# Top 45 Hardware Angel Investors in Spain in May 2026

## Carlos Blanco
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Carlos Blanco is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Profe.com, Chairman and Co-Founder of PropTEX, and Co-founder of Casum. He is a former Co-founder at Verone. He attendedCarlos Blanco is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in multimedia, telecommunications, and project management. He has founded a number of companies which includeServiFutbol.com, New- Info, Diser 2000, OACE Servicios Informáticos, Insap Consulting, Grupo ITnet, First Tuesday, Akamon Entertainment, Conector Startup Accelerator, and more. Blanco also works as a mentor, speaker, lecturer, and moderator at various institutions and events.Blanco holds master’s degrees from the University of Navarra, the University of Pompeu Fabra, and the University of Autònoma de Barcelona.

## Andreas Mihalovits
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

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.

## Francisco Pino
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: iOS, Mobile, Electronics

Francisco Pino

## Luis Gutierrez Roy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Audio, Contact Management




## Angel Cano Fernandez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Video, Software

Mr. Angel Cano Fernandez serves as President, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.He is also Member of the Executive and Management Committee of the Bank as of 2000. He began his career in 1984 at Arthur Andersen where he stayed for seven years. Between 2006 and 2009, heacted as Director of Resources and Means for the BBVA Group with added responsibilities for the corporate Global Transformation Plan.Moreover, he served as Director of Resources and Means with responsibility for Technology across the BBVA Group from 2005 till 2006. Between 2003 and 2005, he acted as Director of Human Resources and Services for the BBVA Group and prior to this, as Chief Financial Officer of BBVA from 2001 and 2003. In the past, he served as Controller at Argentaria, from 1998 to 2000, and Assistant Controller, from 1996 to 1998. Moreover, he has served as Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of BBVA Bancomer SA and Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer SA de CV, as well as Member of the Board of China Citic Bank Corporation Limited (CNCB) and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS.He graduated in Economics and Business Administration.

## Erik Brieva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software

In April 2014, Erik Brieva was appointed as a new CEO of Strands, leading software provider for digital banking and e-commerce. Prior to joining Strands, Erik Brieva was President & CEO of Polymita, a worldwide leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, which was acquired by RedHat in 2012. Polymita was recognized by Gartner asInnovator and Visionary (Magic Quadrant 2009 & 2010) and by IDC as Major Player (MarketScape 2011). Erik is a succesful serial entrepreneur in the enterprise software and internet business. Previously, he founded Intelligent Software Components S.A. (iSOCO - acquired by Private Equity Investors), Enzyme Advising Group (acquired by Nexe Group) and Altea Consulting. He also invests and serves as board director in several companies. He also has academic experience including teaching Entrepreneurship and Startup Development at IESE Business School, Computer Graphics at Middlesex University, Computer Programming and Digital Image Processing at the University of Havana.Erik has a degree in Cybernetics and Mathematics (University of Havana), MSc in Computer Graphics (Middlesex University), with complementary studies in Business Administration (San Telmo), Marketing & Sales (Bosel) and Global Growth (MIT). Erik was named Entrepreneur of the Year in Spain (Entrepreneurs Magazine, 2006). His achievements also include driving Polymita to be a finalist among the Best Startups in the European Venture Contest (2005) and to have raised 25M€ of Venture Capital for his different businesses.He is member of the CEO Collaborative Forum (CEO-CF) and the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), where he served as Finance Chair and Membership Chair for the Spain Chapter. Erik is passionate about entrepreneurship, processes and innovation, and currently gives lectures at leading universities and business schools worldwide. He also loves to spend time with his family and travel.Specialties: Make things happen. Entrepreneurship. Business Development. Innovation. Internet Businesses. Business Process Management (BPM).

## Francesc Andreu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Francesc Andreu is a Angel Investor.

## Carlos Gallardo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical

Carlos Gallardo

## Luis I. Cortes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software

Luis I. Cortes is the Head of Marketing and Sales Programs for Product Portfolio Marketing at Red Hat. He attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

## Albert Botet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Computer, Video Games

Albert Botet is an individual investor.

