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Santiago Canalejo

Investor

General Partner & COO at TheVentureCity

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

General Partner and COO who joined in 2017. A two-time founder and IESE MBA with prior CEO and senior executive experience in the food industry and consulting at Booz Allen and Arthur Andersen.

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Experience

  1. SpainCapBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. SpainCapVice Chairman & Chair Venture Capital Commitee2025 — 2026
  3. TheVentureCityGP & COOcurrent2017 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
  4. PagnifiqueCEO2015 — 2017Uruguay y USA
  5. Berlys CorporaciónDirector de Desarrollo Corporativo2011 — 2015Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
  6. Grupo BerlysAdjunto a Dirección2005 — 2011
  7. Booz Allen HamiltonSenior Associate1998 — 2003Madrid
  8. DeloitteAuditor1996 — 1998

Education

  1. IESE Business SchoolMBA1996 — 1998
  2. American University of Paris (AUP)Bachelor of Arts, International Business Administration

Skills & more

Management Consulting8Business Strategy32Change Management5Marketing Strategy21Mergers & Acquisitions4Business Process Improvement3Due Diligence4Business Development4Market Entry3Strategy7Strategic Planning5Management22
+2 moreTeam LeadershipSpanish

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Also attended IESE Business School161

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Shared employers

Also worked at SpainCap7

Aquilino PeñaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Kibo VenturesFrancisco VelázquezChairman and Managing Partner at Axon Partners GroupBeatriz GonzálezFounder and Managing Partner at SeayaMark KavelaarsVenture Partner at Crescendo Venture PartnersAndrés DancausaGeneral Partner at TheVentureCityOriol PinyaFounding Partner and CEO at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,

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Also worked at Pagnifique1

Gustavo ReardenOperaciones de Negocios at IBF Negocios

Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton129

Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesRohan BhargavaInvestor at 8VCLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesNekeshia WoodsManaging Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalSean EbertSenior Partner at Altira Group LLC

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Also worked at Deloitte1,089

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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Colleagues at TheVentureCity

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Investor at TheVentureCity
Álvaro Sanz
Partner at TheVentureCity
Ana Oliván
Operations Director at TheVentureCity
Andrés Dancausa
General Partner at TheVentureCity
Andy Areitio
General Partner at TheVentureCity
Brooke Richardson
Investor at TheVentureCity
Carlos Montes
VP of People & Comms. at TheVentureCity
Cheryl Sew Hoy
Investor at TheVentureCity