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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for FinTech startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Inveready | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed, Venture | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe | ||
All Iron Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, Europe | ||
Faraday Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe | ||
Bankinter | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe | ||
Conector Startup Accelerator | Seed | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top FinTech Seed investors in Spain. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top FinTech Investors & Funds (Spain)
Inveready
Inveready is a leading alternative asset manager in Spain – investing in early-stage VC, Growth VC, Venture Debt, strategic equity in listed companies, infrastructure and private equity – providing financing solutions to companies throughout their life-cycle. Founded in 2008, Inveready counts on 150 active companies, +40 exits, and more than €600M of assets under management. Some of their portfolio companies have been acquired by multinationals such as Intel, Symantec, IBM, and Facebook, whilst others are listed in public markets such as NASDAQ, the Spanish BME Growth, AIM London, and Euronext Growth. Headquartered in San Sebastián with offices in Barcelona, Madrid, and San Sebastián, Inveready was recognized multiple times by ASCRI and Preqin for their funds’ performance and their transactions.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed, Venture
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Life Science, Venture Capital
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All Iron Ventures
All Iron Ventures partners up with bold founders promoting innovative startups. We mainly invest in the early stages of European companies that aspire to reshape the future of both consumers and enterprises through technology. We at All Iron Ventures have been and continue to be entrepreneurs. We know what it is to be a founder and empathize with the challenges our partner founders face. We put our resources and experience creating, scaling and selling companies at their disposal to help them take their projects to the next level. Based in Bilbao, Spain, and with approximately €110Mn under management, All Iron Ventures was promoted by the founders of Ticketbis, a global marketplace sold to eBay in 2016, in what is one of the main success stories in Spain’s startup ecosystem.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, Europe
Industries: B2B, B2C, E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Internet, Marketplace, Venture Capital
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Faraday Venture Partners
Faraday Venture Partners is a private investors club that offers an exclusive investment service to its partners. The company analyzes innovative start-up projects in need of private financing and offers promising projects for investment to partners, co-investors, and business angels. The company offers project analysis and selection services, to carry out a strictly confidential due diligence process. Active management and assessment of investment stake, to offer diligent acquisition and sales assessment of customers existing investment with the company itself. The company also offers empowerment of entrepreneurial initiatives and custom exit strategy assessment, to maintain a close relationship with portfolio companies, offering personalized support and resources. Faraday Venture Partners was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Bankinter
Bankinter is an innovative Spanish commercial bank. From an investment perspective, Bankinter’s Venture Capital team and Fundación Innovación Bankinter jointly develop a program called Venture Capital Program, focused on identifying and investing in high potential startups using the bank’s resources. The program has been active since 2013, and from that moment it has already invested in more than 40 startups. In addition to the investment itself, the program tries to add value to the companies with which it interacts through the sharing of experiences and best practices. A key part of the company’s strategy is the quality of customer service and innovation. The spirit is defined by the values ​​agility, enthusiasm, integrity, and originality. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services, in addition to advising clients, aggregators, product simulators, and a variety of value-added services. The company’s staff are trained, agile, flexible workforce, capable of adapting to technological and market changes. Bankinter was founded on 1965 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, Venture Capital
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Conector Startup Accelerator
Conector Startup Accelerator is a Spanish startup accelerator that provides mentorship services for startups and entrepreneurs in the seed stage. The company provides its services for startups in the fields of telecommunications, media and entertainment, and internet technology. Conector Startup Accelerator was founded on October 8, 2013, and is based in Barcelona, Spain. We have more than 300 mentors, serial entrepreneurs, and top executives.
Stages: Seed
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Apps, Automotive, E-Commerce, EdTech, Finance, FinTech, Wellness
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Capital Cell
Capital Cell is a pan-European crowdinvesting platform for Biotech & Life Sciences companies. Mixing VC, business angels, accredited investors and the power of the Crowd, the company is building a global meeting point for companies and researchers working, fostering and financing tomorrow’s medical science.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Biotechnology, FinTech, Life Science, Medical, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical
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Dozen Investments
Dozen Investments is an online investment platform accredited by the CNMV. The company was founded in 2015 by Ramón Saltor and counts with Inveready, Keyword VC and Sevenzonic, among others, as partners. Dozen has invested over €35 million in startups such as Glovo, Skitude, Innovamat, Yego, Parlem, or Cuideo, and has more than 23,500 registered investors on its platform. Recently, it has reduced its minimum ticket to 1,000 euros to give access to its opportunities to a greater number of investors and facilitate the diversification of their portfolios.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Fintech, Proptech, Edtech, Medical.
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Lánzame Capital SL
Lánzame Capital is a pledge fund in Spain that invest in startups. Lánzame is promoted by a group of investors who work in different economic and business areas with many years of experience in different sectors.
Stages: Seed
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
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Fellow Funders
Fellow Funders is an independent firm with the goal of accompanying SMEs and Startups in their plans for expansion and consolidation through optimal financing formulas. The finance symphony represents the harmony of all 4 movements at the service of entrepeneurs, executives and their companies, and investors. The Finance Symphony’s composition consists of four movements: the company’s value assigned through Fair Value, then the financing rounds through the Crowd Investment platform (Equity Crowdfunding), afterwards the financial and strategic consulting through Alternative Assets. And lastly, providing help to our customers, once they are in the capital markets, through our Capital Markets division.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Business Development, Crowdfunding, Financial Services, FinTech
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VAS Ventures
VAS Ventures is Martin Varsavsky’s early stage investment fund. They are looking for companies whose innovative founders think big and are courageous enough to shape the future. Martin is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, professor of entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and investor. As a founder, he has built 5 successful companies, Viatel, Jazztel, Ya.com, Fon and Prelude. Viatel, Jazztel, and Ya.com all sold for over $700m. As an investor, he backed fascinating companies such as 23andMe, Eolia, Smarthings, Tumblr and Aura Biosciences. VAS Ventures’ key for success is offering hands-on mentoring from Martin.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Inception Capital
Inception Capital is a London-based VC firm that invests in digital companies. The firm focuses on internet, mobile platforms, digital contents, and innovative technology projects.
Stages: Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Startupxplore
Startupxplore is a premium startup investment platform that allows unexperienced and time-savvy investors to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, FinTech, Internet, Venture Capital
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Nekko Capital
Nekko Capital, a Barcelona-based Venture Capital firm aimed at investing in scalable early stage digital transformation companies led by outstanding teams with global ambitions and excellent execution capabilities. Nekko Capital has offices in Barcelona, London, Madrid & Paris.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Onza Capital
Onza Capital is a venture capital company that invests in innovative Internet companies and mobile platforms in key segments of the online world. The firm invests in digital companies that have successfully completed seed stage and combine two essential characteristics: a proven business model and international scalability.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
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UNIQ
UNIQ is a venture studio focused in fintech and insurtech. We analyze the global market looking for successful digital businesses that solve real problems to implant them in other markets where we see big opportunities. We are focused in finance, insurance and legal. We have in-house specialists (engineers, product managers, analysts, designers) who form/test hypotheses, build prototypes, run experiments, and execute on launching a venture. Once the business model is validated, we inject more investment and hire entrepreneurial team to take the startup to the next level: a global company.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Andorra, Aragon, Spain, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech, Legal, Wealth Management
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Abanca Innova
Abanca Innova is an accelerator fintech from Galicia. Abanca Innova looks for the most innovative startups in the fintech, insurtech, and regtech fields for investment or pilot definition.
Stages: Seed
Location: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Industries: FinTech
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