Gasol16 Ventures

Pau Gasol serves as the primary investment principal. He earned an MBA and has publicly engaged with the US venture ecosystem over several years, including relationships developed through the NBA's tech and sports-business networks. Marc Gasol contributes to sourcing, particularly within European sports and wellness, while managing his own professional basketball club in Girona.

The firm sources through the Gasol brothers' personal networks across European and North American professional sports, institutional venture capital relationships, and entrepreneurial contacts in the health and wellness communities. Pau Gasol's visibility as a global athlete and investor attracts inbound founder interest, while Marc Gasol's operational involvement in a professional sports team yields additional proprietary sports-tech and media deal flow.

The firm co-invests alongside institutional venture funds and other athlete-family offices. Its investment in Oura Health placed it alongside major VC firms and signaled a willingness to participate in syndicated rounds rather than leading them. It has not publicly disclosed a preference for leading transactions versus following established general partners.

The firm has not published a formal exclusions list. Its public portfolio and stated focus on sports technology, health, wellness, and consumer products suggest a limited appetite for capital-intensive industries, heavy industrial technologies, or sectors disconnected from the founders' expertise and brand, but no explicit negative tags apply.