# Juan Lopez Santamaria

> Juan Lopez Santamaria is a Series A investor at Kibo Ventures (Madrid) backing Software and SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kibo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-ventures)
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://es.linkedin.com/in/juan-lópez-santamaría-4242068
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/JuanMLSanta
- Website: http://www.kiboventures.com

Juan Lopez Santamaria is a Series A investor at Kibo Ventures in Madrid focused on Software and SaaS. Juan Lopez Santamaria is based out of Madrid and is the Managing Director Nzyme and Partner of Kibo Ventures. Juan previously worked at INDRA Systems as a Project Manager / Jefe de Proyecto. Juan Lopez Santamaria attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Security | 2 | 22% |
| Mobile | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 3 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HyperSpectral | Hyper Spectral | $12.1M | Series A | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Aerial | Aerial's technology leverages existing infrastructure to recognize activity without the need for cameras, sensors or wearables. Aerial's patented technology analyzes distortions and fluctuations in the existing wireless signals and uses AI to interpret them and classify human activities. | $3M |  | Nov 08, 2018 |  |
| Aerial | Aerial's technology leverages existing infrastructure to recognize activity without the need for cameras, sensors or wearables. Aerial's patented technology analyzes distortions and fluctuations in the existing wireless signals and uses AI to interpret them and classify human activities. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 26, 2018 |  |
| Blueliv | Blueliv is a leading cyber threat intelligence provider with a world-class in-house Labs team. We scour the web, the deep web and the dark internet to deliver fresh, automated and actionable threat intelligence to organizations to protect their networks from the outside in.Our scalable cloud-based platform turns global threat data intosophisticated and relevant intelligence, enabling organizations to save time and resource by improving their incident response performance and empowering their Security Operations team with real-time intelligence. Configure a solution bespoke to your needs with a choice of modules. Quantify and qualify malicious attack vectors with our plug and play MRTI feed; delivered in STIX/TAXII standard, integration is easy. The Blueliv Threat Exchange Network is a strong, collaborative community of security researchers and malware analysts. We want you to be a part of it - join community.blueliv.com. Start detecting external threats and join the fight against cybercrime today. Blueliv is a Gartner Cool Vendor 2015 and Go-Ignite winner 2016. | $4.4M | Series A | Feb 14, 2018 |  |
| Aerial | Aerial's technology leverages existing infrastructure to recognize activity without the need for cameras, sensors or wearables. Aerial's patented technology analyzes distortions and fluctuations in the existing wireless signals and uses AI to interpret them and classify human activities. | $2M | Convertible Note | Jul 12, 2017 |  |
| Captio | Launched in 2012, Captio is a business and travel expense management application that enables companies and their employees to improve the control of their expenses and discovery of new savings opportunities. It integrates the expense management process into a single, paperless workflow, eliminating the need for manual tasks and preventing fraud.Captio automatically extracts data from the receipts and invoices which its users capture with their smartphones, allowing companies to avoid the negative effects of their expense management processes. | $1.1M |  | Jul 22, 2016 |  |
| Captio | Launched in 2012, Captio is a business and travel expense management application that enables companies and their employees to improve the control of their expenses and discovery of new savings opportunities. It integrates the expense management process into a single, paperless workflow, eliminating the need for manual tasks and preventing fraud.Captio automatically extracts data from the receipts and invoices which its users capture with their smartphones, allowing companies to avoid the negative effects of their expense management processes. | $2.5M | Series A | Jan 03, 2015 |  |
| Qustodio | Qustodio makes internet safety and device management easy for families, schools and businesses worldwide. The company is well known for its flagship consumer product and leading parental control solution, Qustodio Parental Control, which helps more than a million parents worldwide ensure safe and productive use of connected devices. The company isheadquartered in Barcelona, Spain. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 |  |
| Blueliv | Blueliv is a leading cyber threat intelligence provider with a world-class in-house Labs team. We scour the web, the deep web and the dark internet to deliver fresh, automated and actionable threat intelligence to organizations to protect their networks from the outside in.Our scalable cloud-based platform turns global threat data intosophisticated and relevant intelligence, enabling organizations to save time and resource by improving their incident response performance and empowering their Security Operations team with real-time intelligence. Configure a solution bespoke to your needs with a choice of modules. Quantify and qualify malicious attack vectors with our plug and play MRTI feed; delivered in STIX/TAXII standard, integration is easy. The Blueliv Threat Exchange Network is a strong, collaborative community of security researchers and malware analysts. We want you to be a part of it - join community.blueliv.com. Start detecting external threats and join the fight against cybercrime today. Blueliv is a Gartner Cool Vendor 2015 and Go-Ignite winner 2016. | $2.7M |  | Feb 12, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fonds Innovexport](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-innovexport) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Quebecor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quebecor) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Telefónica Innovation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telefonica-innovation-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Telegraph Hill Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telegraph-hill-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bankinter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bankinter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kibo Ventures

VC Fund · Madrid, Spain

Kibo Ventures, based in Madrid (Spain) is a VC Fund focused on early-stage investments in digital companies. Kibo Ventures manages $320 million from a mix of institutional and private investors, including IEF, Telefonica, the Spanish Government (through CDTI), Mutua Madrileña (Spain's largest insurance company) and Axis (ICO's 25year-old private equity arm). Specifically, Kibo likes to invest in companies which combine exceptional and committed teams, aiming to digitalize a product or service in a big-enough market with international potential. Kibo is managed by an experienced team of professionals with a solid track record, who are actively involved in the companies in which they invest. Kibo follows a stage-investment approach and financially supports portfolio companies as they grow, whilst promoting co-investment from valuable investors.

5 contacts available at Kibo Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aquilino Pena | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquilino-pea |
| Juan Lopez Santamaria | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-lpez |
| Sonia Fernandez | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonia-fernandez |
| Covadonga García-Valdés | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/covadonga-garc%C3%ADa-vald%C3%A9s |
| Gonzalo Duarte | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gonzalo-duarte |

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## FAQ

### What does Juan Lopez Santamaria invest in?

Juan Lopez Santamaria invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Security startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Juan Lopez Santamaria last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Juan Lopez Santamaria closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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