Startups business angels in Barcelona & Madrid

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Nowadays, Business Angels play a key role in the development of innovation ecosystem. And in this article, I would like to list down top startups business angels, who play a crucial role in the technology sector in Barcelona and in Madrid.

 

Who are startups business angels?

 

Startups business angels are individuals who make their investment decisions personally and contribute their capital and time to startups. Business Angels are crucial in the main stages of startups since they are one of the main investors that provide capital to companies in seed phases.

In Spain, there are currently more than 3,000 business angels and more and more are taking an active part in the technology and startups investment. Being startups Business Angels is something very trendy and prestigious in Spain. There are usually two types of startups Business Angels: the professionals who dedicate all their time and resources to invest in startups; and the successful entrepreneurs who, after gaining millions with their startups have become business angels as they already have experience in this field.

And there are two reasons why the number of startups business angels is increasing: the possibility to become a partner in innovative and promising companies, and on the other hand, nowadays there are not so many alternatives for the high-risk investment with the possibility to multiply the capital by 10 times or more.

In Spain, there are three investment criteria that are the most common among Spanish startups business angels: team, market, and business model. However, there are some more important factors to consider.

But let’s look at the main startups business angels in Barcelona and Madrid to understand better their profiles and interests:

 

Startups business angels in Barcelona & Madrid you should know

 

1. Eneko Knörr

Eneko Knörr has a degree in Business Administration from the University of the Basque Country. Eneko has invested in more than a dozen tech companies and startups. Some of the successful startups he invested in are Ticketbis, Petcoach, and Habitissimo. Currently, Eneko is a mentor of the accelerators Blind 4.0 and Seedrocket. He is also a Founder of Pheidon , AngelClub, Ludei, and the Spanish top 5 hosting company Hostalia, which was acquired by Acens. Eneko focuses and invests more in video games, mobile apps, ecommerce and SaaS technology. His investments range between € 50,000 and € 100,000, provided that the team convinces him and the company has an international expansion plan. Other examples of his investments can be Chicisimo, Masterbranch, Workmunity, Couch Commerce, Vitcord, Cabify or Foundum.

 

2. François Derbaix 

François Derbaix is co-founder and CEO of Indexa Capital as well as co-founder of Aplazame, Soysuper, Rentalia, Bewa7er, and Toprural. He invested in many companies and startups, for example We Are Knitters, Deporvillage, Startupxplore, Novicap, Kantox, Reclamador, Percentil, Tiendeo, Vinogusto, 11870, Masquemedicos, toTombola, Mumumio, Zacatrus!, Comunitae, ReallyLateBooking, Ducksboard, Smooth Bytes, etece.comand many others. François specializes in internet startups, mostly in Spain. He also participates as a mentor in Seedocket, AIEI, and PlugandPlay. Right now, he is interested in investing in Fintech and Insurtech companies, at an early stage.

 

3.  Yago Arbeloa

Yago Arbeloa is the Chairman of Hello Media Group, a creative advertising and marketing agency, which he founded in 2013, also he is a President of the Association of Internet Investors and Entrepreneurs (AIEI). He invested in many startups, among them are We Are Knitters, Lánzanos, Novicap, Zacatrus, Capital Magazine, Diario Qué, Percentil, Safecreative, Ludei, Reclamador, Ducksboard, Smartycontent, Tooble, Wazypark, Reallylatebooking, Influenzia, Coverfy, Iristrace, Indexa Capital or Startupxplore. Yago invests in all types of sectors and startups at an early stage with a finished product, that have carried out some marketing test and which are already billing. The investment ranges between € 50,000 and € 100,000.

 

4. Vincent Rosso 

Vincent Rosso is the founder of some of the most recognized startups in the Spanish scene, such as BlabBlaCar, SeedPop Capital, and Consentio. He invested in companies such as BlaBlaCar (France), TheBrubaker, Monkimum (US), LetsGoi, SocialCar, People, MicoCar, LeasePilot (US) or Startupxplore. He focuses on companies with B2B models or any App that adds value to B2B2C models in their initial phase or in the first round Seed.

