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▶ 73:18 · $ENBAT · Enbat founders reject M&A offers, target corporate banking license in 10 years
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2026-09-17 · 17 company · 0 thematic
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tony

Co-founder of Enbat, former JPMorgan investment banker (12 years) focused on family-owned companies, worked in Madrid and London; left to start Enbat in 2021 with Carlos.

carlos

Co-founder of Balance Phone, former product engineer at Philip Morris in Switzerland, studied engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia; partnered with childhood friend Albert to build a non-addictive smartphone.

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“Siempre hemos dicho que no... A partir de 1000, a partir de 1000 lo hablamos... hemos empezado a dar pasos con con asesores eh para para elegir que cuál es el camino correcto hasta hasta ser una institución de crédito, que eso es lo que de…”
—tony
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