CDTI Innovación’s Innvierte SICC, together with Grupo Álea, invests in COCUNAT to develop innovative, healthy, and sustainable cosmetics
CDTI Innovación, through its Innvierte SICC, has invested €900,000 in COCUNAT, alongside Grupo Álea, to support the development of innovative, healthy, and sustainable cosmetics. COCUNAT is a digital-native company that creates cosmetic products delivering aesthetic medicine results by combining in-house R&D, science, and toxin-free ingredients.
Founded in Barcelona in 2016 by Sara Werner and Ignasi Faus, COCUNAT was born with the mission to create 100% toxin-free products.
Guided by science and longevity, COCUNAT is revolutionizing cosmetics by developing high-impact skincare solutions that deliver aesthetic medicine results — at home.
Through research and development, the company blends innovation and science with advanced formulations, cutting-edge technologies, exclusive toxin-free active ingredients, and next-generation devices.
Each formula is dermatologist-approved, created by expert formulators, backed by independent clinical studies, and recognized with more than 29 international awards.
CDTI Innovación, through its Innvierte initiative, has just closed an investment deal in the company together with AFIGEST GLOBAL CORPORATION, S.L. (Grupo Álea), contributing €900,000 to the operation.
Grupo Álea is the family office of a major industrial group based in Seville. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages a large volume of assets both in Spain and internationally, operating across sectors such as real estate, finance, primary industry, and private investment funds.
Its multidisciplinary team has a long-standing track record. Grupo Álea’s vision is based on a partnership model, focused on building long-term relationships with its partners. At the heart of every project are two key pillars:
Through strategic collaborations, Grupo Álea aims to support the growth of startups and tech companies that share its vision of a more sustainable and technologically advanced future.
Innvierte is an initiative designed to promote business innovation by supporting venture capital investment in technology-based or innovative companies. It operates through the Innvierte Economía Sostenible SICC S.M.E., S.A., a self-managed closed-end collective investment company, supervised by the Spanish Securities Market Commission (CNMV), with CDTI Innovación as its sole shareholder.
To date, CDTI Innovación has committed €2.183 billion to 57 investment vehicles, which have funded more than 602 companies. Additionally, through its co-investment line, it has directly committed €632 million to 188 companies.
Innvierte is part of the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2021–2027, approved by the Council of Ministers in September 2020. This strategy defines the objectives, reforms, and measures to be adopted across the R&D&I ecosystem in order to foster its growth and impact, forming one of the main pillars of the Spanish Government’s innovation policy for the coming years.
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI E.P.E.) is the innovation agency of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Its mission is to promote technological innovation in business. CDTI’s goal is to ensure that Spanish companies generate and transform scientific and technical knowledge into globally competitive, sustainable, and inclusive growth. In 2024, under a new strategic plan, CDTI provided more than €2.3 billion in support to Spanish companies and startups.
More information:
CDTI Innovación
Website: www.cdti.es
LinkedIn: CDTI Innovación
X: @CDTI_innovacion
YouTube: CDTI Oficial
COCUNAT
Website: cocunat.com
LinkedIn: COCUNAT
Grupo Álea
LinkedIn: Grupo Álea
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