Behind Circles
Our team of founders are passionate about building this community of entrepreneurs and making a difference for digital nomads around the world to make them feel like they have a home away from home.
Co-founder & design director
Natalia Juncosa
Creative in everything she does Natalia is the soul of Circles. Natalia originally had a marketing background with experience in several startups in Barcelona, Mexico DF, Sao Paulo and San Francisco, however, Silicon Valley is the land of the opportunities and she decided to follow her true passion of interior design. Being the co-founder and Design Director in Circles, she takes care of everything related to aesthetics: from the logo, to the chairs, finishes, wall color and linens. She is known for transforming houses into homes, which is why she says that “everything your eyes see has to make you feel comfortable”. She has designed co-livings, homes and offices in Silicon Valley.
Co-founder & CEO
Enric Sole
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel investor (I love to help entrepreneurs). He started working in Hamburg (summer 1999) and then a year in New York City (2000) just to live the Internet bubble burst. Crisis make entrepreneurs and he became one at 22 and started SITmobile, a company that quickly became internationally acknowledged for its mobile services. As the CEO he was opening offices in several countries in 3 continents until the exit in 2014. He also started new ventures opening companies and subsidiaries in over 15 countries in Europe, America, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He lived in many cities around the world as an Entrepreneur and Digital Nomad. After selling SITmobile he spent 5 years in Palo Alto creating a family and mentoring some startups, there he learnt the amazing co-living concept with the hackerhouses of Silicon Valley, helping Startup Embassy, an amazing experience and something he had wished to have lived as a younger entrepreneur.
Co-founder
Loic Malsch
Entrepreneur with large international experience, expert in launching and growing tech projects. Lover of challenges of starting up from zero and launching existing businesses to new markets. Loic enjoys building teams with high potential to set up and grow new businesses. Tons of experience in leading sales and marketing teams as well as e-commerce operations. Building podcast of and for Entrepreneurs.
Co-founder
Karen Prats
Shortlisted as one of the 20 candidates to lead the next business decade in Spain & as European Web Woman Entrepreneur of 2015 at Euro Pioneers & a member of the Forbes 30 under 30. Co-founder of Go-PopUp: a marketplace for renting commercial spaces by days.
Creative
Vanina Arballo
Vanina is an artist at heart. You can immediately notice her when she is around because of the good vibes and energy that she brings into any space. She is part of the creative team, also working with every aesthetic detail of the houses. She has the perfect vision to create the ideal spot for the Entrepreneurs living at Circles.
Advisor
Gui Perdrix
Author of "The Art of Coliving" & co-living expert. He has visited more than 100 coliving spaces to understand the fundamentals of co-living buildings, and he used to be a co-living operator himself where he ran several pop-up co-living spaces. He is now director of Co-Liv, a global association of co-living, and has authored two books on the subject.
