# Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Spain in June 2026 ## Alma Mundi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, InsurTech, Insurance We back bold and purpose-driven founders. ## Wayra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense. ## ENISA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology ENISA is a public company under the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, through the Directorate General of Industry and Small and medium-sized enterprises which, since 1982, actively participates in the financing of viable and innovative business projects. ## Artesian VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund. ## TheVentureCity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Our ticket size ranges from $100-500k for Pre-seed/Seed and $1-4M for Series A companies. We're in search of promising-founders with product-driven mindsets who have a passion for building. Those who've fallen in love with data. For we believe in fit---both product and with the team here. Got a great idea? Come to TheVentureCity and give it the expertise to help it grow. ## Inaki Berenguer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Inaki Berenguer is the President and Co-founder at iPronics Programmable Photonics. ## SP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Software Portfolio (Fundo de Inovação Paulista)Launched in 2014, Fundo de Inovação Paulista (FIP) is a R$ 105 Million Venture Capital Fund that counts with top tier Limited Partners: Desenvolve SP, FINEP, FAPESP, Sebrae-SP, CAF, and Jive Investments. FIP is focused on technology-based startups located in the state of São Paulo, the most importanteconomic pole in Brazil. Investment tickets vary from R$ 2 Million to R$ 6 Million per company, on average, but can reach R$ 15 Million including follow-ons.Track-Record (Fundo Criatec I)SP Ventures was established in 2007 as the Venture Capital firm responsible for Criatec I Fund’s investments in São Paulo. Criatec I was a cornerstone in Brazilian Venture Capital Industry led by BNDES and BNB. From 2007 to 2013, over 1,200 companies were analyzed and 8 investments were made by SP Ventures.EntrepreneursWe back technology-based companies in the segments of Agricultural Technologies; Information and Communication Technologies; Health Technologies; New Materials; and Nanotechnologies.We seek investment opportunities with the following profile:- Passionate entrepreneurs with solid technical background and market-orientated attitude- Proprietary technology with high scalability potential- Large proportions targeted-market- São Paulo based- Annual Revenue inferior to R$ 18 Million" ## Inveready - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Inveready is a leading Spanish financial services firm focused on investment solutions and wealth management. ## Startupxplore - Type: VC Fund - Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage, Big Data 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. ## Hard Yaka - Type: VC Fund - Location: Crystal Bay, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain It's your identity, your data, and your money ## Sabadell Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Sabadell Venture Capital's main purpose is to support entrepreneurial Spanish projects during their initial stages (Seed and Early Stage). They want to be the financial partner of the startups and to be part of its innovative and transformative projects. They add value to the company through the different stages of its growth. Banco Sabadellis defined by its entrepreneurial spirit: “A bank by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, helping entrepreneurs". ## Draper B1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We invest in you. Our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship is your best ally to expand your business. Find out how we can boost your project! ## GoHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Information Technology Ayudamos a startups deep tech a convertirse en grandes participantesen el sector del agua, industria 4.0 y smart cities. ## Enrique Linares Plaza - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps Enrique Linares co-founded Letgo in October 2014, since which he has been serving as its chief executive officer. ## Encomenda VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Encomenda is a Venture Capital specialized in seed investments in technology startups. They open the door to investors and professional business angels to capitalize on their investments through collective investment vehicles. They minimize investment risks thanks to the diversification of the portfolio and preferential access to the best projectsin search of financing. ## Lorimer Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology Our mission is to find and catalyze the success of founders with big ideas, who envision a radically different future and have a plan to make it a reality ## GrainInnovate - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Agriculture AgTech Venture Capital Fund - GRDC & Artesian delivering innovation for the Australian grians industry ## Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software The Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) is a public corporation under the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which promotes innovation and technological development of Spanish companies. Is the entity which channels requests for funding and support to projects I + D + i of Spanish companies in the national andinternational levels. The CDTI has a staff of more than 300 people formed three quarters of engineers and graduates. Although the bulk of the infrastructure of the CDTI is located in Madrid, the Centre offers Spanish companies a strategic network of offices and representatives abroad (Japan -SBTO (Spain Business and Technology Office) - Belgium -SOST (Spain Office of Science and Technology) and Permanent Secretariat Eureka-, Brazil -FINEP (Financier of Studies and Projects) -, Korea, Chile, Morocco, China, India, Mexico and USA) to support them in their technological activities of type int . ## EASO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Easo Ventures es una Sociedad de Capital Riesgo Vasca y Privada, cuyo objetivo es invertir en Startups y PYMES con proyectos de crecimiento. ## Oceans - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Oceans is a venture capital firm focusing on giving startups the hands-on support they need to succeed. They are a team that builds teams, a culture that shapes cultures, and a group of mentors who unlock skills and talent to build a future of technology. They help founders build the foundations that unlock the power of people.Oceans was foundedin 2018 and is headquartered in New York, USA. ## Anthemis - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software digitally native finance ## The Crowd Angel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce The Crowd Angel is a premium equity crowdfunding platform that enables its users to invest from 3.000€ in a selection of the best Spanish startups. A hybrid between crowdfunding and venture capital, it takes an active part on the board of the companies invested. The platform opens the business angel model to people wanting to enter the startupecosystem.We have co-invested together with some of top Spanish VCs (Inveready, Keyword VC, Antai Venture Builder, Media Digital Ventures, Bankinter, etc). We are backed by Inveready and Keyword VC. ## Fernando Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity - Focus: Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Machine Learning Mr. Ortiz is a Managing Partner at ProA and a member of the Founding Team. He is responsible for managing the Firm and the investment process. Mr. Ortiz currently represents ProA on the boards of Saba, Ibermática and Hospital de Llevant. He was also involved in the board of Eugin until it´s divestment.Prior to founding ProA, Mr. Ortiz was aPartner at Nmás1 and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Nmas1 Group Holding. Mr. Ortiz had extensive private equity and venture capital experience