Clave Mayor

Clave Mayor SGEIC, S.A. is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Pamplona, Spain, with additional offices in Valladolid and Valencia. Established in June 2002, the firm specializes in various investment stages, including incubation, seed, start-up, early stage, and growth capital, primarily targeting small and medium-sized enterprises. Clave Mayor focuses on technology transfer and spin-offs from the Universidad Politècnica de València, as well as projects from other universities and technology centers. The firm typically invests between €0.5 million and €5 million, aiming for either a 100% or majority stake in the companies it supports. While it primarily invests in Spain, Clave Mayor also considers opportunities within the European Union, particularly in the industrial and technology, media, and telecommunications sectors.

Aguirre Azcona, Laura

CFO

Pedro de Alava

Director of Valencia Office

Francisco Armero

Director of Valladolid Office

Juan Carlos Franquet

Partner

Iker Linzoáin

Fund Manager

Santiago Lozano

Director of Investments

César Mendoza

Director of Funds

Parra Macua, Isidoro

President

José León Taberna

Socio

28 past transactions

Ojer Pharma

Private Equity Round in 2023
Laboratorios Ojer Pharma S.L. produces and markets dermo-pharmaceutical products. It offers prescription medicines, cosmetics, and medical devices. The company also provides research and development services for pharmaceutical and dermo-pharmaceutical products. Additionally, it develops a vehiculization technology in the form of bioadhesive transparent gel, which acts as a sustained-release matrix of dermatological actives, such as lipophilics and hydrophilics. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Pamplona, Spain.

Predictheon

Seed Round in 2021
Predictheon develops software for healthcare professionals. Predictheon develops software-based monitoring solutions for the prediction of clinically relevant real-time patient metrics and outcomes in different areas of anesthesia and perioperative care.

Jeff

Series B in 2020
Mr Jeff Labs, S.L., founded in 2015 by Eloi Gómez, Adrián Lorenzo, and Rubén Muñoz in Valencia, Spain, offers a mobile application that initially focused on home laundry and dry-cleaning services. The company has since expanded its offerings to include a variety of everyday services such as hairdressing, beauty treatments, fitness, and massages, establishing itself as an international omnichannel ecosystem for day-to-day needs. Mr Jeff also provides opportunities for individuals to invest in or start their own businesses under the Jeff brand, facilitating entrepreneurship in the service sector.

Telum Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2020
Telum Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops new treatments for infectious diseases based on the use of lytic enzymes from bacteriophages.

WITRAC

Seed Round in 2019
WiTraC Comunicaciones Inteligentes, S.L. provides wireless location, control, and tracking of elements (people, animals or assets) for automotive, logistics, rail, and aeronautical industries. Its offers RTLS systems, Industry 4.0, that improves industrial and logistics operations. It enables to know the positioning of the assets, tracking them with the help of their web management platform, and communicate in real time through the web platform. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

Tweet Binder

Seed Round in 2017
Tweet Binder specializes in providing social media analytics solutions, focusing on Twitter and Instagram. The company offers tools designed for various applications, including event management, digital marketing, and hashtag campaigns. By delivering real-time analytics, Tweet Binder enables clients to effectively track engagement and measure the impact of their social media efforts. The platform is particularly beneficial for festivals and events, allowing organizers to enhance their strategies and maximize audience interaction. With a dedicated team ready to assist, Tweet Binder aims to support users in optimizing their social media presence for better results.

Idifarma Desarrollo Farmacéutico

Venture Round in 2016
Idifarma Desarrollo Farmacéutico, S.L., founded in 2001 and based in Noain, Spain, specializes in contract development and manufacturing services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological sectors, both domestically and internationally. The company offers a comprehensive array of contract development services, including active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) selection, analytical development, formulation development, GMP manufacturing, quality control, batch release, stability studies, clinical trial logistics management, and regulatory affairs. Additionally, Idifarma provides GMP contract manufacturing and packaging services for investigational medicinal products and human use medicinal products in both clinical and commercial batches. Serving a diverse clientele that ranges from start-ups to multinational corporations, Idifarma caters to various needs, from generic medications to new active ingredients.

Aspil

Venture Round in 2015
Aspil manufacturer snacks foods.

