Lorenzo Lara-Carrero

I am and have been for many years a business angel and entrepreneur, a mentor, consultant and researcher, focused in the development of technology based business projects that take advantage of Venezuela´s international talent networks. I have a strong and long experience structuring deals and M&amp;As within the startup, seed, early stage, early growth investing, venture capital ecosystems in Latin America, Spain and the US. Currently in Madrid, my company ND Ventures offers investment banking services to small and medium sized enterprises.<br />
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President and founding partner of Negociosdigitales (ND), a firm dedicated, since January 2000, to venture capital investment in technology based business projects, supplying strategic capital that is a combination of knowledge assets plus financial assets suited to the development phase of each business.<br />
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ND in Venezuela and its Spanish spin-off ND Ventures coordinate an investor network<br />
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Founding member of EneVenezuela, the Venezuelan National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.<br />
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Being the Founding President of Cavecom-e, the Venezuelan Chamber of E-commerce, coordinated a group of young lawyers that developed the conceptual foundations of the E-commerce law (Ley de Mensajes de Datos y Firmas Electrónicas). This conceptual work was published in book form as quoted below.<br />
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Specialties: Developing and managing venture capital portfolios for qualified private and institutional investors. Supporting and mentoring entrepreneurs in business development and, specially, in accessing venture and private capital sources. Assisting business development of innovative small firms with high potential for large revenues and profitability. Structuring deals across technology based business networks in international markets. Accelerating innovation processes through an international network of creative people in Latin America and Spain.