# Alfonso Villanueva

> Alfonso Villanueva is a seed investor at PayPal backing Apps, Software and E-Commerce. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PayPal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paypal)
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villanuevaalfonso
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/alfvilla
- Website: https://x.com/alfvilla

Alfonso Villanueva is a seed investor at PayPal focused on Apps and Software. Biography: Currently... * Business Angel * PayPal Executive * Board Member Europ-Assistance * Founder Peranakan S.L. Formerly... * McKinsey Director (Senior Partner) * Chief innovation Officer (SingTel) * Chairman Innoventures (JV SoftBank / SingTel)

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$2.7M |
| Series A | $6M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 11% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 11% |
| Health Care | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 11% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 5 | 28% |
| United States | 5 | 28% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TimeFor | TimeFor is a B2B platform for companies that want to offer everyday services to their employees as a corporate benefit. Qualified professionals provide services such as cleaning, repairs, massages, mental health support and sports. Employees receive a monthly wallet starting at €50 funded by their company, which they can spend on the services thatimprove their daily lives. For employees, it’s a tangible benefit that boosts wellbeing; for professionals, it’s a new business opportunity; and for organizations, it’s a high-value solution that reduces absenteeism, lowers turnover and creates measurable social impact. | $180.2K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |
| agentero | Agentero provides insurance agents with an app that allows their customers to:- Keep all their policies and insurance information in one place. Simple! - Get advice from their insurance agent. Anytime! - Get quotes and bind directly from the mobile app. Smart!Agentero enables agents to do digital customer servicing, cross-selling andup-selling, which basically means, "Sell more, spend less, be happier"​. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2017 |  |
| Postr | Postr is an Android app that brings personalised and rewarding content to users. The app brings customised content feeds (including NZ Herald, GrabOne and MetService) and personalised advertisement with engagement mechanisms to user's lock screens and rewards users with Pocket Money (for hosting ads), which can be cashed out to their bankaccount, exchanged for deals or donated to charity. | $1.8M |  | Jan 16, 2017 |  |
| CoverWallet | CoverWallet is an online platform that offers insurance management services to its clients.CoverWallet’s range of insurance include general liability, workers’ compensation, commercial property, BOP, professional liability, E&O, medical malpractice, umbrella insurance, D&O, cyber liability, inland marine, EPLI, commercial auto,disability, health, and product and pollution liability. Its services are provided to firms in the administrative, agricultural, construction, consulting, contractor, education, finance, food, healthcare, management, manufacturing, mining, non-profit, scientific, and real estate industries.CoverWallet was launched in 2015 by Inaki Berenguer and Rashmi Melgiri and is based in New York. | $2M | Seed | Mar 09, 2016 |  |
| Tedcas | TedCas is a company focused on the implementation of Natural User Interfaces (NUIs) for healthcare applications based on optoelectronic devices like Microsoft Kinect. The first prototype of our technology was presented during Wayra Week Spain in 2011 in Valencia. The project was selected as one of the ten winners that took part in 2011 Wayra Madridacademy, Telefonica start-ups accelerator. Also in 2011, TedCas is selected by Microsoft as one of the four best Kinect based applications all over the world and we are part of TAP program (Programa TAP (Microsoft Kinect for Windows Testing and Adoption Program)) | $531K |  | Mar 02, 2016 |  |
| WYSH | WYSH is a travelling company delivering travel planning and management services. |  | Seed | Oct 06, 2015 |  |
| Remoov | Remoov is the easiest way to sell, donate and discard all your unwanted items. Goodbye Clutter. Hello Relief! |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2014 |  |
| Job&Talent | Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year. | $14M | Series A | Jul 10, 2014 |  |
| Audicus | Audicus is a disruptive e-commerce startup that has completely changed the hearing aids industry by offering high-tech, affordable hearing aids online. Since June 2012, Audicus has saved consumers more than $20 million.Hearing aids traditionally cost up to $7,000 per pair and aren't covered by insurance. That's why 75% of the 40million Americans with hearing loss don't have hearing aids.By eliminating intermediaries, Audicus offers state-of-the-art hearing aids for prices that are 80% lower. Audicus hearing aids are manufactured in Germany and are customized based on someone's hearing test results.Audicus has recently introduced a personal sound amplification product (PSAP), the Solo. The Solo is great for occasional use in difficult listening environments like noisy restaurants or in crowds. Users can download the Audicus Tuner app on an iPhone or iPad and submit their preferences to Audicus. Audicus will then send them a personalized Solo. | $1.6M | Debt Financing | Apr 30, 2014 |  |
| Job&Talent | Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 23, 2013 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kibo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Two Culture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/two-culture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JME Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundacin-jos-manuel-entrecanales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gunung Sewu Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunung-sewu-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HOWZAT Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howzat-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PayPal

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy.

5 contacts available at PayPal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alfonso Villanueva | SVP Strategy, M&A, Ventures, CEO Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfonso-villanueva |
| Bill Crowley | Senior Director of Product, Commerce Services & Payouts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-crowley |
| chaloem khompitoon | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chriss |
| John Kim | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-kim-80e0 |
| Louise Pentland | EVP Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louise-pentland |

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## FAQ

### What does Alfonso Villanueva invest in?

Alfonso Villanueva invests primarily in Apps, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alfonso Villanueva's check size?

Alfonso Villanueva typically joins rounds of $658k–$2.7M at Seed and $6M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alfonso Villanueva participates in.

### When did Alfonso Villanueva last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alfonso Villanueva closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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