 

5. José Marín

José Marín is a startups business angel. He specializes in the field of marketplaces. José is a co-founder of IG Expansion and FJLabs. He has incubated startups such as DeRemate, OLX, Viajanet, Adoreme, Beepi, Rebagg, Instacarro or Letgo, among many of the ones owned by FJLabs. He also invested in startups like Delivery Hero, eDreams, Bazee, Airbnb, Alibaba, Uber, and Blabacar. He has also participated in the exits of Olapic and Ticketbis. And his average investment is around 100,000 euros.

 

6. Carlos Domingo

Carlos Domingo was for more than eight years president and CEO of Telefónica I + D and one of those responsible for Telefónica Digital. He invested in projects like Chicisimo, Startupxlore, Buyfresco, Ongest, Sibaritus, Chicfy, Novicap, Bagonboard, FlieThis, Masterbranch, Offerum, Captio, Zyncro, MailTrack, BlinkBooking, Groopify or Selltag. Also, he is a founder and crypto capitalist in SPiCE VC.

 

7. Christopher Pommerening

Christopher Pommerening founded and invested in startups like Traity, Percentil, Packlink or Ticketbis, AutoScout24. Currently, he is Managing Partner of Active Venture Partners, member of the Board of Directors of Vinus & Brindis , Polymita Technologies, ReviewPro, Traity, BuyVIP. He is a non Executive co-founder and Advisor of Foundum and Linqia, member of the Venture Committee of ASCRI, Advisor to Gild International and Chairman of the Venturepreneurs’ Organisation & of the Barcelona Entrepreneurship City Commission. He also co-started the Spanish chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) being one of the largest entrepreneur organizations in the world.

 

8. Didac Lee

Didac Lee is a very well-known technology and startups business angel. He is a board member, co-founder and investor of companies and startups like Tradeinn, Spamina, Fhios, Openshopen, Alpify, Hotelerum, Zyncro, Diveinn.com, Trekkinn.com, Bikeinn.com, Smashinn.com, Motardinn.com, Waveinn.com, Runnerinn.com, Goalinn, Outletinn and Snowinn.com and Intercomgi Argentina. He also founded Scubastore and Galdana Ventures. What is more, Didac is a board member of FC Barcelona where he initially led the Digital Area and currently serves as Vice President of the Foundation. Today he is the CEO of Inspirit, a startup accelerator that also participates in investment in technology-based companies.

 

9. Javier Martín 

Javier is a founder of Loogic and Iniciador. As a partner, he takes active part in the life of the following startups: Sindelantal, Yunait, Brainsins, Yaysi, Worthidea, Linkovery, Omovil, Stop & Walk, Testif, Kubbos, Online Medical Recipe, Afterbanks, dws.io and gamevest.online. He is also a member of the AIEI: Association of Internet Investors and Entrepreneurs.

 

10. Hugo Arévalo

Hugo Arévalo is a co-founder of Tuenti, Buytheface, Bright & Sharp, and Albau Ventures and a well-known business angel and a Board Member at Jobandtalent. He has invested in other startups such as Deporvillage, Cabify, Ontruck, Fudeat or Glovo and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers. Lately, he is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, although he is quite opened for opportunities in other sectors.

 

11. Félix Ruiz

Felix Ruiz is one of the co-founders of Tuenti and current president of Jobandtalent. He has invested in some of the fastest growing startups in recent years, such as Glovo, Deporvillage, and Buytheface. He usually invests in internationally scalable projects that are not limited to a single market.

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12. José Martín Cabiedes & Luis Martín Cabiedes

José Martín Cabiedes and Luis Martín Cabiedes are the founders of Angel Fund Cabiedes & Partners, a fund that focuses on startups that are at an early stage. Their investment ranges between 150k and 3M €, depending on the project. They have already invested in startups like Socialcar, Tiendeo, Chicfy, Traventia, Aprendum, Cocunat, SUOP, Bewa7er, Dietox, Aplazame, StartUpXplore, JoinUpTaxi, Novicap, Mascoticlub, La Belle Assiete, Thousandwords, Besepa, Tryplaner, Cuidum, Regalador, WeTaCa, TVISO or Kuaderno, among others. Among their successful projects, you may find Privalia, Trovit, Habitissimo, and BlaBlaCar.

