The company Atempo Growth is led by Co-Founders, Luca Colciago, Jack Diamond, and Matteo Avramov Giulivi, bringing with them a wealth of experience and a proven track record, having financed over 100 European tech companies over the past two decades. The Senior Team grew in 2024 with the addition of Tina Page as COO. 

Atempo Growth’s first fund closed in 2022 with EUR 272 million, receiving contributions from prominent investors such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and BBI, and was fully invested within 3 years. In recent years, startups’ financing through venture debt has grown at a rate of knots as an alternative to traditional venture capital in a difficult landscape for securing rounds of capital. This type of funding targets companies classified as “early-stage” or “growth” and that already have the backing of a venture capital fund.

Santander’s continued investment in Atempo Growth is one of the ways in which the bank articulates its funding to companies at varying stages of growth and in different sectors. 

These initiatives fall under the strategy of the Investment Platforms Unit (IPU) and Santander Alternative Investments, both of which belong to the Group’s Wealth Management and Insurance division. They specialize in investing in alternative growth segments to the bank’s traditional activity, such as direct lending (Tresmares, LB Oprent), private equity (Fremman Capital), venture debt (Atempo), special situations lending (Deva Capital), and venture capital (Seaya, Mouro Capital).