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4Founders Capital

Venture capital

Barcelona · Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked

Also known as 4Founders

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Investment thesis

4Founders Capital positions itself as a founder-focused investor built by serial entrepreneurs who have themselves co-founded and led successful technology companies. The firm leverages this operational experience to better understand founder needs and add value to portfolio companies. It works alongside a broad network of well-known internet entrepreneurs who co-invest and contribute operational expertise. Its stated goal is to act as an investment partner both in the current funding round and in following rounds, supporting companies as they scale.

Invests inSector AgnosticBarcelonaEuropeMexicoSpain

Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$108K – $4.3M
HQ
Barcelona, ES
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
Last 12 months
2 investments
Tracked investments
29
IPOs
1

Team · 11 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Patricia Espaliat· Finance Directorin
Rufo de la Rosa· Principalin
Júlia Digón· Analystin

Founder mafia

2 people who came through 4Founders Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 26 of 29 portfolio companies

SaaS ×20AI & Machine Learning ×13Enterprise Software ×12Fintech ×10E-commerce ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Retail Tech ×4Marketing Tech ×3

HQs:Spain×9Mexico×3United States×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 10 portfolio companies
60%
solo founders
6 of 10 mapped founding teams
33%
repeat founders
of 12 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×62 founders×13 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with education data

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×3Engineering ×3Finance & Accounting ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history

Cross River Digital Ventures ×2

Investments · 29 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12025 · 22023 · 12022 · 22021 · 17 dated

Securitize, Inc.securitize.ioNYSE: SECZ

Securitize provides tokenization solutions for real-world assets, serving asset managers, Web3 firms, DAOs, advisors, and investors.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Carlos Domingo(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAidenlair CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless VentureBridgeTower CapitalCircle Ventures+23 more

Coferscofers.mxinNov 2025✓ verified

Cofers is a treasury management platform that synchronizes bank accounts, corporate cards, and payment gateways to give companies real-time visibility over cash flow and liquidity, with AI-based transaction categorization, bank reconciliation against the SAT, and cash flow pooling.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMexico, MX

Alex Casanova(Founder)in

Co-investorsBStartupDraper B1JME VenturesSabadell Venture Capital

Embatembat.ioin✓ verified

Embat provides a cloud-based treasury and financial management platform that helps corporate finance teams automate manual tasks and improve visibility and control over their processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMadrid, ES

Antonio Berga(Co-founder)inCarlos Serrano García-Lisón(Co-founder)inTomás Gil(Co-founder (former CTO at Fintonic))in

Co-investorsCathay InnovationSamaipataCreandumLanaiVentureFriends

HUBUChubuc.comin𝕏Dec 2021✓ verified

HUBUC provides financial infrastructure and fintech products for small and medium enterprises.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBarcelona, ES

Hasan Nawaz(Founder)inIgnacio Javierre(Founder)inHasan Nawaz Chaudhary Gujar(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsRuna CapitalY CombinatorVillage GlobalAAVCF4 PF1Charles DelingpoleeCommerce+6 more

Dealcardealcar.ioin𝕏Feb 2025

Dealcar is a dealership management platform with an integrated CRM that centralizes stock, leads, sales, invoicing and financing for used-car dealers.

Mobility & TransportationSaaS

Carlos Horno Santacruz(Founder)inSergio Guisado Villanueva(Founder)inCarlos Horno(CEO & Co-founder)inSergio Guisado(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsBynd Venture CapitalEntourage VenturesMissionDemium Capital

Easygobandeasygoband.comin𝕏

EasyGoBand offers a platform for hotels that automates reservations and activity management while enabling cross-selling and personalized promotions to increase guest spending.

HardwareSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Benjamín Garces(Founder)in

Flanksflanks.ioin

Flanks is an AI-powered wealth data platform that automates the aggregation and standardization of client financial data for financial advisors and wealth managers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech

Alvaro Morales(Founder)in

Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalLanaiMotive PartnersSeedRocketBattery VenturesJME Ventures

Flipflowflipflow.ioin

flipflow provides real-time monitoring of digital retail shelves, tracking competitor product launches, assortment changes, and commercial and promotional conditions in the consumer goods and private-label (MDD) sector.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsAcurio VenturesMango Capital

Gurusupgurusup.comin𝕏

GuruSup is a technology-driven company focused on transforming industries through innovation and consulting services.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Víctor Mollá(Founder)in

Holdedholded.comin𝕏

Holded is an all-in-one business management platform that integrates invoicing, accounting, treasury, projects, inventory, HR, CRM, and POS functionality for small and medium-sized businesses.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBarcelona, ES

Javi Fondevila(Co-founder)inBernat Ripoll(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsElaiaNauta CapitalOcean VCSeedRocketLakestar

Honeihonei.appin

Honei is a restaurant technology platform that digitizes ordering and service operations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFoodTechRetail TechSaaS

Bernat RelatsinSergi Borjain

Co-investorsSeedRocketWayra

Invofoxinvofox.comin𝕏Seed

Invofox provides AI-powered document processing technology that software companies can integrate to automatically extract and process invoices, receipts, bills of lading, and similar documents for their end users.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMadrid, ES

Alberto Gimeno(Founder)inCarmelo Juanes(Founder)inAdrian Ramirez(Founder)in

Co-investorsDozen InvestmentsY CombinatorACE & CompanyArchipelago VCJME VenturesMaiora Rebel Ventures+2 more

Lizzalizza.linkinSeed

Lizza is a platform that connects brands with UGC creators and influencers in Latin America for campaign management, from creator discovery to payment.

