Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Spain in October 2023
Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Spain in October 2023
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Félix Ruiz, founder of Tuenti and president of Jobandtalent. He has invested in startups Jobandtalent, Syltek, Vitcord, Fudeat, Glovo or Deporvillage. As a business angel does not follow any pattern, invest for the team. Bet on internationally scalable projects that do not depend on a single market. Personal investments are made as entertainmentwithout being involved in day to day. When it involves investors, it decides to be part of the company's operations, such as Jobandtalent. He is considered an architect and accelerator of companies, invests in the technology and restoration sectors. His two exits are Tuenti and Buytheface.
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- Ride Sharing, Transportation, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Genially — Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make animpact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away.Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
- GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
- Playtomic — Playtomic operates an online sports court booking platform intended to become a social network for sports players. It provides a platform to reserve courts, find other players with similar skill levels, and join a social sports community dedicated to learning that helps sports clubs to optimize the use of their facilities and step into the digitalage.Playtomic was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Ignacio Lucea - Co-Founder @ Mintted
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- SaaS, Software, Recruiting
- Seed
- Spain
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- Drivies —
- beWanted — beWanted is an online platform that offers a listing for students and graduates looking for their first employment. The platform provides companies with tailored solutions to simplify their talent research. It also connects university, company and the best young talent through innovation, for quick, easy and effective selection processes.beWanteddelivers original recruitment tools to its clients. The platform makes available to companies a database with integrated information and search parameters so that each firm can easily find the profile it needs.beWanted is operated from Madrid, Spain. It was launched in 2015 by Juan Torroba.
- Copypress —
Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.
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- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
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- Xceed — Go out and live the best night events, parties & festivals at top clubs, bars and restaurants from around the world. Guest lists, tickets & VIP bottle service.
- Tuvalum — Make used bikes great again! Tuvalum is the largets and most trusted site in pre-loved bikes. Every used bike is carefully certified by our expert mechanics. Our mission is to transform the bicycle industry for a more sustainable future through digitization and a great customer experience. Get the bike you really need for your goals and needs, allthe bikes are supremely certified by expert mechanics.
- Qoala — Qoala, founded in 2019, is a browser extension that finds and applies discount codes on online stores and provides its users with cashback, creating a more reliable purchase funnel for more than its 3000 affiliated stores and ensuring its customers will take advantage of the best available deals while shopping online.
Ed Vaizey MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for digital industries on 15 July 2014. He is the Conservative MP for Wantage and Didcot.
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- Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A
- Spain
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- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Paco Avila
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- Content, Education, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Spain
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- GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
Hugo Arévalo is co-founder of Buytheface , Bright & Sharp , and Albau Ventures . In addition, he has invested in: Jobandtalent , Cabify , Ontruck and Deporvillage : and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers . One of its criteria is the qualification of management. Lately, it is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, althoughit is open to any sector. Among his exits, Tuenti and Buytheface stand out .
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- Mobile Apps, Fashion, Apps
- Funding Round, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Spain, Canada
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- HARBIZ (formerly DudyFit) — All-in-one productivity software for fitness professionals designed to digitize and professionalize your sports consultancy business.
- GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
- Luda Partners — Luda Partners is a neural network of pharmacies generating new sources of income and reducing shortages.
The BidMotion engineering team lead studied computer engineering in his home country of Spain before beginning his entrepreneurial career in the mobile industry, founding a multimedia content aggregator for mobile devices. CTO Juan José Mostazo then transplanted to Berlin to continue his career in system architecture, where he joined forces withDaniel Nathan in the German capital on the Datalift team, following his first AdTech endeavor with Hitfox Group. Juanjo currently defines the technological direction of the BidMotion platform, leading the engineering team and managing the platform architecture.
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- Information Technology, Internet, Software
- Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed
- Spain
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- WOODEA — Constructora industrializada de edificios en madera. Reducimos incertidumbre y plazos de manera sostenible y digital.
- Banktrack — Banktrack provides All the bank movements by Email, WhatsApp, or your favorite channel.
- Bcas — Bcas is a Madrid based fintech unlocking access to quality education through student finance for students from all backgrounds.
Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school. Read more from http://martinvillig.com
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- Software, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Spain, South Africa
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- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
- Mentornaut — Mentornaut is a new online tutoring platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalized education and counts Super angel, United Angels VC, and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors.
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Co-Founder of UFOstart
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Art
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Spain, Germany, United States
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- CodeOp — Empowering Women, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Tech. Join Us to Bridge the Gender Gap and Boost Your Career!
- Gamestry — Gamestry offers eSports online classes created for students of all skill levels.Their instructors are the best in the world.
- Modelmanagement.com — Model Management connects new faces and models with scouts, international modeling agencies and model photographers.
Tom Horsey is co-founder of the Crazy4Media group, a group of digital marketing companies, several of which he has been a founder, and of the startup association the Connected Mobility Hub, Tom invests mainly in digital marketing and mobility companies with a special focus on Andalusian companies. He has done exit with The Mobile Life and QAShops, and currently has in his portfolio several successful startups such as Open Webinars, Mission Box / Mox, Workkola, Wuolah, Fheel, Ciclogreen, Checkealos and Levelbots / Güelcom. In spite of its English origin Tom Horsey is based between Seville (Spain) and St Julians (Malta).
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- Food Delivery, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Spain
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- Nominis — Nominis is the digital language academy during childhood. It uses interactive stories as a key resource to enhance the learning experience.
- Ordatic — Ordatic is a developer of food delivery management platform intended to connect customers' orders online with their preferred restaurants.
- Playoffnations — THE ADVERTISING GENERATION Z ENJOYS
CEO at ASPgems
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- Video, Education, Marketplace
- Seed
- Spain
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- Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Pablo Fernandez is a co-founder at Clikalia.
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- EdTech, FinTech, Lending
- Seed, Series A
- Spain, France
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- Bcas — Bcas is a Madrid based fintech unlocking access to quality education through student finance for students from all backgrounds.
- Gravity Wave — Gravity Wave mission is to involve companies, entities and individuals in the cleaning of our seas and oceans.
- Beanstock — Beanstock is an online real estate marketplace for buying, managing and selling rental investment properties in Europe.
Daniela Elazar
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- Education, E-Learning
- Pre-Seed
- Spain
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- Bemyvega — Bemyvega is a platform to broadcast and stream live classes.
Carina Szpilka earned a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid (ICADE) and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. Carina Szpilka began her professional career in the financial sector working at Banco Santander and Argentaria (now part of BBVA). In 1998 Carina Szpilka was part of the teamthat founded ING Direct in Spain, where Carina Szpilka occupied the position of CEO from 2010 to 2013, having previously occupied said position in ING Direct France from 2008 to 2010. Carina Szpilka is currently an independent director at Abanca and a member of the Advisory Board of Reparalia and of Oracle España. Since the beginning of 2014 Carina Szpilka has been vice-president of UNICEF in Spain. Carina Szpilka is also a member of the Professional Board of ESADE. In 2011 Carina Szpilka was given the "Female Executive of the Year" award by the Spanish Federation of Female Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs (Federación Española de Mujeres Directivas - FEDEPE).
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- Family, Children, Training
- Seed
- Spain
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- Lingokids — Voted #1 Kids Learning App, Lingokids is the best app for kids 2-8 years old! Because when learning is fun, kids love to learn! Check it out!
Thomas Meyer
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- Training, Career Planning
- Seed
- Spain
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- CodeOp — Empowering Women, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Tech. Join Us to Bridge the Gender Gap and Boost Your Career!
Miguel Arias, proud dad, entrepreneur, and angel investor, has over 15 years of experience in building technology-based startups with a global reach.Miguel has founded startups before, and helped others grow in a variety of roles. He is a skilled generalist that understands technology as well as people-matters. His expertise encompasses tasks andchallenges, from the vision and strategy definition to product management, with special dedication to startup funding and investor relations.As Global Entrepreneurship Director at Telefónica, he is responsible for leading the new stage in Telefónica's open innovation strategy; this is committed to seeking out and developing technological solutions to complement internal R&D while creating an improved connection with international entrepreneurship ecosystems.Previously as COO at CARTO, he led the sales, financial, and operational efforts from its Madrid, NY, DC, London and Tartu offices, directing the company's growth and scaling-up.He loves to teach and share experiences as entrepreneurship professor at the IE Business School and MIB.Trying to enhance the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem, he co-founded and presides over Chamberi Valley, the main Madrid-based networking initiative for startups with over 1 million € revenue or 1 million € in investment.He writes his thoughts about entrepreneurship at http://emprenderagolpes.com.
