Venture Capital manager based in Barcelona specialising in technology transfer in the fields of Deep Tech and Med Tech and Sustainability.

Our mission is to invest in companies born from universities and research centres, providing funding and knowledge to contribute to generate wealth and jobs in a sustainable way.


  • Area of Activity
  • Venture Capital - Impact Investment
  • Venture Capital - General
  • Venture Capital Investors in Health and Medical sector
  • Venture Capital Investors in Environment and Natural Resources
  • Venture Capital Investors in Technology
  • Venture Capital Investors in Biotechnology
  • Company type
  • Venture Capital
Office
Rambla Catalunya, 78 3rd 1B
Barcelona, Barcelona 08008, ES
P: +34 936 550 935
E: fbadia@growventurepartners.com

We are a multidisciplinary team of mainly engineers and entrepreneurs who have already created and sold our own spin-offs, managing a technology transfer fund in the early stages.

Francisco Badia
Founding partner. Industrial Engineer and Lawyer.
More than 20 years of experience in start-ups as founder, director and investor.
He has advised more than 100 entrepreneurship projects, reviewed more than 1000 and worked with the main Venture Capital managers.
More than 10 years of experience as an investor with excellent results.
International career developed in France, Brazil and Belgium in different technological and industrial sectors.
He manages Grow Venture Partners and is in charge of the areas of New Business, Strategy and Finance.

Ignacio Sala
Partner.
Marketing PDD IESE, Master in Multimedia UIB and Bachelor in Law.
Co-founder of ATRAPALO.COM, with more than 20 years in the company based in Spain, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina leading the Marketing Management.
Award for Best Marketing Director in 2009
Investor and successful serial entrepreneur.
Mentor in the Barcelona Activa acceleration programme.
At Grow Venture Partners he leads the Marketing and Communication areas and directs investments in the B2C area.

Marc Almendros
Partner.
Telecommunications Engineer, PhD ICO and MBA ESADE.
Co-founder of Signadyne, spin-off of the Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO). As CEO of the company, he led its sale to Keysight where he launched its Quantum Computing division, which he himself heads.
Extensive experience in technology transfer, product development and R&D.
At Grow Venture Partners he is in charge of Deep Tech companies.

Maria José Morales

Part-time partner.
Industrial Engineer.
Professional experience in the automotive sector in the areas of operations, purchasing, logistics and cost efficiency.
Serial entrepreneur in the energy sector.
Co-founder of the solar panel manufacturer Avant Solar and Petroprix, the largest chain of low-cost petrol stations in Spain.
At Grow Venture Partners she is in charge of companies in the area of Sustainability and advises investee companies in the area of operations.

Grow Venture Partners is a management company of entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs specialising in technology transfer.

We mainly serve companies born from universities and research centres, providing them with funding and knowledge to contribute to generate wealth and jobs in a sustainable way.

Our multidisciplinary team of successful entrepreneurs, with more than 20 years in the ecosystem. Having previously been involved in entrepreneurship allows us to identify and understand the challenges faced by our entrepreneurs.

Our knowledge of Tech Transfer and our ongoing relationship with universities and research centres.

Start-ups from universities and early stage research centres in the Sustainability, Medtech and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) sectors.

Grow Venture Partners