Madrid · Seed–Series B · 33 people tracked
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Investment thesis
High-conviction super-angel investing early-stage companies with Spanish angles globally, offering AI-driven proprietary sourcing, Europe–US bridge via a Silicon Valley–experienced chairman, and exits to Apple, PayPal, Airbnb.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 33 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Kibo Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 54 of 62 portfolio companiesSaaS ×27AI & Machine Learning ×24Enterprise Software ×14Fintech ×11Cybersecurity ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Consumer ×6Hardware ×6
HQs:Spain×17United States×15United Kingdom×2Brazil×1Mexico×1Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 30 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×162 founders×93 founders×24+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 34 founders with education data
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ×6Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ×5Harvard Business School ×4Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D. ×4Esade ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3Universitat de Barcelona ×3IESE Business School ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 32 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×16Business & Management ×11Computer Science ×7Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Physics ×3Humanities ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 35 founders with career history
Geoblink ×2Verse Technologies Inc ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
7 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 34 with degree data)
Investments · 62 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 32023 · 42022 · 42020 · 12019 · 12017 · 22015 · 12014 · 120 dated
Flywire is a global payments platform and software company that enables complex international payments across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B sectors.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBoston, US
Iker MarcaideinMike Massaro(CEO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAccelBain Capital VenturesBalderton CapitalBoston Seed CapitalCota Capital+7 more
Job&Talent is an AI-powered workforce platform that connects job seekers with employers in essential industries such as logistics, delivery, and warehousing.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesMadrid, ES
Co-investorsAtomicoAcurio VenturesDN CapitalManhattan Venture PartnersMundi VenturesSoftBank Vision Fund+6 more
Plenit operates an IT Operating Platform for the IT channel, bundling cloud services, a license marketplace, remote device monitoring and management, and go-to-market tools that IT providers use to deliver and sell services to small and mid-sized businesses.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Stéphane Chénia(Managing Director)
Co-investorsAdara VenturesBig Sur Ventures
Worldsensing builds wireless data acquisition hardware, including the G7 Vibrating Wire Data Logger, that connects vibrating wire and other geotechnical sensors to transmit measurements remotely.
CleantechConstruction TechHardwareIoT
Ignasi VilajosanainJordi Llosain
Co-investorsMcRock CapitalEndeavor CatalystETF PartnersIn-Q-Tel
Seattle, US
Daniela Filipa Macedo Braga(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAnders Brown(Director)
Board seatJavier Torremocha· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Apr 2020
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBynd Venture Capital
Acurable manufactures wearable acoustic sensor devices for home-based patient monitoring and chronic disease management.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Prof. Esther Rodriguez-Villegas
Co-investorsKindred CapitalMeridian Health VenturesMundi Ventures
Aerial.ai uses AI and existing wireless infrastructure to create sensing technology, which it calls Sensing Intelligence, for smart applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthIoT
Negar Ghourchian(Founder)in
Co-investorsTandemLaunchYaletown PartnersIntel Capital
anyformat is a document intelligence platform that parses documents into clean markdown and typed, structured fields using OCR, AI models, deterministic rules, and no-code workflow orchestration.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSeedRocket
Apartum is a price comparison site specialized in vacation and holiday apartment rentals, aggregating listings from across the web to help travelers find the lowest price.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Sergi Villaubí(Founder)in
Co-investorsLanta Digital Ventures
Belvo provides an open finance platform that enables financial companies in Latin America to connect with customer financial data, understand behavior, and initiate account-to-account payments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Oriol Tintoré(Founder)inPablo Viguera(Founder)inPablo Viguera Altolaguirre(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore Gazulla(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore(Founder)in
BoardNicolas Szekasy(Director)in
Co-investorsD4 VenturesKaszek VenturesMSA NovoQuona CapitalRapid ScaleTrousdale Ventures+8 more
Belvo provides an open finance API platform that lets fintech companies connect to customers' banking, employment, and fiscal data, generate AI-powered financial insights, and process account-to-account payments such as Pix and direct debit.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Uri Tintoré(Founder & CEO)inPablo Viguera(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesVentureSouqCiti VenturesFJ LabsFounders FundFuture Positive+5 more
