# Carlos Blanco

> Carlos Blanco is a seed investor at ESC Venture Capital SGEIC backing Software and Internet. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ESC Venture Capital SGEIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esc-venture-capital-sgeic)
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosblanco
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/carlosblanco
- Website: http://carlosblanco.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carlosblancov

Carlos Blanco is a seed investor at ESC Venture Capital SGEIC 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $132k–$1.6M |
| Angel | $176k–$274k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 18% |
| Internet | 6 | 16% |
| Apps | 5 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 13% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 55% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 13% |
| Angel | 3 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 26 | 68% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abastores | Abastores The agribusiness auction platform. | $788.8K | Seed | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| Bronze | 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 | 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 | 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 | Mitte is an online platform that helps parking operators streamline their operations and increase revenue. |  | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 |  |
| Ezpays | 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 | 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 ESG AI | 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 | 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 | Renty is the marketplace connecting people and stores around product rental. | $239.4K | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SeedRocket](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedrocket) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Bankinter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bankinter) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lanai Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lanai-partners-3) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lánzame Capital SL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lanzame-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Dozen Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dozen-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [4Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About ESC Venture Capital SGEIC

VC Fund



1 contacts available at ESC Venture Capital SGEIC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Blanco | Chairman & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-blanco |

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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 Funding Round stage. Most of the 38 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 $132k–$1.6M at Seed and $176k–$274k at Angel. 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.

### When did Carlos Blanco last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carlos Blanco closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 38 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.

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