 

13. Sacha Michaud

Sacha Michaud is an entrepreneur and investor who has founded Inlander, Servidores.com, Binaria, Transword, Latinred, Jdigital or Glovo, among other startups. He usually invests in the pre-seed phase. The average investment is between € 10,000 and € 50,000, he is interested in investing in projects where he can actively contribute. Sasha is very passionate about online world and is very happy to have made a career developing Internet companies. Also, Sacha has participated in the development and growth of companies such as Ozu, Glovo, Meller, TuandCo, Playfulbet, Exoticca or Kompyte. He has also obtained great returns from his investment in Inlander, Servidores.como, Latinred, Betfair, or Ozu.

 

14. Adeyemi Ajao

Adeyemi Ajao is co-founder of companies such as Tuenti or Identified. Also, Ajao invests in startups and some of them are Pixable, Cabify or JobandTalent. Currently, he is a managing partner at Base10 Partners and lead investor at Workday Ventures

 

15. Albert Armengol

Albert Armengol is a CEO and co-founder of Doctoralia. He is also co-founder of Bloguzz, BuzzMN, eConozco and he is a well-known business angel. He has invested in startups like Nuroa, Genoom, Linqia, 3Scale, Offerum, Uvinum, Habitissimo, Medprivé or Nautal. Right now, he is a business angel, who is interested in technology-based startups.

 

16. Alberto Knapp

Alberto Knapp is a founder of The Cocktail. He is also a professor at IE Business School, a mentor in Seedrocket and Wayra, and investor of well-known startups such as Iwannagothere, Sindelantal, Stop & Walk, Mumumio, Deporvillage or Mimaleta. He is also partner and advisor at Seaya Ventures, a Venture Capital.

 

17. Alex Dantart

Alex Dantart is a mentor of accelerators such as IMPACT Accelerator, Exputnik, Startup Pirates, h4ckademy, or ITA Innova. He is an investor or co-founder of more than 28 projects related to the Internet and in which he has participated with more than € 30M. For example, he founded Olapic, Klikin, Chronobook, Sync, Sensovida, Wakigami.
Chronobook, Klikin, MedioMinuto, Alice, Grupo Garrampa, Wikout, Spellia, GeoPlay, Netplay, Olapic or Uptimiza are some of the startups in which he has invested so far. He invests in the tech startups in the seed stage.

 

18. Almudena Sainz de la Cuesta

Almudena Sainz is an investor specialized in the financial sector. Among her current investments are Kantox, Myvalue, SUMA, Colibri or YUMP through Alamir Servicios Financierons. Right now she is interested in fintech companies with disruptive business models, with the international expansion plan, scalable and a solid management team.

 

19. Aquilino Peña

Aquilino Peña is a Managing Director of Mediaedge and a Managing Director of Orange Interactive Business, Marketing and Customer Service Director of eresMas / Wanadoo, founder and CEO of submarino.com in Spain and consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. Also, Aquilino is currently a founding partner of Kibo Ventures, venture capital fund for investment in entrepreneurs and digital startups, He has already invested in Minube, OmniDrone, PeerTransfer, CartoDB, Trip4real, Ludei, SinDelantal, BaseKit, Acierto.com, Matrix, Bodeboca, PayCo, Virtual Content or Alice.

 

20. Bernardo Hernández

Bernardo Hernández is a co-founder of Idealista and participates in the Prince of Asturias Foundation as a member of the jury of scientific-technical research awards. He has invested in several startups, including Tuenti, planetaki, StepOne, Glovo App, 11870, Floresfrescas, Deporvillage, and Fever. Bernardo Hernandez is considered to be one of the leading Spanish startups business angels.

