Mr. Manuel Matés Garcia serves as Angel Investor at Manuel Matés. He is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner of Big Sur Ventures. Prior to BSV, he has developed his entrepreneurial career on the internet and IT. From 1994 he cofounded Cinet (B2B ISP sold to Retevisión, now ONO-Vodafone), Olé, (a Cinet spinoff and first Hispanic portal sold to Telefónica. Later known as Terra), and BellMoore Consulting (Internet & Tech integration: CRM-CMS software tools). He has founded and supported some key institutions of the Barcelona tech ecosystem: ESADE Investors and Entrepreneurs Club, ESADE BAN (Business Angels Network) and Business Angels (BA) School, Necotium BA School, and Barcelona Tech City. He has also co-edited and translated the book "Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist" authored by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson. He holds a BS in law and MBA from ESADE. He was also the Founder and served as Managing Partner at Necotium.