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Oriol Juncosa

Investor at Cobee

Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Oriol Juncosa is a seasoned Investor and Advisor to technology companies, currently serving as the Founding Partner at Plus Partners VC and Managing Partner at ESC Venture Capital SGEIC. With a background in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking, Oriol has successfully invested in companies like Cobee and Pridatect, showcasing expertise in sectors like Cybersecurity and FinTech. Highlights of Oriol's career include founding Plus Partners VC and co-founding ESC Venture Capital SGEIC, as well as serving as a Board member and investor in various successful tech companies like Cobee and Pridatect.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2024 - Current

    Next generation venture capital fund focused on pre-seed and seed. Co-Founded by Enrique Linares, co-founder of Letgo, the 1st Spanish start-up valued at over $1bn, and Oriol Juncosa, prominent investor and advisor to start-ups, co-founder and managing partner of ESC (formerly Encomenda Smart Capital), former CFO of Carto, a leading SaaS company and investment director with Nauta Capital

  • Managing Partner and Co-Founder

    2016

    ➡️ Please send your deck / pitch / email to: oriol-juncosa@encomenda.com ✅ Super angel fund targeting early seed investments in Spain and LatAm markets

  • Co-Founder

    2015

    Advisory firm for high growth SMEs

  • Board member and investor

    2019

    Cobee is the leading HR benefits platform Led the pre-seed investment round and co-invested in Seed and Series A Seed round led by Speedinvest Series A round led by Balderton Series B round led by Octopus and Notion Exited to Pluxee in June 2024, the largest exit of a Spanish start-up from March 2022 to June 2024

  • Board Member and Investor

    2019 - 2022

    Led the pre-seed investment round Follow-on by Conexo Successful exit to Borneo, a Singapore data security company

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2021

    Leading insurtech SaaS company headquartered in Spain and operating across Europe Successful exit to AllianzX in 2021

  • Investor

    2016 - 2021

    Pre-seed investor at Holded (business angel) Seed with Nauta Capital Series A with Lakestar Series B with Elaia Successful exit in 2021 to Visma

  • CFO & Advisor

    2014 - 2017

    Leading geospatial data analytics company Raised $8m in 2014 Raised $23m in 2015 Acquired Nutiteq, an Estonian company, in 2016 Raised $61m in 2021

Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements.

Raised $93,986,557.00 from Kibo Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Accel, European Investment Fund, European Innovation Council, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital.

  • Principal (Investment Director)

    2011 - 2014

    Nauta Capital is a technology-focused venture capital fund investing in Internet, eCommerce, mobile and software across Europe and in the US with offices in Barcelona and Boston and a permanent presence in London. Nauta currently manages over $200m across three funds, focusing mainly on series A. Selected investments: -ForceManager (sales force manger, SaaS, B2B): invested $2.5m -ABAEnglish (elearning, subscription business, B2C and B2B): invested $3m -SocialPoint (social games): invested $2m. Sold it for $276m in 2017 (largest exit in Spain in 2017)

  • Vice President, Corporate and Investment Banking (London, UK)

    2007 - 2011

    M&A, Financing and Restructuring

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