Blair MacLaren
Founder & COO @ Learnlife
Barcelona, Spain
Blair MacLaren is a Series A investor at Learnlife in Barcelona focused on Internet and E-Commerce. Blair joined Active Venture Partners in 2007 after having finished his MBA degree in Barcelona. He has played instrumental roles in the negotiations of several transactions to date and was promoted to Partner in 2010. He is currently on the board of Restalo, Whisbi and Ticketbis.Before joining Active Venture Partners, Blair worked as a dualqualified corporate lawyer in the UK for 7 years with the Scottish commercial law firm Burness LLP. As an associate partner in the corporate finance team he advised start-ups, SMEs and large multinationals on all aspects of UK corporate law. He specialized in mergers, acquisitions, sales of companies and, with particular focus on the AIM market in London, IPOs, and completed transactions valued in excess of £180m in aggregate. In addition, he completed more than 20 corporate restructurings and joint ventures, and acted on behalf of management and investors in venture capital investments worth in excess of £20m. He also developed a niche expertise of share option plans. He managed cross-departmental transaction teams to review and propose deal structures, support negotiations, carry out legal due diligence and draft legal documents. Furthermore, he also gained work experience in the energy sector with the Procurement Department of the Power Systems Division of ScottishPower PLC.Blair was born in Scotland and has lived and worked in Scotland and Spain. He is fluent in English and Spanish.Blair studied for his honours degree in law at the University of Glasgow and Copenhagen Business School and received an MBA from ESADE Business School, Barcelona, in 2007.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Blair MacLaren invests in
Stages Blair MacLaren invests in
Countries Blair MacLaren invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (25%)
- E-Commerce 2 (17%)
- Hospitality 2 (17%)
- Restaurants 2 (17%)
- Reservations 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
- Series E 1 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Country
- Spain 3 (25%)
- Chile 1 (8%)
Investments
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Whisbi
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Whisbi provides a mobile-first mobile-first conversational sales & marketing platform for B2C enterprises.Their solution creates an opportunity for Sales & Marketing professionals to increase sales conversion, improve live engagement and provide a differentiating online customer experience.Whisbi combines all contact channels likevideo-call, chat, chatbot, click-to-call or a traditional phone call into one centralized data-driven UI for your customers. Enhanced by a BI engine, Whisbi provides the right channel for the right customer at the right time.The Whisbi solution easily integrates with existing infrastructures, ranging from call centers to physical stores and virtual showrooms. Simple inclusion of the solution on websites provides the ability to drive a truly omnichannel customer experience that significantly increases online conversion rates.They offer a world-class conversational platform for sales & marketing and are able to share industry-specific insights & expertise. They have unparalleled experience working closely with global enterprises in telecommunications, automotive, travel, and insurance & banking. | $5.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 11, 2019 | |
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Whisbi
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Whisbi provides a mobile-first mobile-first conversational sales & marketing platform for B2C enterprises.Their solution creates an opportunity for Sales & Marketing professionals to increase sales conversion, improve live engagement and provide a differentiating online customer experience.Whisbi combines all contact channels likevideo-call, chat, chatbot, click-to-call or a traditional phone call into one centralized data-driven UI for your customers. Enhanced by a BI engine, Whisbi provides the right channel for the right customer at the right time.The Whisbi solution easily integrates with existing infrastructures, ranging from call centers to physical stores and virtual showrooms. Simple inclusion of the solution on websites provides the ability to drive a truly omnichannel customer experience that significantly increases online conversion rates.They offer a world-class conversational platform for sales & marketing and are able to share industry-specific insights & expertise. They have unparalleled experience working closely with global enterprises in telecommunications, automotive, travel, and insurance & banking. | $1.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 13, 2018 | |
Ticketbis
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Ticketbis enables users to purchase and sell tickets for concerts, festivals, theater plays, sporting events, and more. It has more than one million customers worldwide.Ticketbis was launched by Jon Uriarte and Ander Michelena in December 2009 and its main operations are based in Madrid, Spain with presence in other countries such as Italy,Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Japan, New Zealand, and more. | $3.2M / Series E / Apr 14, 2015 | |
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Ticketbis
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Ticketbis enables users to purchase and sell tickets for concerts, festivals, theater plays, sporting events, and more. It has more than one million customers worldwide.Ticketbis was launched by Jon Uriarte and Ander Michelena in December 2009 and its main operations are based in Madrid, Spain with presence in other countries such as Italy,Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Japan, New Zealand, and more. | $5.7M / Series D / Oct 02, 2014 | |
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Ticketbis
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Ticketbis enables users to purchase and sell tickets for concerts, festivals, theater plays, sporting events, and more. It has more than one million customers worldwide.Ticketbis was launched by Jon Uriarte and Ander Michelena in December 2009 and its main operations are based in Madrid, Spain with presence in other countries such as Italy,Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Japan, New Zealand, and more. | $6.7M / Series D / Jul 15, 2014 | |
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Whisbi
