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Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Spain in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Education startups based in Spain. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from Spain. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Spain in July 2025

Investor	Education Spain investments
Andreas Mihalovits	3
Paco Avila	2
Juan José Mostazo	2
Hugo Arevalo	2
Eneko Huarte-Mendicoa	2
Ignacio Lucea	2
Heiko Rauch	2
Tom Horsey	2
Ed Vaizey	2
Felix Ruiz Hernandez	2
Martin Villig	2
César Bardají	1
Miquel Àngel Mora	1
Aurea Rodríguez	1
Iñaki Arrola	1
Mariano Olmeda	1
Felipe Navio	1
Tom Blomfield	1
Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros	1
Gwynne Shotwell	1
Luis Vives	1
Dr. Daniel Holz	1
Serge Chiaramonte	1
Mariano Natera Kindelán	1
Fernando García Abasolo	1
Antonio F. Faría Soto	1
Yannick Rault van der Vaart	1
Eduardo Sicilia	1
Nacho Tortosa	1
Benito A. Alvarez	1
Ben Eliott	1
Marc Vicente	1
Agustin Cuenca	1
Dr. Jan Brinckmann	1
Tim Schumacher	1
Joan Alvarez	1
Manuel Mercader	1
Carina Szpilka	1
Michael Wolfe	1
Alberto Andújar Estellés	1
Alejandro Villaran	1
Carlos Martín	1
Ignacio Garcia-Drake	1
Juan Urdiales	1
Mercedes Gonzalez Gorbena	1
Pedro Lizondo Siguero	1
José Antonio Llorente	1
Rolf Schromgens	1
Mario Pablo Sánchez Barrón	1
Nuno Sebastiao	1

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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, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Seidat — Seidat is an online presentation application for sales teams. Get better sales flow, enhance your co-operation concept and make every meeting a success.
Skarbe — AI-powered sales assistant for non-salespeople. Skarbe captures every email and meeting, suggests what to do next, and keeps deals on track.
Drimer Creators — Drimer gives creators the opportunity to build and grow their revenues. Creators can take advantage of a set of tools created to increase revenues and create a brand.

Paco Avila

Investment focus

Content, Education, Marketplace
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
CoverManager — CoverManager is a tool for creating, sell and managing reservations of a restaurant.

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.

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

Software, Mobile Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Spain, Canada, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Chift — Offer native integrations within your software. Your clients connect your software to their tools in one click. Connect easily to Accounting, POS, Invoicing, e-commerce, etc.
Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
Imperia — Boost your supply chain with Imperia. A SaaS tool uniting demand, production, and procurement

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.

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, Software
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Spain, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

CodeOp — Join CodeOp to upskill women and nonbinary people in tech. Live classes, real-world placements, and a global community driving equity in tech.
VisionAI — Recommendy's mission is to transform online shopping into a personalized and interactive real-time experience.With our AI automation and user experience plugin solution, we analyze all products, customer shopping behavior and click paths, based on visual and semantic artificial intelligence, to automate the entire creation of cross-sellingitems and provide a customized and interactive shopping experience.In this way, we save merchants money as well as man-hours and offer them the ability to customize their entire web store to each visitor in real time in an automated way, by reflecting each customer's individual interests and generating valuable data about their own target audience. The result: Online stores standing out from their competitors and offering a unique and motivating shopping experience.
Modelmanagement.com — Model Management connects new faces and models with scouts, international modeling agencies and model photographers.

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, Artificial Intelligence
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.

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!

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

Software, Logistics, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

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.
CoverManager — CoverManager is a tool for creating, sell and managing reservations of a restaurant.

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-own 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!

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 —

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.

Aurea Rodríguez

Investment focus

Training, Artificial Intelligence, Business Information Systems
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

TalentYou — Use talentyou.ai to create personalized courses and deliver interactive experiences that boost your team's performance.

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.

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.

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.

Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Happl — Happl provides benefits that enable employees to choose what's right for them and tools for managers to support their teams, whilst taking care of the admin.
Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.