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- Data Visualization, Enterprise Software, Analytics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Spain, United States
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- Graphext — Graphext is a no-code platform for business intelligence helping you to build powerful data science projects.
- reclamador.es — reclamador.es offers legaltech and crowd complaining services to help customers claims to companies. Currently offering the service for claims to airlines, banks, assurances, etc or the public administration. Reclamador charges a success fee to the consumers for managing their claims and getting the compensation from the companies. Services arecurrently offered in Spain.
- ReallyLateBooking — ReallyLateBooking is a European mobile application for booking hotels on the same day with big discounts. The app show hotels from three different categories, luxury, elegance, and comfort. In Nov 2011 ReallyLateBooking won the SeedRocket entrepreneurs camp in Madrid. In Dec 2011 ReallyLateBooking won the AppCircus Competition in Santiago deCompostela and is nominee for the Mobile Premium Awards 2011. ReallyLateBooking was founded by entrepreneurs Roberto Gil, Pablo Pazos, and Javier Pazos in Madrid, it has had a big success in Spain. Now it offer hotels in 17 cities included Madrid, Barcelona, London, Berlin, and Paris.
Iñaki Arrola founded coches.com as entrepreneur in 2003. He invested as BA during some years and raised two funds. Vitamina K in 2011 and in 2016 K Fund.
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- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Spain, Mexico, United Kingdom
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- Saluspot — Saluspot is an interactive community of physicians dedicated to improving the health and welfare within the social networking world of health online.
- Lingokids — Voted #1 Kids Learning App, Lingokids is the best app for kids 2-8 years old! Because when learning is fun, kids love to learn! Check it out!
- Startupxplore — Startupxplore is a premium startup investment platform that allows unexperienced and time-savvy investors to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment.
Eduardo Sicilia
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- Content, Education, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Spain
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- GuruCall — Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.
Prior to starting Feedzai, Nuno was an engineer for the European Space Agency, and worked closely with several successful technology startups.In 2011, Nuno, along with his fellow co-founders Paulo Marques and Pedro Bizarro, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology.Fast forward to today, Nuno hasbeen named the Entrepreneur of the Year by London Business School, shared a stage with tech leaders such as Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, and has been the driving force of Feedzai’s global growth.Under Nuno’s leadership, Feedzai has raised more than $282 million in venture funding, surpassed 500 employees, and continues to keep commerce safe for many of the leading banks, retailers, and payment processors around the globe.Nuno has an MBA from the London Business School.
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- Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Spain
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- Synctera — Making it easier for community banks and FinTechs to find their perfect match and work together. Welcome to the new FinTech frontier.
- Dragonboat — Dragonboat is the Responsive Product Portfolio platform for leaders to accelerate product outcomes throughout the PDLC and across all levels.
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
John Danner is an Angel Investor at Danner Capital. Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute from 2021 - to 2022.
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- Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
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- Geniebook — Focused and Effective - Learning is more effective as Geniebook is powered by A.I. to focus your time & attention on mastering the areas you find challenging.Champion Progress - Geniebook encourages better academic performance by giving you greater visibility into learning progress & rewarding it.Empowered & Confident - WithGeniebook, everyone can confidently master any area of learning, anytime, anywhere.
- Stoa — StoaMBA helps young professionals get into business roles at India's high-growth startups. Learn from top founders and 10x your career in just 6-months. Our program...