 

21. Cesar Bardají

Cesar Bardají is a member of IESE BAN and ESADE BAN and focuses his investments on startups that are in the initial phase of the project. He has invested in startups like Wave Application, Barkibu, Nootric, RedPoints, Top Doctors, Uolala, Green Momit, Global Alumni, Apartum, The Music Dome or FancyBox among others. Some of his successful projects are Habitissimo and Wallapop.

 

22. Gonzalo Ruiz Utrilla

Gonzalo Ruiz founded several companies like FinancialRed, Civeta Investment SA, Cursos.com or Bolsa.com. Also, he is a business angel and invested in Bellevio, Bankimia, Lamasmona, Reclamador, Horoscopo.com, Financialred, Housers, Alterkeys or TouristEye and BelleVIP.

 

23. Iñaki Arrola

Iñaki Arrola has founded Coches.com, Autodescuentos.com and Vitamina K, a venture capital company that invests in technology-based companies in the initial phases. He has already invested in Chicisimo, Deporvillage, Monkimun, Saluspot, Sindelantal, Startupxplore or Wazypark.

 

24. Javier Megias

Javier Megias is the CEO and co-founder of Startupxplore, the largest startup, and investor community in Spain. In addition to being a consultant to several startups and investment funds, he is a business angel and a member of the Big Ban Angels Board. He has invested in many startups, but he always highlights Glassy and Chicisimo.

 

25. Jesus Monleón

Jesús Monleón has worked for more than seven years in Venture Capital and has founded three companies: emMagister.com, SoftApart, and Offerum. He has invested in Trovit.com, Habitissimo, Chicfy, Redbooth, Marfeel, Birchbox, DADA Company, Tiendeo, Tenvinilo, Ducksboard, Deporvillage, Captio or Tenvinilo.

 

26. José Miguel Herrero

José Miguel Herrero is the founder of Big Sur Venture Partners and has extensive international experience in the European and North American markets. He has founded and managed companies of various sizes, including American companies listed on Nasdaq. José is a serial entrepreneur, who is interested in early-stage investment in Internet, Software and IT companies. And he has invested in startups like Bidus, Biicode, JoinUpTaxi, Rebagg or MailTrack.

 

27. Juan López-Valcárcel

Juan López-Valcárcel is co-founder of Gloo Networks, a technology company currently listed on the London Stock Exchange. Within the digital community, he is very well known for being a mentor in Seedcamp and being a business angel in startups like Traity or BridgeU.

 

28. Marek Fodor

Marek Fodor is a new technologies enthusiast and an active investor in companies such as Kantox, Agroterra, Deporvillage, peerTransfer, Coches.com, Abaenglish, Escapadarural, Peertransfer, Reviwpro or Masterbranch.

 

29. Martín Varsavsky

Martín Varsavsky has founded seven technology companies during the last 20 years. He is currently the CEO of Prelude Fertility and a co-founder of Jazztel, Prelude Fertility, EINSTEINet, Ya.com or FON. He is also a partner-investor in startups such as Gspace, Joost, Menéame, Netvibes, Plazes, Hipertexual, Hootsuite, Busuu, Tumblr, Menéame, Technorati, Vpod, Wikio, Xing, Zudeo and Index Ventures.

 

30. Michael Kleindl

Michael Kleindl is a member of the Boards of Directors of Ticketea, Restaurantes.com, Get Your Hero and Pippa & Jean. In addition, he was co-founder and CEO of AdLINK Internet Media AG, and has invested in companies such as Zanox, MAILPROFILER AG, United MailSolutions AG or Eyewonder Inc.

 

31. Miguel Arias

Miguel Arias has been an entrepreneur and tech startup investor for more than twelve years, with special attention to new technologies. He co-founded MULTIVENT currently he is a mentor, advisor, and professor of entrepreneurship at the IE Business School, Academia Wayra of Telefónica, and SeedRocket. Also, he is a founder of Chamberí Valley and investor of Personall, Reclaimer and Dada Company.

