Academic-turned-founder (PhD Information Theory, Cambridge/MIT/Princeton; MBA MIT). Built 6 companies, 3 significant exits. Active angel (>100 investments, 30 in Spain) with 140x Flywire winner. Now runs Lifex fund investing at AI x Health intersection. Splits time Madrid/New York. Philosophy: catch innovation waves early (social 2006, SaaS 2010, insurtech 2015, AI data center 2020, AI apps 2024).
Invested at $5M valuation in 2010, held through 2022 IPO at $4B. Flywire dominates vertical-specific cross-border payments (education, healthcare) with massive TAM and sticky network effects.
Video generation models (Sora, etc.) now reach quality/duration for 30s+ collaborative content. Market segmenting like social media did (FB/LinkedIn/Twitter). Mito builds multiplayer suite for films, music videos, docs — differentiated by product experience. Backed by Lightspeed (lead in Anthropic, Suno, Mistral) + Kibo, Cafan, Lifex, unicorn founders. Team includes ex-Cabify/Wise engineering lead.
Lifex portfolio company. Subscription model ($1K/yr) for quarterly blood/urine/imaging panels analyzed by AI to detect trends pre-symptom. 400K subscribers = ~$400M ARR. Thesis: frequent measurement + AI personalization shifts healthcare from reactive to preventive, massive TAM in US (80% willing to pay) vs Europe (10%).