We Invest To Support
Awesome Founders
What we do
Stage
We look for pre-seed or seed round stage of highly scalable technology companies.
Investments
We invest up to €200K per startup in several rounds.
Sectors
We invest in all types of industries like Fintech, HRtech, Edtech, DNVBs…
What we are
We aren't investors. We are a hands on entrepreneurs partners.
We don’t invest in projects. We invest in Founders.
Lanai Partners is a PRIME BUSINESS ANGEL GROUP founded in October 2016 by several Business Angels that merge their knowledge and investment capacity to back digital startups. We focused on early-stage investments (pre-seed and seed). Our goal is to find and support the Spanish entrepreneurs that are challenging the status quo and are shaping how consumers and enterprises will interact with technology in the future.
We are a team of founders and operators with +12 years of startup investing experience. The Main Partners of the current version of Lanai are: Jeroen Merchiers (Airbnb), Guillermo Llibre (Housell), Rubén Ferreiro (Viko Group), and Diego Camilleri (Uber).
As business angels and through our funds we have invested in over 50 companies that generate more than €1 billion in revenue, have raised more than €2 billion capital, and employ over 15.000 employees.
Team
Jeroen Merchiers
Father of 3, husband of 1.
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Rubén Ferreiro
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Guillermo Llibre
Diego Camilleri
General Partnerex-Competitive Strategy lead @ Uber EMEA and ex-Director @ KPMG Deal Advisory team in NY. eSeed.vc Syndicate lead. Father of 1 kid with another one on the way. Avid traveler and proud generalist.
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Pau Mallorqui
Investment AssociatePau works closely to the founding partners to analyze new investment opportunities. He ensures portfolio monitoring tasks.
Santi Godó
Investment AnalystSanti sources, analyses, and supports investment opportunities, with a focus on Spain.
Laura Escanio
Operations AnalystLaura works across the entire investment process in the operation part and help in the fundraising of the new fund.
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Some of our Partners
Joaquim Esteve
AladiniaBootstraping Aladinia since 2009. Passionate about technology, online marketing and ecommerce. Former BCG consultant
David Miranda
Osborne Clarke Head of the Digital Business team in Spain. Advisor for technology companies in corporate and commercial issues.
Álvaro Gutiérrez
BarkibuCo-CEO Barbiku. Former CEO & Cofounder Kiwoko. Spent 10 years at JP Morgan.
Jordi Rivera
CEO at DAS Spain Betting on Innovation and Digital Transformation in Insurance and Legaltech.
Roger Egan III
InvestorFather of 2 boys. Living in Barcelona and launching next venture, Nurture (edtech). Co-founder and former CEO of Singapore based online grocer, Redmart (acquired by Alibaba).
Albert Serrano
Privalia / Vente-PriveeManaging Director Privalia / Vente-Privee SP. Spent more than 8 years in top executive roles at Privalia. Former Senior Consultant Daemon Quest.
Oriol Vila
HolaluzCEO & Cofounder Holaluz Former IT Consultant in Accenture.
Dani Romy
CEO of Media Digital VenturesCo-Founder & Former COO TheCrowdAngel. Mentor at several renowned accelerator programs. Private Investor.
Ferran Nogué
HolaluzCofounder Holaluz. Spent the last 8 year develop Holaluz, especifically the new ventures with different partners.
Ignasi Giralt
RevolutCountry Growth Manager at Revolut. Former General Manager Spain at Badi and Marketing Manager at Airbnb. Passionate about how tech startups can change people’s lives. Traveler spirit.
Joaquim Lecha
TypeformCEO Typeform. Former COO & CFO SocialPoint and M&A Director from Groupalia. Director at DC Partners.
Sergi de Pablos
YabaCTO & co-founder at YABA, co-founder and former CTO at Ulabox. Spent the last 20 years in several companies as tech leader.
Alvaro Gomez
ElogiaCountry Manager Spain at ELOGIA. Former Agency Developer @ Google. Associate Professor at UC3M, Master in Marketing (CRM & Businesss Intelligence).
