Santander
VC Fund
Madrid, Spain
Santander is a financial services platform. They provide financial services. Their financial services platform provides services to individuals, SMEs, corporates, financial institutions, and governments. They operate commercial banking, wholesale banking, asset management, private banking, and retail banking subsidiaries.
- Total investments:
- 156
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
- Fund size:
- $658M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Santander invests in
Stages Santander invests in
Countries Santander invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$5.5M
- Post-IPO Debt
- $14M–$1.1B
- Debt Financing
- $16M–$1.4B
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 28 (18%)
- Renewable Energy 20 (13%)
- Financial Services 16 (10%)
- FinTech 11 (7%)
- Solar 9 (6%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 70 (45%)
- Post-IPO Debt 25 (16%)
- Seed 7 (4%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (3%)
- Series A 4 (3%)
Country
- Spain 33 (21%)
- United Kingdom 30 (19%)
- United States 18 (12%)
- Chile 6 (4%)
- Brazil 6 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Itziar Letamendi
Managing Director & Head of Global Debt Financing in Continental Europe
|
Managing Director & Head of Global Debt Financing in Continental Europe | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Alejandro Rocha Bracamontes
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Carina Szpilka
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
David Peligros
Data Quality Analyst
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Data Quality Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Díaz-Ambrona Moreno
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
|
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a multinational team with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of regulated infrastructure and renewable energy. The team has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, merger & acquisitions, engineering, project development and project management.BACKGROUND OF THE PARTNERSThe CIP partners have extensive experience within the infrastructure and energy space and have significant knowledge of mergers & acquisitions, project development, corporate finance, financial structuring, construction management, and operational management.All partners have a corporate background and have held top management positions at inter alia DONG Energy. The partners have managed, been directly involved in and responsible for the construction and operation of some of Europe’s largest energy projects. | $510M / Debt Financing / Aug 06, 2026 | |
Trending Corporate
|
Trending specializes in manufacturing and distribution logistics, focusing on importing and providing logistics solutions. | $13.7M / Debt Financing / Jul 23, 2026 | |
Grenergy Renovables
|
GRENERGY RENOVABLES produce energy independently through the development, financial structuring, building, operation, and maintenance of large-scale renewable energy plants. Grenergy has a strong international presence in Latin America, through a regional strategy that counts with various offices in countries like Mexico, Chile or Peru. In thesemarkets, Grenergy has developed a significant portfolio of wind and solar photovoltaic energy projects, consolidating a diversified and flexible business model that can adapt to the particular circumstances of each market. | $114.1M / Post-IPO Debt / Jul 22, 2026 | |
Catalonia Hotels & Resorts
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Catalonia Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain that offers loyalty program to take care of the customer's stay. | $438.1M / Debt Financing / Jul 17, 2026 | |
Avantus
|
Avantus develops large-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects to drive the adoption of zero-emission energy. Avantus is dedicated to creating sustainable and efficient energy solutions that minimize carbon footprints and promote environmental stewardship. In addition, the company offers smart infrastructure solutions that incorporate advancedtechnologies to improve the performance and reliability of various projects. These solutions include the development of smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, and resilient urban infrastructure, all designed to enhance efficiency and sustainability. | $525M / Debt Financing / Jul 09, 2026 | |
GIGA Storage
|
GIGA Storage develops large-scale sustainable energy storage systems.By making efficient use of the energy markets, GIGA Storage will take over the balancing function of gas and coal-fired power plants. Their batteries also help to alleviate grid congestion by connecting more individuals, businesses, and solar and wind energy producers to the grid. | $514.5M / Debt Financing / Jul 09, 2026 | |
Naturmet
|
Naturmet is a Spanish company under the Oleofat Group, specializing in the production of biomethane and the valorization of organic waste into biofertilizers. The firm focuses on rural circular economy projects, developing multiple processing sites across Spain for anaerobic digestion and biogenic CO₂ capture.Naturmet has sought to bring a circulareconomy model to rural areas, focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and connecting those areas with industry through carbon-neutral or even negative-emission fuels. | $69.3M / Debt Financing / Jun 11, 2026 | |
BATZ
|
BATZ is focused on the design and manufacturing of products that help the reduction of CO2 emissions aligned with the main automotive sector trends. Their broad expertise in the design and manufacturing of composite lightweight structures through new materials and processes and active aerodynamic components; together with their qualification andacknowledgement in the design and manufacturing of mechanical and mechatronic control systems, turn BATZ into a first-class supplier to leading automotive OEMs. Besides, they develop solutions for the implementation of new advanced materials improving their forming processes in a comprehensive range of steel and aluminum, both in hot and cold forming, offering a comprehensive service that ranges from the conceptual design of the product to its try out and commissioning. | $79.5M / Debt Financing / Jun 08, 2026 | |
Sonnedix
|
Sonnedix is an Independent Solar Power Producer (IPP) with a proven track record in delivering high performance cost competitive solar photovoltaic plants to the market. | $77.9M / Debt Financing / Jun 04, 2026 | |
Twinco Capital
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Twinco Capital provides suppliers, both large and small, with access to affordable funding and helps buyers build a competitive and socially responsible supply chain. Twinco Capital is the first company to have successfully launched this type of supply chain financing, offering to finance as early as the time of issuance of purchase orders.purchase. | $174.5M / Debt Financing / Jun 02, 2026 | |
| See all 156 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Santander invest in?
Santander invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Financial Services startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 156 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Santander's check size?
Santander typically joins rounds of $100k–$5.5M at Seed, $14M–$1.1B at Post-IPO Debt and $16M–$1.4B at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Santander participates in.
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Who are the partners at Santander?
The team at Santander includes Itziar Letamendi (Managing Director & Head of Global Debt Financing in Continental Europe), Alejandro Rocha Bracamontes (Vice President) and Carina Szpilka (Team Member), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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.
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