Leo Castellanos
General Partner at SAATCHiNVEST
London, England
Overview
Leo Castellanos is a Tech Investor and Founder based in London, England, known for coaching and mentoring startups. With a diverse skill set spanning marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, and investments, Leo has successfully funded and grown ambitious ventures, specializing in sectors like Education, IoT, and E-commerce.
Highlights of Leo's career include serving as a General Partner at SAATCHiNVEST and working with various startups as an investor, board member, and fellow, leveraging his expertise in due diligence, venture capital, and business strategy to support the growth of emerging businesses.
Work Experience
General Partner
2012 - Current
Building from scratch and managing the portfolio, assessing and evaluating investment opportunities, follow ons and exits. I believe in high growth opportunities/founders with ambition and skills who have built early-stage product and have data backing them.
Visiting Lecturer
2023
Lecturing Masters students on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venturing
Investor
2015
CreativeX is a developer of a smarter visual communication platform.
Raised $29,804,998.00 from Conviction VC, Guggenheim Investments, The Brandtech Group and Beringea.
Investor
2014
Fellow
2022
Investor
2019
Board Member
2020 - 2021
Board Observer
Investor
2019
Investor
2017
Qriously has been acquired by Brandwatch
Investor Director
2015
Endource.com is the pinnacle of curated fashion. It scours the most influential fashion sources to bring you the fashion that's made the cut.
Investor
2020
Education
Newton Venture Programme - Fellowship
2022 - 2022
Executive Education
2016 - 2016
Executive MBA (Distinction)
2007 - 2009
Financing The Entrepreneurial Business
2012 - 2012
Growth Hacking
2017 - 2017
Business School
2011 - 2012
Digital Marketing
2016 - 2016
The Role of the Non-Executive Director
2013 - 2013
5 year degree (Master equivalent)
1994 - 1999