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32. Nicolás Bergareche

Nicolás Bergareche is a co-founder of Onza Venture Capital Investments SCR, a company dedicated to investing risk capital in companies in the Internet sector in the initial stages. He is also a founding partner of Onza Partners and among the companies, he has invested in you may find Fintonic, Aomm TV, Nativa, Paymet or Bucmi.

 

33. Paco Gimena

Paco Gimena is a co-founder of the startup accelerator Mola.com. Also, he is a mentor and investor of such projects as: Bankimia, Grupea, Salud, Mola Gestion, Playspace, ToTombola, PortBooker, WorkMeter, Wannanotes, TurboMonitor, Emtrics, Neventrum, Aprendum, Bodeboca, Buyfresco, Habitissimo, Etece, Kantox, Notorius, Blackpier, Cognicor, Salud.es, Mindrest, Woowup, Sontra, Divescover or Geniuzz, among many others.

 

34. Rafael Garrido

Rafael Garrido is co-founder of eShop and Vitamina K. Rafael invests in technology-based companies in their initial phases. Among companies he invested in you may find Otogami, Chicisimo, The Mad Video, Ludei, YPD Online, Farma Promotions, 8Fit or Mailtrack.

 

35. Raúl Aznar

Raúl Aznar is an independent financial advisor and also a founder and vice president of CVBAN, Business Angels Network. In 2013 he won the Best Business Angel Award in Spain. He is very selective when it comes to choosing the startups in which he invests and they include companies like Clay Animaton, Flywire, or PeerTransfer. Also, Raul is a managing partner of AZNAR Patrimonio and CEO of Pandora Lys.

 

36. Sébastien Chartier

Sébastien Chartier is the founder and CEO of CreaVenture. Also, he is an investor in INDIBA Activ, AgoraNews, Otogami, Dietox, Singularu, The Mad Video, Reclaimer, Splitfy, Hello Umi, Don Lisander, Ventinaser and Pangea.

 

37. Tomás Guillén

Tomás Guillén is a General Director of Grupo IFEDES, CEO of Strategy Business Capital SA and Founding President of the Business Angels Association BIG BAN (CV-ban). In 2015 he was named the best business angel of the year. He has invested in many companies and some of them are: Ready Fruit, Institute of Genomic Medicine, Bioncotech, Jugo, Beroomers or Artax Biopharma.

 

38. René de Jong

René de Jong is the founder of Don Quijote and Internet Advantage. Also, he is an investor and among his portfolio you may find Justlanded Softonic International, PopPlaces, Lingualia, Reclaimer, Sales layer or eHumanlife.

 

39. Juan Margenat

Juan is the co-founder of Barcelona-based startup Marfeel, Bongo, Weekendesk Iberia, PlanB and is also an advisor in Conector. Also, he is an investor with a high interest in technology startups. Blueknow, Deporvillage, Ongest, Habitissimo, Offerum or Marfeel, Kantox, Deporvillage, Captio and Habitissimo are some of the startups that Juan has invested in.

 

40. Vicente Arias

Vicente Arias has participated in the creation of companies such as Softonic and founded Seedrocket accelerator and Offerum. Also, Vicente is a business angel of numerous startups such as Enalquiler, Salir, Ulabox, Iberestudios or Anpro21.

 

41. Axel Serena

Axel is the CEO of Vittalia and has more than 20 years of experience in internet businesses. As a business angel he’s got a portfolio of more than 15 companies, including Akamon, Tiendeo, Appszoom or PopPlaces.

 

42. Carlos Blanco

Carlos Blanco is one of the best known figures in the Spanish startup ecosystem. Carlos is the founder of a score of startups, including Conector Startup Accelerator, Encomenda and Nuclio. He is also an investor in more than 75 companies. Carlos always invests in projects in the seed phase. And he invests in all types of sectors, although his favorites ones are e-commerce, logistics, mobile app and collaborative economy. Some of the startups Carlos has invested in are Eelp, Boardfy, Citibox, GOI, MAM, PlatanoMelon, Skitic, ScanLoteria, Glovo, Meller, Heygo, Cornerjob, Deliberry, Akamon, Rural Escape, Master Branch, Habitissimo, Palbin, Exelweiss or Infantium.

