Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in Spain

Investor	EdTech Spain investments
Andreas Mihalovits	3
Tom Horsey	2
Paco Avila	2
Hugo Arevalo	2
Ed Vaizey	2
Juan José Mostazo	2
Eneko Huarte-Mendicoa	2
Martin Villig	2
Ignacio Lucea	2
Heiko Rauch	2
Felix Ruiz Hernandez	2
José Antonio Llorente	1
Carina Szpilka	1
Jose Marin	1
Manuel Mercader	1
Eduardo Sicilia	1
David Tomás	1
Agustin Cuenca	1
Iñaki Arrola	1
Jose Marin	1
Antonio F. Faría Soto	1
Felipe Navio	1
Fabrice Grinda	1
Gonzalo Ruiz	1
Nuno Sebastiao	1
John Danner	1
Juan Pablo Herrera	1
Sergio Cortés	1
Thomas Meyer	1
Alejandro Villaran	1
Yannick Rault van der Vaart	1
Christine Tsai	1
Carlos Martín	1
César Bardají	1
Mariano Olmeda	1
Miquel Àngel Mora	1
Alberto Andújar Estellés	1
Juan Requena Sanz	1
Benito A. Alvarez	1
Didac Lee	1
Juan Urdiales	1
Serge Chiaramonte	1
Ignacio Garcia-Drake	1
Ricardo Fernandez	1
Miguel Guerrero	1
Edurne de Oteiza	1
Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros	1
Carlos Martín de San Pablo	1
Pablo Fernandez	1
Dr. Jan Brinckmann	1

Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

BRICKBRO — Currently, Brickbro is one of the leading real estate transactional platforms in the spanish market.
Xceed — Go out and live the best night events, parties & festivals at top clubs, bars and restaurants from around the world. Guest lists, tickets & VIP bottle service.
Tuvalum — Make used bikes great again! Tuvalum is the largets and most trusted site in pre-loved bikes. Every used bike is carefully certified by our expert mechanics. Our mission is to transform the bicycle industry for a more sustainable future through digitization and a great customer experience. Get the bike you really need for your goals and needs, allthe bikes are supremely certified by expert mechanics.

Tom Horsey is co-founder of the Crazy4Media group, a group of digital marketing companies, several of which he has been a founder, and of the startup association the Connected Mobility Hub, Tom invests mainly in digital marketing and mobility companies with a special focus on Andalusian companies. He has done exit with The Mobile Life and QAShops, and currently has in his portfolio several successful startups such as Open Webinars, Mission Box / Mox, Workkola, Wuolah, Fheel, Ciclogreen, Checkealos and Levelbots / Güelcom. In spite of its English origin Tom Horsey is based between Seville (Spain) and St Julians (Malta).

Investment focus

Food Delivery, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Nominis — Nominis is the digital language academy during childhood. It uses interactive stories as a key resource to enhance the learning experience.
Ordatic — Ordatic is a developer of food delivery management platform intended to connect customers' orders online with their preferred restaurants.
Playoffnations — Playoffnations is a platform for the creation of innovative video game events and competitions and a communication agency that integrates brands in the sector.

Paco Avila

Investment focus

Content, Education, Marketplace
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

Hugo Arévalo is co-founder of Buytheface , Bright & Sharp , and Albau Ventures . In addition, he has invested in: Jobandtalent , Cabify , Ontruck and Deporvillage : and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers . One of its criteria is the qualification of management. Lately, it is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, althoughit is open to any sector. Among his exits, Tuenti and Buytheface stand out .

Investment focus

Marketplace, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Spain, Canada, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Cuimo — Cuimo is a motor company that offers transport, financing, and second hand motorcycle servicing.
Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
Imperia — We provide to our clients tools for managing and optimizing their processes in the area of operations through an innovative, advanced and user-friendly software solution. Analytics Demand Planning (ADP) is a complete solution to support the demand forecasting process, based on two key pillars: 1. Easy-to-use: the solution is fully integrated inExcel, providing great ease of use and minimum implementation times. “If you know how to use Excel, you know how to use ADP”. 2. Collaborative planning: the tool is developed under a collaborative environment in which all members of the organization can be involved in the process, improving the decision-making process.Furthermore, it has great computing power based on statistical models and a wide range of advanced functionalities that add extra value to the product. Such as reference segmentation, intelligent cleaning of historical data series and integrated dashboards for sales and forecast analytics.

