Eulogi Bordas Casas

We are thrilled to announce that we are investing into ILERNA FP, the market leading provider of vocational education in Spain, alongside Jacobs Holding AG and ILERNA FP’s co-founders Jordi Giné and Virginia Agelet, acquiring the company from IK Partners. This marks the first investment from our growth private equity fund launched in 2024, fully aligned with Mustard Seed + Partners’ strategy to invest in leading European businesses addressing the world’s biggest environmental and social challenges. As a provider of vocational education, ILERNA FP helps narrow the skills gap in Spain, promotes equal and affordable access to education, and significantly increases student’s employability, directly contributing toward SDG #4 (Quality Education) and SDG #8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth). Leveraging our experience in the sector, we will join the board of the company to support ILERNA FP in building on its leading position, helping it to expand its innovative education and making its qualifications accessible to an even broader range of students. Founded in Lleida, Catalonia, in 2014, ILERNA FP is a leading player in the Spanish vocational education space with over 46,000 students. The organization offers a wide range of online courses designed to meet the evolving needs of both students and employers. ILERNA has been a subsidiary of the French Skill and You Group since 2019, acquired by IK Partners in 2021. Spain’s vocational education market has expanded significantly in recent years, driven by demand for training and professional qualifications to tackle unemployment and the skills gap, especially among younger people. Re-skilling and professional education are major policy priorities, benefiting both graduates lacking technical qualifications and non-graduates seeking clearer employment pathways. ILERNA FP’s courses support learners at every stage, helping them enhance their job and career prospects. Thank you to our partners Jacobs Holding AG (Timothy Franks, Justin Lewis-Oakes, Carlos Gabriel y Galán) for their trust, to IK Partners (Remi Buttiaux, Diki KORNILOFF) and to the advisors on the transaction Rothschild & Co (Pierre Sader, Manuel Menduiña Buendia), Clifford Chance (Samir Azzouzi Maanan, Íñigo Navarrete) and Marlborough Partners (Benjamin Weyl, Jose Tomas Gonzalez de Canales).

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🚀 Excited to share that Metly has closed a €520k pre-seed round to accelerate pharmaceutical product launches with AI. The round was led by Encomenda Capital Partners SGEIC, with participation from Ona Capital Privat SCR, Dozen Investments | Grupo Orbyn and incredible industry leaders like Roberto Urbez. I'm incredibly grateful to our team, customers, and early partners for believing in what we're building. We're just getting started! 📣 If you're an engineer and the idea of applying AI to solve messy, high-impact problems in pharma sounds interesting, my DMs are open! You can read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/db2CQZ74

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What if the future of healthcare wasn’t locked in proprietary systems but built on open platforms that scale innovation and improve care worldwide? Catalonia is paving the way for the future of healthcare with an ambitious move to adopt openEHR-based platforms. Jordi Piera Jiménez, Director of Digital Health Strategy at the Catalan Health Service, shared valuable insights into their journey in my recent Digital Health Hackers podcast episode. Catalonia’s rich history in digital health, including a shared electronic health record since 2007, positions it as a leader in Europe. However, legacy systems and fragmented data have posed significant challenges. Jordi highlights how they’re addressing these issues with open standards, federated platforms, and a centralized Clinical Data Repository (CDR). The ultimate goal is to enable innovation, improve patient care, empower clinicians, and reduce costs. It’s a monumental shift from patchy interoperability to a robust, scalable system designed for the future. Catalonia’s approach also shows the power of public sector leadership, leveraging purchasing power to drive the adoption of open platforms. How can open platforms transform healthcare in your region? Let’s discuss below. 👇 Watch the whole episode here: https://lnkd.in/e-fUAfb3 #openehr

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Viva España (tech)🇪🇸 we looked across 800 Spain-based investors to spot out-performers and here's what we found ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Kibo Ventures leads our ranking with 33 startup deals since 2023. Of those, over one-fifth went to AI companies, including sustainability intelligence platform Clarity AI and industrial robotics startup THEKER Robotics. Ysios Capital Partners leads in terms of the quality of its recent investments with a higher average Mosaic score (715 out of 1,000) than any other investor on the list. Kibo Ventures also shows the best exit track record, backing 12 startups since 2018 that went on to exit. The biggest exits across the fund include monthly car subscription service Bipi (acquired by RCI Banque) and global payment platform Flywire (IPOed May 2021). Full list available in comments below

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