 

43. Zaryn Dentzel 

Zaryn Dentzel is the founder of Tuenti, a company sold to Telefónica for more than 80 million euros. For Zaryn, being an entrepreneur is not about setting up a company, but about an attitude. That is why he is committed to training and hard work. It looks at the team and the talent. Also, he has invested in companies such as Nomad, Glovo, Wallapop, CornerJob, DogBuddy and more.

 

44. Victoria Majadas 

Victoria Majadas has recently been named the president of the Big Ban Angels association, a business angels network nationwide. As a business angel, she has invested in more than 15 startups so far.

 

45. Vicente Montesinos 

Vicente Montesinos is CEO of Globae and a founder of Blast Off Partners, a startup specialized in business intelligence and ICT ecosystem. He is also a board member of Big Ban Angels, of the Avalnet board and founder of the Civic Opinion Forum of the Valencian Community. Usually, he invests around 50,000 euros.

 

46. Sixto Arias 

Sixto Arias is a well-known entrepreneur. He founded companies such as Movilisto, Mobext, Edunext and Made in Mobile. Also, he is a partner of the Connector Statup Accelerator and Mobile Marketing Association. In addition to being a Professor in different Universities in Spain and Portugal, beeing a mentor for Social Codes and Livetonic, he is also the creator of the MOOC – program of Google. He usually invests between 25K and € 75 in the IoT, Edutech and Mobile sectors. 

 

47. Rubén Ferreiro 

Rubén Ferreiro is a founder and CEO of Elogia, president of the Viko group and investor in a large number of startups like: Noke, Siguetuliga, Brokoli, Cabify, Ulabox, Glovo, Offemily, Blueknow, Splitfy, Helloumi, Fotawa, Avuxi, Cooctel, QAShops and Housfy. Usually invests between 50,000 and 100,000 euros. 

 

48. Rodrigo de la Cruz 

Rodrigo García de la Cruz is a founding partner of FinTech Ventures, a private investor club specialized in Fintech. Also, he is a CEO and Founder of Finnovating, a Consultanting Company specialised in Disrupting Innovationo of FinTech, InsurTech, RegTech, PropTech, RegTech and Neobanks. He is also a co-founder and oresident of the Spanish Association of Fintech and Insurtech (AEFI). He usually invests between 100,000 and € 2.5M. As a business angel, he has invested in the following startups: Housers, Bankimia, Bolsa.com, Accurate, MyTripleA, Finizens, MilegadoDigital, BNext, SerSan Sistemas, Iasesoria.com, Ahorro.net and Interin Fintech.

 

49. Rodolfo Carpintier

Carpintier is the president of DaD, incubator of internet and technology businesses. Among startups he invested in you may find CharHadas, Petuky, Music Xray, VCoins, BrainLang, Seeketing, Baquia, etc. As a business angel, Carpintier usually invests between 50K and 100K analyzing the advantage using mathematical algorithms.  

 

50. Patricio Hunt

Patricio Hunt is the CEO and founder of Intelectium Business Accelerator and Intelectium Ventures, that invests in technology startups in the seed phase. Invests between 20,000 and 50,000 euros in high scalability businesses among which are Waynabox, MiCuento, Apartum, Petoons, Bilua, Minube, ShuttleCloud, BrainSINS, Demium Startups, Foodie & Tours, Fotawa, Fotolog, Geenapp, Hot, Invest, Nektria, Nested , Twilala, Kiwi Homes and 500 markets. 

