Engineer2008Nice Area, France
- CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission)Security Engineer2007Grenoble Area, France
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship16Business Strategy13Venture Capital12Start-ups7Competitive Analysis4Investments4Corporate Finance4Software2Leadership3Due Diligence4Management3Product Management1
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Corporate DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rocío Pillado López?
- Rocío Pillado López is a partner at Adara Ventures, a European deeptech venture capital firm managing over €350M across five funds. She invests in seed and series A stage companies in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure. She holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from UPM/ENSIMAG and an MBA from Chicago Booth.
- Where does Rocío Pillado López work?
- Rocío Pillado López is Partner at Adara Ventures.
- What check size does Rocío Pillado López write?
- Rocío Pillado López typically writes checks of $100K – $1.5M.
- Where did Rocío Pillado López go to school?
- Rocío Pillado López studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA, Finance); National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble (Engineer, Computer Science and Mathematics); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Engineer, Computer Science).
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Also attended National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble9
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Also worked at IE Business School58
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Also worked at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB52
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Also worked at CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission)23
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