Uriel Inversiones

What Uriel Inversiones does

Uriel Inversiones is a privately held, Madrid-based family investment holding founded in 1927 by the Huarte family, operating across five business lines: waste management, renewable energy, commodity trading (green coffee), food and agriculture (dairy), and financial holdings. The group controls operating subsidiaries including Aborgase/GSA (municipal waste — 700,000 tonnes/year serving 45 municipalities and 1.5 million people, including Seville), Uriel Renovables (400+ MW of developed renewable energy and 1,000+ MW under development across Spain, Poland, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and the Caribbean), ICONA Café (green coffee trading with direct purchasing offices in Vietnam, Uganda, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, supplying 250+ roaster clients with 60–75% of volumes exported), Señorío de Sarría (dairy producing 3M+ litres/year, including the SNOBOKS frozen yoghurt consumer brand), Bioeder (48% stake, biotech/nutritional ingredients with a planned 1M-litre/day plant), and financial holdings including UDX, MICAPPITAL (10%), Grupo Mangazul, and Playas Subterráneas (2,000 parking spaces in Buenos Aires). The company reports consolidated revenue of more than €170 million, employs 501–1,000 staff, and lists 600 "partners worldwide" — though its core revenue mechanics are concession-based municipal contracts (waste, energy), commodity pass-through (coffee), and consumer goods (dairy brands). The holding operates on a long-horizon, multi-generational family ownership model with no public listing, reinvesting cash flows across geographies and verticals rather than pursuing a single-platform focus.

Name

Uriel Inversiones

Legal name

URIEL INVERSIONES, S.A.

Website

https://urielinversiones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Uriel Inversiones is a private, Madrid-based family holding (founded 1927, Huarte family) operating across waste management, renewable energy, green coffee trading, dairy, and financial holdings, with consolidated revenue of more than €170 million and operations spanning Spain, the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Management Contracts: Waste management and processing services for 45 municipalities including the city of Seville, processing 700,000 tonnes per year serving 1.5 million people
2. Renewable Energy Generation and Operation: Long-term operation and management of renewable energy assets (hydroelectric, wind, solar photovoltaic, biogas) with over 400 MW developed since 1988
3. Green Coffee Trading: Trading of approximately 100,000 tonnes annually of green coffee to major domestic and multinational roasters, exporting 60-75% of sales to global coffee markets
4. Dairy Product Sales: Fresh milk and dairy products (cream, yoghurt, milk shakes) from Señorío de Sarría with annual production exceeding 3 million litres of milk
5. Financial Portfolio Returns: Returns from equity holdings in Bioeder (48%), UDX biotech, Micapital (10%), Grupo Mangazul real estate, and Playas Subterráneas parking concessions

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Uriel Inversiones S.A. is a diversified investment holding company that concentrates the Huarte family's industrial and equity participations across five business lines: waste management (Aborgase and GSA subsidiaries), renewable energy (Uriel Renovables), green coffee commodity trading (ICONA Café), food and agriculture (Señorío de Sarriá dairy), and financial holdings (Bioeder, UDX, Micapital, Grupo Mangazul, Playas Subterráneas). The group operates internationally across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, generating annual sales exceeding €170 million through a mix of municipal contracts, energy generation, commodity trading, dairy product sales, and equity returns.

Product overview

Uriel Inversiones is a diversified investment holding company (single unified structure, not a platform-plus-modules architecture) that manages industrial and equity holdings across five main business lines: waste management through Aborgase and GSA; renewable energy via Uriel Renovables; commodity trading via ICONA Café; food and agriculture via Señorío de Sarría; and financial participations including Bioeder Technology, UDX, Micapital, Grupo Mangazul, and Playas Subterráneas. The company operates internationally across Europe, Americas, and Asia with annual sales exceeding €170 million and 600 collaborators worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uriel Renovables: Renewable energy subsidiary focused on development, construction and operation of hydroelectric, wind, solar photovoltaic and biogas generation projects.
• ICONA Café
• Abogarse
• Señorío de Sarría
• SNOBOKS