Venter Pharma SL

Venture Round in 2014
Venter Pharma SL, a biotech company, develops diagnostic drugs for the diagnosis of lactose intolerance. It develops LacTEST, a diagnostic drug that helps professionals to manage the lactose intolerance disease. Venter Pharma SL was formerly known as Lactest SL. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Alcobendas, Spain.

Kronomav Sistemas

Convertible Note in 2013
Kronomav is an audiovisual engineering firm manufacturing and rental robotized machinery for TV and Film camera movement, besides Kronomav have developed a stereoscopic 3D system. The company specializes in offering its clients customized solutions made all the more easy to implement owing to the versatility inherent to a manufacturer as well as its strong commitment to research and development.

Fast Drinks

Seed Round in 2013
Fast Drinks was launched in April 2005 for the development of the concept 2GO SHC (Self-Heating Can). Starting with the initial idea of producing a coffee beverage we went further to develop this idea creating a new solution with self-heating containers. To develop this concept, we have invested 3 years in R & D and are now currently selling these self-heating beverages in Spain, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, USA and Japan.

Amadix

Venture Round in 2013
Amadix develops and commercializes breakthrough discoveries in cancer diagnosis with a clear commercial rationale, addressing unmet medical needs in oncology. After analytical validation and demonstration of clinical validity and utility through international multicentre studies, the products will be commercialized worldwide. The most advanced product developed by Amadix is Colofast, an innovative non-invasive screening signature for colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced adenoma diagnosis in blood designed to solve a significant health priority: the high mortality rate due to colon cancer worldwide (around half of the diagnosed patients). Amadix team consist of industry veterans with robust expertise in the Oncology Diagnostic area. They are a top level management team with international experience in cancer diagnostics, the pharmaceutical industry, the biotechnology sector and intellectual property. Amadix also has independent board members with international profiles and many years of experience in oncology and diagnostics, who advise the management team on strategy, commercialization and business development in Europe and the US.

Mevion Technology

Seed Round in 2012
Mevion Technology offers industrial ionization services for the sterilization of different products. It uses a modern electron beam accelerator which is able to sterilize products, sanitize food, and improve the properties of different materials. The company is based in Olvega, Spain.

Vivia Biotech

Series B in 2012
Launched in September 2007, Vivia Biotech is a world pioneer of individualized medicine, profiling thousands of drugs and combinations in a single patient sample, by means of its proprietary PharmaFlow Technology Platform. The PharmaFlow technology was originally developed in the USA by an American team who moved to Spain and launched Vivia Biotech, where they could efficiently leverage Spain’s world-leading position in altruistically donation of tissue and organ samples for research, with the first technology worldwide enabling scale research in patient samples. Vivia has developed PharmaFlow PM, a precision medicine test for the treatment of Hematological Malignances like Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma, that seeks to identify the best treatment option for each individual patient. Vivia has also pioneered worldwide the development of “native environment” assays in whole patient samples across several indications and multiple mechanisms of action, capable of delivering truly translational pharmacological data that correlates with patient treatment outcome. With these assets, Vivia has successfully engaged in partnering with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide to provide unique precision medicine capabilities for patient-centric drug development and biomarker discovery. Vivia’s team is made of highly qualified professionals, dedicated to improve the life expectancy and quality of life of cancer patients.

INCOM Storage

Venture Round in 2010
Incom Storage is a company specializing in the sale of optical storage systems, Blu-Ray, CD and DVD as well as devices for publishing and distributing information on CD / DVD, not to mention the procedures copy DVDs. The solution currently provides primary and secondary file with innovative products in information storage.

TCD Pharma

Series A in 2010
Chosen as one of Spain’s top 5 biotech investment opportunities, TCD is focused on creating the future of Oncology by developing innovative therapies that address unmet medical needs. Established in 2005 and with one product, TCD-717, already in clinical trials the Company is positioning itself as Spain’s Partner of Choice for Oncology drug discovery and development opportunities. TCD’s strong management team, its strategy of building its pipeline through in-licensing and partnerships and by leveraging resources through collaborations and outsourcing via premier Contract Research Organizations, allows TCD to be in the forefront of Oncology drug development while significantly lowering risks and costs.

Ibetor

Series A in 2010
Ibetor S.L. engages in design and development of flat antenna for satellite telecommunications. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Las Rozas, Spain.

