Boston Consulting Group
Calle de Alcalá 95, 28001 Madrid
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Thursday, May 30
7-9pm

10 euros (present for guest speaker)

Alumni may invite two guests
at indicated price

Columbia Business School Club of Spain and the Columbia University Alumni Association of Spain are excited to invite you to an engaging session with Dr. Iñaki Berenguer, Managing Partner of LifeX Ventures, a $100M VC fund focused on improving and extending the lives of people and the planet.

Iñaki, who is a 3-time CEO/entrepreneur in NY, launched LifeX Ventures in 2022 to invest at the intersection of AI and Health, and has a number of international companies in its portfolio including Haven, Cortical Labs, Ohai.ai, Cromatic, Onc AI among others (full list can be found here.)

Iñaki’s talk will focus on how AI can help improve people’s lives and how he evaluates investment opportunities as a venture capitalist in this space. This will be followed by a Q&A session from the attendees and a networking cocktail.

The event will take place at the premises of the Boston Consulting Group in Madrid, to whom we express our gratitude for their kindest hospitality.

We look forward to having you join us for this exciting session!

Questions or issues related to this event may be forwarded to events@cbsclubspain.org

The Boards of Columbia Business School Club of Spain and Columbia Alumni Association Spain

When: Thursday, May 30, 2024, 7:00-9:00pm. The session is informal and drinks and light snacks will be served.

Where: Boston Consulting Group, Alcalá 95, 28001 Madrid.

Price: 10 euros (to cover for a present to our guest speaker).

Guests: Alumni may bring up to two guests to this event at the price stated above. The guest's email address and name/last name are also required during the registration process for building security purposes. Guests will receive confirmation email of their signup.

Signups: Click on the button “Sign up” appearing above, and follow the instructions thereafter.

Signup deadline: Sunday, May 26, 2024

Language: The session will be conducted in Spanish and there will be ample opportunity to ask questions and network in English as well.

Dress Code: Business or smart casual.

Iñaki is currently a Managing Partner at LifeX Ventures, a new $100M fund investing at the intersection of AI and Health.

He has been a 3x CEO/entrepreneur in NYC: Pixable, acquired by SingTel in 2012 for $30M; Contactive, acquired by Fuze in 2015; and CoverWallet, which raised $60M, with over 500 employees and close to $1B in premium revenue, and acquired by Aon in 2020. He has worked at McKinsey & Co and Microsoft Corporate Strategy. He has personally invested in over 100 startups, also cofounding Agentero and iPronics.

Iñaki earned Master and PhD degrees in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, and an MBA from MIT. He was also a two-year Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University and a postdoc at the Cambridge-MIT Institute. He is a 15x marathon finisher (7x NYC).