Ed Vaizey MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for digital industries on 15 July 2014. He is the Conservative MP for Wantage and Didcot.

Investment focus

Banking, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A
Spain

Portfolio highlights

StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!

The BidMotion engineering team lead studied computer engineering in his home country of Spain before beginning his entrepreneurial career in the mobile industry, founding a multimedia content aggregator for mobile devices. CTO Juan José Mostazo then transplanted to Berlin to continue his career in system architecture, where he joined forces withDaniel Nathan in the German capital on the Datalift team, following his first AdTech endeavor with Hitfox Group. Juanjo currently defines the technological direction of the BidMotion platform, leading the engineering team and managing the platform architecture.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Spain

Portfolio highlights

WOODEA — Constructora industrializada de edificios en madera. Reducimos incertidumbre y plazos de manera sostenible y digital.
Banktrack — Banktrack provides All the bank movements by Email, WhatsApp, or your favorite channel.
Bcas — Bcas is a Madrid based fintech unlocking access to quality education through student finance for students from all backgrounds.

Eneko Huarte-Mendicoa

Investment focus

EdTech, Education
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Beebrite — Beebrite develops online games and tools to improve brain performance. Beebrite is a company that researches and develops technology that helps improve brain performance and intelligence of people around the world. They combine the best techniques from machine learning and neuroscience to build powerful algorithms for their brain training engine,Neurohex™. Their main product is Beebrite Edu, an intelligence stimulation program aimed at children between 7 and 16 years of age.

Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school. Read more from http://martinvillig.com

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Education
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Estonia, Spain, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
Mentornaut — Mentornaut is a new online tutoring platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalized education and counts Super angel, United Angels VC, and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors.
StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!

Ignacio Lucea - Co-Founder @ Mintted

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Recruiting
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Drivies —
beWanted — beWanted is an online platform that offers a listing for students and graduates looking for their first employment. The platform provides companies with tailored solutions to simplify their talent research. It also connects university, company and the best young talent through innovation, for quick, easy and effective selection processes.beWanteddelivers original recruitment tools to its clients. The platform makes available to companies a database with integrated information and search parameters so that each firm can easily find the profile it needs.beWanted is operated from Madrid, Spain. It was launched in 2015 by Juan Torroba.
Copypress —

Co-Founder of UFOstart

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Art
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Spain, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

CodeOp — Empowering Women, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Tech. Join Us to Bridge the Gender Gap and Boost Your Career!
VisionAI — VisionAI is a rebellious research lab crafting products to enhance and grow online shops with visual and text-based AI. Experience our new website.
Modelmanagement.com — Model Management connects new faces and models with scouts, international modeling agencies and model photographers.

Félix Ruiz, founder of Tuenti and president of Jobandtalent. He has invested in startups Jobandtalent, Syltek, Vitcord, Fudeat, Glovo or Deporvillage. As a business angel does not follow any pattern, invest for the team. Bet on internationally scalable projects that do not depend on a single market. Personal investments are made as entertainmentwithout being involved in day to day. When it involves investors, it decides to be part of the company's operations, such as Jobandtalent. He is considered an architect and accelerator of companies, invests in the technology and restoration sectors. His two exits are Tuenti and Buytheface.

