19
Jun
Private equity deal drivers and value creation strategies
In 2024 the Spanish PE market recorded 343 transactions totalling €27.620 billion, suggesting that investors are willing to commit larger sums to high-quality assets. Meanwhile, venture capital generated a cumulative value of €3.407 billion, reflecting the continued attraction of funds for startups and growing companies. Signs for 2025 continue to be positive and with the Spanish deal flow becoming more complex thanks to a greater emphasis on co-investments and secondary transactions, the panel will discuss best strategies for private equity deal-making and successful portfolio management, especially in some of the sectors where exits have been limited in the previous years. Will these strategies and factors continue to stimulate the PE market in the region?
- Effective diversification strategies in play: How to effectively support deal activity and build resilient portfolios across various sectors and asset classes?
- Fundraising, deployment and exit opportunities – How can investors leverage the narrowing valuation gap to their advantage?
- Is it time to reviewing capital structures and financing models to incorporate alternative investments to improve cash and liquidity? Discussing exit strategies, the secondary market, continuation funds, capability investing (especially in AI) and IPOs
- How are Iberian PE and financing landscapes changing thanks to the growing international investors’ presence?
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SpeakersRupert Cocke Senior Editor, EMEA Features and Western Europe Bureaus Mergermarket
Iván Feito Partner, Head of Growth Equity Axon Partners Group
Javier Olabarri Investment Director Mirai Investments
Alejandro Diazayas Managing Partner Nexxus Iberia
Javier Alonso Solá Partner Sinergia Partners
Javier Monzón Partner White & Case
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Ivan is a Partner at Axon Partners Group, where he leads the Growth Equity investment strategy, focused on investing in European scale-ups with a strong innovation component. He brings over 15 years of experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity, with expertise in growth investment strategies, including deal sourcing, portfolio management, and exit planning. Ivan has built his career at Axon and as the manager of Prosegur Tech Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Prosegur Group, a global leader in the security sector. Earlier in his career, he also held a position at Procter & Gamble. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI – Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid).
Alejandro is a Founding Partner at Nexxus Iberia and has extensive investment experience in private equity (over 27 years investing in Mexico). After almost 20 years investing in Mexico and USA as partner at Nexxus Capital and leading some of the most successful investments in the fund, Alejandro joined the project at Nexxus Iberia in Spain with full dedication and has since then led several transactions in Nexxus I and II. Additionally, he is currently a board member of Spaincap (former Ascri). Before joining Nexxus in 1997, Alejandro worked at a family-owned company, overseeing plant design,quality control, management information systems, and product design. Alejandro holds a degree in Industrial Engineering with academic excellence from Universidad Iberoamericana.