VC

Víctor Cardoner

FINANCE | INVESTMENT | DATA | TECHNOLOGY

Lausanne, Vaud

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Executive Director - Treasury & Capital Markets

    2024

    Interest Rates & FX risk hedging Derivatives trading: Listed options, NDFs, Interest Rate Swaps, Cross Currency Swaps

2020 - 2023

  • Investment Director

    2020 - 2023

    Caixa Capital Risc is a multi-stage Venture Capital fund investing in B2B SaaS and Deeptech startups in Europe.

2018 - 2020

  • Business Development Manager at CaixaBank DayOne

    2018 - 2020

    DayOne is CaixaBank's service for start-ups, scale-ups and their investors, created to support, develop and guide fast-growing businesses. DayOne revolutionizes the way businesses and investors are connected, focusing on their concerns, dynamics, needs and growth speed. Key achievements: • Led DayOne’s Corporate Venturing initiative, providing qualified leads for the technology and innovation departments of CaixaBank, its subsidiaries and selected corporate clients. • Designed, built and operated a knowledge base to increase lead generation by identifying disruptive technologies and business models. Leveraged #Salesforce to map and track Spanish and Portuguese start-ups, scale-ups, their investors and all the relevant agents in the ecosystem. • Developed financial products and services leveraging both internal capabilities and third-party solutions, helping customers cover their financial needs and manage their treasury risks. • Acted as Ambassador and Jury member of Start4Big Open Innovation initiative.

2007 - 2017

  • Senior Product Manager

    2016 - 2017

    • Managed Interest Rates product strategy and roadmap, including customer needs gathering. • Worked closely with Structuring, Trading and Sales to ensure product met business goals and customers' satisfaction, helping them manage their treasury risks. • Acted as subject matter expert to provide technical sales support for SMBs, Corporates and HNWIs. • Trained Sales force (300+ financial advisors). • Tracked and reported product KPIs.

  • Structured Products Sales and Marketing VP - Santander NY

    2013 - 2016

    Capital Markets: • Responsible for the origination, structuring, and execution of exotic equity, fixed income, credit and FX products. • Covered Private Banking and Institutional clients both offshore and domestic. Digital Transformation: • Led the development of a lifecycle management and secondary market platform for the products issued by the desk. The tool included alerts on events, real-time quotes on Bloomberg/Reuters and access to documentation.

  • Exotic Derivatives Structuring VP - Santander UK

    2011 - 2013

    Capital Markets: • Responsible for structuring, pricing and execution of exotic derivatives. • Thorough knowledge of structured notes, certificates and options. • Experience in the main asset classes, including Equity, Fixed Income and FX • Covered the main European Private banking players in the UK, Switzerland, France and Benelux. Business Development: • Participated in European Private Banks initiative, one of the five most critical points of the growth strategy plan for the 2012-2015 period. • Analyzed the opportunity size, resources needed (team, technology, vehicles...) and risks. Prepared the financial forecasts and go-to market strategy.

  • Equity Derivatives Structurer

    2007 - 2011

    • Developed investment strategies and products based on market data analysis and investment trends. • Produced marketing materials and offered technical support to the sales team. • Developed pricing models using Monte Carlo simulations and analytic methods. • Gained exposure to a wide range of vehicles and wrappers (deposits, notes, funds, certificates and warrants), treasury risk management tools and regulatory issues. • Covered Italian and Spanish Institutional clients.

2006 - 2006

  • European Structured Products Summer Associate

    2006 - 2006

    Summer Internship during the MBA Capital markets: • Pricing of exotic Fixed Income structures Business Development: • Developed a fast-track procedure for the issuance and distribution of Structured Products in the retail network in Spain (30+ branches). • The project involved the operational, legal, risks, tax and compliance aspects of the business.

2003 - 2005

  • Head of the Internet Business Unit

    2003 - 2005

    Axioma is a boutique digital marketing agency. I joined the company to grow its business from design and creative to end-to-end services including technical capabilities. • Set up the Internet business unit: Created strategy, hired staff and led customer acquisition. • Hired and coached a team of 2 UX/UI designers and 3 full-stack developers to deliver online marketing campaigns, e-commerce and web-based applications. • Led projects in the FMCG and retail sectors for customers like Unilever, Nestlé, Dewar’s and Pirelli. • Software stacks: ASP.Net (C#)+SQL Server and PHP+MySQL

1999 - 2003

  • IT Consultant

    1999 - 2003

    Specialized in ERP integrations • Performed module parameterization, validation, testing and data migration for customers in the Technology, Automotive and Telecom sectors. • ERPs (Oracle Applications, SAP), database administration (Oracle, Sybase), programming (PL/SQL)