One-liner: Juan Roig's venture-capital vehicle inside Marina de Empresas — equity investment plus a built-in pipeline from Lanzadera and EDEM, run under the philosophy "it's not about money, but support."
What a founder gets
- Equity investment in "líderes emprendedores" (entrepreneurial leaders): +€40M invested across ~70 portfolio companies to date (Citring, TRAK., IONLY, Ola Creators, Biotasmart, NovaHiring among current holdings).
- Foro de Inversión Angels — a recurring pitch/matchmaking forum where founders present to Angels' investor base and get accompaniment, not just a check.
- IDAY (Investors' DAY) — an alternative to a generic demo day; exclusive access for founders who go through the EBA – Escuela de Business Angels course.
- Post-investment support: board-level guidance (an explainer article on "what is a Consejo de Administración and how it works" reflects Angels' hands-on board practice), CFO-hiring advice, and portfolio-wide learnings shared via its Magazine (e.g. "35 investments in 3 years" retrospective).
- Indirect route in: strong pipeline overlap with Lanzadera (accelerator) and EDEM (business school) — alumni/graduates of either are explicitly "on Angels' radar."
Who it's for
- Seed and early-stage startups of any sector, sourced primarily from the Marina de Empresas ecosystem (Lanzadera-accelerated, EDEM-trained, or met at an Angels/Marina event). Not a cold-inbound-first VC — warm entry via the ecosystem is the norm.
- Also for aspiring business angels wanting to learn to invest (via EBA), independent of being a founder.
How to engage
- Apply for the Foro de Inversión or IDAY track through angelscapital.es ("Forma parte de Angels").
- Warm path: go through Lanzadera or EDEM first — Angels explicitly recruits from their communities and events.
- EBA (Escuela de Business Angels) runs cohort-based; 2026 edition ran Sept 28 – Oct 27. Spanish-language, in-person (Valencia).
Key facts
- History: founded 2008 with an industrial-company focus, sharing Juan Roig's Mercadona-derived operating experience with entrepreneurs → 2014 pivoted strategy to startup venture capital → 2015 joined Marina de Empresas alongside EDEM and Lanzadera → 2020 new leadership era under Pepe Peris, who now integrates all of Marina de Empresas' investment activity and opened participation to external co-investors.
- Scale: +€40M invested, ~70 companies in portfolio (as of 2026 site data).
- Team includes Celia Viana (Portfolio Manager), who authors founder-facing content (e.g. CFO-hiring interviews).
- Structurally distinct from a typical fund: Angels is the investment arm of a privately-funded entrepreneurship hub (Marina de Empresas), not an independent VC fund raising from LPs — Juan Roig (Mercadona founder) is the underlying capital source.
Relations
- Part of: Marina de Empresas
- Run by: Marina de Empresas
- Run by: Marina de Empresas (Program)
- Partners with: Lanzadera
- Partners with: EDEM
- Funded by: IVF Participativos FEDER
- See also: BigBan