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Whisbi provides a mobile-first mobile-first conversational sales & marketing platform for B2C enterprises.Their solution creates an opportunity for Sales & Marketing professionals to increase sales conversion, improve live engagement and provide a differentiating online customer experience.Whisbi combines all contact channels likevideo-call, chat, chatbot, click-to-call or a traditional phone call into one centralized data-driven UI for your customers. Enhanced by a BI engine, Whisbi provides the right channel for the right customer at the right time.The Whisbi solution easily integrates with existing infrastructures, ranging from call centers to physical stores and virtual showrooms. Simple inclusion of the solution on websites provides the ability to drive a truly omnichannel customer experience that significantly increases online conversion rates.They offer a world-class conversational platform for sales & marketing and are able to share industry-specific insights & expertise. They have unparalleled experience working closely with global enterprises in telecommunications, automotive, travel, and insurance & banking. | $4.8M / Feb 14, 2014 | |
Restaurantes.com
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Restalo is Southern Europe´s and Australia´s leading provider of real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and cloud-based reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants. The company is headquartered in Barcelona and the Restalo service is available throughout Spain, Italy, Australia and the main European cities. Restalo hasmore than 8.000 restaurant customers, and, since its foundation in 2009, has seated more than 4 million diners. | $10M / Series B / Sep 17, 2013 | |
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Whisbi
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Whisbi provides a mobile-first mobile-first conversational sales & marketing platform for B2C enterprises.Their solution creates an opportunity for Sales & Marketing professionals to increase sales conversion, improve live engagement and provide a differentiating online customer experience.Whisbi combines all contact channels likevideo-call, chat, chatbot, click-to-call or a traditional phone call into one centralized data-driven UI for your customers. Enhanced by a BI engine, Whisbi provides the right channel for the right customer at the right time.The Whisbi solution easily integrates with existing infrastructures, ranging from call centers to physical stores and virtual showrooms. Simple inclusion of the solution on websites provides the ability to drive a truly omnichannel customer experience that significantly increases online conversion rates.They offer a world-class conversational platform for sales & marketing and are able to share industry-specific insights & expertise. They have unparalleled experience working closely with global enterprises in telecommunications, automotive, travel, and insurance & banking. | $1.1M / Sep 19, 2012 | |
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Whisbi
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Whisbi provides a mobile-first mobile-first conversational sales & marketing platform for B2C enterprises.Their solution creates an opportunity for Sales & Marketing professionals to increase sales conversion, improve live engagement and provide a differentiating online customer experience.Whisbi combines all contact channels likevideo-call, chat, chatbot, click-to-call or a traditional phone call into one centralized data-driven UI for your customers. Enhanced by a BI engine, Whisbi provides the right channel for the right customer at the right time.The Whisbi solution easily integrates with existing infrastructures, ranging from call centers to physical stores and virtual showrooms. Simple inclusion of the solution on websites provides the ability to drive a truly omnichannel customer experience that significantly increases online conversion rates.They offer a world-class conversational platform for sales & marketing and are able to share industry-specific insights & expertise. They have unparalleled experience working closely with global enterprises in telecommunications, automotive, travel, and insurance & banking. | $1.1M / Jan 23, 2012 | |
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Restaurantes.com
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Restalo is Southern Europe´s and Australia´s leading provider of real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and cloud-based reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants. The company is headquartered in Barcelona and the Restalo service is available throughout Spain, Italy, Australia and the main European cities. Restalo hasmore than 8.000 restaurant customers, and, since its foundation in 2009, has seated more than 4 million diners. | $1.1M / Series A / Jun 02, 2011 | |
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Co-Investors
About Learnlife
Learnlife is an innovative Learntech organization that is revolutionizing how learning happens, based on research and science. They are transforming education worldwide by empowering personal learning experiences and a community of lifelong learners based on positive relationships. By 2030, the organization aims to empower 100 million learners, 5million educators, 100,000 schools and governments of 196 countries through a new learning paradigm that focuses on purpose-inspired and self-determined learning. More than 600+ international Thought & Change Leaders are contributing and co-creating the paradigm that consists out of 21 innovative learning elements that are distributed to any learner through the open ecosystem.Learnlife empowers Learnhubs, physical change-maker communities that inspire cities, regions and countries by showcasing the innovative learning of the new paradigm. The first Learnhub launched in 2018 in Barcelona and Learnlife is now in the process of building a lighthouse in Germany - a 10.000 m2 Lifelong LearnHub as inspiration for the world. Together with partners, Learnlife will drive the creation of 5,000 private and public Learnhubs around the world by 2030.
Learnlife Contacts
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Blair MacLaren
Founder & COO
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Christopher Pommerening
Founder, CEO and Chief Empowerment Officer
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Heiko Rauch
Change Maker and Investor
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Stephen Harris
Founder, Chief Learning Officer
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What does Blair MacLaren invest in?
Blair MacLaren invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Hospitality startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Blair MacLaren closed in Oct 2019. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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