Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title CEO
  • Primary Organization 
    CARTO
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Based in Olapic’s New York headquarters, Sanz serves two roles as Chief Operating Officer and as head of technology and product development. Sanz’s deep technical background fueled the development of Olapic’s proprietary predictive algorithm, Photorank™ that analyzes dozens of different aspects of an image to determine its likelihood to trigger a

purchase. Raised in Zaragoza, Spain, Sanz earned a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering from University of Zaragoza, completing a thesis in Active Noise Control using Machine Learning. Sanz also holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, where he co-founded Olapic in 2010. Prior to founding Olapic, Sanz was a consultant for Accenture, working for aerospace/defense projects in Europe and also worked for Ericsson, responsible for all support teams for the Billing Gateway and Service Provisioning departments across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Sanz and his Olapic co-founders have been recognized by the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund at Columbia Business School and were recipients of the E-cademy Award. Sanz is sought after by media and conferences for his expertise in image recognition and digital imaging technologies.

Number of Investments 3
Luis Sanz has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Venture Round - IDOVEN on Sep 5, 2023, when
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 5, 2023
IDOVEN
Venture Round - IDOVEN
Mar 9, 2016
CoverWallet
Seed Round - CoverWallet
$2M
Nov 27, 2015
Clicars
Seed Round - Clicars
€1M
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Luis Sanz has exits. Their most notable exits are CoverWallet and Clicars.
  • CoverWallet CoverWallet is an online platform that offers insurance management services to its clients.
  • Clicars Clicars will deliver the most trustworthy, valuable and memorable experience to car buyers & sellers
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Luis Sanz is the CEO at CARTO. Additionally, Luis Sanz has had 1 past job as the Co-Founder & COO at Olapic.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Olapic
Co-Founder & COO2010
Luis Sanz studied at University of Zaragoza and Columbia Business School.
Number of Events 3
Luis Sanz has participated in 3 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, South Summit Madrid 2019 on Oct 2, 2019.
Number of News Articles 11
Funding RoundSep 5, 2023
IDOVEN raised an undisclosed amount / Series Unknown from Adam Chekroud and 5 other investors
NewsAug 9, 2016
Funding RoundMar 9, 2016
CoverWallet raised $2,000,000 / Seed from Adeyemi Ajao and 21 other investors
Funding RoundNov 27, 2015
Clicars raised €1,000,000 / Seed from Inaki Berenguer and 3 other investors