Products and services

• Aborgase Waste Management Services Municipal solid waste management at the Montemarta Cónica facility in Seville province, serving 45 municipalities and 1.5 million people with 700,000 tonnes annual processing capacity including transfer, transport, recycling, composting, landfill disposal, biogas electricity generation, and leachate treatment.
• GSA Environmental Services Transport, collection, environmental construction, landfill management and processing of municipal, hospital, glass, construction and demolition waste, plus garden pruning. Staff of over 100 workers with complete machinery fleet and own facilities.
• Uriel Renovables Renewable Energy Projects Development, construction and operation of hydroelectric, wind, solar photovoltaic and biogas generation projects under a build-own-operate model. Over 400 MW developed since 1988 with more than 1,000 MW currently in development across Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
• ENERSUR Biogas Generation Biogas generation subsidiary handling physical construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) of landfill biogas projects, with presence in Mexico and three projects under development across Spanish-speaking markets.
• ICONA Café Green Coffee Trading Green coffee commodity trading selling approximately 100,000 tonnes annually to over 250 major domestic and multinational coffee roasters, exporting 60-75% of sales to global coffee markets. Operates purchasing offices in Brazil, Vietnam, and Uganda plus commercial trading office in San Diego, USA. Holds IFS Broker, Organic, Rain Forest Alliance, UTZ, and Fairtrade certifications.
• Señorío de Sarriá Fresh Dairy Products Premium fresh milk, cream, yoghurt, and milk shakes produced with full vertical integration from pasture cultivation to last-mile distribution, with annual production exceeding 3 million litres. Holds Certified Milk, Integrated Production Farm, and Reyno Gourmet Certified Quality designations.
• SNOBOKS Frozen Yoghurt Frozen yoghurt product under the Señorío de Sarriá umbrella, positioned as the only frozen yoghurt on the Spanish market made with fresh non-lyophilized milk.
• Bioeder Milk Protein Extraction Industrial extraction of milk proteins and lactoferrin for nutritional and immune ingredients used in baby formula, sports nutrition, hospital nutrition, and elderly supplements. Industrial plant planned with capacity to process 1 million litres of milk per day.
• UDX Early Cancer Detection Biotechnology company developing an early cancer detection system starting with colon cancer, with high reliability for diagnostic advancement and healthcare cost savings.
• Micapital Robo-Advisor Robo-advisor platform in which Uriel holds 10% capital, helping users invest in best global investment funds through their own bank with fixed monthly commission charged only on positive performance.
• Grupo Mangazul Real Estate Real estate group operating as developers, builders, and property promoters in Cartagena area, with successful developments, plots under urban planning process, and lettings/property brokering division.
• Playas Subterráneas Parking Concessions Largest underground car park concession holder in Buenos Aires, Argentina with over 40 years of history, approximately 2,000 parking spaces in operation, having built five car parks and refurbished five others.

