# Top 25 Photography Startup Investors in Spain in June 2026

## Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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 .

## Chris Bouwer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Photography

Chris Bouwer

## MOIRA CAPITAL DESARROLLO KAPPA, SICC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Energy, Mobile, Software

MOIRA CAPITAL DESARROLLO KAPPA, SICC invests in innovative capital firms.

## ESADE BAN
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

ESADE BAN is a Barcelona-based business angel network that works to advance entrepreneurship and investments in Spain.

## Lanta Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, B2B

Lanta Digital Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focused in investing in innovative Startups with high potential growth.LANTA DIGITAL VENTURES takes a hands-on, team-focused approach to early-stage investing. As former company founders, CEOs, Board members and senior executives of startups we know what it takes to build successfulcompanies. The Fund's value proposition draws on our deep operational experience, as well as the collective expertise of our Partners; which includes their extensive network of advisors, area experts and business leaders.Lanta Digital Ventures has been selected by some of the most successful Spanish new economy entrepreneurs as their investment vehicleOur focus is on early-stage companies operating in the digital and technology space that have passionated teams addressing large potential markets using disruptive technologies.

## Heiko Rauch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Co-Founder of UFOstart

## Innovacom
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Telecommunications

Innovacom provides new technologies, hardware, and software products. They focus on the creation of financial and strategic value through support, networking, and the search for the best industrial partners for our startups in a context of open innovation.

## Bankinter
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Mnext Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Apps, Software

Mnext Venture Capital targets early-stage marketplaces & disruptive e-commerce businesses with a proven business model and supports them to become leaders in their respective fields. Mnext seeks to achieve social or environmental impact through ventures with business models based on technology.The geographic scope of Mnext is Spain and itsvision is to foster both innovation and quality employment, which show great room for improvement. Meridia Capital Partners advises Mnext in the corporate governance, business planning, strategic thinking, mentoring and networking.

## Gerald Heydenreich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Content, Women's

Gerald has been an entrepreneur since 1999. At the age of 25 he founded PORTUM AG, the first European provider of b2b reverse online auctions and sourcing events with a trading volume of more than €10 billion which was sold to IBX / Cap Gemini in 2006.
He then co-founded BuyVIP, an eCommerce shopping community and sold it to Amazon in 2010with more than 8 million members, 320 employees and a turnover of more than 140 million USD. In 2012, he founded Pippa&Jean, a social selling community that has helped more than 5,000 women to become self-employed and paid more than €10 million in commissions before being sold in 2018.
In 2019, he founded youtiful, the world's first climate-neutral beauty involvement brand and cang.eco a subscription service for healthy and sustainable FMCG products which eventually had to shut down. Since then he has been focusing on Blockchain & Web 3.0 Investments and created with Shant Kevonian the Barcelona Blockchain Network, a tech incubator, venture studio and seed investor focused on web 3.0 from which they jointly founded EtherMail, the first web 3.0 email provider allowing wallet-to-wallet communication.
Since 2006, Gerald has also been an active investor in start-up companies through Omnis Mundi and Firestartr, a network of entrepreneurs that he founded together with Alain Falys. He is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) and strongly believes in entrepreneurship as a way of life and, above all, as a means to make the world a better place.

## 101 Startups
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, News

101Startups is an investment firm based in Spain that specializes in early-stage startup companies.
The company is an investment fund which aims to invest in early stage digital and new technology companies.

## Apiumhub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Photography, App Marketing

Apiumhub is a software development company based in Barcelona that transformed into a tech hub, mainly offering services of mobile app development, web development & software architecture.

## WidInvest AG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Photography, App Marketing

We identify and partner with entrepreneurs and inventors who have early stage businesses or ideas with high growth potential no matter the industry. In exchange for equity, our financial investment comes with our commercial and operational commitment too. Our time and financial support. Working together we help to fast-track your growth.Geography: Swiss based, ideally with international growth potential.Investment Stage: From seed capital through series A and beyond.Sector Focus: We consider opportunities in most sectors.Investment Level: We invest as little as EU 50k or as much as EU 5m over the life of an investment, but always seek to take a meaningful share in our partner companies. This enables us to commit to active participation and align our interests with the founders.

## Conny & Co
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, InsurTech

We are an international investment company with the mission of backing promising startup companies in the most exciting high-growth markets.

## Gerard Pique
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Apps, Video

Gerard Piqué Bernabéu is the President & Founder of Kosmos.He Previously worked at eFootball.Pro as the President & Co-Founder.

## Wayra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

## Lánzame Capital SL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Internet

Lánzame Capital is a pledge fund in Spain that invest in startups. Lánzame is promoted by a group of investors who work in different economic and business areas with many years of experience in different sectors.

## Howard Love
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Social Media, Apps

Howard Love is aFounder and CEO of LoveToKnow, Angel Investor and Author.

## ICF Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

ICF (loan) is a a firm of Finance Brokers and independent financial advisers specialising in the management of investment portfolios.

## Criteria Venture Tech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Moira Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, 3D Technology

Moira Capital Partners is private equity firm

## Vincent Rosso
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Mobile

Vincent Rosso is founder of BlabBlaCar Spain, SeedPop Capital and Consentio. As a business angel, he opts for marketplace-type digital startups with a scalable model and a powerful team with two minimum co-founders. His investments include BlaBlaCar, TheBrubaker, Monkimum, LetsGoi, SocialCar, PeopleITrust, MicoCar, LeasePilo and Startupxplore. Youhave made two partial exits in BlaBlaCar and OnTruck.

## Vast Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Advertising

Vast Ventures they invest in consumer brands, AI and cloud software, and more.

## IES Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Photography, App Marketing

IES Holdings Ltd. is a global engineered equipment company & growing investments and holdings group established in 1987.
