Enrique Casado
Investment Manager at BackFund
Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolEnrique Casado is an investment manager focused on early-stage deep tech, helping scientific teams convert low-to-medium TRL/MRL research into scalable companies across aerospace & defense, advanced materials, and energy. With 12 years of professional experience and a background in IoT/electronics engineering, he blends technical fluency with commercial acumen from roles spanning product management at Amazon and strategy consulting at Accenture. He co-founded Open UC3M and led a university consulting association, demonstrating hands-on startup building and governance experience. Enrique leverages a double degree in Business Administration and Law and an international exchange at UMN Carlson to navigate regulatory, financial, and cross-border growth challenges. He specializes in translating scientific IP into viable processes, systems, and organizations rather than betting on fully mature tech. Based in Spain, he brings a practical engineer’s mindset to investment decisions, often engaging directly with lab teams to de-risk technology transfer.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)International Exchange Program, International Exchange Program at UMN Carlson School of ManagementInvestment Banking Program, Investment Banking Program at Zrive
Spanish, English
Github Skills (16)
cpython10
micropython9
pygame9
python9
microcontroller9
embedded9
arduino-library8
editor5
arduino5
spi5
flash5
peripheral2
bluetooth-le1
bleno1
bluetooth-low-energy1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BHDynamics/circuitpython
Oct 2020 - May 2021
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Contributions:20 PRs, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerscircuitpython
BHDynamics/rfm_radio_dongle
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 months
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