Carlos Trenchs Sainz De La Maza

Co-Founder & Chairman

2024 - Current

Masia is an angel fund for Barcelona’s visionary founders. Backed by successful tech founders and operators, we invest in local and international founders building global technology companies connected to Barcelona. Masia co-invests with other international angel funds and specialist VCs at pre-seed and seed as a collaborative fund. Additionally, we selectively invest as LPs in other angel funds to foster strong European partnerships

Advisory Board Member

2025

A platform for the Deep Tech community to explore new opportunities and create a critical mass to boost the Deep Tech industry

Co-Founder & Partner

2020

I co-founded Aldea Ventures as a Next-generation Venture capital in Europe. Through a fund of funds strategy, we back extraordinary emerging VC teams and entrepreneurs.

Part Time Professor

2017

I am a Part-Time Professor in the Strategy and General Management Department. I teach MBA students subjects related to venture capital, corporate venturing, and managing growing companies.

Member of "los 100 de Cotec"

2020

I'm the VC member @ 'The 100 of Cotec'. A network of experts who speak Spanish, coming from multiple areas of knowledge, prepared to analyze the great social, economic and technological challenges that innovation faces.

Board Member

2013

Tech Barcelona is a private non-profit association that supports and catalyzes Barcelona’s digital and tech ecosystem.

Co-Founder

2017

Angel Fund that supports great entrepreneurs at seed / pre series A stage. We have a partnership with EIF Business Angels program. Proud investors at: Factorialhr / Durcal / CitiBox / Pangea Travel / Deliverea / Mitiga / Voovio / Mailtrack / Hellotickets / Apartool / Hireflix / Ivoox / Danel Capital / Wealogix / Assembler

Director dayOne

2017 - 2020

I incubated and launched dayOne as the new Technology and Investors Banking approach from CaixaBank. A service that revolutionises the way that start-ups, scale-ups and their investors are connected, focussing on their concerns, dynamics, needs and their speed of growth.

Managing Director at EmprendedorXXI

2007 - 2020

Emprendedor XXI is the program for entrepreneurs of "la Caixa" group. Partnering with leading institutions in Spain and worldwide, it supports young companies through different specialized educational and international programs and awards. Last year we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the reference award for entrepreneurs in Spain. (a joint venture between la Caixa and ENISA (Spanish Ministery of Economy).

Managing Director

2009 - 2017

Venture Capital division of Criteria Caixa. Through different specialized instruments it invests in early stage companies from pre-seed to growth. It manages a Life Science technology transfer program (caixaimpulse.com) a Joint venture with Obra Social "la Caixa" and with the support ot the EIT Health. With 200MM€ under management in seven funds, it built a portfolio of over 110 innovative companies in ICT technology, life sciences and clean tech. Last year I represented Caixa Capital Risc as member of the board in the following companies: - Scutum.com - V-lex.com - Bandit.io - Imflight.com

Investment Manager

2004 - 2009