Gerard Olive

I am a serial entrepreneur launching and investing in innovative start-ups and new business units based on Internet. I co-founded Antai Venture Builder in 2012, the leading online and mobile venture builder in Southern Europe and Latin America (Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá and México DF). Our venture is to create new business models, select the best talent and co-found the new project together, accompanying them through the whole process. Since then, I co-founded multiple companies with international presence like Wallapop, the leading second-hand app with operations in Spain and the US, Glovo (former JustBell), Deliberry, Shoppiday (former Stampydoo), Shopery, BePretty (former Fancybox), Mascoteros, Marmota, Prontopiso, Elma, Singular Cover, Nemuru or Trendier. As Antai's Co-CEO, I'm also GP of a M4E fund named Media Digital Ventures, with 40M€ advertising inventory (TV, radio, newspaper, outdoor, etc.). In 2005 I founded the holding Garapa (www.garapa.es), where we create businesses and continuously invest in disruptive ideas. In 2006 I founded BeRepublic (www.berepublic.com), the leading strategic consulting firm specialized in digital businesses in Southern Europe and Latin America. In 2015 I co-founded BeAgency (www.beagency.com), a full-service interactive marketing agency firm with offices in Barcelona and Madrid. Board member of the NGO Barcelona Tech City, composed of more than 800 digital companies, whose mission is to position Barcelona among the most important tech hubs in the world. Co-founder and mentor of Conector Startup Accelerator. Extensive experience as speaker at seminars - IESE Business School, URL Blanquerna, Elisava, ICEMD, ESIC, South Summit and IED Barcelona Nominated as one of the most relevant entrepreneurs less than 40 years old during the Global Entrepreneur Week 2010 - IESE Business School Honorary member of the Catalan Advertisers Association – 2016 Best Start up 2015 and 2017 - Wallapop and Glovo - ESADE Business School Actively collaborating with various NGOs.