# Finaves

> Finaves is a VC fund in Barcelona backing Software and Recruiting. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Fund size: $3.3M
- Last fund: Jan 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iese-business-school
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/iesebs
- Website: http://www.iese.edu/en/companies-institutions/supporting-startups/finaves/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Iesebusinessschool

Finaves is a VC fund in Barcelona focused on Software and Recruiting. Finaves S.C.R., S.A. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early venture, and mezzanine investments. The firm typically invests in new technology and Internet, although it may consider investments in all sectors. It gives priority to business projects drawn up by students and alumni of the IESE Masterâ€:tm:s Programs. The firminvests in companies based in Europe, North and South America, and Spain, but will consider all geographical investments. It will invest a maximum of Ђ300,000 ($383,300) in each investment. The firm takes a minority stake in the portfolio companies and seeks to take a seat on the Board of its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments between four years and six years. Finaves S.C.R., S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $480k–$3M |
| Angel | $121k–$329k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 32% |
| Recruiting | 4 | 16% |
| Marketplace | 4 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 16% |
| Internet | 3 | 12% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 52% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 20% |
| Angel | 2 | 8% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 18 | 72% |
| Argentina | 2 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paula Sancho | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paula-sancho |
| Ulrich Kruse | Investment Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulrich-kruse |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NeuralTrust | NeuralTrust is the leading security platform for generative AI, offering a unified command center for real-time defense and offense. Its open source AI gateway delivers the fastest performance in the market for managing LLM traffic, while its automated red teaming engine proactively uncovers vulnerabilities, ensuring robust protection for your AIsystems. | $19.9M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Apartool | Apartool is the supplier of temporary apartments in both national and international destinations. | $2.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| BusUp | BusUp is a mobility service provider that specializes in efficient and flexible corporate commuting services, and is the first company in the world to offer shared corporate shuttle services. Established in 2016, BusUp is already a global company that is currently fully operational in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America for large corporations suchas Accenture, Roche, Siemens, Cognizant, Nestlé, DXC Technologies, Louis Vuitton, etc. Thanks to its technology and its innovative business model BusUp has disrupted a very traditional and low digitized sector, bringing efficiency and convenience to all its stakeholders: passengers, clients, operators, and public administration. Since its inception, BusUp has partnered with more than 150 operators and attended more than 100 clients, exceeding 500,000 passengers worldwide. To learn more about BusUp, visit www.busup.com. | $14.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Ciudadela | Ciudadela is a property management company that offers digital platform for administrating and managing properties. | $3M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Clevergy | We unlock energy insights to everyone through energy retailers | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 31, 2024 |  |
| Apartool | Apartool is the supplier of temporary apartments in both national and international destinations. | $5.8M | Series A | Oct 18, 2023 |  |
| Club Clínico | Club Clínico is a managed marketplace for dental clinics so they can centralize, optimize and improve their procurement management! | $2.1M | Seed | Oct 13, 2022 |  |
| Taclia | Taclia is the software platform that empowers companies to manage their businesses. It provides products that help SMEs digitize their operations. The company designs an internal tool that helps businesses to manage day-to-day more easily. Taclia offers functions including the creation and tracking of all services and tasks, employee timekeeping,CRM, estimates and bills, inventory, cost control, geolocation, and many other things. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Ixoriguè Technologies | Ixoriguè Technologies are into livestock business. | $1M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| BusUp | BusUp is a mobility service provider that specializes in efficient and flexible corporate commuting services, and is the first company in the world to offer shared corporate shuttle services. Established in 2016, BusUp is already a global company that is currently fully operational in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America for large corporations suchas Accenture, Roche, Siemens, Cognizant, Nestlé, DXC Technologies, Louis Vuitton, etc. Thanks to its technology and its innovative business model BusUp has disrupted a very traditional and low digitized sector, bringing efficiency and convenience to all its stakeholders: passengers, clients, operators, and public administration. Since its inception, BusUp has partnered with more than 150 operators and attended more than 100 clients, exceeding 500,000 passengers worldwide. To learn more about BusUp, visit www.busup.com. | $12M | Series A | Feb 11, 2021 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Athos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/athos-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Criteria Venture Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Barlon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barlon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IESE Business School](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/IESE-Business-School) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liil Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liil-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Finaves invest in?

Finaves invests primarily in Software, Recruiting and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Finaves's check size?

Finaves typically joins rounds of $480k–$3M at Seed and $121k–$329k 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 Finaves participates in.

### How do I contact Finaves?

Public channels for Finaves include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Finaves?

The team at Finaves includes Paula Sancho (Managing Director) and Ulrich Kruse (Investment Director). 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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