BBaobab Ventures
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.
SectorsAI, Robotics, Defense, Deep Tech
VC MapPre-seed
Team
Portfolio companies 5
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Funding rounds 5
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2026-10-08 | Autentic AI | Pre-seed | €1.5M |
Baobab Ventures, Lanai Ventures, Masia VC
+1 more
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| 2026-06-03 | Opereit | Pre-seed | €2.2M |
Seedcamp, Yellow
+6 more
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| 2026-05-20 | Overwatch AI | Pre-seed | $1.5M |
Lead not disclosed
+6 more
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| 2026-04-22 | BASE4 Biosciences | Pre-seed | $1M |
Lead not disclosed
+4 more
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| 2025-10-16 | Omnia | Pre-seed | €3.5M |
Visionaries Club
+5 more
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Often invests with 9
Open as list →News 4
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-10-13 |
Dealflow #530: Helicon raised €14M. Multiverse incognita. Inditex OSS. ↗
Dealflow.es
2026-10-13 |
| 2026-10-09 |
Spanish Autentic AI raises €1.5M to accelerate AI-powered market research ↗
Tech.eu
2026-10-09 |
| 2025-11-26 |
ElevenLabs investor Carles Reina raises $15m solo GP fund to back defence and AI startups ↗
Sifted
2025-11-26 |
| 2025-10-16 |
With €3.5 million in funding, Spanish startup Omnia is helping brands stand out across AI platforms ↗
EU-Startups
2025-10-16 |