Valentín Rivas Vera
Founding Partner
Valentín Rivas is a seasoned professional with extensive operating and investing experience. He currently serves as Managing Partner at Lanze Capital. Prior to founding Lanze, Mr. Rivas was Director of Strategy at Lyntia (backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners), where he led the consolidation of fibre market in Spain with +100 transactions and an overall value of more than €1 billion. Valentin is also involved in tech landscape both as advisor and angel investor with focus on SaaS and Fintech. Previously he founded a SaaS startup in the AgTech space and worked as an independent M&A consultant. He started his career at Bain & Company where he specialized in commercial due diligence and post acquisition value creation mandates for PE backed companies. Valentin holds a Double Degree in Law and Business Administration from ICADE (E-3), where he currently serves as Strategy Professor.