Ep 39 - A business angel's perspective on the sports startup ecosystem

Previous to co-founding Galdana Ventures in 2015, Dídac has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years, founding several tech companies (among others: Inspirit, TradeInn, Fhios, Peninsula, Threepoints – Planeta, Safe365), today they account for 800 employees and 300M in turnover. Dídac is well known in the start-up world as Business Angel. He invested in some of the top Spanish start-ups (some of them are Badi, Housfy, Exoticca, Paack, Glovo, LingoKids) and he currently serves as mentor and Board Member to many of them. Dídac is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures. With 1B USD fund invested in Silicon Valley, China and Europe, it is considered one of the best performing Venture Capital Fund of Funds globally. Dídac is a former Board Member of FC Barcelona, he served on the Board for 10 years from 2010 to 2020. Since 2018, he was Head of Digital, an internationally recognized reference in its field, with 370M followers in social media and more than 100M Euros in turnover. Among Lee´s achievements at FCB, one of the biggest is the leading of the digitalization of the Club; his legacy is applauded by many. Throughout his career he received remarkable honors for his work, among them Doctor Honoris Causa from the 21st Century Business University (in 2018), Entrepreneur of the Year (PIMEC 2019), Best Business Angel (AEBAN 2019), Best European Mentor (Founder Institute) and Best Tech Entrepreneur (Cambridge University 2005). He was born in Figueres (close to Barcelona), his parents are from China, he is fluent in 5 languages including Mandarin Chinese.