🌍 About Antai Ventures

Antai Ventures is a leading venture studio headquartered in Barcelona, with a strong presence across Southern Europe and Latin America. We team up with exceptional entrepreneurs to build disruptive, scalable companies from scratch. Since 2012, we've co-founded 30+ ventures, including Glovo, Wallapop, PlatanoMelon, and PiperAI. Collectively, our startups have raised over $1.5B in funding, generated $3B+ in shareholder value, and created 5,000+ jobs.

💡 The Opportunity

We're on a mission to build the next wave of category-defining startups across Southern Europe and Latin America — and we're looking for a seasoned leader to help shape that future. This is a unique opportunity to step into a high-impact role at the heart of our venture creation engine. As a key member of our leadership team, you’ll drive the identification, validation, and launch of new ventures, while supporting our growing portfolio from strategy to fundraising and beyond.

If you’re passionate about building companies from scratch, thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments, and bring deep experience in the Spanish startup ecosystem — we’d love to meet you!

🛠️ What You’ll Do

1. Leadership & Culture
   • Manage and mentor a 4/5-person corporate team; cascade OKRs aligned with studio growth; foster an ownership mindset and demonstrate how Antai adds tangible value to every portfolio company.
   • Talent magnet, attracting potential co-founders from different backgrounds and professional experiences for new startups
   

2. New Venture Opportunities and Portfolio Management
   • Oversee rigorous evaluation of prospective new venture opportunities, synthesising market, competitive and financial data to surface upside drivers and critical risk factors.
   • Lead commercial de-risking processes—including customer-validation sprints, sensitivity modelling and regulatory checks—before green-lighting investment and build phases.
   • Join startups as Board Member, to support, align and help grow through all the company lifecycle.
   

3. Strategy & Go-to-Market Acceleration
   • Co-create the strategic roadmap for each new venture, defining value proposition, positioning and measurable objectives.
   • Drive hands-on GTM planning, pricing, channel selection and early customer acquisition during the first 12 months to secure product-market fit and revenue traction.
   

4. Deal Execution & Transaction Management (in collaboration with CFO & CLO)
   • Lead and coordinate financial, legal and tax due diligence; structure and negotiate term-sheets and definitive agreements for new ventures and follow-on rounds; manage closing processes.
   • Supporting Portfolio Founders in fundraising efforts, helping with definition of funding strategy, preparation of pitch decks and Data Rooms;
   • Establishing & nurturing relationships with co-investors (Business Angels, VCs, etc) and other key ecosystem stakeholders.
   

5. Capital Strategy, Fundraising & Portfolio Finance (in collaboration with CFO)
   • Architect fund structures (SCR-PYME, SCSp, SICAV, etc.), originate and close LP commitments and manage investor relations.
   • Provide portfolio CFO support on runway planning, unit economics, valuations, convertible/debt instruments and exit modelling.
   • Oversee studio FP&A, cash-flow and treasury operations, and own quarterly NAV / LP reporting cadence in concert with the CFO.
   

6. Corporate Structuring, Governance & Compliance (in collaboration with CLO & CFO)
   • Create and manage SL / SA / SPV entities; oversee Notary, Mercantile Registry and CNMV filings, board governance, shareholders’ agreements and ESOPs.
   • Ensure end-to-end compliance with AIFMD, MiFID II, GDPR/LOPDGDD, SFDR, EU AI Act and local tax/audit requirements.
   • Maintain senior relationships with CNMV, auditors, legal counsel and banking partners to smooth regulatory and funding processes.

🔍 What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years in C-Level positions in start-ups and scale-ups, investment banking, venture capital, venture studios, structured finance or Big-4 strategic consultancy.
• Degree in Business Administration, engineer with an MBA, finance or related; qualified lawyer with dual credentials a bonus.
• Sound working knowledge of start-up technology development—including recent advances in AI—enabling you to spot opportunities and flag execution risks.
• Highly analytical mindset and strong interpersonal skills
• Passion for the digital sector and entrepreneurial mindset – we are both investors and entrepreneurs ourselves
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas and influence cross-functional teams and present complex information in simple terms
• Fluent in English & Spanish; Catalan a plus.
• Previous experience in the Spanish Start-up investment scene is a must
• Eligible to work in the EU and willing to be in our Barcelona hub min. 2 days/week.

🤝 What We Offer

• Competitive salary, equity in new startups launched, and carried interest in venture studio.

• Hybrid work policy with the possibility to work from home up to 3 days per week;

• Seaside offices in an outstanding spot in La Barceloneta;

• Young, dynamic, and multicultural environment;

• Great professional development opportunities within a young and fast-growing group.