OUR FAMILY
Meet our Dream Team!
MAIN TEAM
Laura spent nearly nine years with Facebook in various roles supporting overall growth strategies. Laura led the Growth, Mobile & Partnerships team for Latin America, spearheading the Internet.org and connectivity initiatives from Silicon Valley and later Miami. Before Facebook, Laura held management roles at eBay, Siemens and Ogilvy Group.
Laura González-Estéfani
Founder & CEO
Santiago has a broad experience leading international teams in different areas as strategic planning, marketing and sales, Production, HR, logistics, IT, R&D, Finance & administration. Before joining TheVentureCity, Santiago held top management and business development roles in leading companies in the food industry both in Europe and America.
Santiago Canalejo
Chief Operations Officer
Worked in tech & telco for the last 17 years, from software development to lead digital transformation. I always leverage a good mix of technical and business knowledge, finding the right balance between clean & cutting edge solutions, with business feasibility.
Víctor J Servin
Chief Technology Officer
Passionate about designing and growing innovative businesses through product development and strategy. Andrés combines his engineering and consulting background with 10+ years of startup experience. Andrés is an entrepreneur, an MBA holder from IE Business School and Madrid's ProductTank organizer.
Andrés Fajardo
VP, Product
Passionate about unlocking business growth by using data. 7 years of experience around marketing and growth working in different fields like user acquisition, product marketing, user re-engagement, mobile marketing, and organic growth. Strong background in marketplaces & mobile apps.
Luis Guzmán
Growth Marketing Lead
Computer Science Engineer with 18+ years experience developing Internet and Mobile products in emerging markets across LATAM, including Mobile Apps currently in use by millions of monthly active users and also pioneered Mobile Operator partnership Initiatives with Facebook (internet.org), Google, Deezer, and many others.
Roberto Carlos Navas
VP, Engineering | Lab
Garoe is a Product Data Analyst that has been crunching data for the past 10 years. Expert in deriving insights from data to support startups with their business decisions. He has a PhD in Particle Physics and has supported the development of new products and services in the aviation industry.
Garoe González
Product Data Analyst
Passionate about helping to build ambitious companies capable of changing industries. MBA holder from IE Business School. As a serial entrepreneur (iAhorro in 2008 and SofiaSquare 2016), Andrés is a real founder, over +10 years leading teams from 1 to more than 120 people.
Andres Dancausa
Partner, Fund | EMEA
Focused on finding new and supporting existing entrepreneurs across the Americas. Molly has dedicated her career thus far to working with entrepreneurs as they build businesses, coming to TVC from GSV Ventures and Connectivity Venture Fund. Prior to that she received an MBA at NYU Stern.
Margaret Rowe
Investment Director Americas
Muz focuses on sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities and portfolio management for EMEA as well as act as financial advisor to founders in the Growth Program. A techie and entrepreneur at heart, Muz co-founded IoT Analytics startup in SportsTech space before joining TheVentureCity.
Muz Sayeed
Investment Manager, EMEA
An entrepreneur at heart with a solid financial background and a passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. Graduated in Business Administration from ICADE and worked for +2 years as an investment banker in London and Madrid. Speaks Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese.
Fernando Dal Re Olleros
Partner, First Ticket | EMEA
Marketing and sales rock-star with 5+ years in account & project management. During MBA, fell in love with entrepreneurship and went on to found a retail-tech startup. Understands the challenges founders face and is eager to work with these dream-makers!
Brooke Richardson
Investment Director, First Ticket | EMEA
Communicator, Advisor, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Brazil startup ecosystem. Board member at IBS-Americas, contributor to several startup growth programs. Mack was CEO/Founder of Videolog.tv, the first global video sharing platform.
Edson Mackeenzy
Investment Director, First Ticket | LATAM
Eager to always learn and help, Iñigo has experience in M&A and deal strategy consulting at KPMG. Having graduated from IE University and with a strong passion for adventures, sustainabilty, entrepreneurship, and multicultural environments, he joined TheVentureCity as Venture Analyst for Northern Europe.
Iñigo Eguía
Analyst, First Ticket | EMEA
Andre is originally a Brazilian trained lawyer who worked with Startup Corporate Law and Venture Capital. He is currently taking his master's at UC Berkeley and loves to be a bridge between Latam and the US, both through TheVentureCity and through academics initiatives.
André Moura
Analyst, First Ticket | Americas
I have worked for more than 15 years in technological and industrial multinationals, specialized in Strategic and Operational Marketing, with a special interest in technology and focused on bringing closer the business to the market by understanding the customer needs.
Carlos Montes
VP, Comms. & People | EMEA
Gathered experience working for national (US) and international marketing and public relations agencies. Created content for multinational corporations and small businesses alike. Eager to work with startups and learn as much as possible from this ecosystem.
Rodrigo Vogeler
Marketing and Communications manager
AMBASSADORS
Eduardo also held several positions at Alcatel, GEC Alstom and Siemens where he was Chief Executive Officer for Spain and member of the Executive Board of Siemens AG.
Eduardo Montes
President at Sgel and Wamos Group
MENTORS AMERICAS
Dan is currently the General Manager for Services and Financial Services divisions at ZeBrands. Previously, he was CEO and Co-founder at Alba, a two-sided marketplace connecting families with caregivers in Latinamerica, which was acquired by ZeBrands by the end of 2020.
Dan Stern
Head of Financial Services at ZeBrands
David is an entrepreneur and angel investor who has held operating roles at six startups and invested in 60 companies. He was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Gradifi, which was acquired by E*TRADE. Previously, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School and Director of the Babson Summer Venture Program.
David Chang
Entrepreneur & angel investor
MENTORS EMEA
CEO & Founder at PlayGround
Isaac Marcet
CEO & Founder at PlayGround
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