Comercial TV

Venture Round in 2009
Commercial TV is a distributor of audiovisual content that was created to serve the Local TV with the aim of becoming the leading travel industry. Commercial TV offers a wide national and international titles catalog and care of all genres of the most prominent and recognized the audiovisual landscape suppliers, and makes on-line available to local television.

DCWafers

Series A in 2008
DCWafers is the first ever Spanish company dedicated to the production of polycristaline silicon wafers for the photovoltaic industry. DCWafers will gradually begin production half way into 2008, gaining complete production capacities at the end of 2008. DC Wafers’ Initial production capacity is 13 million wafers per year for which DCWafers have secured the supply of raw materials and ordered the best equipment available on the market. The managing team in DCWafers is made up of business people with extensive experience and technical expertise in the industry, also having an advisory board made up of industry leaders both in management and research.

Red Karaoke

Series A in 2008
Red Karaoke is an online platform that enables users to sing and record their karaoke sessions via the web or smartphones in English, Spanish, and Japanese. The company’s business model is based on a free basic service, subscription driven premium service tiers, and also a pay-per-use model for some additional contents or services. Red Karaoke was founded by Miguel Angel Diez Ferreira and Richard Diez Ferreira in April 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Kronomav Sistemas

Venture Round in 2008
Kronomav is an audiovisual engineering firm manufacturing and rental robotized machinery for TV and Film camera movement, besides Kronomav have developed a stereoscopic 3D system. The company specializes in offering its clients customized solutions made all the more easy to implement owing to the versatility inherent to a manufacturer as well as its strong commitment to research and development.

Digna Biotech

Venture Round in 2007
Digna Biotech is a spin-off of the Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, jointly owned by the Foundation for Applied Medical Research (Fundacian para la Investigacian Macdica Aplicada, FIMA), and a consortium of private investors. Among the latter are some of the mayor corporations of Spain, incluiding major institutions of Navarra such as University of Navarra, Caja Navarra, Caja Rural de Navarra, and the Government of Navarra through its investment arm SODENA.

Vivotecnia Research S.L

Venture Round in 2007
Vivotecnia offer services to support the preclinical development of biotechnology and pharmaceutical products as well as safety studies for cosmetic, chemical and agro-chemical companies.

Futura Acorp

Venture Round in 2007
Futura Acorp S.L. specializes in the development and implementation of technological solutions for the hospitality sector in Spain. Founded in 2005 and based in Tudela, Navarra, the company provides a range of auto-purchase systems designed to enhance customer experience in restaurants and hotels. Its offerings include smart kiosks, smart point of sale (TPV) systems, smart loyalty programs, smart access systems, and smart vending solutions, enabling clients to manage orders and payments without waiter intervention. Additionally, Futura Acorp develops a tracking system utilizing radio frequency identification technology to streamline beverage production and warehouse management. The company operates as a subsidiary of Jofemar Sau.

Domoblue

Venture Round in 2007
Domoblue specialized in home automation services and in the development of vehicle or people tracking systems.

Angelpc Global Support

Venture Round in 2007
Angelpc Global Support, S.L. provides permanent online personal computer support services. It offers personal computer helpdesk services, and software support and technical incident solutions by remote control. The company's service coverage includes local free telephone contact and support in the use of Microsoft Office, as well as support for local printers management and use, virus clean-up, information backup, network printers management and use, network servers units, users maintenance, servers updates, and general user's incidents. Angelpc Global Support is based in Navarra, Spain.

Casa Eceiza

Venture Round in 2007
Casa Eceiza focusses on manufacturing biscuits and confectionery products that keep for long periods of time, following classic bakery systems. Case Eceiza is fully committed to making products that achieve complete customer satisfaction when consumed; products with personality, organoleptically superior, based on noble ingredients, free from hydrogenated vegetable oils, dyes, or artificial flavouring, manufactured in a way that preserves the quality of the ingredients, using traditional recipes, and taking great care in the presentation of the end products.

Bionostra

Series B in 2005
It is one of the largest companies in the Spanish biotechnology sector. Its activity focuses on research, development and commercialization of biotechnology services. Born in 2000 under the initiative of a group of researchers of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and business professionals and is one of four companies in the business group Bionostra.