- Odyssey — Odyssey connects families with states to get access to funding from states to use with approved vendors to customize education for children who need it most.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
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- Farfetch — Farfetch operates an e-commerce website that unites various independent fashion boutiques. It offers bags, coats, dresses, jackets, jewellery, swimwear, trouser, shoes, knitwear, suits, shorts, and accessories. They operate a modular end-to-end technology platform purpose built to connect the luxury fashion ecosystem worldwide. Their vision wasto create a single operating system that could address the complex demands of consumers and luxury sellers alike. Their platform is built on an API-enabled proprietary technology stack, which provides the foundation for the three main components: applications, services and data. Farfetch serves women, men, and kids. Jose Neves founded the company in 2008, with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
Antonio F. Faría-Soto was chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Doral Bank, the main operating subsidiary of Doral Financial Corporation, a publicly traded company, and president of Doral Money, a subsidiary of Doral Bank, from 2005 to 2006. He is the chairman of the Board’s Investment and Finance Committee and a member of the AuditCommittee and the Executive Committee. From 2003 to 2004, he was president of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and served as an ex-officio member of the boards of directors of several government entities dedicated to the economic development of Puerto Rico. From 2002 to 2003, he served as president of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico and from 2001 to 2002 he was Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico. Before serving as Commissioner, he worked for over 20 years in various senior positions within the commercial and investment banking industries, with responsibilities that covered countries in Central and South America.
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- Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
- Funding Round
- Spain
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- niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.
Benito A. Alvarez is the President and CEO ProHealth Physicians. He previously worked at Cleveland Clinic as a Staff Physician. Benito A. Alvarez attended Columbia University in the City of New York and the University of Tennessee.
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- Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
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- Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.
Cofounder & CoCEO at jobandtalent.
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- FinTech, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Spain, United States
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- Abacum — Our FP&A software automates data integration, eases collaboration & drives rapid insights into your financial health. See why Typeform, Ebury & Cabify trust us.
- TaxDown — TaxDown has revolutionized tax advice by being lone of the pioneers in digital service that lets users file income tax returns easily. It claims to guarantee the taxpayers the desired results. As this company is the collaborator of the Tax Agency, taxpayers can present their income statements on their own platform. The digital and automaticsolution maximizes savings.
- Trucksters — We are a transportation company that focuses on providing long distance FTL trucking service through an innovative relay system based on artificial intelligence. We achieve transit times similar to air transport while reducing the costs of traditional road transportation.
Carlos Martín
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- Video, Education, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
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- Cursogram — Cursogram is a platform for online training video: software, professional design & editing, business, creativity, marketing and social media.Academic education for all ages. Video Courses: 3D and CAD, Photography, Video, Audio, Business Skills, Design, Creativity, Programming, Security, Marketing, Social Media. The video courses aretaught by the best teachers.
Founder&CEO at Social-Buy.com.
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- Video, Education, Marketplace
- Seed
- Spain
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- Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Yannick Rault van der Vaart is the co-founder and CEO of Sheetgo.
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- Noty.ai — Meeting transcription software for Google Meet and Zoom meetings. Noty.ai covers meeting transcription, note-taking and follow-up drafting and lets users stay engaged in conversations.
- Magistral.com — Helping you unleash your best self through online training in leadership, public speaking, negotiation, team management, creativity, and sales, with professional trainers, collaborators at organizations such as Coca-Cola, Spotify, IKEA, L'Oréal, Nestlé, Sony, IBM, Bayer, American Express, Heineken, BMW, Omega, Volkswagen, Herbalife, Hilton,Audi, Inditex, El Corte Inglés or Telefónica, among others.
Ricardo Fernandez - Managing Director Limehome Spain @ Limehome
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- Video, Education, Marketplace
- Seed
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Carlos Martín de San Pablo
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- Video, Education, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Cursogram — Cursogram is a platform for online training video: software, professional design & editing, business, creativity, marketing and social media.Academic education for all ages. Video Courses: 3D and CAD, Photography, Video, Audio, Business Skills, Design, Creativity, Programming, Security, Marketing, Social Media. The video courses aretaught by the best teachers.
Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros is CEO / Founder @ Smash.
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- Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
- Funding Round
- Spain
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- niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.