 

51. Pablo Martín 

Pablo Martín is the founder and president of Izertis, a Spanish technology consultancy with presence in 15 countries. He is an active investor in initial stages of startups. He has invested in more than 50 startups through Izertis Ventures among which Kautio, Ludo Studios, Kolecta, Shipper, We Doctor, Genialy, Fotolog, NessMeeting, Alantis Capital, Wedoctor Global Care, Civigner, Ba Lean Investment, Genial.Ly, Wehey Social Messaging, Capptains Ventures, Kaizen Ventures, Kolecta, Prestatum, Stampy Mobile Marketing, Mizzono, Chronobook, Blatheride, Ask me, Tucycle Bike Sharing, Cecias Consulting Gaming and Apps To Enjoy. He is mostly interested in fintech, ehealth and software sectors. 

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52. Nacho González 

Nacho González is a founder of five companies: Neurona, Niumba, Salir, Reminder, and MailTraick.io. As an investor, Nacho has invested in companies like InfoJobs, EnAlquiler.com, Habitissimo, Emagister, Fixr, Misstipsi, Relendo, Livetobe, Bonsai Venture Capital, Mailtrack.io, etc. 

 

53. Marc Vidal 

Marc Vidal is one of the founders of Connector Startup Accelerator, an accelerator of companies in the seed phase. Marc has always been linked to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, in fact, he has always focused on the Internet sector. Some of the companies he has founded are Cink, OpenShopen and IDODI VC. In addition, Marc is an investor on his own account with contributions of up to 250,000 euros in various startups, such as Heygo, Kompyte, Deliverry, Go-Popup, LetmeSpace, SantaFixie, ThePayPro or Adictik. 

 

54. Marc Borrell

Marc Borrell is a serial entrepreneur. He founded more than fifteen startups, among them are:  Bemobile, 101Startups, 101Ventures, 500Markets, SmartSea, Mine, Xcubator or Ideing. He is usually focused on mobile projects always within the sector of new technologies, with contributions of between 25,000 and 50,000 euros. Also, he invested in well-known startups like Glovo, Deliberry, Eelp !, Melon Platano, 101Startups, 500Markets, Naak, WashRocks, Skylab Coders, Letmespace or Quantion, Bemobile, Tramit, Kenko, SmartBoat, Grage51, BKIE, Mooms, Xcubator and Nested.

 

55. José María Torroja 

Jose María Torroja is the founder of Enerpro, Enerpal, Blosom 2002, Enerpro Construccion Solar and Alternativa Solar Canaria. He has invested in companies: Ducksboard, Gigas, Tourist Eye, Agroterra, Runnics, Weplan, Ironhack, Ticketea, Lucera, Socialbets and Betrocket. As a business angel, he opts for projects in the initial phases, with a committed, solvent team, with a scalable idea and a defined business model. Among his exits are: Ducksboard and Tourist Eye.

 

56. Jordi Altimira 

Jordi Altimira is a General Partner in Lanzame Capital and a founding partner of Academia Ceus, Altirnergy Consultants, UpBizor and BMF Business School.He has invested in Lanzame Capital, Iristrace, Woom Fertility, Consentio, genial.ly, draagu and 21 Buttons. As a business angel,he normally invests between 50k and 100k in projects that are in the seed phase with some market traction, in vertical SaaS, mobile and Fintech. He has done an exit at Altirnergy Consultants Limited and another at Lingokids.

 

57. Jon Uriarte  

As an investor Jon has participated in startups such as Chicisimo, Fintonic, Ontruck, Ironhack or Lookiero. He focuses on the founders, the opportunities and the sustainability of the market. His preference is technology-based startups, both online and offline. 

 

58. Javier Santiso

Javier Santiso invests in deep tech, artificial intelligence, fintech, insurtech startups always with a B2B and early stage approach. Olapic and RubiconMD (New York), Retunrly and Plazah (Palo Alto), Kantox and Accurable (London), Nutrino (Tel Aviv), Nnaisense (Lugano), Sher.pa (Bilbao), Paytime (Madrid) or Adsmurai (Barcelona) are some of the companies where Javier has invested. He normally enters with contributions between 500k and 5M €.