## Ignasi Vilajosana
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Electronics, Internet of Things, Information Technology

Ignasi Vilajosana - CEO @ Worldsensing

## Victor Lobo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, Marketplace

CFRO at Rebellion Pay & Seed/Angel InvestorI have spent my whole career (10 years yet!) in banking and financial services sector in different positions, from risk to strategy. I have launched several products from scratch, but I am particularly proud of being strongly focused on client as the best strategy to stay ahead.When I am notworking, I love to spend time with my friends, doing any kind of sport (football, running, cycling…) and travel around the world. I love meeting new people and learning new things, so if you need to contact me do not hesitate to write me a DM or to my personal email: vlobomm@gmail.com ;) Main Specialties
•	Risk: portfolio management, default metrics, underwriting process, identification process, fraud, operational risk, collections, credit policies.
•	Data: Scorecard and risk models development and improvement, logistic regression, random forest, machine learning, SLQ, SAS, R, Power BI, Tableau, Good Data, Microstrategy.
•	Strategy & Business development: Customer journey, UX, strategic alliances & partnerships, online and direct channels.
•	Finance: Budgeting control, provisions, IFRS 9, MTP and LTP plans, P&L management, business case, business plan, forecasting and audit.

## Aviram Jenik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cupertino, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security

Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies

## Pedro Tortosa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Information Technology

Pedro Tortosa

## Christophe Primault
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software

Prior to joining Elaia, Christophe co-founded GetApp (acquired by Gartner) where he spent a couple of years helping Gartner with the integration of GetApp and their digital strategy for new markets.
He was previously the Chief Executive of two B2B startups financed by venture capital funds and businesses in the United Kingdom and Spain. He also hasa solid background as world marketing manager with NCR (Nyse: NCR).

## Alfonso Villanueva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Real Estate


Biography:
Currently...
* Business Angel
* PayPal Executive
* Board Member Europ-Assistance
* Founder Peranakan S.L.
Formerly...
* McKinsey Director (Senior Partner)
* Chief innovation Officer (SingTel)
* Chairman Innoventures (JV SoftBank / SingTel)

## Ariel Poler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet

Ariel Poler is the Co-Founder of Reveri Health. Ariel is an Internet entrepreneur, mentor, and investor. He was the founder of IPRO, the first web analytics company, and of Topica, one of the first email communities. Ariel was a board member of Kana Software, LinkExchange, Odeo, LOLapps, and StumbleUpon. He currently serves on the boards of FreedomFinancial Network, MixTent, Strava, and Scan Inc. Ariel’s angel investments include AdMob, Flixster, Slideshare, Xobni, RockYou, and Outright, BrightRoll, Instructables, Causes, Kongregate and NexTag. Ariel holds a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University. He is originally from Venezuela and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.

## Tom Horsey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Information Technology, Education

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).

## Barney Harford
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Travel, Internet, Legal Tech

Barney currently serves on the boards of directors of United Airlines and RealSelf. At United Airlines he serves on the Finance, Audit and Public Responsibility committees. Barney has an extensive track record operating and governing large and rapidly growing technology-enabled companies. He has particular experience in the fields of loyalty andsegmentation, experiment-driven optimization, lean process improvement, cybersecurity, and transportation safety.Barney served as Chief Operating Officer of Uber from January 2018 to July 2019. As COO he was responsible for the company’s global ridesharing business, leading operations, strategy, marketing, customer support, safety and insurance in over 60 countries, and for the company's food-delivery business Uber Eats. Barney launched consumer and driver loyalty programs, increased focus on high-value segments, extended the platform to embrace lower cost transport modes in emerging markets, and significantly reduced trip defect rates. He led a 15,000 person organization during a critical phase in the company’s history, and played a significant role in the company’s May 2019 IPO, which raised $8B.Prior to Uber, Barney served as CEO and a director of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) from January 2009 to November 2015, leading a turnaround that culminated in the company’s sale to Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) for $1.6B. While at Orbitz Worldwide he launched the groundbreaking Orbitz Rewards loyalty program and built the Orbitz Partner Network into a leading provider of private label travel solutions to airlines, hotels, travel agencies and banks.Prior to Orbitz Worldwide, Barney served in a variety of roles at Expedia from 1999 to 2006, including as President of Expedia Asia Pacific from 2004 to 2006, where he led Expedia’s market entry into China, Australia and Japan.Barney has previously served on the boards of directors of Crystal Orange Hotel Group (formerly Mandarin Hotel Holdings), eLong, GlobalEnglish, LiquidPlanner and Lola Travel.Barney is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Barney received an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (Clare College).

