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Urs Rothmayr

Founder of COREangels Barcelona,

Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia

Overview 

Urs Rothmayr is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of COREangels Barcelona and as a Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship Consultant. With a strong background in corporate venturing and open innovation, he has also held roles as a Program Director & Mentor at the Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship and as a Venture Partner at WORSLEY Acceleration Services. Rothmayr's career highlights include founding COREangels Barcelona, a successful venture capital firm, and serving as a Program Director at the Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship, where he mentored and guided aspiring entrepreneurs.

Work Experience 

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Firstech Ventures

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2024 - Current

    Co-leading a €40M European venture capital fund focused on empowering exceptional founders in SaaS B2B verticals like fintech, cybersecurity and insurtech. At Firstech Ventures, we invest in transformative technologies such as AI, blockchain, IoT and 5G, partnering with visionary entrepreneurs to build enduring companies that redefine industries and position Europe as a global innovation leader. We strategically support startups in scaling globally, particularly into the U.S., leveraging a robust international network and providing value beyond capital, including financial leverage, operational expertise, and strategic insights. Managed by Alaluz Capital, our fund combines institutional rigor with entrepreneurial ambition to foster Europe's next generation of tech champions.

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COREangels

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2021

    Limited company specialized in investing in start-ups, made up of Business Angels who want to support and empower ambitious and talented Spanish entrepreneurs in early stages of development to build high-impact global technology companies through the investment of capital, knowledge and contacts, thus enhancing its scalability. Our portfolio comprises 21 startups of different sectors, verticals and industries. We are part of COREangels international network, whose mission is to make Business Angel investment professional and global, improving results, while contributing and enjoying the journey.

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Loyal VC

  • Advisor

    2020

    Loyal VC is a Toronto based VC fund investing in tech startups sourced from INSEAD and Founder institute. Loyal has a core portfolio of over 400 investments in over 30 countries.

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Match-Maker Ventures

  • Venture Partner

    2020

    Match-Maker Ventures accelerates innovation by fundamentally changing the way corporates and startups work together. We drive collaboration from beginning to end and are measured against actual impact created. Our unique network approach enables startups to scale fast by connecting them to the global market and corporates to profit from pre-selected, globally scouted innovation.

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Three Points The Digital Business School

  • Professor for Innovation & Design Thinking of the MBA in Digital Ecosystem Management

    2018

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WORSLEY Acceleration Services

  • Venture Partner | Corporate Venturing Manager

    2023 - 2024

    WORSLEY Acceleration Services is a consultancy boutique, with a highly experienced team of professionals, focused on bringing disruptive solutions to lay the foundation for current and future competitiveness, fueling sustainable growth. It was born taking over from the Corporate Acceleration Services (Open Innovation) and Sustainability Services (Network 4SDGs) of Esade Creapolis. The Corporate Venturing team, which I'm leading, offers a wide range of services for corporates which focus on boosting their competitiveness through investing in and supporting entrepreneurs as well as developing internal innovation – ‘intrapreneurship’, by means of a well proven methodology, leading edge technological tools and hundreds of cases behind our backs.

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Arrivu Voice AI

  • Co-Founder & President Europe

    2019 - 2024

    We strive to empower and enable human creative potential by integrating the power of voice AI storytelling and analytics. We create solutions for digital marketers that leverage our proprietary Voice/AI technology and the Arrivu Platform. Our first product, iStory, integrates Voice/AI, rich media (video, music), and analytics, enabling marketers to create engaging interactive content, cost-effectively.

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Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship (AfCE)

  • Program Director & Mentor

    2015 - 2024

    Advising established organisations to engage employees, accelerate innovation and transform culture, by creating the world's greatest Corporate Entrepreneurs. We design and implement Intrapreneurship Programs in FORTUNE Global 500 organizations around the world. Try out our free Intrapreneurship Program Design Tool: https://afce.typeform.com/to/GLJkiq

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kampoos

  • Advisor & Investor

    2013 - 2024

    Funding, Strategy, Business model, Metrics, Dashboard, Marketing plan, Customer care

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Esade

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2022

    Leading the new line of services of Esade Creapolis, called Corporate Acceleration Services, offering a wide range of services focused on boosting the competitiveness of corporations through disruptive innovation, including: - Definition of Open Innovation / Corporate Venturing strategies - Scouting of disruptive solutions and identification of new business models - Organization and development of acceleration and collaboration programs with startups - Organization and development of intrapreneurship programs - Management of the integration of disruptive solutions and associated talent

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