Aquilino Pena
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Kibo Ventures
Madrid, Spain
Aquilino Pena is a Series A investor at Kibo Ventures in Madrid focused on Software and Mobile. Aquilino Pena is based out of Madrid and is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Kibo Ventures. Aquilino previously worked at SpainCap as a Chairman. Aquilino Pena attended the Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Aquilino Pena invests in
Stages Aquilino Pena invests in
Countries Aquilino Pena invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (33%)
- Mobile 3 (25%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (25%)
- SaaS 2 (17%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (17%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
Country
- Spain 5 (42%)
- United States 3 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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ONUM
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Signalit brings clarity and order to the noise in data management, empowering organizations to work at the edge of their data. | $27.7M / Series A / Apr 10, 2024 | |
CARTO
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Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements. From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way business happens. CARTO is the platform that turns spatial data into more efficient delivery routes, better behavioralmarketing, strategic store placements, and much more.Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts solve spatial problems using CARTO’s data and analysis to understand where and why things happen, optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science.Backed by leading VC firms Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, CARTO is the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform.Founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization experts, CARTO is headquartered in New York City with offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC. CARTO has a team of 130 employees, a portfolio of 2,500 customers including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company and Coca-Cola, and more than 350,000 users around the globe - and has regularly been recognized by G2, Gartner and Forrester for its innovation in the Location Intelligence space. | $61M / Series C / Dec 14, 2021 | |
Billin
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Billin is a free tool which will help you save time and minimize errors in the creation, exchange and management of your invoices. Connecting clients and suppliers on the cloud. | $1.4M / Series A / Feb 01, 2018 | |
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Billin
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Billin is a free tool which will help you save time and minimize errors in the creation, exchange and management of your invoices. Connecting clients and suppliers on the cloud. | $1.6M / Series A / Sep 18, 2017 | |
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CARTO
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Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements. From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way business happens. CARTO is the platform that turns spatial data into more efficient delivery routes, better behavioralmarketing, strategic store placements, and much more.Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts solve spatial problems using CARTO’s data and analysis to understand where and why things happen, optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science.Backed by leading VC firms Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, CARTO is the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform.Founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization experts, CARTO is headquartered in New York City with offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC. CARTO has a team of 130 employees, a portfolio of 2,500 customers including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company and Coca-Cola, and more than 350,000 users around the globe - and has regularly been recognized by G2, Gartner and Forrester for its innovation in the Location Intelligence space. | $23M / Series B / Sep 10, 2015 | |
Minube
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Minube enables travellers to read reviews posted by others about various destinations, compare prices between hotels and flights, and share their own experiences on the site. Users can create travel blogs and post details about their favorite spots. The Minube app is available for iOS and Android devices.The website contains details of over 180countries and over 15,000 cities and price comparisons between more than 45 websites. Users can filter their destination search based on various categories such as gastronomy, weekend, adventure, culture, city, type of travellers, and more.Minube was launched by Raul Jimenez Algobia in 2007 and is operated from Madrid, Spain. | $1.6M / Series A / Apr 20, 2015 | |
Redbooth
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Redbooth is a task and project management platform that provides a single place for team collaboration such as tasks, discussions, and file sharing. Redbooth is simple and flexible to use, enabling project teams and departments at thousands of companies to get work done. Redbooth is used by over 400,000 organizations, including AT&T, Avis,BBC, Canal+, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Duke University, Harvard University, Intuit, Novartis, Subaru, ReMax, and Volkswagen Audi.Founded in 2008, the company is privately held and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $11M / Series B / Nov 18, 2014 | |
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CARTO
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Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements. From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way business happens. CARTO is the platform that turns spatial data into more efficient delivery routes, better behavioralmarketing, strategic store placements, and much more.Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts solve spatial problems using CARTO’s data and analysis to understand where and why things happen, optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science.Backed by leading VC firms Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, CARTO is the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform.Founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization experts, CARTO is headquartered in New York City with offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC. CARTO has a team of 130 employees, a portfolio of 2,500 customers including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company and Coca-Cola, and more than 350,000 users around the globe - and has regularly been recognized by G2, Gartner and Forrester for its innovation in the Location Intelligence space. | $8M / Series A / Sep 10, 2014 | |
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Minube
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Minube enables travellers to read reviews posted by others about various destinations, compare prices between hotels and flights, and share their own experiences on the site. Users can create travel blogs and post details about their favorite spots. The Minube app is available for iOS and Android devices.The website contains details of over 180countries and over 15,000 cities and price comparisons between more than 45 websites. Users can filter their destination search based on various categories such as gastronomy, weekend, adventure, culture, city, type of travellers, and more.Minube was launched by Raul Jimenez Algobia in 2007 and is operated from Madrid, Spain. | $1.1M / Seed / Dec 17, 2013 | |
Notegraphy
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Notegraphy is a web and mobile application that rethinks the way we write and share text online through design. With Notegraphy, users can create beautifully formatted layouts in real-time without having to worry about or have any prior knowledge or experience in graphic design. A tool where everything you write – be it a single word, or anentire novel – will be ‘Always Beautiful’. With only three steps – write, style and share – your text becomes a piece of art. | $260K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2013 | |
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Co-Investors
About Kibo Ventures
Kibo Ventures, based in Madrid (Spain) is a VC Fund focused on early-stage investments in digital companies. Kibo Ventures manages $320 million from a mix of institutional and private investors, including IEF, Telefonica, the Spanish Government (through CDTI), Mutua Madrileña (Spain's largest insurance company) and Axis (ICO's 25year-old private equity arm). Specifically, Kibo likes to invest in companies which combine exceptional and committed teams, aiming to digitalize a product or service in a big-enough market with international potential. Kibo is managed by an experienced team of professionals with a solid track record, who are actively involved in the companies in which they invest. Kibo follows a stage-investment approach and financially supports portfolio companies as they grow, whilst promoting co-investment from valuable investors.
Kibo Ventures Contacts
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Aquilino Pena
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Juan Lopez Santamaria
Partner
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Sonia Fernandez
Partner
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Covadonga García-Valdés
Investment Manager
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Gonzalo Duarte
Investment Manager
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FAQ
What does Aquilino Pena invest in?
Aquilino Pena invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Aquilino Pena last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Aquilino Pena closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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