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.

As President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is responsible for day-to-day operations and for managing all customer and strategic relations to support company growth. She joined SpaceX in 2002 as Vice President of Business Development and built the Falcon vehicle family manifest to nearly 50 launches, representing nearly $5 billion in revenue.Shotwell is a member of the SpaceX Board of Directors.Prior to joining SpaceX, Shotwell spent more than 10 years at the Aerospace Corporation. There she held positions in Space Systems Engineering & Technology as well as Project Management. She was promoted to the role of Chief Engineer of an MLV-class satellite program, managed a landmark study for the Federal Aviation Administration on commercial space transportation, and completed an extensive analysis of space policy for NASA's future investment in space transportation.Shotwell was subsequently recruited to be Director of Microcosm's Space Systems Division, where she served on the executive committee and directed corporate business development.Shotwell also served as a Chair of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Space Systems Technical Committee, and in 2013, was elected to AIAA's honorable grade of Fellow.Shotwell participates in a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)-related programs, including the Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Competition. Under her leadership the committee raised more than $350,000 in scholarships in six years.Shotwell was named winner of the 2011 World Technology Award for Individual Achievement in Space, and in June 2012 she was inducted into the Women In Technology International Hall of Fame. She is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Space Security.Shotwell received, with honors, her bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, and currently serves on the Advisory Council for Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering. She has authored dozens of papers on a variety of subjects including standardizing spacecraft/payload interfaces, conceptual small spacecraft design, infrared signature target modeling, space shuttle integration, and reentry vehicle operational risks.

Investment focus

Family, Children, Training
Series A
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!

Luis Vives - Associate Professor @ ESADE

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!

Dr. Daniel Holz is a Vice President EMEA North at Google Cloud.

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!

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.

Mariano Natera Kindelán is the CFO and partner at The Valley Digital Business School.

Investment focus

EdTech, Training, Education
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Caza Tu Plaza — Caza Tu Plaza is an e-learning platform that offers study materials, conducts online tests, plans activities, and broadcasts live classes.

Fernando García Abásolo is a businessman passionate about neuroscience and innovation to improve the potential of children.

Investment focus

EdTech, Children, Education
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Neuromindset — In an ever-evolving digital era, the mental abilities and emotional health of children often get overshadowed. Envision a world where the essence of education transcends mere knowledge, nurturing every child to unlock their cognitive and emotional prowess using evidence-based tools. At Neuromindset, a Spin-off of the University of Granada (Spain),this isn't just a dream—it's our mission. Our purpose? Seamlessly integrate cognitive and brain training into the very fabric of schooling and home environments. Our dual B2B and B2C models cater to educators and families alike, fortified by three pioneering instruments. Firstly, a classroom-integrated platform that provides educators with a training curriculum that includes mindfulness and game-based activities grounded in rigorous neuroscientific research, empowering students to enhance their attention, executive functions and self-regulation. Secondly, an interactive at-home gaming app, meticulously crafted to cultivate cognitive prowess, making the training both captivating and consequential. And lastly, our avant-garde AI assessment of attentional profiles, not just delineating a child's cognitive map but also tailoring their training, fortifying frailties, and magnifying mights. Neuromindset's hallmark is our dedication to fortify children's mental well-being, bolstering self-regulation, and providing AI-infused, personalized cognitive training. With Neuromindset, education it's not just about learning—it's about flourishing in every sense.

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.

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 Meeting 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.

Eduardo Sicilia

Investment focus

Content, Education, Marketplace
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

Nacho Tortosa

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.

Ben Eliott

Investment focus

Training, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Taalentfy — Our technology bridges the main recruitment barriers by offering 3 main solutions: Firstly, we match the exact candidate to the right job using AI and Machine Learning by extracting unique data. Secondly, we accelerate the hiring process from end to end from 52 days to less than a month. And last but not least, we improve the staff turnover from a6% to a 2%.Knowledgefy is a Spain-based company that was founded in 2016 by Alejandro González.

