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Laurent Arens Van De Perre

Director at Banco Sabadell

Spain

Overview 

Laurent Arens Van de Perre is a VC Investor at Banco Sabadell specializing in pre-seed and seed investments, with a focus on sectors such as Analytics, Data Services, and FinTech. With a background in Business Strategy and a diverse educational background including a Master's degree from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, he has held key roles at Banco Sabadell, overseeing investments and serving as a Board Observer for multiple companies.

Work Experience 

  • Director | BStartup10

    2023 - Current

    BStartup10 from Banco Sabadell, one of the most active investment vehicles in seed capital in Spain. Since 2014 we have invested in more than 90 startups such as Red Points, Exoticca, Cobee, Inbrain, Signaturit… - Lead the investment team of BStartup10 - Source deals and manage deal execution including end to end analysis, term sheet, due diligence, negotiation of investment & shareholder agreement - Prepare and present investment opportunities to our investment committee - Participate as board observer of the portfolio companies (>20) - Monitor KPIs and financial progress of our portfolio companies - Help portfolio companies with strategic aspects of their businesses - Lead potential M&A and exits scenarios of our portfolio

  • Investment Manager - Venture Capital (BStartup10)

    2022 - 2023

  • Investment Associate - Venture Capital (BStartup10)

    2018 - 2022

  • Talent Graduate Programme

    2016 - 2018

    Rotational programme across different departments in Banco Sabadell with the objective of providing a global vision of the bank: Rotations: - Venture Capital - Investment Analyst - Business Banking (Tourism Sector) - Big Data & Analytics

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2020

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