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Ignacio Marin
Ignacio Marin Mendicuti

Barcelona, España

Ignacio Marin Mendicuti

Investment Entrepreneur — Hospitality, Sports & Leisure

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About

Identifying exceptional opportunities, building long-term value, and partnering with outstanding people across hospitality, sports and lifestyle investments.

Seven languages · Barcelona, España

Current ventures

Orvante Group

Feb 2024 — Present

Founder & Managing Director

Barcelona

An entrepreneurial investment platform focused on exceptional businesses and real assets across hospitality, tourism, sports and lifestyle. We identify opportunities, acquire and co-invest alongside outstanding partners, create long-term value through strategic growth, and realise value through selective exits or long-term ownership.

  • Buy well.
  • Build better.
  • Grow with purpose.
  • Sell or stay on long-term value.

BlueBerryBytes

Feb 2026 — Present

Chief Commercial Officer — Plan AI Software

Dubái, Emiratos Árabes Unidos

Building the future of software execution. Most companies still lose time, context and money translating customer conversations into engineering work. Our AI turns customer and product conversations directly into engineering-ready requirements, technical documentation and development tasks — removing the friction between Sales, Product and Engineering.

  • Scaling global partnerships.
  • Accelerating commercial growth.
  • Bringing a new operating model to software teams worldwide.

LADÉBUT AGENCY

Jun 2023 — Present

Global Sports Partnerships

Barcelona

Helping brands and sports organisations unlock value through strategic alliances, data-driven strategy and inventive activations in the global sports market.

  • Connecting leading sports entities, brands and rights holders for global partnerships.
  • Growing brand presence and revenue through effective sponsorship strategy.
  • Using data analytics to build authentic bridges between brands and passionate audiences.
  • Designing creative solutions tailored to client ROI across the sports ecosystem.
  • Working alongside leagues, teams, athletes and broadcasters on emerging opportunities.

Track record

  1. Unex Group

    Dec 2017 — Jun 2023

    Barcelona

    • Senior Business Development Manager — Colombia & CaribbeanJan 2022 — Jun 2023
    • Business Development Manager — Middle East & ColombiaApr 2019 — Jan 2022
    • Business Development Manager — Middle EastDec 2017 — Apr 2019

    Five and a half years opening and growing markets across the Middle East, Colombia and the Caribbean.

  2. La Trésorerie Limited (DIFC)

    Oct 2016 — Nov 2017

    Dubái, Emiratos Árabes Unidos

    • Client Services — Financial Operations

    Financial operations specialist at a wealth management firm: daily custodian reconciliation of client portfolios, executive reporting, and the key interface with client management and complaints.

  3. Deloitte

    Oct 2014 — Sept 2016

    Sant Cugat

    • Sales Business Analyst

    Reporting analyst for CEE channel sales management at an international technology client: market share and market size analysis, sell-out performance across regions, and inventory and stock reporting.

  4. CONTINUA Unternehmensentwicklung GmbH

    Oct 2013 — Apr 2014

    Berlín

    • Sales & Marketing Project

    Marketing campaign for a South American company in the energy sector, focused on photovoltaic panels.

  5. DRIVECAR

    Apr 2012 — Apr 2013

    Barcelona

    • Sales Representative

    Mercedes and Volkswagen rental vehicles across the Barcelona area, closing deals daily with an international client base.

  6. FC Barcelona

    Apr 2009 — Mar 2012

    Barcelona

    • Professional Basketball Player

    Professional player in the FC Barcelona basketball club, U16 to U19.

Education

  1. New York University

    Global Sports Management

    2023 — 2024

  2. EAE Business School

    Executive MBA, Business Administration & Management

    2020 — 2022

  3. Harvard Business School

    Diploma, Finance

    2015

  4. Universitat de Girona

    Business Economics & Tourism Management

    2011 — 2015

  5. Best Sabel Hochschule Berlin

    Business Economics

    2013 — 2014

Certifications

  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Fundamentals of Global Sports Management
  • Managing Your Sales Territory

Languages

  • SpanishNative
  • CatalanNative
  • EnglishProfessional
  • GermanProfessional
  • ItalianProfessional
  • ArabicProfessional
  • FrenchElementary