Nina Cardelús Vilalta

Lakestar is one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, backing groundbreaking technology companies from seed stage to scale. Founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, Lakestar has raised over €2 billion across four early-stage and two growth funds, with a mission to support exceptional founders building transformative businesses in Europe and beyond. With deep operational expertise and a hands-on approach, Lakestar partners with its portfolio on product, technology, go-to-market, talent, and regulatory strategy - supporting companies from their earliest days through to growth and exit. Current investments include pioneering companies such as Aleph Alpha, Auterion, Blockchain, Colossyan, GetYourGuide, HomeToGo, Isar Aerospace, Neko Health, Revolut, and sennder. A long-standing advocate for Europe’s digital sovereignty, Lakestar has a presence in London, Berlin, and Zurich, with a diverse team of more than 50 professionals representing 18 nationalities.

Lightrock is a global investment platform committed to building a sustainable future. Operating across private and public markets, Lightrock advises over $5.5 billion in assets and Lightrock funds invest in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Lightrock is a certified B Corp with a dedicated team of over 130 professionals working across a network of seven offices.

Lakestar is one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, backing groundbreaking technology companies from seed stage to scale. Founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, Lakestar has raised over €2 billion across four early-stage and two growth funds, with a mission to support exceptional founders building transformative businesses in Europe and beyond. With deep operational expertise and a hands-on approach, Lakestar partners with its portfolio on product, technology, go-to-market, talent, and regulatory strategy - supporting companies from their earliest days through to growth and exit. Current investments include pioneering companies such as Aleph Alpha, Auterion, Blockchain, Colossyan, GetYourGuide, HomeToGo, Isar Aerospace, Neko Health, Revolut, and sennder. A long-standing advocate for Europe’s digital sovereignty, Lakestar has a presence in London, Berlin, and Zurich, with a diverse team of more than 50 professionals representing 18 nationalities.

Glovo is a pioneering multi-category app connecting users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. Glovo’s vision is to give everyone easy access to everything within their city, so that our users can enjoy what they want, when they want, where they want. Founded in 2015 in Barcelona, it operates across 22 countries in Europe, Central Asia and Africa.

Founded in 2004, AZ Capital is an independent investment bank that provides financial advisory services in corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs, private placements, capital increases and financial restructurings. Our objective is to build long-term relationships with our clients by offering them a value added, differentiated and customised advisory service based upon the following pillars: Independence: Freedom of opinion and absence of conflicts of interests. AZ Capital is wholly-owned by its executive professionals. Trust: We express our own and objective opinions in order to find the best solutions for our clients, regardless of whether they imply or not the execution of a transaction. High-quality service: We offer a global strategic vision, strong analytical skills and a flexible and rigorous approach in the analysis and execution of a transaction. Experience and team work: Our team’s broad experience and financial know-how enables to design innovative and efficient solutions for our clients.