Nauta Capital

Carles Ferrer Roqueta and Jordi Viñas serve as General Partners and lead the investment team from London and Barcelona, respectively. They are supported by Partners Borja Breña and Anna Daviau, as well as a group of principals and associates who execute sourcing, diligence, and portfolio management. The partnership makes investment decisions collectively.

Nauta operates two hubs — Barcelona and London — and draws deal flow from local ecosystems in Spain, the UK, Germany, Portugal, the Nordics, and beyond. The firm leans on repeat founder relationships, operator networks built over two decades, and exits to acquirers like Sage and Zuora that often seed future deal referrals. Its pan-European mandate without a single-country bias gives it visibility into startup activity that single-jurisdiction funds may miss.

Yes. Nauta explicitly structures its fund to support portfolio companies through multiple rounds, and it has a consistent record of participating in Series A, Series B, and later-stage financings. For example, Nauta backed ifeel at Series A in 2021 and again at its $20M Series B in 2023, co-investing alongside FinTLV Ventures and Korelya Capital.

Nauta focuses on B2B software companies and has not disclosed activity in consumer internet, hardware, biotech, or direct-to-consumer brands. Its portfolio and stated sector verticals — enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, cybersecurity, fintech, insurtech, prop-tech, digital health, and deep tech — strongly indicate that consumer-facing businesses and non-software technology companies fall outside its mandate.

The firm employs a compact but specialized team. Beyond the General and Managing Partners, Nauta has dedicated professionals for legal and tax operations, financial management for portfolio companies, and a machine-learning engineer who builds internal tools for investment analysis. The firm also runs a 'Platform' function under its Head of Marketing to deliver go-to-market support to portfolio companies.

Nauta primarily pursues trade-sale exits to strategic acquirers. Recent exits include ForceManager (acquired by Sage), airfocus (acquired by Lucid Software), and Zephr (acquired by Zuora). The team has not publicly highlighted IPO exits, and its portfolio composition — pre-revenue to growth-stage B2B software — aligns with acquisition by global technology platforms and enterprise software consolidators.

Nauta has not publicly disclosed any philanthropic foundations, opportunity funds, or adjacent real-asset vehicles. The firm operates as a focused venture capital manager running commingled early-stage funds, and no separate growth-equity, credit, or secondary vehicle has been identified.