Criteria Venture Tech
Venture capitalBarcelona · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
Criteria Venture Tech invests in early-stage technology startups, backing visionary founders with ambitious ideas. At pre-seed it targets rounds of €1-4M with first checks of €0.5-2M (up to €15M including follow-ons), backing companies from foundational idea to live MVP as lead or co-lead, with a focus on Spain, Portugal and companies with Iberian roots. At seed it targets rounds of €2-10M with first checks of €1-5M, backing market-tested solutions with proven technology as lead, co-lead or follower, across Europe and occasionally the US. Core focus areas are AI, cybersecurity, data, software infrastructure and deeptech.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 38 of 52 portfolio companiesSaaS ×20AI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×10Cybersecurity ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×5Marketing Tech ×5Marketplaces ×5
HQs:Spain×15United States×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×6
Investments · 52 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12023 · 13 dated
Genasys develops "Protective Communications" hardware and software, including the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) and the Genasys Protect platform, for emergency preparedness, mass notification, and inter-agency response.
Defense TechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechHardwareSaaS
Industrial augmented reality solution guiding and monitoring shopfloor workers.
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersBlueCrow CapitalRKKVCUCL Technology Fund
3D Digital Venue builds precise digital twins of venues and web tools to help partners monetize their spaces, offering fans transparent seat-view experiences and supporting venue operations.
ConsumerMarketing TechSaaSSports TechBarcelona, ES
8Layers is an identity security platform combining threat detection (ITDR), posture management (ISPM), and compliance into a single data layer, covering human and non-human identities such as service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, and AI agents across cloud providers and identity providers.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Iago S(Founder)
Co-investorsDraper B1
Argilla develops open-source, data-centric software for building and improving AI and NLP models, with a focus on human feedback and data quality.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCarpesa, Valencia
Francisco de Asis Aranda Montes(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Vila Suero(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Daniel Vila(CEO)inPaco Aranda(CTO)inJames Alcorn(Director)Paco Nathan(Director)
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalEniac VenturesSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Vermilion Cliffs VenturesZetta Venture Partners
Barbara builds software for deploying and operating industrial applications and AI at the edge, aimed at making advanced technology simpler and more secure for industrial teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoT
Co-investorsElewit
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Co-investorsKickstart Innovation
Codee provides a static code analysis and DevOps platform for Fortran, C, and C++ scientific and engineering software, detecting correctness, security, portability, and performance issues while generating automated fixes and reports.
CybersecurityDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsSwanlaab Venture Factory
Codigames develops idle and tycoon mobile games that combine business management, simulation, and immersive gameplay for players worldwide.
GamingValencia, ES
Co-investorsFaraday Venture Partners
Atrivity provides a gamified learning platform that helps organizations identify and address knowledge gaps among employees, sales teams, healthcare professionals, and customers through interactive one-minute challenges.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSamaipata
Co-investorsFaraday Venture Partners
Glovo is an on-demand delivery app that lets users order food from restaurants as well as groceries and goods from supermarkets, shops, pharmacies, and florists in their city.
FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesBarcelona, ES
Co-investorsBlue Lion GlobalEntrée CapitalGarapaInvariantes FundKorelya CapitalRPS Ventures+1 more
Immfly provides digital onboard solutions for airlines, focused on the in-flight passenger experience for the air travel industry.
HardwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaSTravel & HospitalityBarcelona, ES
Pablo Linz(CEO and Co-founder)Jimmy M. von Korff(Executive Chairman and Co-founder)
Co-investorsBoeing HorizonX Ventures
inAtlas provides a geomarketing and location intelligence platform that combines AI models with GIS technology and validated business, consumer, and international trade data to help companies find customers and expansion locations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Inspiring Benefits provides employee wellness programs and customer loyalty solutions for enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechMarketing TechMadrid, ES
iPronics develops programmable optical switches and photonic processors designed for AI networking infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersBosch VenturesFine Structures VenturesRobert Bosch Venture CapitalTriatomic Capital
Value Investing FM is a Spanish-language podcast hosted by Paco Lodeiro and Adrián Godás about stock market investing using the value investing method, featuring monthly market recaps, listener Q&A, and interviews with fund managers and investors.
Creator EconomyFintechMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Justinmind builds a prototyping and design tool used to design, validate, and test websites and product interfaces.
Developer ToolsSaaS
Silicon solutions for high-speed communications over Plastic Optical Fiber; founded 2010.
Co-investorsBullnet Gestión SGECR, S. A.
Knox Media Hub provides a cloud-based media supply chain platform with a single-UI solution that lets Media and Entertainment companies ingest, manage, and distribute content globally while automating workflows and integrating external services.
Cloud ComputingMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Santiago Miralles(Founder & CEO)Jonatan Roig(Chief Technology Officer & Product Officer)
Kompyte is a competitive intelligence platform that automatically tracks competitors across hundreds of sources and uses AI to surface actionable updates, delivering sales-ready Battlecards and win/loss analysis.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Albert ColmeneroPere CodinaSergio Ramírez Gallardo
Co-investors500 GlobalSwanlaab Venture FactoryAdara Ventures
Lingokids creates in-house educational content and playful learning experiences designed to help parents raise and develop young children.
