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Universidad de Navarra

Campus Universitario s/n, Edificio Central, Pamplona, Navarra, 31009, Spain

Overview

University of Navarra is a private research university. Its mission is to seek and convey the truth, contribute to the academic, cultural, and personal growth of its students, provide appropriate development opportunities to its faculty and staff, and broadly cultural extension work and social development, with a clear purpose of service. The University of Navarra was created in 1952. It has more than 11,000 students in undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in its 6 campuses: Pamplona, San Sebastian, Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Munich. More than 60 years later, University of Navarra has an alumni community of 150.000+ living and working all around the world. Since 2003, the Alumni Scholarship Program has awarded more than 600 students totaling 9.107.000 €; thanks to the generosity of alumni, foundations, companies, and institutions. University of Navarra also has a hospital medical center characterized by a high degree of medical specialization, constant technological renewal and teamwork. It is a private non-profit hospital that makes constant efforts to promote research in close collaboration with other centers of the University of Navarra and the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA). One of the latest projects at University of Navarra is its Museum of Contemporary Art with the goals of preserve, exhibit, research, and publish original works of art to boost the academic goals of University of Navarra and to enrich the cultural lives of the city of Pamplona, the region of Navarra, and society in general.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
3

Sector focus

  • Education
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Investment portfolio

  • Metal 78

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

    Metal 78 originated as a spin-off from research center Ceit and focuses on the recycling of spent industrial catalysts. Its process aims to recover valuable metals contained in these catalysts, offering a circular-economy solution for industry. The startup has attracted support from institutional, academic and industrial backers, including Geroa, Ampo, CDTI and the University of Navarra through a fund managed by Clave Capital. Roughly a year ago, the same group committed about €0.5 million to get the company off the ground. The newly secured €4.2 million will allow Metal 78 to advance its technology and move toward larger-scale implementation. No operating metrics such as revenue, customer count or production volumes were disclosed in the article. The company positions itself within the sustainable metallurgy and recycling sector, addressing both environmental and resource-efficiency challenges.

Team

  • Maria Beunza Mijimolle

    University professor

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  • Maite Agueros

    Guest Lecturer

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  • Angel Alloza (PhD)

    Member of the Advisory Committee - MCPC Master in Political and Corporate Communication

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