Investment focus

Ride Sharing, Transportation, Mobile Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Genially — Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make animpact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away.Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
Playtomic — Playtomic operates an online sports court booking platform intended to become a social network for sports players. It provides a platform to reserve courts, find other players with similar skill levels, and join a social sports community dedicated to learning that helps sports clubs to optimize the use of their facilities and step into the digitalage.Playtomic was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

José Antonio Llorente is a specialist in Corporate and Financial Communication. Over the course of a career spanning more than 30 years, he has provided consultancy services on numerous corporate transactions: mergers, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and stock market floatations. He is the author of El octavo sentido (The Eighth Sense),an essay about the relevance of communication in 21st century society.Mr. Llorente is one of the 15 People from the marketing and communications worlds to Watch in 2015, according to The Holmes Report’s editors. In 2014, he received the award to Outstanding Partner of the Year from the National Federation of Consultancy, Services and Office Associations (Spanish acronym: FENAC) in recognition of his professional and business career as leader of LLYC. Furthermore, he was the first Spanish professional to have received the SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, a European award presented by The Holmes Report.Mr. Llorente worked at the multinational Burson-Marsteller for ten years, where he was Managing Director. He previously worked for five years in the Communications Department of the Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE) and was also a journalist for the News Agency EFE.At present he is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society –the world’s leading professional association for senior public relations and corporate communications executives and educators- on the Board of Advisors of Human Age Institute – the largest Talent initiative put into place in Spain -, on the Board of Trustees of the Euroamérica Foundation and on the Steering Committee of the Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies. He is also on the Advisory Board to SMEs of the Spanish Confederation of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and on the Steering Committee of the Agencies of Spain Association.

Investment focus

Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.

Carina Szpilka earned a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid (ICADE) and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. Carina Szpilka began her professional career in the financial sector working at Banco Santander and Argentaria (now part of BBVA). In 1998 Carina Szpilka was part of the teamthat founded ING Direct in Spain, where Carina Szpilka occupied the position of CEO from 2010 to 2013, having previously occupied said position in ING Direct France from 2008 to 2010. Carina Szpilka is currently an independent director at Abanca and a member of the Advisory Board of Reparalia and of Oracle España. Since the beginning of 2014 Carina Szpilka has been vice-president of UNICEF in Spain. Carina Szpilka is also a member of the Professional Board of ESADE. In 2011 Carina Szpilka was given the "Female Executive of the Year" award by the Spanish Federation of Female Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs (Federación Española de Mujeres Directivas - FEDEPE).

Investment focus

Family, Children, Training
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Lingokids — Voted #1 Kids Learning App, Lingokids is the best app for kids 2-8 years old! Because when learning is fun, kids love to learn! Check it out!

Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

Manuel Mercader

Investment focus

Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.

Eduardo Sicilia

Investment focus

Content, Education, Marketplace
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

David Tomas is General Manager Cyberclick, group of companies specializing in online advertising and marketing, based in Barcelona, Madrid and Bogota, and awarded in December 2013 as Third Best Workplaces in Spain.He has over 15 years of experience in the online world. He is an engineer and completed a program of Entrepreneurship at MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2012 he was named one of the 20 most influential entrepreneurs in Spain, under 40 years, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 and IESE.From Cyberclick, has developed a range of online advertising campaigns: web advertising, email marketing, mobile marketing, coregistros, etc. The objective of this group of companies is to improve the conversion of client campaigns. Specialize in online lead generation through search marketing actions. Only generate quality leads, create and manage mobile campaigns, inbound and email marketing, optimizing the cost of finding customers through online advertising. And also generate databases through coregistros. Cyberclick currently works for both Spanish and international companies from different sectors: education, NGOs, distance selling, or B2B e-commerce, among others.Likewise, David Tomas is a member of the board of Adigital, Spanish Association of Digital Economy, and the Board of Entrepreneurs Organization and actively participates in Founders Institute and SeedRocket, reference initiative in Spain for entrepreneurs with technology-based projects. In the latter, he has mentored projects like Deporvillage, Habitissimo, Captio and Social & Loyal, among others. He has spoken at various events and teaches marketing and ICEMD EADA.