Marc Vicente

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Language Learning
Seed
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.

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

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

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Career Planning
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Kini — Learn about Kini's mission to improve recruitment efficiency through data. Discover our team and the solutions we provide to the recruitment industry.
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!

Tim Schumacher is a Managing General Partner at World Fund. Tim previously worked at Sedo.com as a Member Board Of Directors. He attended University of Cologne and Stockholm School of Economics.Tim Schumacher Co-Founded and was the longtime CEO of the publicly traded company Sedo AG, which currently has revenues of 130m euros per year andmaintains approximately 350 employees. Since 2012 he has dedicated his professional career to the German startup scene, acting both as a business angel and mentor for young companies with economic potential. His current startups, among many others, are Eyeo/Adblock Plus, Aklamio, Hitfox and Ecosia.

Investment focus

Apps, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

JUMiNGO — Jumingo is an international digital shipping and carrier service provider. It is an innovative startup that has made the logistics industry clear and transparent for customers through a digital shipping platform. They facilitate both business and private customers to compare prices, packaging, and booking services from numerous shipping serviceproviders such as UPS, DHL Express, TNT, FedEx, GLS, and DPD with up to 80% discounted rates. Jumingo saves time and money with benefit from the dynamics and flexibility of their comprehensive range of services without any contractual obligations.
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!
Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.

Joan Álvarez is the co-founder & CEO at HANNUN. He attended Esade.

Investment focus

Music, Training, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Spathios — Book the best spaces in your city by the hour, in 3 clicks.
Habbility — Habbility is the training platform for artists of all levels and disciplines such as music, painting and sculpture who want to learn, enjoy and go further with their creations.

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.

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!

Michael has started or been an initial employee at four startups, including Pipewise, Vontu, Kana, and I/PRO. Two of the companies (Vontu, I/PRO) had large acquisitions, and one (Kana) had a successful IPO.He was a co-founder of Vontu, an enterprise security software company, acquired by Symantec for $350M in 2007. He spent two yearsat Symantec, including a year as the CTO of the Enterprise Product Group, a $4B business with 5000 engineers inside of Symantec.Prior to Vontu, Michael was a founding employee and VP of Engineering at Kana, the pioneer in web-based CRM. Kana went public in 1999 at a multi-billion dollar market capitalization and generated several hundred million dollars in revenue. Mike started his career at Goldman Sachs in New York and London. He has taught at Stanford University and lectured at Harvard, Dartmouth, ESADE, and St. Mary’s business schools.When Mike is not working or with his family, he enjoys, triathlon, cyclocross, ultra-distance running, loves travel, and loves living in San Francisco. Michael and his wife Mary support several local organizations, including D-Rev, where Michael is on the Board of Directors, Raphael House San Francisco, Stanford University, the University of Virginia, and the California Academy of Sciences.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
Spain, United States

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!
Humanity — Humanity is a computer software company that provides software for businesses designed for employee scheduling. It offers SaaS and can be deployed as a stand-alone solution in the cloud, integrated, and HCM platforms. The company was founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mercedes Gonzalez-Gorbena is the Chief Product Officer at TES Global.

Investment focus

EdTech, Children, Education
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Neuromindset — In an ever-evolving digital era, the mental abilities and emotional health of children often get overshadowed. Envision a world where the essence of education transcends mere knowledge, nurturing every child to unlock their cognitive and emotional prowess using evidence-based tools. At Neuromindset, a Spin-off of the University of Granada (Spain),this isn't just a dream—it's our mission. Our purpose? Seamlessly integrate cognitive and brain training into the very fabric of schooling and home environments. Our dual B2B and B2C models cater to educators and families alike, fortified by three pioneering instruments. Firstly, a classroom-integrated platform that provides educators with a training curriculum that includes mindfulness and game-based activities grounded in rigorous neuroscientific research, empowering students to enhance their attention, executive functions and self-regulation. Secondly, an interactive at-home gaming app, meticulously crafted to cultivate cognitive prowess, making the training both captivating and consequential. And lastly, our avant-garde AI assessment of attentional profiles, not just delineating a child's cognitive map but also tailoring their training, fortifying frailties, and magnifying mights. Neuromindset's hallmark is our dedication to fortify children's mental well-being, bolstering self-regulation, and providing AI-infused, personalized cognitive training. With Neuromindset, education it's not just about learning—it's about flourishing in every sense.

