Spain
Miguel Martin, Founder and Co-investor at Immerxing Hub, has been appointed as High Commissioner for Spain. High Commissioner Martin represents Spain in the Global Startup Committee of the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum.
Miguel Martin is a qualified lawyer, international eMBA and angel investor. He has 15 years’ living and working experience across Europe, LATAM, CEE and MENA, focusing on international business development and investment for MNCs such as Carrefour and Mecalux, and start-ups in Spain and Poland, not to mention his own projects. He is the founder and co-investor at Immerxing Hub, an innovative tech and talent accelerator offering a one-stop specialised space with a VR/360/AR academy, demolab, co-working space, and an investment program to boost the immersive talent and start- ups ecosystem. Immerxing Hub already has two hubs in Spain and is now expanding to the UK, Mexico, and Morocco. In collaboration with WBAF, Miguel Martin is leading the establishment of the first cross-border, vertical business angels network. Miguel is specialised in immersive tech, project management, and early-stage investment, whilst also being an active speaker and an investor in major VR/360/AR tech events such as the Asia VR/AR Fair, World VR/ AR, Telefonica VR Hackaton, and SpainVRStartups. In addition to his keen interest in immersive tech, Miguel’s expertise, networking, and investment interests focus on EdTech, PropTech, and TravelTech. Miguel is a proactive member of the Spanish start-up and business angel community, and regularly features as an investor, mentor, and judge in start-up events such as Telefonica AOF and Bolt Accelerators, MWC/4YFN Investor Network, South Summit, and various business angel industry events.
Spain
Fran Guillen, Angel Investor at the Andalusian Business Angels Association (AABAN) and Professor of innovation at the University of Seville, Spain.
Fran.Guillen@wbaforum.org
Fran Guillen is a computer engineer and has 15 years of experience launching and developing projects of digital economy and real economy. Recently, Fran has won the biggest hackathon in history #EUvsVirus, organized by the European Commission, as well as the first position in the World Business Angel Forum (WBAB) 2020 Istanbul. As a serial entrepreneur he has founded several companies throughout his life and currently, Fran is the Director of Impulsame.es, a business accelerator program in Spain. Fran is the author of the podcast AcelerandoEmpresas.com and also an advisor/investor in several startups like Opositores.net, BrioAgro, Incrementa, TusTutores, MenteEnPlenitud or PlusVitech. Fran is also the author of the podcast AcelerandoEmpresas.com. Fran is a teacher in Master Computer Engineering of University of Seville about innovation and investment. He is member of Andalusian Business Angels Association (AABAN) and Rotary International.
Spain
Yolanda Díaz Villarrubia, Co-Founder of the WA4STEAM, Spain
Yolanda .Díaz Villarrubia@wbaforum.org
She has a degree in Psychology and Marketing and holds a Master in Employment Law from IE Law School and Master in Gender and Leadership from Aliter Business School. Course in HR from University College Dublin (Ireland) and Women Angel for Entrepreneur from IESE. She is certificated as ACC Executive Coach by International Coach Federation.