B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaSGuadalajara, MX

Julian May(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorKima VenturesLiquid VenturesMyAsiaVCNut VCSpeedinvest

MOGUmoguplatform.cominJan 2026

MOGU is software for travel agencies, DMCs, and tour operators to create travel proposals and itineraries, take online bookings and payments, and offer travelers a branded portal and mobile app.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality

HéctorAlbertoSara

Co-investorsAthos CapitalBynd Venture CapitalSeedRocket

Payzaarpayzaar.comin𝕏

Payzaar provides a platform for managing global payroll operations across multiple countries, handling workflow management, consolidated reporting, and HCM integration for multinational enterprises.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaS

Puntopostpuntopost.mx

PuntoPost operates a network of over 3,000 pickup points across Mexico where online shoppers can collect their parcels at local shops, cafés, and stationery stores within a 7-day window.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces

Co-investorsLatin Leap

Sheetgosheetgo.comin

Sheetgo enables spreadsheet users to automate workflows and data operations like consolidation, filtering, and distribution without requiring coding skills.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Yannick Rault(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCriteria Venture TechSeedRocketCoinbase Ventures

ShowMegetshowme.aiin

ShowMe builds AI sales representatives that hold conversations across website chat, phone, WhatsApp, and email to qualify inbound leads and book meetings.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsBetaworksLearn CapitalSV Angel

SNABsnabfinance.cominSeed

Snab provides a modular finance and operations automation platform designed for complex multinational enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMadrid, ES

Gorka Aguirre(Founder)inJuan coll Soler(Founder)in

Co-investorsTheVentureCityY Combinator

Steryonsteryon.comin

Steryon provides cybersecurity solutions designed to optimize threat response and defense operations without disrupting business workflows.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Stockagilestockagile.comin𝕏Jul 2022 · $2.5M

Stockagile offers retail inventory and replenishment software that generates restocking suggestions based on real sales data and minimum stock levels, covering both transfers from a central warehouse to stores and purchase orders to suppliers.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsNauta Capital

The Hotels Networkthehotelsnetwork.comin𝕏

The Hotel Network builds personalization and conversion technology that helps hotel brands improve their direct online booking experience and compete for bookings against large online travel players.

Marketing TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsElaiaNFX

Tutrocitotutrocito.cominApr 2023

Tutrocito designs and manufactures custom wood desks made from melamine and solid wood, tailored to fit specific spaces and styles.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceNew Materials

Darius Molnar(Founder)inMaría Coronel Guisado(Founder)in

Co-investorsEoniq.fundENISA

Vibepeakvibepeak.aiin𝕏

VibePeak offers a library of 300+ photorealistic AI avatars for creating professional marketing and product videos without actors or filming, with options for custom avatar generation or personal branding from uploaded video footage.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechPropTech

Luis Juarros ⚡️(Founder)in

Wideeyeswideeyes.aiin𝕏

Wide Eyes develops AI-powered image recognition technology for the fashion and e-commerce industry, enabling visual search and automated product discovery.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Zenrowszenrows.comin𝕏Jan 2022

ZenRows Extract is a web scraping tool that converts supported websites into typed JSON without requiring custom parsers or CSS selectors, reading a page's DOM to automatically detect and return fields such as prices, ratings, contacts, and listings.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSBilbao, ES

Ander Rodriguez Varela(Founder)inAurken Bilbao(Co-founder & CEO)inAnder Rodriguez(Co-founder & Director of Technology)in

Co-investorsAthos CapitalBynd Venture Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AltanHoopcarpoolInstamaki

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

Securitize, Inc.NYSE: SECZ

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has 4Founders Capital made?
4Founders Capital has 29 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does 4Founders Capital invest at?
4Founders Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is 4Founders Capital's typical check size?
4Founders Capital typically writes checks of $108K – $4.3M.
What sectors does 4Founders Capital focus on?
4Founders Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is 4Founders Capital located?
4Founders Capital is headquartered in Barcelona, ES.
Does 4Founders Capital lead rounds?
Yes, 4Founders Capital leads investment rounds.
Who does 4Founders Capital co-invest with?
4Founders Capital most often shares deals with SeedRocket, Elaia, Cathay Innovation, among 44 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Startups no exitosas: Offerum, con Jesús Monleón, fundador de SeedRocket y 4founders Capital.

SeedRocket TV · Jesús Monleón

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