Tom Blomfield is the CEO of Monzo, a new kind of bank, designed for smartphones. Tom previously founded GoCardless, a fintech startup that has gone on to raise $25m. In 2013, he was nominated as one of the Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 30 by the European Commission. He gives talks regularly about the future of banking and fintech.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Kenya
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- Fertifa — Fertifa is an innovative employer benefit solution making fertility care more accessible and affordable.The company works with employers to offer a valuable employee benefit which bridges the gap between an employer and their employees when dealing with the sensitivity and privacy of employees’ reproductive issues. It also offers guidance andadvice, next-generation fertility treatment, and access to a range of holistic services for the best chance of success. The company was founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom.
- 1Bstories — Helping publishers and brands increase engagement and conversions using AI. Mobile, vertical, 60 second video formats made in an instant. Tell your story today!
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Serge Chiaramonte
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- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Trezy — Trezy is smart & simple software the helps you manage your business with real-time finance insights & automated cash-flow forecasting.
- Basket — Basket lets you keep track of things you want to buy, automatically finding the best prices, saving you time and money. Say hello to your new shopping companion.
- Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Japan, Spain
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- Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
- Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.
- Kuai Commerce — Kuai Commerce is a next-generation solution for ambitious brands looking to sell directly to Chinese Gen Z consumers through the power of social commerce. Our tech-enabled services provide market entry and brand acceleration options for emerging category-leaders who otherwise would find the complexity of China prohibitively challenging
Cofounder and Co-CEO of jobandtalent.
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- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Spain, United States, United Kingdom
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- 11x.ai — Onboard the AI workforce from the future and 11x your productivity today
- Bechester — Rentchester offers Furniture as a Service through a flexible subscription model for a fixed monthly fee. Choose the furniture that adapts to your circumstances just for the amount of time you need it with the option to add, swap, buy or return them when life or tastes change.How it works? 1. Choose on our platform the furniture and subscription´sduration that works for you. 2. Wait and relax. Your furniture will be delivered and assembled in just 7 days. 3. Total flexibility. Decide what to do at the end of your plan: buy, extend, swap or return them when life or tastes change.Our goal is to make all the furnishing process as easy, convenient and affordable as it can be.@rentchester
- Fourvenues — Fourvenues software simplifies leisure management.
Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts
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- Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- inne — Inne is a Berlin-based biotech startup that builds a hormone-based mini lab for women with a mission to make natural contraception convenient and accurate. They aim to help women tune into their bodies and make informed decisions about their fertility and overall female health.Inne uses biochemistry and an app to track hormones and understandwhat it means and how they affect a woman's everyday fertility.
- Bunch AI — Try Bunch: the AI coach that makes it easy for ambitious leaders to learn and grow.
- Mindsurance — At Mindsurance, we believe that a thriving workforce starts with prioritizing mental health. Our range of evidence-based solutions empowers businesses to create a supportive environment that nurtures employee well-being. From targeted training programs to confidential counseling services, we offer a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of your organization. Join us in fostering a healthier, happier, and more engaged workforce.
José Antonio Llorente is a specialist in Corporate and Financial Communication. Over the course of a career spanning more than 30 years, he has provided consultancy services on numerous corporate transactions: mergers, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and stock market floatations. He is the author of El octavo sentido (The Eighth Sense),an essay about the relevance of communication in 21st century society.Mr. Llorente is one of the 15 People from the marketing and communications worlds to Watch in 2015, according to The Holmes Report’s editors. In 2014, he received the award to Outstanding Partner of the Year from the National Federation of Consultancy, Services and Office Associations (Spanish acronym: FENAC) in recognition of his professional and business career as leader of LLYC. Furthermore, he was the first Spanish professional to have received the SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, a European award presented by The Holmes Report.Mr. Llorente worked at the multinational Burson-Marsteller for ten years, where he was Managing Director. He previously worked for five years in the Communications Department of the Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE) and was also a journalist for the News Agency EFE.At present he is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society –the world’s leading professional association for senior public relations and corporate communications executives and educators- on the Board of Advisors of Human Age Institute – the largest Talent initiative put into place in Spain -, on the Board of Trustees of the Euroamérica Foundation and on the Steering Committee of the Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies. He is also on the Advisory Board to SMEs of the Spanish Confederation of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and on the Steering Committee of the Agencies of Spain Association.
