Investor

Baobab Ventures

baobabventures.vc ↗ ·Barcelona ·Early stage ·Actively investing

An operator-led, solo-GP venture capital fund investing at pre-seed and seed stage in deep-tech founders working on AI, robotics, and defense. Founded by Carles Reina, an operator-turned-investor (early ElevenLabs investor, ex-Uber EMEA, Tractable AI, Sonantic) who also currently leads go-to-market at ElevenLabs. Raised a $15M (~€12.9M) fund in November 2025, writing checks of roughly $300-350K into 30-35 global startups, with prior angel investments including Revolut, ElevenLabs, Sonantic, and HappyRobot.

Portfolio

Team

AUM

$15M

Rounds

Cheque

$300-350K

SectorsAI, Robotics, Defense, Deep Tech VC MapPre-seed

Profile updated 18 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 1 Investment Team 0 Others 0

Carles Reina

Managing Partner

Portfolio companies 4

BASE4 Biosciences

base4bio.com

Company Pre-seed Barcelona

Omnia

www.useomnia.com

Company Pre-seed Madrid

Opereit

opereit.ai

Company Pre-seed Barcelona

Overwatch AI

overwatch-ai.com

Company Pre-seed Barcelona

Funding rounds 4

Opereit · Pre-seed · €2.2M

Opereit's AI agents detect transport-invoice errors and automate claims recovery for e-commerce logistics (clients include Nude Project, Eco…

2026-06-05

Overwatch AI · Pre-seed · $1.5M

Barcelona-based Overwatch AI raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI decision-support platform that consolidates fragmented …

2026-05-20

BASE4 Biosciences · Pre-seed · $1M

BASE4 Biosciences, a spin-out of the Sant Pau Research Institute, raised a $1M pre-seed (~€850,800) for its multi-omic platform that combine…

2026-04-22

Omnia · Pre-seed · €3.5M

Madrid-based Omnia (Omnia Agents SL) raised a €3.5M pre-seed led by Visionaries Club to scale its agentic platform that helps brands monitor…

2025-10-16

News & media 2

Published	Article
2025-11-26	ElevenLabs investor Carles Reina raises $15m solo GP fund to back defence and AI startups ↗ Sifted
2025-10-16	With €3.5 million in funding, Spanish startup Omnia is helping brands stand out across AI platforms ↗ EU-Startups