Quantifiable outcome

• 700,000 tonnes of waste processed annually serving 45 municipalities
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bioeder TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Company founded in 2013 where Uriel holds 48% stake, specializing in extraction of milk proteins and lactoferrin for high-value nutritional and immune ingredients. Industrial plant planned with capacity to process 1 million litres of milk per day.
• Uriel RenovablescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1988Renewable energy subsidiary founded in 1988 developing hydroelectric, wind, solar photovoltaic and biogas projects. Has developed over 400 MW and currently has over 1,000 MW under development across Europe, Americas and Caribbean.
• AborgasecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1965Waste management company founded in 1965 operating the Montemarta Cónica facility in Seville. Manages 700,000 tonnes annually for 45 municipalities serving 1.5 million people, including transfer, transport, recycling, composting and landfill disposal.
• CVRD (Vale)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1954ICONA acts as representative in Spain for CVRD, one of the world's largest mining companies, for various commodity trading activities historically including minerals and other products.
• Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de ColombiacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1954ICONA serves as representative in Spain for Colombia's National Coffee Growers Federation, facilitating trade relationships between Colombian coffee producers and Spanish markets.
• CubatabacominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1954ICONA acts as representative in Spain for Cubatabaco, the Cuban tobacco state enterprise.
• BP ChemicalsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1954ICONA acts as representative in Spain for BP Chemicals, facilitating chemical product trading relationships.
• NedalcominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1954ICONA acts as representative in Spain for Nedalco, a major alcohol and beverage ingredient company.
• Señorío de Sarría S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1952Navarre-based agricultural company founded in 1952 that produces, processes and markets fresh milk and dairy products. Uriel Inversiones operates this subsidiary producing over 3 million litres of milk annually with full vertical integration from pasture to consumer.
• GSA Servicios AmbientalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental services company providing transport, collection, environmental construction, landfill management and processing of municipal, hospital, glass, construction and demolition waste. Staff of over 100 workers with complete machinery fleet and own facilities.
• Energía Sur de Europa (ENERSUR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiogas generation subsidiary handling physical construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) of landfill biogas projects. Already has presence in Mexico with three projects and expanding across Spanish-speaking markets.
• UDXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiotechnology company developing early cancer detection system, starting with colon cancer, with high reliability. Could represent extraordinary advance in diagnostic systems and significant savings for health systems.
• MICAPPITALminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRobo-advisor where Uriel holds 10% capital, helping users invest in best global investment funds. Differential value: only charges fixed monthly commission if positive performance achieved, clients can operate through their own bank.
• Grupo MangazulminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReal estate group with long trajectory as developers, builders and property promoters in Cartagena area. Has completed significant number of successful developments, plots under urban planning process, and lettings/property brokering division.
• Playas SubterráneasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest underground car park concession holder in Buenos Aires, Argentina with over 40 years history. Has nearly 2,000 parking spaces in operation, built five car parks in principal areas, and refurbished five others.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FCC Servicios Medioambientales: Spanish municipal waste management and environmental services operator part of the FCC Group. Direct peer to Aborgase and GSA in municipal solid waste collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal; broader geographic reach and larger scale.
• Sucafina: Vertically integrated green coffee merchant with origination in producing countries and distribution to roasters globally. Direct competitor of ICONA Café for green coffee volumes and customer relationships among roasters.
• ED&F Man: Global commodity merchant that originates, trades, and distributes soft commodities including coffee, sugar, and other agricultural products. Directly comparable to ICONA Café's coffee trading business and similar in operating as principal-trader intermediaries across multiple geographies.
• Corporación Financiera Alba: Spanish family-controlled listed holding company with diversified industrial and financial participations. Highly comparable to Uriel Inversiones' holding-company model combining industrial subsidiaries with minority equity stakes and international exposure.
• Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG): One of the world's leading green coffee trading companies with operations across origins and destination markets. Direct peer to ICONA Café for coffee trading volumes, global sourcing footprint, and certification/sustainability programs.
• Lactalis Iberia: Spanish dairy operations of the global Lactalis Group, producing and marketing fresh milk and dairy products in Spain. Direct peer to Señorío de Sarriá for the production, processing, and last-mile distribution of fresh dairy products in the Spanish market.

Broad incumbents

• Industrivärden: Swedish listed industrial holding with significant long-term equity stakes in major Nordic industrials. Compares to Uriel Inversiones' holding structure and long-tenure, family-influenced ownership, though portfolio is more concentrated in listed Nordic industrials.
• Investor AB: Large Swedish industrial holding company run by the Wallenberg family, with multi-decade diversified holdings across industrials and financial services. Comparable as a family-controlled holding with similar patient-capital ethos and industrial/financial mix, but at materially larger scale.
• Latour Investment AB: Swedish family-controlled industrial holding with both wholly-owned operating businesses and a portfolio of listed industrial minority stakes. Highly comparable to Uriel Inversiones' mixed wholly-owned operations and minority equity holdings structure.
• Acciona Energía: Spanish renewable energy developer and IPP with large global wind, solar, and hydroelectric pipeline. Comparable to Uriel Renovables for hydroelectric/wind/solar/biogas project development and build-own-operate model, but operating at a much larger global scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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