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Inveready
Inveready, led by Josep Maria Echarri, has backed over 200 Spanish tech companies since 2008 across venture, debt, and infrastructure strategies.
Inveready
Founded in 2008 by Josep Maria Echarri, Inveready grew from a San Sebastian base into one of Spain's most active technology investors. The firm operates dual headquarters in San Sebastian and Barcelona, with an additional office in Madrid, positioning itself as a domestic specialist for Iberian innovation. Unlike a pure-play venture firm, Inveready also provides wealth management and private banking services to family offices and high-net-worth individuals, creating a hybrid structure where investment management and capital-raising overlap. Inveready deploys capital through six complementary strategies: early-stage venture, growth equity, venture debt, private equity buyouts, infrastructure, and private credit. Stage coverage runs from Seed through Series B and later-stage management buyouts. The firm invests almost exclusively in Spain. Confirmed portfolio companies include cybersecurity firm Balbix, insurtech startup Cobertoo, and the property technology platform Housfy. In public markets, Inveready manages traditional value-focused equity funds and niche fixed-income vehicles, though alternative assets represent the firm's primary growth engine. Since inception, Inveready has deployed over €1.5 billion across more than 200 companies and vehicles (per the firm's official communications). The team maintains offices in three Spanish cities. In 2023 Inveready launched Inveready Infrastructure III, targeting energy transition and digital infrastructure assets in Southern Europe — the firm's strongest recent signal of scaling beyond pure technology venture. The firm also runs Inveready Venture Finance, an active venture debt strategy that provides non-dilutive capital to growth-stage startups across Spain. Inveready's structural differentiator lies in its hybridization: few European managers combine regulated wealth advisory services, traditional public-market funds, and six alternative strategies under one roof. That architecture gives Inveready a persistent capital base from Spanish family offices and HNWIs who receive private banking services from the same firm that later invests their capital into venture and growth-stage deals — an integrated funnel that significantly reduces external fundraising dependency.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital / Alternative Asset Manager
Year founded
2008
AUM
€1B - €2B (Altss estimate)
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Spain
City
San Sebastian
Corporate office
San Sebastian, Spain
Additional offices
Barcelona, Spain · Madrid, Spain
Principals
Josep Maria Echarri
CEO & Managing Partner
Roger Piqué
General Partner
Antoni Martínez
General Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Inveready?
Josep Maria Echarri is CEO and Managing Partner, serving as the firm's ultimate investment authority. General Partners Roger Piqué and Antoni Martínez lead day-to-day investment activity across the six strategy verticals. The partnership maintains a consensus-driven investment committee, though final approval authority rests with Echarri.
How does Inveready source proprietary deal flow in Spain?
Inveready sources primarily through its integrated wealth management arm. The firm provides private banking and alternative investment solutions to Spanish family offices and HNWIs, creating a proprietary network of local deal referrals. Additionally, with offices in San Sebastian, Barcelona, and Madrid, the partnership covers Spain's three primary economic regions directly.
Does Inveready invest outside of Spain?
Inveready's venture and growth equity strategies focus almost exclusively on Spanish-headquartered companies. The infrastructure strategy has broader Southern Europe exposure. The firm has not disclosed plans for a pan-European expansion of its venture platform.
Is Inveready a venture capital firm or a diversified asset manager?
Inveready operates as both. On the alternative side, the firm runs six strategies including early-stage venture, growth equity, venture debt, buyouts, infrastructure, and private credit. Simultaneously, it manages traditional public-market equity and fixed-income funds and offers regulated wealth management services — making it structurally closer to a diversified alternative asset manager than a pure-play VC.
What is Inveready's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Inveready regularly co-invests alongside external lead investors, particularly in Series A and Series B rounds where the firm acts as a domestic specialist. The firm does not lead rounds exclusively for non-Spanish GPs but will participate in syndicates alongside international funds entering the Iberian market.
How does the venture debt strategy complement Inveready's equity investments?
Inveready Venture Finance provides non-dilutive growth capital to startups, often in companies where Inveready already holds equity positions through its early-stage funds. This dual exposure allows the firm to increase total capital deployed per portfolio company without further dilution, while the debt arm also opens relationships with startups that may later become equity investment targets.
What investment stages does Inveready typically target?
The firm covers Seed, Series A, and Series B through its venture strategies. The private equity arm executes management buyouts and growth equity transactions in more mature small and mid-cap Spanish companies. Venture debt and private credit strategies span growth-stage through pre-IPO, targeting companies generating recurring revenue.
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