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Margarita started her career practicing law at an international M&A lawfirm. Moved into the tech space where she joined startups across several roles in product and strategy and geographies. Following her passion for technology and investment, Margarita joined Zacua Ventures and leads the fund's investment efforts for both North America and Latin America. With a diverse background, she is dedicated to supporting first-class founders grow and expand their companies throughout the Americas. Margarita holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a double degree in Law and International Relations.

Margarita started her career practicing law at an international M&A lawfirm. Moved into the tech space where she joined startups across several roles in product and strategy and geographies. Following her passion for technology and investment, Margarita joined Zacua Ventures and leads the fund's investment efforts for both North America and Latin America. With a diverse background, she is dedicated to supporting first-class founders grow and expand their companies throughout the Americas. Margarita holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a double degree in Law and International Relations.

Vivin is a construction enthusiast who is deeply passionate about the problems that the industry faces. He has worked as an operator and investor for the last 20 years and served as an advisor and board member to multiple firms. He’s had the privilege of leading and building teams across 4 continents and enjoys the challenge of solving difficult problems by partnering with exceptional minds.

Jun brings over 20 years of experience in open innovation, deep tech commercialization, and corporate strategy across global markets. She has held senior roles at Cisco and GE, where she led cross-border initiatives bridging technology and industry. Based in between Tokyo and the Bay Area, Jun provides deep expertise in Japan’s construction and innovation ecosystems, helping Zacua support founders and partners across the region.

Dr. Anas Bataw is a seasoned ConTech leader, investor and ecosystem builder. Playing a role is propelling techs within the MENA construction industry. His unique ability to build robust business cases, develop ecosystems and value realizations has set him apart in the industry. Beyond his corporate endeavors, Dr. Anas participates in non-profit taks groups such as the UN and WEF driving innovations, technology and sustainability.

Philip Sondhu is an experienced startup investor and Founder in the Australian market in construction and agriculture industries. Starting his career at Caterpillar, Philip went on to found Australia’s largest farm marketplace, http://farmbuy.com. Over the past 7 years Philip has focused on construction technology investment as Managing Partner of CVC Superseed Ventures.

Margarita started her career practicing law at an international M&A lawfirm. Moved into the tech space where she joined startups across several roles in product and strategy and geographies. Following her passion for technology and investment, Margarita joined Zacua Ventures and leads the fund's investment efforts for both North America and Latin America. With a diverse background, she is dedicated to supporting first-class founders grow and expand their companies throughout the Americas. Margarita holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a double degree in Law and International Relations.

Dr. Anas Bataw is a seasoned ConTech leader, investor and ecosystem builder. Playing a role is propelling techs within the MENA construction industry. His unique ability to build robust business cases, develop ecosystems and value realizations has set him apart in the industry. Beyond his corporate endeavors, Dr. Anas participates in non-profit taks groups such as the UN and WEF driving innovations, technology and sustainability.

Juan is a civil engineer and investor passionate about helping entrepreneurs transform the built environment. His experience across Europe, Asia and the US, including leading CEMEX Ventures’ Asia Pacific investment strategy and establishing its Shanghai office, shaped his global perspective on the industry. He enjoys connecting ambitious founders with industrial partners to turn promising technologies into solutions that make a difference on the ground.

Pablo is a chemical engineer turned investor. He started in hands-on engineering roles spanning industrial projects, nuclear power plant instrumentation, and then moved to the Octopus Energy team while they were expanding into the Spanish market. He joined Plug and Play Ventures and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area while advising corporate partners across oil and gas, utilities, EPC, and chemicals. There, he was involved in investments in areas such as green ammonia, carbon capture, sustainable fuels, nuclear, industrial decarbonization, and critical minerals.

Yves is one of the early cases of a successful Contech entrepreneur, having founded Fielwire in 2014, a site-management software, that was acquired by Hilti in 2020 for more than $300m. Yves experience in launching and scaling SaaS products in the industry, with a multinational focus, is supporting Zacua and our portfolio companies as an advisor.

Philip Sondhu is an experienced startup investor and Founder in the Australian market in construction and agriculture industries. Starting his career at Caterpillar, Philip went on to found Australia’s largest farm marketplace, http://farmbuy.com. Over the past 7 years Philip has focused on construction technology investment as Managing Partner of CVC Superseed Ventures.