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Alberto Bleda-Merino

Investor at Alma Mundi Ventures

Madrid, Community of Madrid

Overview

Work Experience

  • CPO Direct Sourcing & Procurement

    2018 - Current

    Global transformation and acceleration of the direct sourcing and procurement team (90+ professionals) in a growing decentralized group with high innovation and acquisition pace. Responsible for a spend of 2.2 bn€.

  • VP Sourcing Head of Global Categories

    2015 - 2018

  • Vice President, Production Technologies & Innovation Strategy

    2013 - 2015

  • Board Member

    2020

    Onbitt is a company specialized in manufacturing optical & polarized films for functional eyewear lenses.

  • Investor

    2016

    Alma Mundi is a B2B tech venture fund. We invest between 500k and 5M in each startup. Our headquarters are in Madrid and we have an operational presence in Barcelona, London, Seattle & New York. We bring value added to entrepreneurs by leveraging our global network, called the Mundi Club, which groups more than 750 members in 55 cities worldwide. We have investors based in Palo Alto, New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, and many other cities. Both investors in the fund and club members participate actively in deal flow analysis, due diligence, commercial and operational scale-up of the invested companies, bringing new customers to the startups, and opening new markets for them. Club members are passionate about supporting Spanish diaspora entrepreneurs worldwide.

  • Chief of Staff for the operations and business development in Asia-Africa

    2011 - 2013

  • Product Innovation Strategy Director

    2009 - 2011

  • Industrial Project Manager - Manufacturing Engineering

    2005 - 2009

  • Team Manager - Manufacturing Engineering

    2002 - 2005

  • Process Engineer - Manufacturing Engineering

    2000 - 2002

  • Co-founder and co-CEO

    2009 - 2010

    Manufacturing of bio fuel (wood pellets) and the design and installation of mid-size production units for energy and heating (solar panels and pellets heating units)

  • Founder & CEO

    2006 - 2009

  • Project development and commercial engineer - Technological consulting

    2000 - 2000

  • Design and calculation engineer - Software / Simulation Engineering

    1999 - 2000

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