Investment focus

B2B, Software, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mas Leads — Mas Leads Technologies, through its SaaS (Software as a Service), assists B2B firms' Marketing and Sales Departments in obtaining the best real-time data on new potential clients in national and international marketplaces, thereby automating the lead creation process.
Gloop — Gloop manufactures edible and 100% sustainable cutlery by providing environment friendly alternative for single-use plastic.
Hoop Carpool — Hoop Carpool is a SaaS Carpooling Platform for Companies, Universities and Citi-halls

CEO at ASPgems

Investment focus

Video, Education, Marketplace
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps

Iñaki Arrola founded coches.com as entrepreneur in 2003. He invested as BA during some years and raised two funds. Vitamina K in 2011 and in 2016 K Fund.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Spain, Mexico, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Saluspot — Saluspot is an interactive community of physicians dedicated to improving the health and welfare within the social networking world of health online.
Lingokids — Voted #1 Kids Learning App, Lingokids is the best app for kids 2-8 years old! Because when learning is fun, kids love to learn! Check it out!
Startupxplore — Startupxplore is a premium startup investment platform that allows unexperienced and time-savvy investors to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment.

Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

Antonio F. Faría-Soto was chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Doral Bank, the main operating subsidiary of Doral Financial Corporation, a publicly traded company, and president of Doral Money, a subsidiary of Doral Bank, from 2005 to 2006. He is the chairman of the Board’s Investment and Finance Committee and a member of the AuditCommittee and the Executive Committee. From 2003 to 2004, he was president of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and served as an ex-officio member of the boards of directors of several government entities dedicated to the economic development of Puerto Rico. From 2002 to 2003, he served as president of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico and from 2001 to 2002 he was Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico. Before serving as Commissioner, he worked for over 20 years in various senior positions within the commercial and investment banking industries, with responsibilities that covered countries in Central and South America.

Investment focus

Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.

Cofounder and Co-CEO of jobandtalent.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

11x.ai — Onboard the AI workforce from the future and 11x your productivity today
Remuner — Remuner's variable pay software automates sales commission systems, integrating company and employee objectives and incentives. Its commission management platform leverages AI and analytics to improve performance.
Piper — Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.Through its advanced interpretation of sales conversations from video calls, emails and audio notes, Piper automatically populates deal-related fields in the CRM, freeing up sales capacity and ensuring unbiased, highquality data.Piper further lightens the daily workload of salespeople by assisting through every stage of the client engagement: enhancing meeting prep, drafting follow-up emails, scheduling the next call, and more.For sales reps, Piper is a game-changer, letting them focus on selling without the admin drag. For sales directors and revenue ops, Piper provides top-notch data insights into the sales pipeline, enhancing sales forecasting and data-driven decision-making.

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.

Gonzalo Ruiz Manzanares is a software and application developer for iOS and Android. Gonzalo Ruiz is a Telecommunications Engineer training, he worked in R & D and technology consulting companies such as Amena, IBM or DMR Consulting (Everis) before embarking in 2005 with Blogsfarm.com, a network of digital magazines was quickly model expansionthat led to the founding of other startups content as Financialred.com or Viajered.com.After a few years he has co-founded companies like Pidemesa and collected SegurosRed or domains as Cursos.com, Bolsa.com or Horoscopo.com. Currently supports the management of their companies with investments in seed stage entrepreneurs, through owning stakes in more than 40 Startups as Vestidia.com, TouristEye, EnterBio, Bibulu.com, Reclamador.es, etc

Investment focus

EdTech, Guides, Travel
Seed, Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Tutellus — Tutellus is a collaborative platform for education in latin countries. Tutellus.io is the evolution of Tutellus.com, it's a decentralized edtech platform based on the ethereum blockchain, and it pays students for learning. The more users learn, the more money users get and the more relevant users become in the community. The company'sgoal is to decrease poverty worldwide through education, letting students earn money, while they study.Tutellus was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
TouristEye — Love travel? Discover, plan and book your perfect trip with expert advice, travel guides, destination information and inspiration from Lonely Planet.

Prior to starting Feedzai, Nuno was an engineer for the European Space Agency, and worked closely with several successful technology startups.In 2011, Nuno, along with his fellow co-founders Paulo Marques and Pedro Bizarro, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology.Fast forward to today, Nuno hasbeen named the Entrepreneur of the Year by London Business School, shared a stage with tech leaders such as Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, and has been the driving force of Feedzai’s global growth.Under Nuno’s leadership, Feedzai has raised more than $282 million in venture funding, surpassed 500 employees, and continues to keep commerce safe for many of the leading banks, retailers, and payment processors around the globe.Nuno has an MBA from the London Business School.

