Lanai Partners

Lanai Partners

Lanai Ventures was founded around 2015 by Gerard Olivé and Ignasi Clos, both experienced entrepreneurs in the Spanish tech ecosystem. The firm is based in Barcelona and focuses on early-stage investments in Spain, drawing on the operators' own startup backgrounds to guide young companies. The firm targets pre-seed and seed-stage startups across a broad range of sectors, including FinTech, HRTech, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, EdTech, Marketing & Sales, and Supply Chain & Logistics. Lanai Ventures also has a stated focus on technology verticals such as AI/ML, Consumer Tech, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Software. The firm's limited partners are themselves founders, forming a network that provides portfolio companies with operational support and deal flow. Specific portfolio companies or deal sizes are not publicly disclosed. Lanai Ventures does not disclose AUM or team size publicly. The firm operates only from its Barcelona base with no known additional offices. In recent years, the firm has continued to make seed investments in Spanish startups, though no specific deals from the last 24 months are publicly attributed to Lanai Ventures (public record). No philanthropic or separate investment vehicles are known. Lanai Ventures differentiates itself by sourcing deal flow primarily through its founder-LP network — a structure that blends capital with active operating mentorship. This model, common among newer European micro-VCs, aims to give portfolio companies close access to entrepreneurs who have scaled their own ventures. The firm does not maintain a rigid sector thesis but invests across a wide range of B2B and B2C software categories.