Independent sponsor·Madrid

We build the thesis first. Then we anchor the platform. Then we compound.

A Madrid independent sponsor. We do the sector work first, then anchor a platform and invite co-investors. Deal by deal, with our own capital next to theirs.

First deployment
Project Nostromo
Horizon
5–7 years
Base
Madrid
Scroll
530M
Enterprise value
57
Year horizon
Iberia
Day-1 anchor
1
Thesis at a time
The model·Independent sponsor

We don’t take a deal to market until the thesis is right.

We’re not a fund. We originate our own theses and validate them with the operating team we pick for each thesis. Only then do we anchor a platform and invite co-investors. Deal by deal, with our own capital next to theirs.

How we invest
01
Approach·Three disciplines

Three disciplines, one method.

Conviction is built before the deal exists. We do the sector work first and commit only once the thesis is proven.

01·Originate

Originate

We map fragmented mid-market sectors and build our own thesis. The operating team gets picked for the thesis, often during the deal itself, never before it.

Thesis before process · proprietary work
02·Anchor

Anchor

We anchor with a platform that’s already a regional leader. Audited accounts, durable margins, a complete management team.

Regional leaders · audited accounts
03·Compound

Compound

Disciplined add-ons over five to seven years. Integration before more capital, never the other way round.

Integration first · then capital
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02
Mandate·Paneuropean

Madrid is the anchor. Continental Europe is the field.

Generalist by design, sector-agnostic from Day 2. One discipline travels across borders: the search for the right thesis.

ParameterScope
GeographyIberia (Day 1), then France, Italy, Benelux, DACH
OperationBuild-up, carve-out, succession
Enterprise value€5M – €30M
Hold horizon5–7 years
StructureIndependent sponsor, invited co-investment
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Antique cartographic map sheet
MADRID·BaseDay 1 Iberia · then FR / IT / Benelux / DACH
03
Track record·Day 1 & forward

One thesis at a time. The next one’s already preparing.

We carry one thesis to full ramp-up before opening the next. A sequenced pipeline, not a race to deploy.

Project·Nostromo·Active · in ramp-up

Specialised technical services. Paneuropean mid-market.

Our Day-1 deployment. An independent platform in a fragmented technical-services niche, anchored in Iberia and built across continental Europe. The detail goes to invited co-investors.

European TAM·Hold 5–7Y
Project·Sulaco

Day 2 thesis. In preparation.

Next in sequence·2027
Project·Heighliner

Day 3 thesis. Reserved.

In sequence
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04
Team·Partners

Two partners. Complementary across every phase.

A family-office-backed partnership. Both of us work side by side across the full cycle: origination, thesis, structuring, execution, and the relationship with co-investors.

Francisco Ribas Alameda
Founding & Managing Partner

Francisco Ribas Alameda

Investment banking at Bank of America. Private equity at Ilanga Capital, where he co-led over €200M in debt and equity for build-from-scratch platforms. Co-founder of Mad Land. Manager of a multi-asset family office. Law and Business at ICADE, top of his class.

“Discipline is decided before the deal, not during it.”
Borja Chávarri Vargas
Founding & Managing Partner

Borja Chávarri Vargas

Two decades in private banking and wealth management at Bankinter and Banco Banif, advising high-net-worth families across private equity, real estate, and alternatives. He anchors our capital base and investor relationships. Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. M&A and PE programme at IEB.

“Capital follows alignment. It’s built long before it’s needed.”
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Conviction is built before the deal. Capital arrives after, and only where the work has already been done.

VELERIA PARTNERS·The discipline
Co-invest with Veleria Partners

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