The entrepreneurs’ community VC
to back Spain’s most ambitious founders
Our thesis
Stage
We invest in pre-seed, we want to be a partner in the first stages of the entrepreneurial journey.
Ticket size
Our tickets start at 150 000 € with a follow-on capability of up to 1.5M € in several rounds.
Industry
We are proud industry agnostics and we invest in all kinds of verticals.
We are investors and founders
We’re not just investors, we are hands-on entrepreneurs partners.
We don’t invest in projects, we invest in founders.
Companies invested
Founders as investors
Years working together
Years experience in early stage VC
The team at Lanai has been working together as founders and operators for 12 years. Lanai was launched in 2017 and we already have a portfolio of more than 50 companies.
We have over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience having founded 6 companies (Viko, Groupalia, Gymforless, Housell, Zazume, Yaba) that generate annual revenues of +€100m and employ +500 people.
We have invested in over 50 companies that generate more than €1 billion in revenue, have raised more than €2 billion capital, and employ over 15.000 employees.
Team
Jeroen Merchiers
General Partner
[email protected]Co-founder & CEO at Zazume & Lanai. Former Managing Director of Airbnb EMEA. Originally from Belgium but spent his life living abroad and now calls Barcelona home! Father of 3, husband of 1.
Rubén Ferreiro
General Partner
[email protected] CEO of VIKO, Chairman of YABA and Business Angel since 2010. Passionate about digital entrepreneurship & innovation. Galician living in Barcelona, occasionally hops to CDMX. Father, traveler, foodie and life enthusiast.
Guillermo Llibre
General Partner
[email protected]CEO and founder of Housell, former founder of GymForLess and Groupalia. Entrepreneur and investor with experience in tech, enjoying venture capital for driving innovation and learning from others’ passions. Father of three and passionate about trail running.
Diego Camilleri
General Partner
[email protected]Former Competitive Strategy lead at Uber EMEA and former Director at KPMG Deal Advisory in New York. Syndicate lead of eSeed.vc. Father of 2 kids with another one on the way. Avid traveler and learner.
Pau Mallorqui
Investment Associate
[email protected]Over 3 years of experience in Pre-Seed VC Investments and a solid background in publicly traded markets. Avid sports enthusiast and a dedicated traveler, constantly seeking new adventures.
Ignacio Garicano
Associate
[email protected]Working in VC investments for over 4 years. Led the creation of Impact Angels, the first business angel network focusing on impact investments in Spain.
Sandra Castells
Investment Analyst
[email protected]As part of our investment team, Sandra analyzes and manages deal flow, always eager to meet the next top-tier founders. Scuba diver, curious by nature and ocean enthusiast.
Our investors and advisors
Manuel Roca
Co-Founder & CEO at Atrapalo, Co-Founder UNIVRSE
José Manuel Villanueva
Co-Founder 011h / Former Co-Founder & CEO at Privalia
Álvaro Gutierrez
Ignacio Traversi
Co-founder & CSO at Cobee
Pablo Pazos
Co-founder & Co-CEO at Barkibu
Juan Zamora
Fred Cavet
Co-Founder Amenitiz
Avinash Sukhwani
Co-Founder Payflow
Benoit Menardo
Miquel Fresneda
Managing Director & Co-Founder at Woffu
Joaquim Lecha
CEO at Typeform
José López
Portfolio
