# Felix Herranz

> Felix González Herranz is the Co-Founder and CEO of FounderNest, an AI-powered market intelligence platform serving Fortune 500 companies with tools for innovation scouting, competitive analysis, and M&A research. A Fulbright Scholar and Stanford GSB Arjay Miller Scholar, Felix built FounderNest from a problem he lived firsthand - helping companies find signal in a sea of 54 million company profiles. Before FounderNest, he worked at the Inter-American Development Bank across 20+ countries, consulted at The World Bank, and co-founded JuntoSalimos during Spain's 2009 economic crisis to support Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs. His clients include L'Oréal, Roche, Telefónica, AstraZeneca, and Novo Nordisk.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at FounderNest
- **Organizations:** FounderNest, JuntoSalimos, Inter-American Development Bank, The World Bank, Singularity University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- **From:** Spain
- **Nationality:** Spanish
- **Education:** MBA in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation (Arjay Miller Scholar), Stanford Graduate School of Business, Master's in Management of Science and Engineering (Fulbright Scholar), Stanford University, BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Degree in Engineering, Télécom Paris
- **Known for:** Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business (top 10% of MBA class), Fulbright Scholar for graduate studies at Stanford University, Built FounderNest into a trusted platform for Fortune 500 companies including L'Oréal, Roche, Telefónica, AstraZeneca, and Novo Nordisk

## Career timeline

- **2007-2008** — Business Application Consultant at Capgemini
- **2009-2012** — Technical & Strategic Leader for Broadband Program at Inter-American Development Bank, working across 20+ countries
- **2012** — Co-founded JuntoSalimos, a social startup supporting Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs during Spain's economic crisis
- **2013-2015** — Consultant at The World Bank
- **2014** — Began guest lecturing on innovation at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- **2015-2017** — MBA at Stanford GSB (Arjay Miller Scholar) and MS at Stanford (Fulbright Scholar)
- **2017** — Teaching Fellow at Singularity University; Mentor at Venture Lab, Stanford University
- **2018** — Co-founded FounderNest in Palo Alto, CA (launched May 2018)
- **2022** — FounderNest raises Seed funding round (December 2022)
- **2023** — FounderNest raises Convertible Note III (July 2023); total funding reaches $2.6M
- **2024** — FounderNest expands with offices in Madrid and UK; launches AMIA (AI Market Intelligence Analyst)
- **2025** — Speaker at InsureTech Connect 2025 (ITC Vegas), October; FounderNest serves Fortune 500 clients globally

## Achievements

- Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business (top 10% of MBA class)
- Fulbright Scholar for graduate studies at Stanford University
- Built FounderNest into a trusted platform for Fortune 500 companies including L'Oréal, Roche, Telefónica, AstraZeneca, and Novo Nordisk
- Led FounderNest to $2.6M in total funding from investors including Ulu Ventures and BlueRun Ventures (backed PayPal, Waze, Palantir)
- Co-founded JuntoSalimos during Spain's 2009 economic crisis, helping thousands of Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs
- Worked in 20+ countries on telecom sector development at Inter-American Development Bank
- Teaching Fellow at Singularity University
- Guest lecturer on innovation at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid since 2014
- FounderNest database covers 54M+ company profiles and 1.2B+ aggregated data points across 200+ jurisdictions
- Speaker at InsureTech Connect 2025 (ITC Vegas)

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Speaking at InsureTech Connect 2025 (ITC Vegas) on how insurers use data and startup collaboration for innovation
- **2024-10** — Participated in U.S. Spain Executives Community (USEC) Madrid panel on building businesses in US vs Spain
- **2024-00** — FounderNest expanded with offices in Madrid, Spain and the United Kingdom
- **2024-00** — Launched AMIA (AI Market Intelligence Analyst), an orchestrated network of domain-specific AI agents
- **2023-07** — FounderNest closes Convertible Note III funding round, bringing total raised to $2.6M
- **2022-12** — FounderNest closes Seed funding round backed by Ulu Ventures, BlueRun Ventures and others

## Links

- Website: https://foundernest.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/felixgonzalezherranz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Kj6ixeZ6QYGrABSQlNi8g

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Last updated: 2026-05-14