This Entrepreneur Raised $60 Million To Streamline Financial Management For Small Businesses Lluís Cañadell chose to look a crisis in the face and turn it into a huge opportunity to leap into business as an entrepreneur. On the Dealmakers Podcast, Canadell talked about communication, cultures that foster entrepreneurship or suffocate it, quickly grabbing a 10% market share, and how the fundraising environment today is extremely different than it was months ago. Lluís Cañadell chose to look a crisis in the face and turn it into a huge opportunity to leap into business as an entrepreneur. On the Dealmakers Podcast, Canadell talked about communication, cultures that foster entrepreneurship or suffocate it, quickly grabbing a 10% market share, and how the fundraising environment today is extremely different than it was months ago. Listen to the full podcast episode and review the transcript here. *FREE DOWNLOAD* The Ultimate Guide To Pitch Decks How Culture Influences Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lluis Canadell was born in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. He counts himself fortunate to have grown up in a loving middle-class family, and been sent to a private school. Spain has a wonderful quality of life in so many ways. It’s a great place to raise children in many ways. Yet, he says that its European system of social democracy also has some flaws and drawbacks. On the one hand, you have unlimited free healthcare and public infrastructure. On the other hand, he says there hasn’t been much of an ecosystem to cultivate startups and entrepreneurial thinking. Certainly not to the extent you will find in the United States of Colombia. While Canadell says that he was always fascinated with business, he never really considered a startup or entrepreneurship as an option. It was always looked down on as something you only did if you had no other options, and couldn’t get a job. It was dooming yourself to a life of struggle and lack of direction. Instead, he aspired to a career in investment banking and private equity. Though once he actually got into some internships and got a taste of the work, he quickly decided that it wasn’t for him. He just didn’t love the aggressive money-focused culture. Raise Capital Smarter, Not Harder AI Investor Matching: Get instantly connected with the right investors Pitch & Financial Model Tools: Sharpen your story with battle-tested frameworks Proven Results: Founders are closing 3× faster using StartupFundraising.com GET STARTED FREE Working For McKinsey This led him to switch to consulting, including spending time working at McKinsey. He spent two years there working on 11 different projects. As a business analyst, he was expected to learn new things, and entire industries fast. Continue reading the full guide Related guidesLluís Cañadell On Raising $60 Million To Streamline Financial Management For Small BusinessesThis Entrepreneur Raised $75 Million To Unlock Data-Driven Insights In Real Estate With AIFrom Coding Whiz To AI Leader: Inside The Billion Startup Building The Best Machine Learning ToolsYan-David (Yanda) Erlich: Inside The Billion Startup Building The Best Machine Learning ToolsThis Entrepreneur Raised $54 Million To Inject AI And A Network Of Experts Into The Recruitment ProcessNick Cromydas On Raising $54 Million To Inject AI And A Network Of Experts Into The Recruitment Process Read on Startup Fundraising · More articles · Browse the Library More from Startup FundraisingArticles — Investor Update Cadence During FundraisingVideos — Adam Schwartz Selling A Company For 40 Million And Now Building An Ai ToolThe 12 Step Startup Path Investors Actually Fund Dcf7caMost Active Logistics Investors In Bengaluru 2026Ai Infrastructure In Los Angeles Ca — Most Backed Startups 2026Los Angeles Ca — State Of Funding 2026Coinvestors — Andreessen Horowitz And Sequoia Capital 2026San Francisco — Top Coinvestor Pairs 2026Archive — Alternatives 2026Overstory — Investor Syndicate 2026Uncork Capital — Alternatives 2026Sequoia Capital — New York Ny Portfolio 2026Accomplice — Portfolio Companies 2026First Round Capital — Ai Infrastructure Portfolio 2026Kapor Capital — Portfolio Co Investors 2026Fintech — Most Active Firms 2026Investor Landscape 2026Fintech — State Of Investing 2026 Library homeFull library indexArticlesHomeInvestor directoryFounder directoryCompany funding databaseResearch hubPricing
