Luis Llorens Gonzalez

Co-Founder

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain9 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a €20M VC fund for startups.
Built investment pipelines for major corporate partners.
Founded an agency in the eSports industry.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital professional with a strong focus on Fintech and entrepreneurship.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipInvestment ManagementInvestment StrategyFintechBusiness DevelopmentInvestment Analysis

Other Skills

Capital de riesgoTeamworkFundraisingPortfolio ManagementInvestment Thesis DevelopmentPortfolio ConstructionDue DiligenceInvestment SourcingPartnership DevelopmentFinancial analysisPublic SpeakingEnglishLeadership

About

Leading investment opportunities in Iberia and overseeing new fund initiatives across Europe. He was responsible for launching the EA Ventures Plug and Play Fund, a €20M VC Fund to invest in startups based in Spain and Spanish founders worldwide. Luis has built a pipeline of investment opportunities for Plug and Play and some of its corporate partners, and has also led several B2B investments, with a particular focus on fintech, retail, and enterprise. Luis is an engineer turned VC who aims to support the ecosystem by investing in Pre-seed to Series A startups (also investing small checks as a Business Angel😅). Prior to Plug and Play, he founded his own business in the eSports industry and was involved in the early stages of Factorial, a Spanish unicorn🦄. Luis began his professional journey as a strategy consultant.

Experience

9 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

6 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Learning vc

Learner

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Plug and play tech center

3 roles

Principal

Promoted

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Head of the EA Ventures Plug and Play Fund, a €20M VC fund backing startups in Spain and Spanish founders globally. Investing €200-500K checks in Enterprise, Fintech, Retail, Sustainability and Mobility.
Launching and deploying VC Funds across the EMEA Region: Actively Fundraising & Investing.
Working with the European investment teams to improve all processes related to investment and portfolio management. Incorporating AI into internal processes.

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkInvestment Management

Senior Associate

Promoted

Mar 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Working on the strategy of launching VC Funds in the EMEA region: Definition of the investment thesis, Team, Target LPs, Portfolio Construction, Fund Model, Cash Flow and Fundraising.
Built a pipeline of Fintech, Insurtech, Enterprise AI, Retail, Sustainability and Energy startups for Plug and Play and Corporate Partners like CaixaBank, Desigual & Naturgy.
Invested in Rever, Invopop, Stockagile & more.

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkInvestment Strategy

Fintech Associate

Feb 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Launched Plug and Play Fintech's office in Barcelona.
Identified, sourced and performed the due diligence on startups with solutions directly applicable to banking and retail activities (invested in Payflow, Boopos, Nemuru, Triple, Weecover...).
Built a pipeline of Fintech and Retail investment opportunities for Plug and Play and Zone2Boost, investment arm from Caixa, Global Payments & Ingenico.
Structured the POC program with CaixaBank and imagin in order to accelerate the integration of promising global fintech solutions within the bank.

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkInvestment ManagementFintech

Business angel

Investor & Advisor

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Worldwide

15+ investments in global pre-seed startups:
Murphy
Emblematic
Pally (YC)
Cafler
Traza
…
Supporting founders with fundraising (deck, data room, connections, etc.), distribution, and strategy.
More information available on request.

Link to esports

Founder

Jul 2018 – Apr 2024 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Barcelona

Agency that represents professional gamers and content creators | eSports Tournaments
Helping brands connect with Millennials.
www.linktoesports.com

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkInvestment Management

Factorial

Operations

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018 · 8 mos · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · On-site

Joined Factorial, currently a unicorn, when it had fewer than 10 employees

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkBusiness Development

Itnig venture builder

Venture Analyst

Sep 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr · Barcelona y alrededores, España

Itnig is a holding company and a startup builder with +12 business experiences in different sectors. We fund, manage and scale businesses to ambitious, sustainable and profitable growth.
Provide solid consult to portfolio companies and schedule review sessions
Source and evaluate new business opportunities
Elaborate market researches
Build an investment deck for a successful funding round [+2M€]
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Bluecap management consulting

2 roles

Consultant

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos

EntrepreneurshipCapital de riesgoTeamworkInvestment Analysis

Intern

Feb 2017 – Jun 2017 · 4 mos

Consultoría estratégica y de gestión de riesgos para proyectos en instituciones financieras

Teamwork

Fundación prevent

Assistant Project Manager

Jul 2014 – Sep 2014 · 2 mos · Barcelona y alrededores, España

Supervisor de proyectos, gestión de costes y proporción de informes con el fin de mejorar la eficiencia
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