Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Spain in November 2024

Investor	Education Spain investments
Andreas Mihalovits	3
Heiko Rauch	2
Eneko Huarte-Mendicoa	2
Juan José Mostazo	2
Hugo Arevalo	2
Felix Ruiz Hernandez	2
Ignacio Lucea	2
Paco Avila	2
Martin Villig	2
Ed Vaizey	2
Tom Horsey	2
Ben Eliott	1
Didac Lee	1
Gonzalo Ruiz	1
Iñaki Arrola	1
John Danner	1
Marta Antunez	1
Agustin Cuenca	1
Mariano Olmeda	1
Sandra Ejarque	1
Fernando García Abasolo	1
César Bardají	1
Carlos Martín de San Pablo	1
Tim Schumacher	1
Yannick Rault van der Vaart	1
Miguel Arias	1
Joan Alvarez	1
Jose Marin	1
Christine Tsai	1
Jose Marin	1
Antonio F. Faría Soto	1
Edurne de Oteiza	1
Dr. Jan Brinckmann	1
Alberto Andújar Estellés	1
Miguel Guerrero	1
Will Neale	1
Marc Vicente	1
Arturo Guillén	1
Marvin Homburg	1
Pep Martinex	1
Fabrice Grinda	1
Felipe Navio	1
Tom Blomfield	1
Daniela Elazar	1
David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo	1
Stephan Jacquemot	1
Ignacio Garcia-Drake	1
Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros	1
Gwynne Shotwell	1
Luis Vives	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.
GigPig — Book gigs. Get Gigs. No messing. Supporting venues and artists all the way with live music management.

Co-Founder of UFOstart

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CodeOp — Coding Academy 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.

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.

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
Funding Round, Seed, 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 — 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.

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.

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 —

Paco Avila

Investment focus

Content, Education, Marketplace
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Entrepreneur, strategist and expert in open innovation. Experience as co-founder and CEO in startups, in Management Consulting and in global FMCG companies. Passionate about digital business, technology and startup ecosystem.Results oriented professional with strong analytical, leadership and communication skills. +14 years of experience definingnew business strategies, launching new ventures and growing teams at international level. Engineer by ETSEIB (UPC) and MBA by INSEAD.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

toddl.co — Reserva clases, campamentos y eventos para tus hij@s en 3 clics
Payflow — Payflow is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their employees. Payflow provides employees instant access to earned salary to improve their financial well-being. Companies benefit from improved productivity and engagement, with no impact on cash-flow.Payflow was founded in 2020, and it is a Rocket Internet backed venture based inSpain.
Ciudadela — Ciudadela is a property management company that offers digital platform for administrating and managing properties.

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

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.

Sandra Ejarque is a CPO 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.

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.

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 —

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.

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.

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.

Miguel Arias, proud dad, entrepreneur, and angel investor, has over 15 years of experience in building technology-based startups with a global reach.Miguel has founded startups before, and helped others grow in a variety of roles. He is a skilled generalist that understands technology as well as people-matters. His expertise encompasses tasks andchallenges, from the vision and strategy definition to product management, with special dedication to startup funding and investor relations.As Global Entrepreneurship Director at Telefónica, he is responsible for leading the new stage in Telefónica's open innovation strategy; this is committed to seeking out and developing technological solutions to complement internal R&D while creating an improved connection with international entrepreneurship ecosystems.Previously as COO at CARTO, he led the sales, financial, and operational efforts from its Madrid, NY, DC, London and Tartu offices, directing the company's growth and scaling-up.He loves to teach and share experiences as entrepreneurship professor at the IE Business School and MIB.Trying to enhance the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem, he co-founded and presides over Chamberi Valley, the main Madrid-based networking initiative for startups with over 1 million € revenue or 1 million € in investment.He writes his thoughts about entrepreneurship at http://emprenderagolpes.com.

Investment focus

Data Visualization, Enterprise Software, Analytics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Graphext — Graphext is a no-code platform for business intelligence helping you to build powerful data science projects.
reclamador.es — reclamador.es offers legaltech and crowd complaining services to help customers claims to companies. Currently offering the service for claims to airlines, banks, assurances, etc or the public administration. Reclamador charges a success fee to the consumers for managing their claims and getting the compensation from the companies. Services arecurrently offered in Spain.
ReallyLateBooking — ReallyLateBooking is a European mobile application for booking hotels on the same day with big discounts. The app show hotels from three different categories, luxury, elegance, and comfort. In Nov 2011 ReallyLateBooking won the SeedRocket entrepreneurs camp in Madrid. In Dec 2011 ReallyLateBooking won the AppCircus Competition in Santiago deCompostela and is nominee for the Mobile Premium Awards 2011. ReallyLateBooking was founded by entrepreneurs Roberto Gil, Pablo Pazos, and Javier Pazos in Madrid, it has had a big success in Spain. Now it offer hotels in 17 cities included Madrid, Barcelona, London, Berlin, and Paris.

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.

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.

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.

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, Marketplace
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.

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 — Reserva clases, campamentos y eventos para tus hij@s en 3 clics

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!

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.

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.

Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Italy, Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.
Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.

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.

Arturo Guillén - CFO @ Very Tasty LLC

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

Marvin Homburg is a Co-Founder and CEO at Evermood. Marvin previously worked at Founders Foundation gGmbH as a Grantee of the Accelerator Program. He attended Copenhagen Business School and the University of Münster.

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!

Pep Martinex is a CSO 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.

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 — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
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.

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 the CEO of Monzo, a new kind of bank, designed for smartphones. Tom previously founded GoCardless, a fintech startup that has gone on to raise $25m. In 2013, he was nominated as one of the Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 30 by the European Commission. He gives talks regularly about the future of banking and fintech.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
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 — An autonomous customer operations agent that simulates human agents, only faster and better.

Daniela Elazar

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.

David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo is the Co-founder and VP Sales at Stackscale.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Frontity — Frontity is the easiest way to create lightning fast websites using WordPress and React. Open source and free to use.
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.
Fuell — With the Expense Management Platform and the Fuell corporate card, we help companies to manage their employee expenses effortlessly. Forget the expense sheets.

TS Ventures is the private investment vehicle of serial entrepreneur Tim Schumacher (e.g. Sedo, Eyeo/AdBlock Plus, Ecosia, etc.) and Stephan Jacquemot. Stephan has a very successful and long standing career in supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in various roles. He has led the startup units at Microsoft in Germany and Europe and wasco-founder of the Microsoft Accelerator in Berlin. Since 2016, he is an active investor with a portfolio of 15 angel investments. Besides his role at TS Ventures he serves as Director Founders Education at the Founders Foundation established by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Spain, France

Portfolio highlights

Surfe — Surfe (ex-Leadjet) brings your CRM to where your sales are, integrating and synchronizing seamlessly with the most widespread suite of preferred tools. Access and edit your CRM from LinkedIn, any website or interface, move with ease, think effectively, and respond more quickly to build better relationships.
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!
Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.

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.

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!