## Court Westcott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Court Westcott - Managing Partner @ Westcott LLC

## Hugo Mardomingo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Real Estate, FinTech

Relevant experience in Venture Capital, Private Equity and strategy consulting. I have invested in fast growing international marketplaces, ecommerce and software startups, in Europe and United States.Selected recent investments in Europe include Spotahome, Ontruck, Tulotero, Deporvillage, Indexa Capital, Fintonic, Minube and Ironhack and in theUnited States Lendinghome, Roofstock and Rebag. Previously, I invested in early stage startups, among them Akamon, Kantox, Kompyte, Chicfy and Captio.I got a MS in International Management from ICEX-CECO and a BS in economy and aeronautics from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Broad international exposure (Brazil, Spain and US) and proficient in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

## Gilles Blanchard
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Medical, InsurTech

Gilles Blanchard

## Javier Olivan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech

Javier Olivan - VP of Central Products @ Meta

## Chris Adelsbach
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

## Rolf Schromgens
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts

## Mat Travizano
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: PaaS, Bitcoin, FinTech

Mat Travizano is the Founder & Chairman at GranData.

## Eudald Domènech
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Real Time, Consumer Electronics

Eudald Domènech is the Founder & CEO of TVUP Media. He previously worked at CBM Consulting as a CEO. Eudald Domènech attended IESE Business School.

## Stage2 Stage2
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Commercial, Consulting

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## Nanoki Innovations
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Commercial, Consulting

Nanoki Innovations

## Marcos Ortega
- Type: Angel
- Location: Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Commercial, Consulting

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## Juan Carlos Ruiz Cubo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Commercial, Consulting

Juan Carlos Ruiz Cubo

## Juanjo Mostazo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Car Sharing, Mobile Apps, Computer Vision

Juanjo Mostazo

## Others Others
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Agriculture, Renewable Energy

Others Others

## David Boronat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Naucalpan, Mexico, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B

David Boronat is the Founder and President at Multiplica.

## David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce

David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo is the Co-founder and VP Sales at Stackscale.

## Iker Marcaide
- Type: Angel
- Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Consumer, Robotics

Iker was previously a Management Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in Europe, where he engaged with leading financial institutions and consumer goods corporations. During his tenure at BCG he focused on building strategic plans, defining and implementing sales & marketing strategies and supported turnaround projects and operationalimprovements.Iker is an MBA from MIT Sloan, Master in Operations Management from the MIT School of Engineering, as well as MS in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Iker is originally from Spain.

## Bernardo Hernandez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Delivery

Bernardo Hernandez is leading Spanish Business Angel. He graduated from ICADE, a top Business School in Madrid Spain in 1993. He has a Masters in Finance from Boston College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
At the age of 29, after 5 years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the asset management industry with companieslike Fidelity and Putnam Investments, he started his first internet venture idealista.com, now the leading real estate online portal in Spain. Since then he has participated in other online start-ups as a Business Angel, like floresfrescas.com, planetaki.com, 11870.com or the leading social network in Spain, tuenti.com.His latest venture is StepOne.com, a company that helps Spanish businesses to get established in the US. He is also member of the board at Bodaclick.com, the first Spanish internet company to go public.Bernardo joined Google in 2005 and is currently Director of Product Management and Managing Director for Zagat. He is based in New York.

## Fadi Bishara
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, Mobile

Fadi Bishara is Founder & CEO at Blackbox .

## Theoophilus Emmanuel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Big Data

Theoophilus Emmanuel

## Rene De Jong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Events

René is an independent adviser and businessman working with Equiteq in Spain in the consulting and IT services sectors. He draws on his extensive business career and personal experience of major corporate transactions to guide owners through growth and M&A. 

## Gabriel Stamoglou
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Credit, Payments, E-Commerce

Gabriel Stamoglou

## Bart Huisken
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software

SouthWing was founded by Bart Huisken in December 2000 at the INSEAD Business School in Fontainbleau, France. Prior to his MBA Bart worked for seven years at Ericsson in the Netherlands, Australia and Sweden in the areas of product management of wireless technologies and innovation, marketing, sales, and product design. Apart from the MBA fromINSEAD he holds a MSc from TU Delft (Netherlands). Mr Huisken's experience has given him a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the mobile communications market and an appreciation for the importance of strategic partnerships, bringing expertise in the development of the company and its products.Mr Huisken's current role in SouthWing is as Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Board. His main ambition is to make SouthWing a leader in Wireless Headsets and a significant player in the design of wireless solutions.

## Michiel Das
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

Michiel Das is a Digital Marketing Specialist, Entrepreneur and Associate Professor living and working in Barcelona (Spain).
More information: http://michieldas.com

## Francisco Fernandez-Castillo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Credit, Payments, E-Commerce

Francisco Fernandez-Castillo

## Ed Freyfogle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SEO, SaaS, Travel

Ed Freyfogle is a founder at Nestoria.

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