as a Director of Private Equity New Technologies at Banco Bilbao VizcayaArgentaria (BBVA). During his time at BBVA, Mr. Ortiz led five private equity investments, two of which are part of listed groups.Prior to BBVA, Mr. Ortiz was a Corporate Finance Director at ING Barings and participated in multiple M&A transactions. Mr. Ortiz started his professional career at Arthur Andersen Legal and Tax Advisors in 1992, today Garrigues, where he dedicated five years principally in tax and legal advisory work. ## TA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent. ## Epic Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Music, Sports At Epic Labs we envision innovation, creativity and technology as a lifestyle: let's #BeEpic!We are experimenting how AI, blockchain, modern software stacks and new economies could make a disruptive impact in on-going business, communities and society.We occasionally invest in disruptive startups; however, what we enjoy most is tore-invest all retained earnings into personal projects and new initiatives. After a few tries..., our first success is LightFlow, an Epic Labs venture by which we are disrupting Internet video streaming leveraging AI-driven workflows.We are collaborating with the Ethereum Foundation Swarm Team for decentralized storage and content delivery blockchain-based stacks.#BeEpic! ## Zone2boost - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Retail Zone2boost is an open innovation program. ## JME Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS We help build cutting-edge companies like Flywire. Flywire's trusted and secure global payment platform keeps your money moving around the world. ## Bankinter - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, FinTech Bankinter is an innovative Spanish commercial bank. From an investment perspective, Bankinter's Venture Capital team and Fundación Innovación Bankinter jointly develop a program called Venture Capital Program, focused on identifying and investing in high potential startups using the bank's resources. The program has been active since2013, and from that moment it has already invested in more than 40 startups. In addition to the investment itself, the program tries to add value to the companies with which it interacts through the sharing of experiences and best practices.A key part of the company's strategy is the quality of customer service and innovation. The spirit is defined by the values ​​agility, enthusiasm, integrity, and originality. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services, in addition to advising clients, aggregators, product simulators, and a variety of value-added services. The company's staff are trained, agile, flexible workforce, capable of adapting to technological and market changes.Bankinter was founded on 1965 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Swanlaab Venture Factory - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software At Swanlaab Venture Factory we empower entrepreneurs to build their global success. ## Extension Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: B2B, Software, Insurance Extension Fund is a hybrid fund investing in Spanish early-stage technological companies through Venture Debt and Convertible Notes ## Levels Up Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Real Estate, Subscription Service We have created a community where meaningful connections prevail, allowing projects with the greatest impact to have visibility and opportunities in the market. ## Clave Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pamplona, Navarra, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Clave is an investment management company. ## Bullnet Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pozuelo De Alarcón, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Independent Venture Capital Firm specialized in high technology Spanish start-ups. Helping tech entrepreneurs during the early stages of their company to build successful businesses ## Fondo Bolsa Social - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Fondo Bolsa Social venture capital fund that invests into startups or new companies that generates positive social and environmental impact. ## Conexo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, SaaS We invest in exceptional individuals with the passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets. ## Acurio Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Acurio Ventures partners with visionary founders to make history happen. Acurio Ventures is a European early-stage VC that invests across sectors and business models and that relies on its entrepreneurial DNA, flexible approach and proven value add to partner with the best founders out there. ## Criteria Venture Tech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce Criteria Venture Tech is the tech VC fund of CriteriaCaixa which invests in B2B SaaS and DeepTech companies in early and growth stages (Seed to Series B) managing more than €300M of AUM. ## François Derbaix - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Francois Derbaix is the Co-founder and co-CEO of Indexa Capital. He previously worked at Toprural as a Founder and CEO. Francois Derbaix attended the Catholic University of Louvain. ## Athos Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Stay up to date ## Andreas Mihalovits - Type: Angel - Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Archipelago Next - Type: VC Fund - Location: Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Canarias, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Archipelago Next support and promote the entrepreneurial ecosystem. ## Valencia Institute of Finance - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace Valencia Institute of Finance ## Adara Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We help create a path Seed to exit, we've been there. We're experienced tech investors. We partner with founders with vision, courage and the capacity to execute. ## Zetta Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Venture Capital for AI Native Startups ## Nauta Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies. ## Alta Life Sciences - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device Alta Life Sciences is a leading multistage venture capital investment firm. Alta LS will invest in companies at all stages of development: from seed financing through commercial growth. Alta LS invests in all areas of life sciences including biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, genomics and digital health. ## ICF Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care ICF Capital is a venture and growth capital management firm from ICF. ICF is a public financial institution founded in 1985 and owned by the Government of Catalonia. Our mission is to foster and improve access to funding for companies that operate in Catalonia in order to contribute to the growth of the region's economy while complementing theprivate financial sector. ICF provides funding to Catalan companies and entrepreneurs. They assist them in their development and growth, generating value for society at large. The institution offers companies a range of products and services in the area of corporate finance, focusing on loans and guarantees and venture capital investments. ICF operates via a parent company, two subsidiaries (IFEM and ICF Capital), and an investee (AVALIS). ICF, through IFEM, supports the creation and growth of innovative start-ups through the investment in venture capital funds for seed segments and co-investment with private investors through participative loans. ICF Capital, which manages closed-end UCITS and is authorized by Spain's National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), manages, nurtures, and advises public and/or private funds or venture capital firms that provide capital to Catalan companies. At present, ICF Capital directly manages 2 venture capital firms: ICF Capital Expansió II and ICF Venture Tech II. ## Naos - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Software, Health Care Naos ## Advent International - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.