 

59. Javier Pérez Tenessa  

Javier Pérez Tenessa is one of the founders of Seedrocket4Founders, an investment fund of 12 million euros. He invested in companies like Captio, Tiendeo, Redbooth, Mailtrack, Uncomo, Coverfy, Tripuniq, Woom, Instamaki, Tviso, Tenvinilo, Cuidum. Javier usually enters with contributions of about 5,000 and 25,000 euros.

 

60. Iñaki Berenguer 

Iñaki Berenguer is a tech entrepreneur based in New York, founder and CEO of CoverWallet, Pixable and Contactive. He has invested in a large number of startups; some of the most successful ones are Cabify, Peertransfer, Geoblink, MosaicBiomedicals, Zero2Infinity, OrbitalAds, Tiendeo, iVoox, Localist, Audicus, Clicpiso, Closca, Helloeave, AmperMusic, Spell.run, Shipwell, UseScout, ImagineCurve, CampusSims , ImagineCurve, Uberflip, Remoovit, Appzen, Lytmus or HilineCoffee. Usually he makes contributions ranging from 50k to 250k. 

 

61. Guillem Serra 

Guillem Serra is an entrepreneur, investor and founder of mediQuo. Guillem has extensive knowledge of the ehealth, mobile and Internet sectors. As a business angel, he looks for startups in the eHealth, ecommerce, Saas and fashion sectors; with scalable models and high technological component. Among startups he invested in are: Singularu, Cuidum, Helloumi, Fotawa, Taiga Agile, Ursulitas, Demium Startups, iAmarre, Homyspace, Hannun and MeetingDoctors stand out. Guillem normally invests between 5,000 and 15,000 euros in each startup.

 

62. Enrique Dubois 

Enrique Dubois is a serial entrepreneur and investor in technology startups since 1999. He was co-founder of the first Spanish-renowned accelerator, Mola.com. He invested three million euros in its own companies and third-party companies. Currently, he is the founder of Angel Club, a club of investors that invests in startups in seed phases. He invested in Coverfy, Cabify, Housers, Kasitoko, Chichisimo, Vitcord, Mailtrack, Badi and Goin. Among his exits are Habitissimo and Petcoach. And usually invests between 50,000 and 100,000 euros per project.     

 

63. David Boronat

David Boronat is a founding partner and CEO of Multiplica. As a business angel he invested in startups like Holded, Helloumi, Tuvalum, Habitissimo, eCaptio, Toucanian, Cuture, Viejo Indecente, among others. His two most important exits are Habitissimo and Metriplica. And his average contribution ranges between 15,000 and 50,000 euros.

 

64. Andoni Alfaro

Andoni has invested in startups like By Hours, Cocunat, Reclamator, Suop, Traventia, Uolala, VIDA, ByHours, Triavip, Yotbee, ChineSpain, Fabulist or Netun. In addition, he is a member of the filtering committee of the IESE investor network.

 

65. Alberto Benbunan

Alberto Benbunan is the founder of Mobile Dreams, Del Super, Gelt, Mediasmart, Buffer or Moviplans. He has invested in start-ups in the seed phase and does so with an investment between € 15,000 and € 30,000. He focuses on projects that automate business processes, especially those related to Grocery Tech. He has invested in Mobile Dreams, DelSúper, Gelt, Mediasmart, Buffer or Moviplans and his exits include Ticketron, Promotron, TuCupon and Moviplans.

 

I hope you found this business angels list useful! If you see that someone is missing or you would like to add information to these descriptions, feel free to share it in the comments section below!

 

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  • Ekaterina Novoseltseva

    Ekaterina Novoseltseva is an experienced CMO and Board Director. Professor in prestigious Business Schools in Barcelona. Teaching about digital business design. Right now Ekaterina is a CMO at Apiumhub - software development hub based in Barcelona and organiser of Global Software Architecture Summit. Ekaterina is proud of having done software projects for companies like Tous, Inditex, Mango, Etnia, Adidas and many others. Ekaterina was taking active part in the Apiumhub office opening in Paseo de Gracia and in helping companies like Bitpanda open their tech hubs in Barcelona.

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