Joseba Sagastigordia, Director of MONDRAGON Ventures, highlights the appeal of the first edition of the Capital Pymes – MONDRAGON Forum, to be held on October 2 at the Bilbao Stock Exchange.This is a unique investment forum, exclusively focused on industrial companies, product-based businesses, and technologies applicable to the industrial environment. Registrations remain open.
After eight years of traditional early-stage startup investments, MONDRAGON Ventures is broadening its investment scope both in terms of capital allocation and project maturity. This new edition expands its focus to include scaleups and established SMEs with financing needs to support their growth.
The forum brings together a new profile of companies, reinforcing the diversification strategy of MONDRAGON cooperatives. It will showcase businesses with a proven market track record generating around €1M in revenues, as well as companies that have already absorbed significant investment. The key selection criterion will be the financing needs, ranging from €500K to €6M, earmarked for growth, international expansion, mergers and acquisitions, and production system improvements, while excluding purely financial restructurings.
This first edition of the Forum comes with a new strategic partner: Capital Pymes Platform. Created in 2012, Capital Pymes has become a pioneer and benchmark in facilitating SME access to financing through specialised investors, as an alternative to traditional banking. It is not an investment fund itself; rather, investors attending the forums make their own independent investment decisions. Over more than 100 editions, the platform has worked with over 800 companies and channelled more than €70M into around 100 businesses, providing a valuable gateway to Spain’s private investment ecosystem.
Who is the Capital Pymes – MONDRAGON Forum aimed at?
The initiative targets a broad spectrum of investors: beyond Business Angels, it brings together Venture Capital funds, industrial Family Offices, Corporations, Corporate Banks, Regional Funds, and others, all with investment capacity above €500K per project. Hosting the event within a stock exchange setting also offers insight into capital markets as a growth avenue, including potential pre-market IPO pathways. Ultimately, the forum aims to bridge SMEs and scaleups with the investment community, while projecting MONDRAGON’s philosophy, values, and long-term partnership approach.
Event structure
Throughout the day, a selection of SMEs and scaleups will pitch their projects to a network of private investors, funds, family offices, and industrial corporations. A total of 10 projects from strategic, high-interest sectors will be presented. The forum will also feature a high-level roundtable discussion titled “Strategic partners for the growth of SMEs and scaleups”. The session will include:
Although this is the first edition, expectations are high. The hybrid-format event is expected to attract around 150 professionals, including executives from MONDRAGON cooperatives and industry leaders.
The forum reinforces MONDRAGON’s mission to position itself as a corporate partner capable of leveraging its industrial, market and financial strengths to drive growth in strategic sectors.
In summary, the call is for business development executives from MONDRAGON cooperatives to attend this tailor-made event, designed in a dynamic and efficient format, with the aim of exploring business diversification opportunities and building strategic networking with key ecosystem players.
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