Urs Rothmayr
Founder of COREangels Barcelona,
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia
Overview
Work Experience
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.
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.
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.
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.
Professor for Innovation & Design Thinking of the MBA in Digital Ecosystem Management
2018
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.
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.
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
Advisor & Investor
2013 - 2024
Funding, Strategy, Business model, Metrics, Dashboard, Marketing plan, Customer care
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