ConsumerEdTechGamingMedia & Entertainment
Cristobal Viedma(Founder & CEO)Mikael Journo(COO & CMO)Steve Smith(CFO)Vladimir Klimov(Director of Lingokids Studios)Mary Lee(Global VP of Product)Paulo Alves Pereira(VP of Engineering)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesAthos CapitalFundersClubGraph VenturesKube VCJME Ventures
Enterprise Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
mlean builds software to optimize manufacturing processes by aligning lean methodologies across factories, helping operations achieve efficiency and reduce waste from production through standardization and audits.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSCastilla and León, ES
Roberto Delgado(CEO)
Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
Nautal operates an online marketplace for boat rentals, connecting owners with customers seeking to charter sailboats, yachts, motorboats, and other vessel types across global destinations.
MarketplacesSports TechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsKAYAMarket One CapitalSeedRocket
Co-investorsNazca Capital S.G.E.I.C,
Qbitia is a fintech company founded in 2011 that develops software to automate and simplify the processing of financial information and market operations, including its algorithmic trading platform QCAID.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPontevedra, ES
Rover Group operates online community marketplaces connecting pet owners with vetted pet care providers including sitters, dog walkers, groomers, and trainers across North America, Europe, and Australia.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Philip Kimmey(Cofounder)Aaron Easterly(Founder)Brent Turner(CEO)
Co-investors408 VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsCrunchFundFoundryK2 GlobalMadrona Venture Group+5 more
Scalestack is an AI-driven platform that connects a company's go-to-market stack—CRM, data enrichment, and marketing automation tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, ZoomInfo, and Apollo—so data syncs cleanly and workflows run automatically.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechMiami, US
Aurelio Narciso(Executive Officer, Director)Elio Narciso(Founder)Alessandro Solomon Alter(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesGeek VenturesLeonis CapitalRipple VenturesSentiero VenturesExor Ventures+2 more
Sheetgo is a no-code platform that connects, prepares, and automates data across spreadsheets and business systems for BI, AI, and workflows.
Data & InfrastructureFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investors4Founders CapitalSeedRocket
Smartvel is a B2B content-as-a-service and MarTech company that uses AI-powered and human-generated content to support customer experience and SEO across channels and sectors.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSTravel & HospitalityMadrid, ES
Iñigo Valenzuela(CFO & Founder)
Co-investorsFaraday Venture PartnersFides Capital
Co-investorsJITO Angel Network
StrikeReady offers an AI-powered security command center that centralizes, analyzes, and operationalizes security data across an organization's entire security tech stack.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Alex Lanstein(CTO)
Co-investors33NHitachi VenturesMonta Vista CapitalOutliers VC11.2 Capital
Travel Compositor provides a software platform for travel and leisure companies to quote, book, and manage all types of travel (flights, hotels, activities, transfers) in a single session with integrated corporate policies and expense control.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Validated ID provides electronic signature and digital identity services, including handwritten signature on tablet (VIDsigner Bio), remote smartphone signing, certificate-based signing, and legally-reliable electronic delivery, aimed at organizations across Europe.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Wallapop is a mobile marketplace app that enables users to buy and sell items with other nearby users in their local community.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Agustín Gómez(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelFJ LabsGarapaInsight PartnersKorelya CapitalMangrove Capital Partners+5 more
Co-investorsBullnet Gestión SGECR, S. A.Criteria Bio VenturesIntel CapitalTEL Venture Capital, Inc.
Worldcoo operates a "Redondeo Solidario" (Solidarity Rounding) platform that enables customers to make micro-donations when paying by card at point-of-sale terminals in retail stores, restaurants, and other merchants.
B2B MarketplacesFintechImpact & Social GoodMadrid, ES
Sergi Figueres Moret(Founder)in
XRHealth develops and distributes a VR-based cognitive behavioral therapy device prescribed as durable medical equipment for pain management, stress relief, and mental health support.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental Health
Co-investorsOptum Ventures
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioGenasysNASDAQ: GNSSBuild38 GmbHacq. by OneSpanLuciernaacq. by SmartBear
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesiPronics · techfundingnews.com · Aug 7, 2026
8Layers · securityweek.com · Jul 9, 2026
Kompyte · saashero.net · Feb 22, 2026
Lingokids · gamesbeat.com · Sep 18, 2025
Argilla · tscfo.com · Sep 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Criteria Venture Tech made?
- Criteria Venture Tech has 52 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Criteria Venture Tech invest at?
- Criteria Venture Tech invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
- What is Criteria Venture Tech's typical check size?
- Criteria Venture Tech typically writes checks of $550K – $5.5M.
- What sectors does Criteria Venture Tech focus on?
- Criteria Venture Tech focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Criteria Venture Tech located?
- Criteria Venture Tech is headquartered in Barcelona, ES.
- Does Criteria Venture Tech lead rounds?
- Yes, Criteria Venture Tech leads investment rounds.
- Who does Criteria Venture Tech co-invest with?
- Criteria Venture Tech most often shares deals with Faraday Venture Partners, Bullnet Gestión SGECR, S. A., Korelya Capital, among 73 tracked co-investors.
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eCAPITAL is a venture capital firm providing funding from early to growth stage to technology companies across software and IT, cybersecurity, industry 4.0, new materials, and cleantech.
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