CEO & Co-Founder — B2B SaaS venture in regtech compliance (Barcelona, Spain)

About Antai Ventures

Antai Ventures is a Barcelona-based venture studio with presence across Southern Europe and LatAm (Mexico). Since 2012 we have co-founded 30 companies including Glovo Wallapop PlatanoMelón GoTrendier and Piper backing the best co-founders to build global companies that disrupt multi-billion-dollar industries. Our ventures have raised more than $1.5B in funding generated more than $3B in shareholder value and currently employ more than 3000 people.

The opportunity

We are building a B2B SaaS company in compliance: an AI copilot that helps AML teams at banks payment institutions and fintechs run investigations and KYC/KYB reviews faster producing auditable case files with a human always in the loop. Compliance teams in Europe are drowning in alerts and manual casework just as a new wave of EU regulation (AMLA DORA) raises the bar; the budget is large growing and non-discretionary.

As a founder youll be in the driving seat launching and leading your own company. We invest in you and act as your co-founding partners equipping you with strategic support so you can go from 0 to 1 faster.

As CEO & Co-Founder you will be responsible for

• Owning the companys vision strategy and P&L from day zero.

• Driving customer discovery with compliance leaders (MLROs CCOs) to sharpen the wedge and reach product-market fit.

• Building a repeatable go-to-market: landing lighthouse customers converting pilots into recurring contracts and owning ARR growth.

• Recruiting and leading an exceptional founding team alongside Antai.

• Navigating a regulated buyer: building trust with compliance risk and audit stakeholders where credibility is the product.

• Raising the companys next funding rounds.

• Setting the culture pace and operating cadence of the company.

What were looking for

Must-haves

• Proven 01 experience operating a digital business as a founder early employee or general manager with real ownership.

• 5 years of professional experience with increasing operational leadership.

• Demonstrated ability to attract and retain top talent.

• Strong commercial judgment: you know how to find revenue and close complex B2B deals.

• Experience in regulated industries financial services compliance legal or insurance.

• Excellent communication skills; fluent Spanish and English.

Nice-to-haves (bonus)

• Experience building or selling B2B software to enterprise or mid-market buyers.

• Direct exposure to AML/KYC financial-crime or regtech.

• Previous founder of a VC-backed company or early at a high-growth startup.

What we offer

• The opportunity to own a real part of what you build with a meaningful equity stake (investment is required).

• Competitive compensation as the company gets funded.

• Membership in Antais ecosystem of serial entrepreneurs who have founded and scaled $1B companies.

• Access to support from Antais team.

• The chance to build your next company in a fast-tracked way.

• Office space in Barcelona and Madrid (and Mexico City).

Interested

If building a category-defining company alongside an experienced studio sounds like your next chapter wed love to talk.

Required Experience:

Founder