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§ Venture Capital · Edificio Pier01, Pl. de Pau Vila, 1, sector 1A, Ciutat Vella, 08039 Barcelona, Spain
Venture studio co-founds and scales digital businesses. Specializing in marketplaces, e-commerce, SaaS for Southern Europe & LatAm.
Antai Venture Builder has raised $3.3M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Antai Venture Builder.
Antai Venture Builder was founded by Miguel Vicente (Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Cofounder).
Antai Venture Builder has raised $3.3M in total across 1 funding round.
Antai Venture Builder is a venture studio and early-stage investment firm based in Barcelona, Spain, that co-founds and scales digital businesses across Southern Europe and Latin America. The firm identifies opportunities in digital marketplaces, e-commerce, fintech, and healthtech, providing initial capital and shared operational services to accelerate growth. Since its inception, the organization has co-founded more than 30 startups that have collectively raised over $1.5 billion in funding and generated more than $3 billion in shareholder value. These ventures currently employ over 3,000 people globally, with notable portfolio companies including Glovo, Wallapop, Nemuru, and Platanomelón. The firm recently expanded its strategy by launching a €30 million venture fund to back external startups, following major ecosystem exits like the acquisition of Glovo by Delivery Hero. Antai Venture Builder was founded in 2012 by Miguel Vicente and Gerard Olivé.
Antai Venture Builder was founded by Miguel Vicente (Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Cofounder).
Antai Venture Builder has raised $3.3M in total across 1 funding round.
Antai Venture Builder has raised $3.3M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.3M Antai Ventures - Series A in January 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2020 | $3.3M Series A | — | — | Announced |
Key people at Antai Venture Builder.
Antai Venture Builder, also known as Antai Ventures, is a Barcelona-based venture studio founded in 2012 that partners with entrepreneurs to co-found and scale digital businesses across Southern Europe and Latin America.[2][4][5] Its mission is to identify proven market opportunities, collaborate with top professionals on joint ventures, and provide comprehensive operational support—including business development, tech stack, product design, fundraising, go-to-market strategies, and talent acquisition—to launch agile, scalable companies disrupting multi-billion-dollar industries.[1][2][5] The studio focuses on sectors like e-commerce, B2B SaaS, marketplaces, edtech, grocery, healthtech, fintech, insurtech, proptech, autotech, and increasingly sustainability via funds like Necta Ventures.[2][3][4] With over 25 co-founded companies such as Glovo, Wallapop, and Cornerjob, its portfolio has raised more than $1.5 billion, generated over $3 billion in shareholder value, and employs more than 3,000 people, significantly boosting the startup ecosystem in its regions by accelerating milestones in half the industry average time.[2][4][5]
Antai Venture Builder was established in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, as an international online and mobile venture builder aimed at analyzing markets for proven successes and scaling them through joint ventures with skilled professionals.[1][2][6] Key details on founding partners are not specified in available sources, but the studio evolved from a hands-on company builder—co-founding fast-growing startups like Wallapop, Glovo, Cornerjob, Marmota, ProntoPiso, Nemuru, PlatanoMelon, and Vitaance—into a broader venture studio with over 500 employees across 20+ countries and diverse investment vehicles.[2][4][7] Pivotal moments include high activity in 2018 with multiple rounds, a track record of exits (though 8% below average), and recent launches like the February 2025 Necta Ventures fund targeting seed/Series A in real estate SaaS, AI, cleantech, and more, reflecting a shift toward sustainability and global scalability.[3][6][1]
Antai stands out through its venture studio model, blending capital with deep operational involvement to de-risk and accelerate startups:
Antai rides the wave of digital transformation in emerging markets, particularly the explosion of on-demand services, marketplaces, and SaaS in Southern Europe and Latin America, where mobile-first adoption and underserved billion-dollar industries create ripe disruption opportunities.[2][4] Timing aligns with post-2020 e-commerce/gig economy booms (e.g., Glovo's delivery model) and rising sustainability demands, amplified by LatAm's young demographics and Europe's proptech/autotech growth.[1][3] Market forces like abundant VC liquidity, remote talent pools, and cross-border scalability favor its model, while Antai influences the ecosystem by nurturing unicorns, employing thousands, and bridging regions—e.g., via co-investors like Seaya Ventures—thus democratizing startup success beyond traditional hubs like Silicon Valley.[2][6][7]
Antai is poised to expand its influence through funds like Necta Ventures, targeting high-growth sustainability plays amid global cleantech/AI tailwinds, while leveraging its studio playbook for faster exits in fintech/healthtech.[1][3] Trends like AI-driven personalization, LatAm e-commerce surges, and hybrid funding will shape its path, potentially scaling co-founding to 50+ ventures as regional ecosystems mature.[2][5] Its evolution from builder to multi-vehicle investor could amplify ecosystem impact, turning more local successes into global disruptors and solidifying leadership in Southern Europe/LatAm digital innovation.[7]