Pedro Lizondo seguiro is an individual investor.

Investment focus

EdTech, Children, Education
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Neuromindset — In an ever-evolving digital era, the mental abilities and emotional health of children often get overshadowed. Envision a world where the essence of education transcends mere knowledge, nurturing every child to unlock their cognitive and emotional prowess using evidence-based tools. At Neuromindset, a Spin-off of the University of Granada (Spain),this isn't just a dream—it's our mission. Our purpose? Seamlessly integrate cognitive and brain training into the very fabric of schooling and home environments. Our dual B2B and B2C models cater to educators and families alike, fortified by three pioneering instruments. Firstly, a classroom-integrated platform that provides educators with a training curriculum that includes mindfulness and game-based activities grounded in rigorous neuroscientific research, empowering students to enhance their attention, executive functions and self-regulation. Secondly, an interactive at-home gaming app, meticulously crafted to cultivate cognitive prowess, making the training both captivating and consequential. And lastly, our avant-garde AI assessment of attentional profiles, not just delineating a child's cognitive map but also tailoring their training, fortifying frailties, and magnifying mights. Neuromindset's hallmark is our dedication to fortify children's mental well-being, bolstering self-regulation, and providing AI-infused, personalized cognitive training. With Neuromindset, education it's not just about learning—it's about flourishing in every sense.

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.

Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

inne — Inne is a Berlin-based biotech startup that builds a hormone-based mini lab for women with a mission to make natural contraception convenient and accurate. They aim to help women tune into their bodies and make informed decisions about their fertility and overall female health.Inne uses biochemistry and an app to track hormones and understandwhat it means and how they affect a woman's everyday fertility.
Bunch AI — Try Bunch: the AI coach that makes it easy for ambitious leaders to learn and grow.
Mindsurance — At Mindsurance, we believe that a thriving workforce starts with prioritizing mental health. Our range of evidence-based solutions empowers businesses to create a supportive environment that nurtures employee well-being. From targeted training programs to confidential counseling services, we offer a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of your organization. Join us in fostering a healthier, happier, and more engaged workforce.

Mario Pablo Sánchez Barrón , CEO of Startidea.

Investment focus

EdTech, Children, Education
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Neuromindset — In an ever-evolving digital era, the mental abilities and emotional health of children often get overshadowed. Envision a world where the essence of education transcends mere knowledge, nurturing every child to unlock their cognitive and emotional prowess using evidence-based tools. At Neuromindset, a Spin-off of the University of Granada (Spain),this isn't just a dream—it's our mission. Our purpose? Seamlessly integrate cognitive and brain training into the very fabric of schooling and home environments. Our dual B2B and B2C models cater to educators and families alike, fortified by three pioneering instruments. Firstly, a classroom-integrated platform that provides educators with a training curriculum that includes mindfulness and game-based activities grounded in rigorous neuroscientific research, empowering students to enhance their attention, executive functions and self-regulation. Secondly, an interactive at-home gaming app, meticulously crafted to cultivate cognitive prowess, making the training both captivating and consequential. And lastly, our avant-garde AI assessment of attentional profiles, not just delineating a child's cognitive map but also tailoring their training, fortifying frailties, and magnifying mights. Neuromindset's hallmark is our dedication to fortify children's mental well-being, bolstering self-regulation, and providing AI-infused, personalized cognitive training. With Neuromindset, education it's not just about learning—it's about flourishing in every sense.

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!

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