Carlos Blanco
Managing Partner & Co-Founder; Managing Partner & Co-Founder @ Encomenda VC
Barcelona, Spain
Carlos Blanco is a seed investor at Encomenda VC in Barcelona focused on Software and Internet. Carlos Blanco is the Chairman and CEO of Encomenda Capital Partners SGEIC. He previously worked at Hastee as a Partner. Carlos Blanco attended Pompeu Fabra University.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries Carlos Blanco invests in
Stages Carlos Blanco invests in
Countries Carlos Blanco invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $128k–$1.6M
- Angel
- $178k–$276k
- Pre-Seed
- $146k–$830k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (20%)
- Internet 6 (15%)
- Apps 5 (12%)
- E-Commerce 5 (12%)
- Financial Services 5 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 22 (54%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (12%)
- Angel 3 (7%)
- Funding Round 3 (7%)
- Series A 2 (5%)
Country
- Spain 30 (73%)
- United Kingdom 3 (7%)
- France 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Abastores The agribusiness auction platform. | $788.8K / Seed / Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Bronze is the startup that's set to transform restaurant industry with artificial intelligence. We help restaurant measure, optimize and automatize their processes to improve quality, speed and profitability with computer vision. We are building the first Computer vision platform focused in the restaurant industry. | $651.4K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2024 | ||
| Zinkee is a technology-driven firm that creates and implements business management tools aimed at fostering company growth. By offering innovative solutions, they empower businesses to optimize operations, improve efficiency, and achieve their strategic objectives. | $2.1M / Seed / Jan 10, 2024 | ||
| Illumo Robotics develops an autonomous mobile manipulation robot to increase productivity and accuracy in a warehouse. The company's warehouse robots pick more orders in less time, alongside operators. The robots includes RFID scanning and visual inspection to reduce returns.The robots are given the capability to adapt the movement and graspin real-time based on the environment and objects. Also, Illumo's AI-based software works with all the robotic systems and has templates for each task operation. | Seed / Jan 10, 2024 | ||
| Mitte is an online platform that helps parking operators streamline their operations and increase revenue. | Seed / Jan 10, 2024 | ||
| Ezpays helps create flexible recurring payment plans that best suit a business. It connects customers to their bank and they authorize the payment. Once payment is made, both will receive an instant confirmation. | Seed / Jan 10, 2024 | ||
| Evolbe is the definitive solution designed to digitize operations, optimize HR administration, and centralize communication between businesses and their points of sale. | Seed / Jan 10, 2024 | ||
| Ecostars is a hotel-specific sustainability certification that awards eco-stars based on a hotel's environmental impact per stay.Ecostars evaluates the key axes of sustainability in each hotel in order to measure the environmental impact of each stay.The company is a member or is recognized by international organizations such as the WorldTourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), and national organizations such as the Spanish Tourism Board. | $830.1K / Pre-Seed / Dec 28, 2023 | ||
| Viterbit is a technology start-up that offers a Recruitment and Selection Software (ATS). Just what your company needs to go one step further with the talent it hires. The greatest strength organizations have are the people who work in them, so our team is committed to helping you attract the talent you need. | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 17, 2022 | ||
| Renty is the marketplace connecting people and stores around product rental. | $239.4K / Pre-Seed / Apr 15, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Encomenda VC
Encomenda is a Venture Capital specialized in seed investments in technology startups. They open the door to investors and professional business angels to capitalize on their investments through collective investment vehicles. They minimize investment risks thanks to the diversification of the portfolio and preferential access to the best projectsin search of financing.
Encomenda VC Contacts
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Carlos Blanco
Managing Partner & Co-Founder; Managing Partner & Co-Founder
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Jordi Armengol
Investor
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Oriol Juncosa
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does Carlos Blanco invest in?
Carlos Blanco invests primarily in Software, Internet and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Carlos Blanco's check size?
Carlos Blanco typically joins rounds of $128k–$1.6M at Seed, $178k–$276k at Angel and $146k–$830k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Carlos Blanco participates in.
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When did Carlos Blanco last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Carlos Blanco closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 41 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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