What Antai Ventures does

Antai Ventures is a Barcelona-based venture studio founded in 2012 that builds digital businesses alongside entrepreneurs across Southern Europe and Latin America. The company operates a venture studio model providing 360-degree operational support across technology, product development, corporate functions, fundraising, go-to-market strategy, and talent acquisition. Antai has built a portfolio of 18+ companies including Glovo, Wallapop, Marmota, Platanomelón, Vitaance, Vilma, Nemuru, and Piper, spanning six vertical expertise areas: marketplace, digital native vertical brands (DNVB), fintech, insurtech, edtech, and SaaS. The studio claims an "Accelerated Execution Model" that achieves early-stage milestones in half the industry average time, anchored on in-house operational teams and a network of companies, customers, and investors.

The company's business model combines three distinct investment vehicles: (1) a Media for Equity vehicle backed by main Spanish media groups that provides growth-stage consumer companies with paid media exposure in exchange for equity; (2) the Extension Fund, a hybrid debt fund backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) that invests through convertible notes in pre-seed/seed and venture debt in Series A/B stages; and (3) the Positivo Fund, an early-stage sustainability-focused fund. Revenue mechanics combine management fees on these funds, equity stakes in newly created ventures, and carried interest from exits. Antai is headquartered in Barcelona at Plaça Pau Vila 1, with a secondary office in Mexico City serving Latin American operations, and is led by co-CEO and co-founder Gerard Olivé.

Antai closed a €11.8 million funding round in October 2021 led by family offices, Mutua Madrileña, and Banco Sabadell, earmarked to support the launch of 12 tech projects by 2025, and had a prior funding round in September 2018. The studio continues active capital deployment, including leading a €950,000 pre-seed round in Múltiplo Capital in January 2026. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Antai Ventures

Legal name

Antai Ventures

Website

https://antaiventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Antai Ventures is a Barcelona-based venture studio founded in 2012 that builds digital businesses across Southern Europe and Latin America. It provides 360 operational support and operates three investment vehicles, with 18+ portfolio companies spanning marketplace, fintech, insurtech, edtech, SaaS, and DNVB sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Studio / Startup Incubation

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Short-Term Business Credit Institutions (6153)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Strategic Partnership & Ecosystem Investment Arms (FSANAHAF), Corporate M&A / Venture Build-to-Buy Programs (Acqui-hire, option-to-acquire) (FSANAHAG), Venture Debt Providers (FSANAAAL), Corporate Fintech / Insurtech CVC (Financial-services-led CVC) (FSANAHAK)

Keywords

• Venture studio services
• Startup incubation
• Venture capital funding
• Early-stage investment
• Startup acceleration

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Antai Ventures is a venture studio that builds digital businesses alongside entrepreneurs by providing 360-degree operational support across tech stack, product, corporate, fundraising, go-to-market, and talent functions. It deploys capital through multiple investment vehicles (Media for Equity, Extension Fund debt, and Positivo sustainability fund) to founders from pre-seed through Series B, with specialized expertise in Marketplace, Digital Native Vertical Brands, Fintech, Insurtech, Edtech, and SaaS verticals. Its portfolio includes 18+ companies such as Glovo, Wallapop, Marmota, Vitaance, and Domma.

Product overview

Antai Ventures operates as a venture studio that provides a comprehensive ecosystem for building tech startups from inception to scale. The core offering is the Venture Studio service, which provides strategic and operational support across technology, product, corporate, fundraising, go-to-market, and talent functions. The studio offers three distinct investment vehicles: Media for Equity (backed by Spanish media groups for growth-stage consumer companies), Extension Fund (hybrid debt fund for pre-seed to Series B via convertible notes and venture debt, backed by EIF), and Positivo Fund (early-stage fund focused on sustainable world ventures). The studio specializes in six vertical expertise areas: Marketplace, Digital Native Vertical Brands, Fintech, Insurtech, Edtech, and SaaS. Antai has built a portfolio of companies including Glovo, Wallapop, Marmota, Platanomelón, Nemuru, Piper, and Vilma across various sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Venture Studio Core service that helps best-in-class entrepreneurs create digital businesses by providing strategic and operational support across tech stack, product development, corporate functions, fundraising, go-to-market strategy, and talent acquisition. The studio accelerates time to market and helps ventures achieve early-stage milestones in half the industry average time.
• Media for Equity Vehicle

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Múltiplo CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Antai Ventures led the €950,000 pre-seed funding round for Múltiplo Capital, a fintech firm authorized by CNMV to operate as a Financial Advisory Firm targeting clients with €30,000+ in liquid assets
• Portfolio CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcosystem of 18+ portfolio companies including Glovo, Wallapop, Marmota, Nemuru, Vilma, Piper providing cross-collaboration and network effects

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Entrepreneur First: Global venture studio that backs exceptional individuals pre-company and helps them build tech businesses. Closely comparable model to Antai's founder-first, idea-stage venture creation approach.
• Antler: Global venture studio and early-stage investor that builds companies from scratch with founders. Most direct structural competitor to Antai, operating across multiple geographies with a similar founder-incubation model.
• Kamet Ventures: Paris-based venture studio focused on insurance, health, and mobility. Comparable venture-building structure and tier-1 financial-services backers (AXA), with overlapping insurtech vertical specialization.
• Hexa (formerly eFounders): European venture studio that launches SaaS startups from idea to Series A. Comparable venture-building methodology, although with a tighter B2B SaaS vertical focus than Antai's broader marketplace/fintech/edtech mix.

Broad incumbents

• Rocket Internet: Pioneer of European venture studios with a much larger global footprint. Broader incumbent operating marketplace and consumer internet models similar to Antai's portfolio emphasis.
• Idealab: Long-running US-based venture studio that creates and launches technology companies. Comparable model of in-house ideation and company-building, though operating at much larger historical scale.
• Plug and Play: Global innovation platform and accelerator that runs vertical-specific programs and invests in startups. Comparable early-stage founder-engagement model and broad vertical coverage, though at significantly larger scale and corporate-sponsor structure.
• Wayra (Telefónica): Corporate-backed startup accelerator operated by Telefónica. Comparable in Iberia/Latam founder-incubation activity and offers similar early-stage capital plus corporate-network support, though tied to a single telco sponsor.

Regional players

• Lanzadera: Valencia-based Spanish startup accelerator backed by Juan Roig. Direct regional competitor for Spanish founders and a comparable early-stage operator-support offering, though structured as accelerator rather than full venture studio.
• Conector Startup Accelerator: Barcelona-based early-stage accelerator. Direct geographic peer competing for the same Catalan and Spanish founder pool with a similar mentor-driven support offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/gerard-fernandez-morato-078bb18b
• Xx.com/antaivb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments40 records

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