# El Pais

> El Pais is a VC fund in Madrid backing iOS, SaaS and Android. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/el-pais-uruguay/about/
- Website: http://www.elpais.com.uy

El Pais is a newspaper company with a large national circulation and audience. The company introduced the modality of distributing special and collectible editorial products nationally and internationally. The company focuses in the improvement of Uruguayan society. The carry out dozens of extraordinary publications and historical investigations.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Android | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GU Trade | GU Trade helps to maximize the team on the ground effectiveness providing key information for the decision making process. Leveraging on breakthrough technology, GU Trade web and mobile solution, provides accurate and online Point of Sales (POS) key indicators for monitoring and optimizing in-store execution guidelines. Currently includes customersall across Latam and is looking for funds to expand our presence in the North American market.GU Trade enables and facilitates having the necessary visibility of each POS execution, it incorporates retail knowledge and expertise to easily gather the necessary data for managing key business variables and be prepared to capitalize on new business opportunities. Our tool is permanently updated through continuous improvement processes that include new technologies and customer feedback.Some of our main attributes are: Providing granular, actionable and online POS execution KPIs to capitalize on each business opportunity. Constant flow of innovation, 100% retail-oriented Image Recognition / Big Data. Intuitive and versatile product.Key Performance Indicators offered by GU Trade: Facing and SOS
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POP Material implementation.
 Products expiring date. 
Returns
. Assortment by RE and cluster
. Planogram compliance
. Competitive activity. | $175K | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANII](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anii) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does El Pais invest in?

El Pais invests primarily in iOS, SaaS and Android startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Uruguay. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did El Pais last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for El Pais closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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