Main Investors

Founded in 1986 as an initiative within the scope of State banking for the purpose of boosting venture capital activity in Spain, Axis Participaciones Empresariales, Sociedad Gestora de Entidades de Capital Riesgo S.A.U. (Axis) is one of the oldest operators in the sector. Since1993, it has been a 100% investee company of Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO).

In the course of its 20-year existence, through investments of over €200m, Axis has made a decisive contribution to the launching or development of more than 100 corporate projects geared in the main towards innovation. At year-end 2009, Axis’ investments amounted to €83.19m in the form of capital holdings and participating loans in 28 companies.

http://www.axispart.com/

BcnHighgrowth is an independent financial company which, by means of two clearly differentiated lines of business, invests in innovative companies with growth potential, and offers them support, advice and guidance. These two lines of business are Venture capital and Financial consulting.  BcnHighgrowth’s mission is to invest in and to structure operations that generate value for the investor and that optimise growth of the companies in which we invest and/or which we advise. The services are aimed at institutional and private investors looking to invest in non-listed companies, receive expert advice on new investments, find new partners, or purchase or sell a company.

http://www.highgrowth.net

BCN EMPREN SCR is a venture capital company searching to give response to one clear need of the market; contribute to the creation of new technological and innovative companies, using investment funds and giving strategic support to these new  iniciatives.

http://www.bcnempren.com/

UNINVEST is a venture capital firm which objective is to enhance knowledge transfer from University to the Company through business creation. Uninvest is a venture fund based in Santiago de Compostella and created by 16 Universities and a national research institution (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - CSIC) to invest in the seed and start-up phases of companies, mainly the technology- and science-intensive spin-off of Spanish and Portuguese Universities. Private capital provides 70% of its funds.

http://www.uninvest.es/