Mathieu
Carenzo

Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship

• MBA, IESE Business School, University of Navarra
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Ecole Supérieure des Sciencies Commerciales d’Angers

 

Mathieu Carenzo is Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Department. He holds a master’s in international trade from ESSCA in France and an MBA from IESE business School, University of Navarra. He currently teaches in the MBA and the GEMBA and has extensive experience teaching programs in 3 different languages (English, Spanish and French) and 4 continents.

He is a seasoned entrepreneur and dynamic Business Angel with current investments in Unicorn such as Glovo, scale-ups like Bizaway, Amphora or Trioteca and promising start-ups such as RobinGood, ModularDS, Twende and many others.

He is a member of the Investment committee of FINAVES, and the founding partner of Venture Hub, a consulting firm supporting the scale of high growth start-ups and the development of entrepreneurial skills in the society at large.

Previously, he held General Partner roles in VC Funds based in Spain focusing on technology services companies operating in the B2B and B2B2C markets.

Earlier, he worked in different positions in Europe and America mostly in corporate entrepreneur positions. After an experience in Danone to start his career, he worked in AIRBUS helicopter where he led the growth of the company in Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America building his expertise in the settlement of new structures and development of new markets.

His areas of interest are lean start-up, scale-ups and early-stage equity financing.

Areas of interest.

• Lean start-up
• Scale-ups
• Early stage equity financing

Publications

Books

CARENZO, M. (2025). Hablando en plata. La guía definitiva para emprender sin miedo y convencer a inversores. Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Cases

RICART, J. E., CARENZO, M., TAPIA, A. (2020). Glovo. From Startup to Unicorn. IESE, SM-1694-E. TAPIA PAGÈS, A., CARENZO, M., RICART, J. E. (2019). Glovo 2.0. Pivotando Hacia Un Nuevo Modelo De Negocio. IESE, SM-1684. RICART I COSTA, J. E., TAPIA PAGÈS, A., CARENZO, M. (2019). Glovo 1.0. Launching a New Business Model in the Ultra-Competitive Last-Mile Delivery Landscape. IESE, SM-1683-E.

Technical Notes

NIEBOER, I., CARENZO, M., DÁVILA, A. (2012). Diez preguntas a tener en cuenta antes de hacer una adquisición emprendedora. IESE, EN-15. NIEBOER, I., CARENZO, M., DÁVILA, A. (2012). Consideraciones a tener en cuenta en las adqquisiciones empresariales. IESE, EN-16. NIEBOER, I., CARENZO, M., DÁVILA, A. (2011). The First 10 Questions for Would-be Searchers. IESE, EN-15-E.

Outputs in other media

DÁVILA, A., CARENZO, M., KORVER, J. (2020). Landscape Monitor for Startups. InnovationManagement.se.