# Ander Michelena > Ander Michelena is a Series A investor at Qerqus backing Software and Information Technology. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Qerqus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qerqus) - Location: Madrid, Spain - Total investments: 16 - Last investment: Apr 2026 - Lead investor: 50% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ander-michelena/7/a2b/778 - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/andermichelena - Website: https://www.acurio.vc/team Ander Michelena is a Series A investor at Qerqus in Madrid focused on Software and Information Technology. Ander Michelena Llorente : Graduated in Business Administration and Finance in the Universidad Pontifica de Comillas ICADE (Madrid). He start his career in Morgan Stanley London, where he specialized in merger, acquisitions and IPOs of European financial institutions. In 2009 he left the Bank to create Ticketbis.com, a market where fans can buy orsell tickets, with his partner Jon Uriarte. In 2014, Ticketbis became the leader in South Europe and Latam with presence in 30+ countries and over 300 employees in 14 offices around the word with revenues of Eur 60m. Ticketbis has recently started operations in Asia with a special focus on the Japonese market throught Ticketbis Japan ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 13% | | Information Technology | 2 | 13% | | NFC | 1 | 6% | | PaaS | 1 | 6% | | RFID | 1 | 6% | 30 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 4 | 25% | | Seed | 2 | 13% | | Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% | | Series C | 1 | 6% | | Series D | 1 | 6% | 7 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Spain | 5 | 31% | | France | 1 | 6% | | United States | 1 | 6% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 6% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Crescenta | Your Alternative Investment Space | $10.5M | Series A | Apr 08, 2026 | | | Crescenta | Your Alternative Investment Space | $7.3M | Seed | Dec 27, 2024 | | | PassEntry | The global digital pass issuance company that bridges the gap between your physical wallet and your digital wallet. We do this via our open API platform allowing developers to integrate our technology for their own use cases. | $6.6M | Series A | Dec 01, 2024 | | | Exoticca | Exoticca develops an online booking platform to facilitate travel tour package deals. It offers holiday packages, including flights, accommodation, meals, guides, and private transport, for locations worldwide. The packages are designed to make travel to destinations more accessible, with partial and guided tour options. Exoticca's mission isto make exotic destinations accessible to more people by offering high-quality trips at competitive prices. They achieve this by partnering with local travel experts and negotiating deals on accommodations, activities, and transportation. Their innovative model allows them to create bespoke travel packages that cater to modern explorers seeking unique and luxurious adventures. | $65.1M | Series D | Jul 23, 2024 | | | Insurama | Insurama offers various digital products and services for the online distribution of end-to-end insurance. | $8.6M | Series A | May 13, 2024 | | | Manglai | Manglai is a user-friendly platform that simplifies, speeds up, and ensures the accuracy of carbon footprint measurement, reduction, and certification. | $538.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 19, 2024 | | | Manglai | Manglai is a user-friendly platform that simplifies, speeds up, and ensures the accuracy of carbon footprint measurement, reduction, and certification. | $538.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 19, 2024 | | | PharmaCCX | PharmaCCX operates a market access platform with a simple and configurable infrastructure for planning, negotiating, and managing deals. The company software increases the capacity of market access teams at pharma and payers to plan, execute and administer innovative payment models | | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 29, 2023 | | | Crescenta | Your Alternative Investment Space | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2023 | | | Crescenta | Your Alternative Investment Space | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2023 | | 10 of 16 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together - [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-iron-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 7 deals together - [Bonsai Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonsai-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together - [K Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [MMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together ## About Qerqus VC Fund 2 contacts available at Qerqus. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Ander Michelena | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ander-michelena | | Ander Michelena | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-uriarte | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Ander Michelena invest in? Ander Michelena invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and NFC startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Ander Michelena last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Ander Michelena closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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