# Plug and Play Spain

> Plug and Play Spain is a VC fund in Paterna backing Software and E-Commerce. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paterna, Spain
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plug-and-play-tech-center/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/plugandplayes
- Website: https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plugandplayspain/

Plug and Play Spain is a VC fund in Paterna focused on Software and E-Commerce. At Plug and Play, our core objective is to catalyze technological advancement. Over the past 12 years, we have built the largest innovation platform on the planet, bringing together startups, investors, and blue chip corporations. We are now active in 22 locations globally, including U.S., Spain, China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore,Indonesia, and Brazil. We are experts in facilitating meaningful introductions, investing in startups, and bringing together key stakeholders into one world-changing network.Since inception, our startup community has raised over $9 billion in venture funding and we continue to make over 200 investments worldwide every year. Some of our success stories include Dropbox, PayPal (acq’d by eBay), Lending Club (NYSE: LC), NatureBox, SoundHound, Zoosk, Matcha (acq’d by Apple), VentureBeat, FiscalNote, CreditSesame, Api.ai (acq’d by Google), Milo (acq’d by eBay), AddThis (acq’d by Oracle), Baarzo (acq’d by Google), ChangeTip (acq’d by Airbnb), Danger (acq’d by Microsoft), Ellie Mae (NYSE: ELLI), Vudu (acq’d by Walmart).The industries we focus on are Fintech, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Brand & Retail, Mobility, New Materials & Packaging, Sustainability, Food & Beverage, Travel & Hospitality, Health & Wellness, and Supply Chain & Logistics.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 6 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alberto Gutiérrez | Co-Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-guti%C3%A9rrez |
| Kevin Chen | Mentor - Agtech & Foodtech | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-chen-8 |
| Michael Wood | Start-up Advisor & Executive in Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-wood |
| Nazim Kareemi | EIR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nazim-kareemi |
| Paloma Mas Pellicer | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paloma-mas-pellicer |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hacktron AI | Hacktron AI offers autonomous tools that search for vulnerabilities in code. The service provides AI agents that test, find, and prove security issues. Users can connect Hacktron to their code through GitHub for automated security checks. The platform supplies proof of vulnerabilities and patch suggestions. Security researchers also contributetools to assist teams in detecting risks. | $2.9M | Seed | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Heywa Labs | Heywa Labs develops Generative UX (GenUX), an AI-driven interface layer that creates dynamic, adaptive user experiences beyond static text or links. Their flagship app, Heywa, delivers visual, tappable "stories" of cards for tasks like cooking, travel, fitness, and DIY, reconfiguring in real-time based on user interactions. | $5M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Nemuru | Technological platform that connects banks, companies and their clients allowing the generation of financing requests in a real time, paperless and omnichannel way. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Valeet | Valeet is a valet parking service app, right on the curb of the terminal. Car owners can drive their car to the curb and Valeet will pick it up from there. With Valeet, drivers will no longer need to search for parking or wait for shuttles. | $653K | Seed | Apr 28, 2017 |  |
| Runnics | Runnics is born to be a new kind of e-commerce 3.0. Runnics is a specialized sports marketplace coming from the running world to other motivational and inspirational sports like cycling, swimming, fitness or crossfit. Runnics wants to help people to find their limits and to enjoy life. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Influencity | The most completed AI-powered Influencer Marketing platform for worldwide brands and agencies, with a full stack of solutions to manage and optimize influencer campaigns at scale. It is the platform of choice for companies like Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Havas Media, Samsung, Ogilvy, and others.We provide over 60 functionalities that willadjust to your own workflows to successfully execute end-to-end influencer campaigns.To go into more detail, this is what Influencity platform will allow you to do:- Search for the perfect influencers for your campaigns in just a few seconds. We have over 70 million influencers which can be found combining over 20 filters (engagement, location, gender, age, interests…)- Analyze any social media profile, create your own database, and organize your influencers in lists. Influencity will allow you to see full profile analysis (followers quality, KPIs, demographics…) - Estimate your campaign’s results before managing them. You will be able to do this thanks to the analysis that the platform makes based on the influencers’ main KPIs. You will be able to manage as many campaigns as you need at the same time on a very visual and easy solution.- Measure results through complete reports that include publications with its automatically generated metrics, graphs, and data of your campaign as a whole. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2015 |  |
| EsLife | EsLife helps his clients to find trustworthy, reliable professionals to take care of their families and homes. EsLife gives you back time to enjoy doing what you really would like to do like being with your family, hanging out with your friends or travel around. | $520K | Seed | Oct 17, 2014 |  |
| Ducksboard | Ducksboard is a real-time dashboard which helps users visualize and monitor data in one single place. Optimized for large screens, it makes it easy to connect all SaaS apps and create a stunning display to keep and eye on the company's growth.With so many KPIs and metrics to watch over, Ducksboard provides users with an elegant dashboard todisplay the company's up-to-date information. Ducksboard's user experience and impressive design make it easy for any business to pull their KPIs into their own customized dashboard and control their metrics. |  | Series A | Jan 23, 2014 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angels Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antai Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antai-venture-builder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bankia Fintech Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bankia-fintech-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cambridge Enterprise Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-enterprise-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Civeta Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/civeta-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Plug and Play Spain invest in?

Plug and Play Spain invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Plug and Play Spain?

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### Who are the partners at Plug and Play Spain?

The team at Plug and Play Spain includes Alberto Gutiérrez (Co-Founder), Kevin Chen (Mentor - Agtech & Foodtech) and Michael Wood (Start-up Advisor & Executive in Residence), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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