Investment focus

Banking, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A
United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Synctera — Making it easier for community banks and FinTechs to find their perfect match and work together. Welcome to the new FinTech frontier.
Dragonboat — Dragonboat is the Responsive Product Portfolio platform for leaders to accelerate product outcomes throughout the PDLC and across all levels.
StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!

John Danner is an Angel Investor at Danner Capital. Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute from 2021 - to 2022.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Geniebook — Focused and Effective - Learning is more effective as Geniebook is powered by A.I. to focus your time & attention on mastering the areas you find challenging.Champion Progress - Geniebook encourages better academic performance by giving you greater visibility into learning progress & rewarding it.Empowered & Confident - WithGeniebook, everyone can confidently master any area of learning, anytime, anywhere.
Stoa — StoaMBA helps young professionals get into business roles at India's high-growth startups. Learn from top founders and 10x your career in just 6-months. Our program...
Odyssey — Odyssey connects families with states to get access to funding from states to use with approved vendors to customize education for children who need it most.

Juan Pablo Herrera - Chief Operations Officer (COO) @ GroupM

Investment focus

EdTech, Software, Education
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Magistral — Helping you unleash your best self through online training in leadership, public speaking, negotiation, team management, creativity, and sales, with professional trainers, collaborators at organizations such as Coca-Cola, Spotify, IKEA, L'Oréal, Nestlé, Sony, IBM, Bayer, American Express, Heineken, BMW, Omega, Volkswagen, Herbalife, Hilton,Audi, Inditex, El Corte Inglés or Telefónica, among others.
Upplication —

Founder&CEO at Social-Buy.com.

Investment focus

Video, Education, Marketplace
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps

Thomas Meyer

Investment focus

Training, Career Planning
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

CodeOp — Empowering Women, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Tech. Join Us to Bridge the Gender Gap and Boost Your Career!
VisionAI — VisionAI is a rebellious research lab crafting products to enhance and grow online shops with visual and text-based AI. Experience our new website.

Alejandro VillaranI is Founder at Seabery.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Bemyvega — Accessibility tools to make web, online or in present classroom more accessible. Software and hardware solutions for your company events.

Yannick Rault van der Vaart is the co-founder and CEO of Sheetgo.

Investment focus

EdTech, Software, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed
Spain, Ukraine

Portfolio highlights

Noty.ai — Noty.ai is a Workplace AI assistant that creates, tracks and pushes work-related to-dos. Unlock 2 extra hours daily and make communication 100% actionable. Start for free!
Magistral — Helping you unleash your best self through online training in leadership, public speaking, negotiation, team management, creativity, and sales, with professional trainers, collaborators at organizations such as Coca-Cola, Spotify, IKEA, L'Oréal, Nestlé, Sony, IBM, Bayer, American Express, Heineken, BMW, Omega, Volkswagen, Herbalife, Hilton,Audi, Inditex, El Corte Inglés or Telefónica, among others.

Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups). Since the firm’s inception in 2010, she has grown 500 Global led the firm’s growth over the past decade from a startup accelerator to a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.4B in assets under management, and investments in more than 2,800 companies in 80+countries. 500 Global regularly ranks as one of the most active venture capital firms in the world, according to PitchBook, with a top number of exits. The firm’s diversified portfolio includes over 35 companies valued at more than $1B, such as Talkdesk, Canva, Carbon Health, and GitLab. Private Equity International has named Christine one of 10 Women of Influence in venture capital.She currently serves on the venture capital committee of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, and is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Christine is also an honoree of Gold House’s 2021 A100 List, recognizing the most impactful Asian and Pacific Islander leaders across business and technology, entertainment, advocacy and politics, lifestyle, and sports.Prior to founding 500 Global, she held product marketing and operating roles at Google, focusing primarily on monetization and developer products such as Google AdSense, Google Analytics, YouTube APIs and syndication, and Google Developer Platform Tools.Christine holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Investment focus

Mobile, SaaS, Software
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Japan, Spain

Portfolio highlights

GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
Barn & Willow — A Simpler Way to Buy Window Coverings - drapes, curtains, blinds and shades. Crafted from the most exclusive and premium Belgian linen and organic cotton fabrics. Delivered in 10 days.
Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.

