Diego Mendez

Early-stage VC and Open Innovation at Plug And Play Tech Center. Material Scientist passionate about sustainability, focused on Energy Transition & Climate. Connecting the best startups to industry-leading corporations

📍 Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2023
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Mentor - 4WARD.VC Climate Accelerator & Investor Syndicate
Apr 2023
Powered by a team of experienced founders, builders and doers alongside dozens of local and sector-focused community volunteers, 4WARD.earth is building a worldwide movement of climate professionals and stakeholders dedicated to collaboratively tackling climate change before it’s too late. **About 4WARD.earths Climate Community: the largest local-to-global climate network** By bringing together startups, corporates, investors, governments and ecosystem players in an open and partnership-focused capacity, we’ve built a platform to help our members accelerate their climate mission and impact at a global scale. 👤 Create FREE profile today: https://4ward.earth/circle --- **JOIN 4WARD.earths GLOBAL CLIMATE COMMUNITY FREE** - Attend regular climate meetups in 90+ cities 🌎 - Join monthly sector networking groups & calls 📞 - 1000s of climate & sustainability folks via online networking & collaboration platform 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻 - Resources for funding 💰, decarbonization, legal & IP ⚖️, carbon accounting & more And much much more... 👤 Create FREE profile today: https://4ward.earth/circle --- About 4WARD.earths Climate & Sustainability Consulting Services 🏆 Leveraging the worlds largest climate professional community, 4WARD.earth Consulting delivers specialized expertise to accelerate climate action. Our services include: - For Startups: Fundraising support, grant navigation, go-to-market strategy - For Corporates: ESG strategy, net zero roadmaps, climate disclosure, LCAs - For NGOs: Partnership development, impact measurement, resilience planning Our consultants bring hands-on implementation experience, working as extensions of your team to drive measurable results—not just reports. https://4ward.earth/consulting --- 📣 Interested in Sponsoring our Events or Partnering with 4WARD? For more info on sponsorship & partnerships with the worlds largest global climate network, please visit: https://4ward.earth/sponsorship
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2024
Ventures Associate
Jul 2024
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, weve accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City
2023
Mentor - 4WARD.VC Climate Accelerator & Investor Syndicate
Apr 2023
Powered by a team of experienced founders, builders and doers alongside dozens of local and sector-focused community volunteers, 4WARD.earth is building a worldwide movement of climate professionals and stakeholders dedicated to collaboratively tackling climate change before it’s too late. **About 4WARD.earths Climate Community: the largest local-to-global climate network** By bringing together startups, corporates, investors, governments and ecosystem players in an open and partnership-focused capacity, we’ve built a platform to help our members accelerate their climate mission and impact at a global scale. 👤 Create FREE profile today: https://4ward.earth/circle --- **JOIN 4WARD.earths GLOBAL CLIMATE COMMUNITY FREE** - Attend regular climate meetups in 90+ cities 🌎 - Join monthly sector networking groups & calls 📞 - 1000s of climate & sustainability folks via online networking & collaboration platform 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻 - Resources for funding 💰, decarbonization, legal & IP ⚖️, carbon accounting & more And much much more... 👤 Create FREE profile today: https://4ward.earth/circle --- About 4WARD.earths Climate & Sustainability Consulting Services 🏆 Leveraging the worlds largest climate professional community, 4WARD.earth Consulting delivers specialized expertise to accelerate climate action. Our services include: - For Startups: Fundraising support, grant navigation, go-to-market strategy - For Corporates: ESG strategy, net zero roadmaps, climate disclosure, LCAs - For NGOs: Partnership development, impact measurement, resilience planning Our consultants bring hands-on implementation experience, working as extensions of your team to drive measurable results—not just reports. https://4ward.earth/consulting --- 📣 Interested in Sponsoring our Events or Partnering with 4WARD? For more info on sponsorship & partnerships with the worlds largest global climate network, please visit: https://4ward.earth/sponsorship
2019
Intern
Jul 2019
The Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM) is an institute of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (Spanish National Research Council) founded in December 1986, that belongs to the Area of Science and Technology of Materials, one of the eight Areas in which the CSIC divides its research activities. Our mission is to create new fundamental and applied knowledge in materials of high technological impact, their processing, and their transfer to the productive sectors at local, national and European scales (the true value of materials is in their use), the training of new professionals, and the dissemination of the scientific knowledge.