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- Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services
- Funding Round
- Spain
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- niid; — niid; is an online and technological platform that provides professional services namely travel, dining, personal care, and health services.
Juan Requena Sanz
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- Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
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- Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.
Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Startups. Since the firm’s inception in 2010, she grew 500 Startups to over $600M committed capital, 2,400+ portfolio investments, 140+ team members, 26 accelerator batches, and a vibrant community of founders spanning 77 countries around the world. Christine has spent her entire professional careerbuilding and investing in Silicon Valley.Christine was the Product Marketing Manager of Google before that. She attended the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Mobile, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Japan, Spain
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- GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
- Barn & Willow — A Simpler Way to Buy Window Coverings - drapes, curtains, blinds and shades. Crafted from the most exclusive and premium Belgian linen and organic cotton fabrics. Delivered in 10 days.
- Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.
Ignacio Garcia-Drake - Founder @ beWanted
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- SaaS, Software, Recruiting
- Seed
- Spain
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- beWanted — beWanted is an online platform that offers a listing for students and graduates looking for their first employment. The platform provides companies with tailored solutions to simplify their talent research. It also connects university, company and the best young talent through innovation, for quick, easy and effective selection processes.beWanteddelivers original recruitment tools to its clients. The platform makes available to companies a database with integrated information and search parameters so that each firm can easily find the profile it needs.beWanted is operated from Madrid, Spain. It was launched in 2015 by Juan Torroba.
David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo is the Co-founder and VP Sales at Stackscale.
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- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Spain, United States, United Kingdom
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- Frontity — Frontity is the easiest way to create lightning fast websites using WordPress and React. Open source and free to use.
- Genially — Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make animpact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away.Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
- Fuell — With the Expense Management Platform and the Fuell corporate card, we help companies to manage their employee expenses effortlessly. Forget the expense sheets.
Gonzalo Ruiz Manzanares is a software and application developer for iOS and Android. Gonzalo Ruiz is a Telecommunications Engineer training, he worked in R & D and technology consulting companies such as Amena, IBM or DMR Consulting (Everis) before embarking in 2005 with Blogsfarm.com, a network of digital magazines was quickly model expansionthat led to the founding of other startups content as Financialred.com or Viajered.com.After a few years he has co-founded companies like Pidemesa and collected SegurosRed or domains as Cursos.com, Bolsa.com or Horoscopo.com. Currently supports the management of their companies with investments in seed stage entrepreneurs, through owning stakes in more than 40 Startups as Vestidia.com, TouristEye, EnterBio, Bibulu.com, Reclamador.es, etc
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- EdTech, Guides, Travel
- Seed, Funding Round
- Spain
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- Tutellus — Tutellus is a collaborative platform for education in latin countries. Tutellus.io is the evolution of Tutellus.com, it's a decentralized edtech platform based on the ethereum blockchain, and it pays students for learning. The more users learn, the more money users get and the more relevant users become in the community. The company'sgoal is to decrease poverty worldwide through education, letting students earn money, while they study.Tutellus was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
- TouristEye — Love travel? Discover, plan and book your perfect trip with expert advice, travel guides, destination information and inspiration from Lonely Planet.
