Itxaso Del Palacio

Speaker Bio

Itxaso Del Palacio is a General Partner at Notion, a leading European B2B SaaS focused VC which has invested in companies such as GoCardless, CurrencyCloud and Paddle among others. Prior to that, Itxaso was the Investment Partner for M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) in Europe. Some of the most recent investments led by Itxaso include Yulife (new life insurance provider), Naboo (event management platform), Orus (insurance for SMEs), Onfido (identity verification platform) and Beamery (CRM of recruitment).

On the academic side, Itxaso is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship at UCL (University College London). For more than a decade, Itxaso has taught entrepreneurship at UCL, Imperial College and the Royal College of Arts in London. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs at universities build their businesses.

Itxaso serves on the board of Kauffman Fellows and is very well connected to the global network of fellow investors. By background, Itxaso is an engineer with a PhD in entrepreneurship and venture capital.