Bipi offers a monthly car subscription service in Spain that bundles the vehicle with all-risk insurance, maintenance, 24/7 roadside assistance, ITV inspection, and taxes into a single fee.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsFuel Venture CapitalManiv Mobility
Cala provides verified, structured data from public sources including financial filings, market data, regulatory information, news, and business registries to AI agents and applications through an API.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBarcelona, ES
Issey Masuda Mora(Founder)inElisenda Bou-Balust(Founder)in
Co-investorsManta Ray VenturesAME Cloud Ventures
Capchase provides AI-powered vendor financing for enterprise technology deals, acting as both the lender and the lending infrastructure with embedded software and its own balance sheet.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCambridge, US
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ(Executive Officer, Director)inMiguel Fernandez(Co-founder)inLuis Basagoiti(Co-founder)inGuli Moreno(Co-founder)Przemek Gotfryd(Co-founder)inMiguel Fernandez Larrea(Founder)in
Co-investorsInvescoQED01 AdvisorsBling CapitalConstruct CapitalDefy Partners+7 more
CARTO is a cloud-based location intelligence and GIS platform for spatial analysis, designed to run on cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery without moving the data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Javier de la Torre(Executive Officer, Director)inSergio ÁlvarezinLuis Sanz(CEO)
Co-investorsAccelEarlybird Venture CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURES
Clarity AI provides AI-powered software for managing sustainable investment compliance and regulatory reporting.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechMadrid
Rebeca Minguela(Founder)inAngel Agudo(Director)in
BoardHolger Wohlenberg(Director)
Co-investorsMundi VenturesSoftBank Vision FundAlumni VenturesHomebrewJanuary VenturesMaverick Ventures+1 more
An insurance brokerage offering personalized policy solutions for small businesses across multiple sectors including healthcare providers, attorneys, dentists, and nonprofits.
InsurTechNew York, US
Inaki Berenguer(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardCharles Moldow(Director)inJohn Buttrick(Director)
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveKleiner PerkinsR136 VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Foundation CapitalHighland Capital Partners+2 more
Defined.ai provides commercially-safe visual and language content datasets for training generative AI models, ensuring creator rights protection and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSeattle, US
Daniela Braga(Founder & CEO)inDaniela Braga, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersSemapa NextSony Ventures CorporationSwan Venture Fund
Dental Iberica is an online supplier of dental products for dentists and dental laboratories, offering clinic consumables, instruments, prosthetics, orthodontics, endodontics, and equipment such as lamps, autoclaves, scanners and compressors.
E-commerceHealthtechMedical Devices
Devo provides cybersecurity threat detection and response solutions, along with IT data management capabilities, for global enterprises.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCambridge, US
Pedro Castillo(Director and Co-CEO)inOyefunke Fayoyin(Chief Information Security Officer)inMike(Chief Financial Officer)inTom Pucciarella(Chief Customer Officer)inIngo(General Counsel)inTim(Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Marketing and Operations)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersEverywhere VenturesIsaiISAI GestionStorm Ventures
Dott operates a shared micromobility service, offering e-scooters and e-bikes for urban riders.
Mobility & Transportation
Co-investorsExpon CapitalFELIX CAPITALInvest-NLSoftBank Vision FundWhite Star CapitalMcRock Capital
Equinvest sells equine nutritional supplements and products (including the TRM brand) for horses, serving riders, stables, and veterinarians.
ConsumerE-commerceVillaviciosa de Odón, ES
Evernest is a real estate brokerage that combines local agents with a digital platform offering property valuation, listings, buyer-matching, and a search agent for buying and selling homes.
MarketplacesPropTechSaaSBirmingham, US
Matthew Whitaker(Founder)inO Matthew Whitaker(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsProject A VenturesPrudence
Exoticca offers curated travel packages to exotic destinations across multiple continents, partnering with local providers to create balanced itineraries with expert-designed experiences and 24/7 traveler support.
Travel & Hospitality
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesBStartupEncomenda VCMangrove Capital Partners14WQuadrille Capital
CrowdStrike provides cloud-native security software protecting endpoints, cloud workloads, identity systems, and data infrastructure to prevent breaches for enterprise customers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
George Kurtz(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAmiti VenturesAnsa CapitalBallistic VenturesDecibel PartnersIntercept VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+7 more
FOSSA provides audit-grade open source license compliance software that scans codebases with full-text analysis to detect licenses, enforce policies, and automatically generate attribution documents.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kevin Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesMetaplanetModern TechnicalNorwest Venture Partners1517Bain Capital Ventures+2 more
FOSSA builds satellite-based IoT connectivity, including satellite infrastructure, ground stations, and IoT devices, for remote asset monitoring.