Carlos Martín

Investment focus

Video, Education, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Cursogram — Cursogram is a platform for online training video: software, professional design & editing, business, creativity, marketing and social media.Academic education for all ages. Video Courses: 3D and CAD, Photography, Video, Audio, Business Skills, Design, Creativity, Programming, Security, Marketing, Social Media. The video courses aretaught by the best teachers.

César Bardají

Investment focus

Video, Education, Marketplace
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Marketeer —

Mariano Olmeda Sarrión is a Vice President of Metrovacesa S.A. He has been deputy general manager of Banco Santander in the Santander Global Banking & Markets division.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Blockchain
Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Tutellus — Tutellus is a collaborative platform for education in latin countries. Tutellus.io is the evolution of Tutellus.com, it's a decentralized edtech platform based on the ethereum blockchain, and it pays students for learning. The more users learn, the more money users get and the more relevant users become in the community. The company'sgoal is to decrease poverty worldwide through education, letting students earn money, while they study.Tutellus was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Miquel A. Mora is a CEO at AtheneaEdu.ai

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Angel
Spain

Portfolio highlights

AtheneaEDU — AtheneaEDU develops and produces training experiences with Artificial Intelligence to enhance student saving educational facilities time and resources. AtheneaEdu is more than a tool for educators and professionals.

Alberto Andújar Estellés

Investment focus

Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.

Juan Requena Sanz

Investment focus

Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.

Benito A. Alvarez is the President and CEO ProHealth Physicians. He previously worked at Cleveland Clinic as a Staff Physician. Benito A. Alvarez attended Columbia University in the City of New York and the University of Tennessee.

Investment focus

Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.

Prior to founding Galdana Ventures, Didac has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years, funding more than 15 tech companies (among others: Inspirit, TradeInn, Fhios, Peninsula, Threepoints - Planeta, Safe365) which today account for more than 800 employees and €300 million turnover.Dídac is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures.With 1B USD fund invested in Silicon Valley (50%), China (30%) and Europe (20%), Galdana Ventures is considered one of the best performing Venture Capital Fund of Funds globally.Dídac is a former Board Member of FC Barcelona, he served on the Board for 10 years from 2010 to 2020. Since 2018, he was Head of Digital, an internationally recognized reference in its field, with 370M followers in social media and more than 100M Euros in turnover. Among Lee´s achievements at FCB, one of the biggest is the leading of the digitalization of the Club; his legacy is applauded by many. During his career, Dídac has received several awards, including the following: Doctor Honoris Causa (Universidad del Siglo 21), Entrepreneur of the Year (Pimec, 2019), Business Angel of the Year (AEBAN, 2019), Best European Startup Mentor Award (The Founder Institute, 2013), he has been listed by IESE as one of 20 most influential entrepreneurs under 40, and selected by WIRED magazine as one of the Top 100 European Digital Influencers (number 2 in Spain).Didac was born in Figueres (close to Barcelona), his parents are from China and he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.Galdana Ventures (Co-Founder - 2015/Current)Galdana is a Venture Capital fund of funds founded and invested by successful tech entrepreneurs that invests in some of the top tier firms in the United States, Asia, Israel and EuropeGaldana’s management team counts on more than 80 years of accumulated experience as successful entrepreneurs and investors. It has taken part in the creation of 17 companies with an aggregate value of $1.5 billion and managed investments for approximately $240 million in 30 companies with an aggregate final value of $1 billion.Our investor base includes entrepreneurs who have founded companies worth more than $4 billion in aggregated value, and we work to further increase this base with successful entrepreneurs from all the regions where we invest.In addition to this, Galdana has partnered with Altamar Capital Partners, a fund of funds management company specialized in private equity, real estate and infrastructure with approximately $3.4 billion in historically committed capital.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, Real Estate
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
Buo — Buo is a social commerce app.
Gretel.co — The feed that generates automated insights from your marketing apps. Connect easily and receive alerts about behaviour and performance.

