Bonsai Ventures

Bonsai Ventures is a Spanish venture capital firm that began in 1999. It grew out of a family office that held property and stock market investments, and it moved into online businesses as content shifted from offline to the web. It backs domestic internet companies with a mobile focus and global ambition.

Services

• Minority investment: equity stakes of 10% to 25% in portfolio companies.
• Early-stage and growth funding: seed money only when the team has a solid track record.
• Flexible exits: timing set by each company's potential, agreed with the entrepreneur; the average holding period has been five years.

Who it serves

Mobile-focused start-ups in areas such as classifieds, e-health, games, payments, security and travel. It looks for committed entrepreneurs with a solid team and management skills.

Key facts

• Based in: Spain
• Founded: 1999
• Ownership model: managers hold more than 60% of the capital
• Founders: Javier Cebrián Sagarriga and colleagues