Covadonga Baselga is a senior investment consultant at Amadeus Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Spain-based travel software and technology services provider Amadeus IT.
She joined Amadeus Ventures in the summer of 2017, but had initiated her career with its parent in 2014 at its Asia-Pacific regional office in Bangkok, Thailand. After this, Baselga returned to her home town of Madrid to spend two years in the firm’s Spain-based strategy management office, which implements strategic initiatives across the organisation, before joining Amadeus Ventures.
Suzanna Chiu, head of ventures, said in her nomination of Baselga: “Cova has been instrumental in driving the progress of Amadeus Ventures. She has established herself as an integral part of the startup ecosystem in travel and in Spain, generating a strong pipeline of dealflow that is now being processed and executed.
“Cova worked very closely with our airline and airport business units in understanding their innovation requirements and sourcing opportunities accordingly. She also developed our investment thesis and angle around urban mobility.
“Between her busy travel schedule, Cova also helps to improve our dealflow management process and tools that are crucial to the smooth operations of our activities.”
Amadeus Ventures invests in early-stage companies focusing on technology and travel.
Baselga said in autumn of 2018, Amadeus Ventures closed a follow-on investment in one of its portfolio companies which she had managed – Betterez, a Canada-based reservations and ticketing management software developer.
