Hugo Fernandez-Mardomingo
General Partner at All Iron Ventures
Hugo Fernandez-Mardomingo
General Partner at All Iron Ventures
Bilbao, Basque Country
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2018 - Current
European early-stage technology VC with €300Mn AUM and a portfolio of more than 70 companies. We combine the flexibility of a Business Angel and the discipline and firepower of an institutional VC to support fast-growing tech startups.
Founder
2015 - 2016
A failed but encouraging project: I founded a seed VC fund and raised from scratch 12 Mill € from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and prominent Spanish executives to invest in disruptive Spanish internet startups. I did not achieve the minimum fund size and had to start again.
Early Stage Investor - Angel Fund Manager
2013 - 2015
Created a successful angel portfolio of investments from Barcelona, launched conector.com accelerator, ideated and launched nuclio.com Venture Builder. Relevant investments: Akamon (sold by €26Mn), Kantox (raised €29,5Mn), Deporvillage (sold for €140Mn), Captio (sold to Certify for €25Mn €3,5), Chicfy, and Kompyte.
Private Equity Analyst
2011 - 2013
Spanish PE middle-market firm with € 1Bn under management. With direct report to the Chairman, I helped launch the Brazilian office and participated in the acquisition of Rubaiyat (€46Mn), Betapack (€40Mn) and Clece (€80Mn) and executed M&A strategies to expand them into Brazil.
International Trade and Investment Consultant
2010 - 2011
Helped Spanish middle-market companies internationalize in Brazil advising their "go to market" strategy (from strategy definition to finding key local partners and distribution channels) and promoting alliances between Spanish and Brazilian companies in food, industrial goods and healthcare.
Strategy Consultant
2008 - 2010
Helped big corporations execute their strategies by implementing Strategy Maps, Scorecards and OKRs, and deploying it through the whole organization.
Education
Bachelor's degree
2004 - 2008
Master's degree
2009 - 2010
Technology Entrepreneurship
2014 - 2014
Bachelor's degree
2002 - 2006