Cofounder & CoCEO at jobandtalent.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Abacum — Our FP&A software automates data integration, eases collaboration & drives rapid insights into your financial health. See why Typeform, Ebury & Cabify trust us.
TaxDown — TaxDown has revolutionized tax advice by being lone of the pioneers in digital service that lets users file income tax returns easily. It claims to guarantee the taxpayers the desired results. As this company is the collaborator of the Tax Agency, taxpayers can present their income statements on their own platform. The digital and automaticsolution maximizes savings.
Trucksters — We are a transportation company that focuses on providing long distance FTL trucking service through an innovative relay system based on artificial intelligence. We achieve transit times similar to air transport while reducing the costs of traditional road transportation.

Serge Chiaramonte

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Trezy — Trezy is smart & simple software the helps you manage your business with real-time finance insights & automated cash-flow forecasting.
qomodo — Qomodo is an "all-in-one" payment methods aggregator, allowing physical commercial operators to safeguard and expand their cash flow and offer Buy Now Pay Later payments to customers, in addition to one-time payments. Qomodo focuses on merchants providing services for essential yet often unforeseen expenses, which typically involve ahigher transaction value.
Borderless — Borderless is a workforce migration platform.It offers automation solutions that focuses on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.

Ignacio Garcia-Drake - Founder @ beWanted

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Recruiting
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

beWanted — beWanted is an online platform that offers a listing for students and graduates looking for their first employment. The platform provides companies with tailored solutions to simplify their talent research. It also connects university, company and the best young talent through innovation, for quick, easy and effective selection processes.beWanteddelivers original recruitment tools to its clients. The platform makes available to companies a database with integrated information and search parameters so that each firm can easily find the profile it needs.beWanted is operated from Madrid, Spain. It was launched in 2015 by Juan Torroba.

Ricardo Fernandez - Managing Director Limehome Spain @ Limehome

Investment focus

Video, Education, Marketplace
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps

Miguel Guerrero is a CTO at AtheneaEdu.ai

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Angel
Spain

Portfolio highlights

AtheneaEDU — AtheneaEDU develops and produces training experiences with Artificial Intelligence to enhance student saving educational facilities time and resources. AtheneaEdu is more than a tool for educators and professionals.

Edurne de Oteiza is the chief operating officer of Wallapop. Edurne de Oteiza attended ESCP Business School.

Investment focus

SaaS, EdTech, Family
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

toddl.co — Book classes, camps and events for your kids in less than 3 clicks

Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros is CEO / Founder @ Smash.

Investment focus

Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
Funding Round
Spain

Portfolio highlights

niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.

Carlos Martín de San Pablo

Investment focus

Video, Education, Online Portals
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Cursogram — Cursogram is a platform for online training video: software, professional design & editing, business, creativity, marketing and social media.Academic education for all ages. Video Courses: 3D and CAD, Photography, Video, Audio, Business Skills, Design, Creativity, Programming, Security, Marketing, Social Media. The video courses aretaught by the best teachers.

Pablo Fernandez is a co-founder at Clikalia.

Investment focus

EdTech, FinTech, Lending
Seed, Series A
Spain, France

Portfolio highlights

Bcas — Bcas is a Madrid based fintech unlocking access to quality education through student finance for students from all backgrounds.
Gravity Wave — Gravity Wave mission is to involve companies, entities and individuals in the cleaning of our seas and oceans.
Beanstock — Beanstock is an online real estate marketplace for buying, managing and selling rental investment properties in Europe.

Dr. Jan Brinckmann is a Full Professor of Entrepreneurship at ESADE Business School.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Career Planning
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

CareerOS — Gain a competitive edge with our innovative tools, virtual career collaboration, real-time data, and AI enhancements. Guide students each step of the way!