Portobello Capital

Portobello Capital is an independent mid-market private equity manager based in Spain, established in 2010. Focused on Southern Europe, the firm manages approximately 1.3 billion euros in capital and employs a team of thirty professionals. Portobello Capital primarily invests in a diverse range of sectors, including industrial supplies, commercial products and services, and consumer goods. The firm maintains a portfolio of fifteen companies, with around 88% of its funding sourced from institutional international investors. Portobello Capital emphasizes innovative thinking and bold decision-making to drive long-term value in its investments.

Joaquin Ariza

Investment Analyst

Norberto Arrate

Partner

Fernando Cassinello

Analyst

Ramon Cerdeiras

Co-Founder & Partner

Carlos Dolz De Espejo

Partner

Rebeca García

CFO

Marisa González

Investor relations

Mayte González

Marketing Manager and Fundraising

Álvaro González de Heredia

Associate

Álvaro Hernández

Associate

Antonio de la Hoz Arespacochaga

Associate

Joan Llansó

VP

Leopoldo López-Herrero

Associate

Jorge José de Mello

VP

Pedro Pasquín

Associate

Luis Penarrocha

Co-Founder & Partner

Juan Luis Ramirez

Founding Partner

Antonio Rodríguez-Pina

VP

Gonzalo Samaniego

Associate

Íñigo Sanchez-Asiain

Founding Partner

Antonio Todisco

Director

Víctor Virós

Director

13 past transactions

Legálitas

Acquisition in 2021
Legálitas is the Spanish LegalTech player focused on providing legal advice for families, freelancers and SMEs.

Farmol

Acquisition in 2021
Farmol, a Bergamo, Italy-based aerosol company. Created in 1946 and controlled by the Innocenti family through Old Mill Holding, Farmol is a country and EU leader into the field of formulation, of production and of filling of aerosols and liquids for cosmetic market, hygiene and personal care, OTC and detergents, partnering with global companies such as Unilever, Henkel and Procter & Gamble.

Caiba S.A.

Acquisition in 2021
CAIBA is a leading company that specialises in the manufacture of PET preforms and containers for the food, household products and personal hygiene sectors. Ever since its foundation in 1955, CAIBA has evolved constantly to become a leading corporate group in its sector, with a market share of over 30%, a consistent turnover and growing profits. It is a consolidated company that is a pioneer in product innovation projects; a company that strives on a daily basis to offer its clients the very best competitive advantages and total efficiency in the manufacturing process.

Poligof

Acquisition in 2020
Poligof Spa produces back sheet films for hygiene disposable products. It offers films, textile back sheets, and individual wrap films that are used in baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products, and underpads. The company sells its products to the global market. Poligof Spa was founded in 1979 and is based in Pieve Fissiraga, Italy with production facilities in Italy, Russia, and India.

Centauro Rent a Car

Acquisition in 2017
Centauro Rent a Car is a company dedicated to the car hire sector with over 40 years’ experience and with offices in the most popular tourist destinations along the Mediterranean coast, Balearic Islands and Portugal. The head office is located in Benidorm and with hire car locations in Alicante, Majorca, Ibiza, Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Murcia, Seville, Faro, Lisbon, Benidorm & Torrevieja. They offer a varied Fleet of car hire vehicles which are renewed every year. They pay special attention to their customer comments and needs in order to consistently offer the best service and quality with their car rentals.

Ramon Sabater

Acquisition in 2016
Ramón Sabater, a world leader in manufacturing, processing and distribution of paprika, produces eight of its varieties highlighting the sweet paprika, cayenne and chili powder, and a large number of different spices and herbs for the food industry. Ramón Sabater has a full lab team specialized in chemistry, microbiology and food technology. The company uses the most effective computer systems and the best automated control systems to obtain the highest levels of traceability and total control, ensuring the highest quality.

Laulagun Bearings

Acquisition in 2016
Laulagun Bearings S.L. designs, manufactures, and markets large diameter bearings and slewing rings, primarily using carbon or alloy steel. Founded in 1973 and based in Olaberria, Spain, the company serves various industries, with a strong focus on wind energy, as well as applications in lifting machinery, infrastructure, and water treatment. Laulagun Bearings has established a significant presence both in Spain and internationally, catering to the diverse needs of its clients in these sectors. As of July 2019, the company operates as a subsidiary of Groupe Legris Industries.

Grupo Iberconsa

Acquisition in 2016
Founded in 1981 by four Galician partners with deep roots in the fishing industry, GRUPO IBERCONSA has enjoyed spectacular growth both in its commercial and shipowning activity, which began in 1998 with the Argentinian fishing company API. Their Group now comprises more than 20 companies operating in the frozen fish industry: in fish processing, manufacturing, wholesale and retail marketing, cold storage and distribution. The Group reaps the rewards of having a network of subsidiaries that possess great expertise in every phase of handling frozen fish, from capture through to the end consumer.

EYSA

Acquisition in 2015
EYSA are a Spanish company with international ambition and great experience delivering integrated mobility solutions for cities and citizens to improve their quality of life. EYSA act in accordance with our vision of what a 21st-century city should be, based on our deep knowledge and innovative approach and true to sustainability values. Rooted in technology and innovative management models, we help connect cities and citizens within the process of transforming Smart Cities.

Vitalia Home

Acquisition in 2015
Vitalia Home is a Spanish care home group. Vitalia Home integrates an important group of entities and professionals that accredit an experience of more than 20 years in the design, creation and management of Social-Health Centers and Services. We have developed an important organization oriented to care and care for people in a situation of dependence that lack or loss of physical, mental or intellectual autonomy need assistance and help to carry out activities of daily living. We serve the elderly and also users with physical, mental or mental disabilities. Our mission is focused on the personalized professional attention and the caring and affectionate care to these people. We create homes to live with comfortable and pleasant environments, human warmth to enjoy their lives. They are modular centers, applying the most modern assistance techniques and the suppression of architectural barriers, with ample spaces, terraces and gardens to optimize mobility and outdoor living. Our assistance model is based on the provision, in all our centers, of the most complete multidisciplinary team of professionals with authentic vocation of service. They design and apply an individual plan of specialized care adjusted to the specific needs of each user during each stage of their evolution. We offer extended residential stays and also temporary stays for rehabilitation or rest of their caregivers. We also have daytime stays. Our centers have in large majority with concerted places for those who need, for reasons of dependency, access to the benefits and aids offered by the public administrations to pay for these specialized services.
Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra engaged in the manufacturing of canned vegetables and ready-to-eat meals.

Angles Aguinaga

Acquisition in 2006
Angulas Aguinaga provides modern fishery solutions.