HardwareIoTSaaSSpace Tech
Julián Fernández(CEO & Co-Founder)inVicente González(COO & Co-Founder)inSergio Sarasola(CTO)in
Co-investorsEmerald Technology Ventures AgBain Capital VenturesCanvas VenturesCostanoa VenturesIndico Capital PartnersSPARX Asset Management
Frenetic develops software for designing and optimizing magnetic components used in power electronics, using an AI-based modeling approach to replace traditional engineering methods.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSaaSMadrid, ES
Chema Molina, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investors42CAPJoin Capital
Gesture and behavior recognition via video to interact with devices/software.
AI & Machine LearningIoTMobility & Transportation
Germán LeóninMarcel AlcoverroinAndrea HalfpapinTodd Steinin
Co-investors500 GlobalOneRagtimeRoad Ventures
Gotrade is a fractional stock trading platform that allows users to buy shares of major companies like Google, Apple, and Netflix with investments starting from $1.
B2B MarketplacesFintechRetail TechSingapore, SG
Norman Wanto(Founder)inAndrew Haryono(Co-Founder (recognized 2022))David Grant(Co-Founder)Rohit Mulani(Co-Founder (later Chairman in some profiles))inSG Norman Wanto(Founder)
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALRaptor GroupTaurus VenturesY CombinatorBEENEXTLatitud Ventures+3 more
Green Eagle Solutions provides ARSOS, an automation platform for renewable energy control rooms that centralizes workflows, automates critical operations like curtailments and fault handling, and enables real-time decision-making across distributed energy portfolios.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyIoTSaaSMadrid, ES
Alejandro Cabrera(Co-Founder)Juan Fernández(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsSET Ventures
Hole19 builds a mobile app for golfers that provides tools to track and improve their game, along with community features and course mapping.
ConsumerSaaSSports Tech
Anthony Douglas(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFaberFreigeist CapitalWhite Star Capital
HyperSpectral develops a spectral sensing and AI layer for Physical AI that interprets matter through spectral data, molecular identification, and AI architecture.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareAlexandria, US
Matthew Theurer(Executive Officer, Director)Lauren Stack(Executive Officer, Director)inVincent Lubsey(Executive Officer)
BoardJuan Lopez(Director)inWilliam Porteous(Director)in
Co-investorsAngelini VenturesGlade Brook Capital PartnersHeal CapitalLifeX VenturesRRE VenturesZEISS Ventures
Innovamat provides mathematics education resources and curriculum programs for schools, and runs research studies evaluating their impact on student learning.
EdTech
Andreu Dotti Boada(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesAxon Partners GroupWA4STEAM10x FoundersDozen InvestmentsReach Capital
Innovamat offers a sequenced mathematics education program combining manipulative materials, workbooks, teacher lesson guides, and self-adaptive digital practice with progress reports.
EdTechSaaS
Andreu Dotti Boada(Founder)in
Co-investorsWA4STEAMDozen InvestmentsReach Capital
Mitiga Solutions provides physical climate risk analytics that assess exposure across large portfolios of assets, regions, and business units, identifying where risk concentrates and how it evolves under future scenarios.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechFintechInsurTechSaaSBarcelona, ES
Alejandro Marti, PhD(Founder)inAlejandro Marti(CEO & Co-founder)inMauricio Hanzich(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCREAS IMPACTO GLOBAL SGEICElaiaFaberShip2B
NeuralTrust builds security and reliability tooling for enterprises deploying AI agents and generative AI, including runtime security and offensive/defensive testing.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBStartupAlstin CapitalSeayaVentureFriends
ODILO provides data-based, personalized learning solutions that let organizations offer unlimited digital learning to their users.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investorsSwanlaab Venture FactoryActive Venture PartnersBregal MilestoneCDTIJME Ventures
Provides application and cloud security technology and services simplifying security needs of modern businesses (invested 2016, divested 2022).
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalGolub GrowthMonterro GrowthVitruvian Partners
Paack operates a proprietary technology platform for last-mile eCommerce parcel delivery, automating and optimizing logistics operations while focusing on sustainability and reduced carbon emissions.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Fernando Benito Galobart(Founder)inXavier Rosales(CEO)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesCastel CapitalInfraVia Capital PartnersRPS VenturesSoftBank Vision FundBig Sur Ventures+3 more
PandaGo offers a Fleet-as-a-Service solution combining electric motorbike renting and fleet management for delivery riders and fleet managers.
CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsShilling VC
San Francisco, US
Christopher Gooley(Executive Officer, Director)Ujjal Kohli(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKaran Mehandru(Director)Prakash Ramamurthy(Director)Chuck Dietrich(Director)
Co-investorsElev8.vcSony Ventures CorporationI Squared CapitalLuminate
PromoFarma by DocMorris operates an online marketplace for health, pharmacy, and wellness products and services aimed at consumers.
ConsumerDigital HealthE-commerceMarketplaces
David Masó(Founder)in
Proportunity offers home financing products that combine finance and technology to help buyers—particularly younger first-time buyers—afford homes sooner, aiming to make home ownership more accessible.
FintechPropTechLondon, GB
Vadim(Co-founder & CEO)inStefan(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureTranspose Platform ManagementVentureFriends
Qida provides in-home care services for elderly and dependent people in Spain, matching families with professional caregivers on a flexible basis (from one hour a week to live-in 24/7 care) with ongoing supervision by psychologists or social workers.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevitySabadell, ES
Oriol Fuertes Cabassa(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsabys PartnersBStartupCREAS IMPACTO GLOBAL SGEICMundi VenturesShip2BEndeavor Catalyst+2 more
Redbooth is a work organization and project management platform designed to help companies structure tasks, assign responsibilities, and track project timelines.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSeattle, US
Mark Cameron White(Executive Officer)Joe Brichler(Executive Officer)Juan Jose Mata(Executive Officer)Dan Schoenbaum(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardVadim Tarasov(Director)Justin Label(Director)
Co-investorsAvalon Ventures Management, LlcSeedRocketMasthead Venture Partners
RewardsWeb builds solutions for loyalty and rewards programs, aiming to improve how customers engage with and redeem rewards.
FintechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsCarao VenturesNordic Eye Venture Capital
Sorare operates a fantasy football game built around officially licensed digital player cards.
Nicolas Julia(Co-founder & CEO)inAdrien Montfort(Co-founder)in
Co-investors4M HoldingAccelBessemer Venture PartnersConsenSys MeshEmblemFabric Ventures+14 more
An AI robotics company.
AI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsAglae VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)KfundMundi Ventures
Trucksters operates long-haul road freight using a relay system, where drivers hand off sensorized trailers at monitored relay points so cargo keeps moving without waiting for mandatory driver rest periods.
CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsHeartfelt CapitalMetavallon VCVolvo Group Venture Capital ABBig Sur Ventures
Zepo Intelligence provides an AI-powered social intelligence platform designed to protect organizations from social engineering and cybersecurity threats targeting employees.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Antonio Muñoz(CEO & Founder)Enrique Holgado(CPTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsTIIN Capital
Zynap builds AI agents for cybersecurity operations that investigate threats, automate security workflows, pull live threat intelligence, and score vulnerabilities, all governed by human analysts.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Oriol Agustí Blanch(Founder)in
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 5
1 IPOs · 4 acquisitions · showing 4FLYWIRENASDAQ: FLYWCoverWalletacq. by AonOnumacq. by CrowdstrikeVilynxacq. by Apple
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOutpost24 · globalsecuritymag.com · Aug 18, 2026

NeuralTrust · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 13, 2026

Mitiga · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 13, 2026

Evernest · bebee.com · Aug 1, 2026
FLYWIRE · marketbeat.com · Jul 19, 2026

Innovamat · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Capchase · foresightiq.co · Jun 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Kibo Ventures made?
- Kibo Ventures has 62 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Kibo Ventures invest at?
- Kibo Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Kibo Ventures's typical check size?
- Kibo Ventures typically writes checks of $2.2M – $5.4M.
- What sectors does Kibo Ventures focus on?
- Kibo Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kibo Ventures located?
- Kibo Ventures is headquartered in Madrid, ES.
- Does Kibo Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Kibo Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Kibo Ventures co-invest with?
- Kibo Ventures most often shares deals with Mundi Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Acurio Ventures, among 115 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAquilino Peña, Cofundador de Kibo Ventures - Inversiones destacas de Kibo Ventures
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