Benoît Menardo
PayflowEx-Rocket Internet and Bain & Company consultant. INSEAD MBA / MIT / Mines Paristech. In Barcelona since early 2020 after living in 5 continents & learning 8 languages.
Avinash Sukhwani
PayflowCo-founder at Payflow. Previously worked for Rocket Internet and Boston Consulting Group. Originally from India, but born in Spain.
Jose López
iSaludCEO & Cofounder iSalud. Former Deloitte Consultant and Banc Sabadell Investments.
Miguel Giribet
Cash Converters EspañaGeneral Manager / Member of the Board at Cash Converters España / IESE Business School.
Josep Maria Tribó
Acuityads Co-Founder at ADman Media (sold to Acuityads). Mentor and Business Angel at Seedrocket since 2008. Ad tech & Mar tech specialist. Married and father of two teenagers.Amateur triathlete and runner, passionate about kitesurf.
Marcos Luengo
ADman MediaCofounder ADman Media and 4IQ. 22 years’ experience in digital transformation in different Management positions. Investor in seed stage companies.
Alberto Cuevas
LetgoCOO Letgo. Investor in seed stage and the last 8 years top executive in companies such as Letgo, Airbnb or Groupon.
Ana Guasch
InvestorGlobal business DNA mixing corporate experience at Asics, Venca, Iberostar with own ventures focused on RetailTech. Awards: 2019 Sephora Awards WomenIntech, Laus Award Gold Prize.
Jorge Rodergas
Hoteles CataloniaDigital Business Director Hoteles Catalonia, Former COO Restalo & Operations Director at Groupalia.
Andrea Scarano
PrivaliaManaging Director Veepee Italy. Spent more than 11 years in top executive roles at Privalia.
Our Investments
Individual investments
Lanai Investments First Batch
Lanai Investments Second Batch
Lanai Investments Third Batch
Glovo!
Ulabox.com
Frankietheking
21 Buttons
DogBuddy
Housfy
trip4real
Jeff
All in one APP, up today, laundry, beauty, «The Good Good Life»
Akiles
qashops
Landbot.io
Spice
Celebrents
Noken
Innroute
Avuxi
Baluwo
Cabify
Siguetuliga
Reby
Enjoy an easy and ecological transport and easily park in the city with your shared electric scooter.
Cobee
Employee benefits platform that adds flexibility and technology to eliminate inefficiencies.
Trioteca
acqustic
HUBUC
Partfy
OpenWebinars
The largest catalog of programming courses and systems for companies and professionals.
Flanks
Flanks develops the most powerful end-to-end OpenBankig solutions
Oposita Test
MODAL
Tropicfeel
Payflow
Consentio
Instantly sell and promote your products, to your clients.
Misstipsi
Baluwo
Kriim
Frankie
Comida de verdad para perros de verdad
Tacter
Picker
Discover, Share and Ask for recommendations to the Pickers that you like.
Assembler School
Assembler School trains the best Software Engineers in project-based and peer learning programs with no upfront cost
Atani
Arengu
SaaS platform that helps you to easily build and optimize your sign-up process.
Melbot
ChatWith
Weecover
Wiz Music
Invest in your favorite artists and become part of their success.
Viterbit
Recruitment software to attract candidates, collaborate with the team and automate tasks
Propper
SaaS / Marketplace that offers a digital showcase to real estate agents and helps owners find the best professional to sell their home
Depasify
The all in one platform for dealing with digital assets
Ritmo
IF
Totalfulfilment solution for e-commerce
Embat
The end-to-end liquidity management platform for finance teams.
Hoop carpool
Corporate Carpooling Solution for companies and universities
Kimera
Precise, easy-to-use and accesible cloud based platform which satisfies the visual content needs of SMB’s and enterprises
Blok
Groceries delivered in 10 minutes, at the tap of a button. – Sold to Getir –
Bcas
Gretel
software.
Nurture
Immersive playful learning for families
Habitación.com
Buy a room, turn your rent into savings.
Buo
Social commerce platform that helps people save money on quality goods by connecting them directly to sellers.
Pontio
Rever
Easy Returns, Faster Refunds
Vualapp
All your invoices in one click
Livo
All-in-one financial system for Health