Prior to founding Galdana Ventures, Didac has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years, funding more than 15 tech companies (among others: Inspirit, TradeInn, Fhios, Peninsula, Threepoints - Planeta, Safe365) which today account for more than 800 employees and €300 million turnover.Dídac is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures.With 1B USD fund invested in Silicon Valley (50%), China (30%) and Europe (20%), Galdana Ventures is considered one of the best performing Venture Capital Fund of Funds globally.Dídac is a former Board Member of FC Barcelona, he served on the Board for 10 years from 2010 to 2020. Since 2018, he was Head of Digital, an internationally recognized reference in its field, with 370M followers in social media and more than 100M Euros in turnover. Among Lee´s achievements at FCB, one of the biggest is the leading of the digitalization of the Club; his legacy is applauded by many. During his career, Dídac has received several awards, including the following: Doctor Honoris Causa (Universidad del Siglo 21), Entrepreneur of the Year (Pimec, 2019), Business Angel of the Year (AEBAN, 2019), Best European Startup Mentor Award (The Founder Institute, 2013), he has been listed by IESE as one of 20 most influential entrepreneurs under 40, and selected by WIRED magazine as one of the Top 100 European Digital Influencers (number 2 in Spain).Didac was born in Figueres (close to Barcelona), his parents are from China and he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.Galdana Ventures (Co-Founder - 2015/Current)Galdana is a Venture Capital fund of funds founded and invested by successful tech entrepreneurs that invests in some of the top tier firms in the United States, Asia, Israel and EuropeGaldana’s management team counts on more than 80 years of accumulated experience as successful entrepreneurs and investors. It has taken part in the creation of 17 companies with an aggregate value of $1.5 billion and managed investments for approximately $240 million in 30 companies with an aggregate final value of $1 billion.Our investor base includes entrepreneurs who have founded companies worth more than $4 billion in aggregated value, and we work to further increase this base with successful entrepreneurs from all the regions where we invest.In addition to this, Galdana has partnered with Altamar Capital Partners, a fund of funds management company specialized in private equity, real estate and infrastructure with approximately $3.4 billion in historically committed capital.
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- Apps, Mobile, Real Estate
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Spain, United Kingdom
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- Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
- Buo — Buo is a social commerce app.
- Gretel.co — The feed that generates automated insights from your marketing apps. Connect your apps with 1 click and receive alerts for changes in your campaigns, customer behavior, and performance.
Ben Eliott
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- Training, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
- Seed
- Spain
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- Taalentfy — Our technology bridges the main recruitment barriers by offering 3 main solutions: Firstly, we match the exact candidate to the right job using AI and Machine Learning by extracting unique data. Secondly, we accelerate the hiring process from end to end from 52 days to less than a month. And last but not least, we improve the staff turnover from a6% to a 2%.Knowledgefy is a Spain-based company that was founded in 2016 by Alejandro González.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
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- Farfetch — Farfetch operates an e-commerce website that unites various independent fashion boutiques. It offers bags, coats, dresses, jackets, jewellery, swimwear, trouser, shoes, knitwear, suits, shorts, and accessories. They operate a modular end-to-end technology platform purpose built to connect the luxury fashion ecosystem worldwide. Their vision wasto create a single operating system that could address the complex demands of consumers and luxury sellers alike. Their platform is built on an API-enabled proprietary technology stack, which provides the foundation for the three main components: applications, services and data. Farfetch serves women, men, and kids. Jose Neves founded the company in 2008, with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Brazil
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- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Juan Pablo Herrera - Chief Operations Officer (COO) @ GroupM
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- EdTech, Software, Education
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Spain
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- Magistral.com — Helping you unleash your best self through online training in leadership, public speaking, negotiation, team management, creativity, and sales, with professional trainers, collaborators at organizations such as Coca-Cola, Spotify, IKEA, L'Oréal, Nestlé, Sony, IBM, Bayer, American Express, Heineken, BMW, Omega, Volkswagen, Herbalife, Hilton,Audi, Inditex, El Corte Inglés or Telefónica, among others.
- Upplication —
Oscar Fuente is the founder and CEO of the IEBS Business School.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Spain
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- Coverfy — Coverfy APP is a free mobile insurance manager that simplifies and solves all insurance-related issues for its users. The APP optimizes user´s insurance policies and covers all his insurance needs using digital technology and semi-authomatic algorithms. Coverfy is an insurance broker registered at the General Directorate of Insurance and PensionFunds (DGSFP) and acting independently from the insurance companies.
- Bookinter — All in one platform with channel manager and artificial intelligence for rental property management and commercialization
- Infantium — Infantium is an award winning blog about parenting, child development and education, family matters and more. Learn more about how you can become a better parent today.
Nacho Tortosa
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- Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
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- Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.
Manuel Mercader
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- Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.
Alberto Andújar Estellés
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- Training, E-Learning, Online Portals
- Seed
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Growth Road — Growth Road is an online platform that offers vocational guidance, personal skill development, and online coaching sessions.
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