NNearby Computing
Nearby Computing is a Barcelona-based deeptech company, founded in 2018 as a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and UPC, that develops NearbyOne — an edge-to-cloud orchestration and automation platform for deploying and managing distributed infrastructure, connectivity and applications at the edge. It sells to telecom operators and industrial enterprises (5G, IoT, private networks, edge AI) and was named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Edge Computing in 2023. It raised a €6.5M Series A in July 2024 co-led by Walter Ventures and JME Ventures, with Telefónica (via Wayra) and Akamai joining alongside existing shareholders Cellnex, Lenovo and Redeia/Elewit.
SectorsEdge Computing, Enterprise Software, Telecom, IoT, 5G, Cloud Infrastructure, Deeptech
Start-up MapEnterprise Software › Infrastructure & operations software
Founders
D
David Carrera
Co-founder, CTO & Chairman
J
Josep Martí Jufresa
Co-founder & CEO
Global models 5
SSpectro Cloud
United States · spectrocloud.com ↗
Sells an enterprise platform that deploys and manages Kubernetes applications and infrastructure from the edge to the cloud, including for telecom and industrial edge.
~$137MComparable
ZZEDEDA
United States · zededa.com ↗
Sells an edge orchestration platform to industrial and energy enterprises for deploying and managing distributed edge infrastructure and applications, including edge AI.
~$127MComparable
RRafay Systems
United States · rafay.co ↗
Sells an automation and orchestration platform that runs distributed Kubernetes and edge workloads across clouds and edge sites for enterprises and operators.
~$58MComparable
VVolterra
United States · volterra.io ↗
Sold a distributed edge-to-cloud platform for deploying, securing and orchestrating apps across edge sites; F5 acquired it in 2021.
~$50MComparable
RRobin.io
United States · robin.io ↗
Sold telecom operators automation and orchestration software for 5G and edge network functions and applications; Rakuten Symphony acquired it in 2022.
~$46MComparable
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Investors 8
Open as list →Elewit
www.elewit.ventures
JJME Ventures
jme.vc
SSETT
sett.gob.es
WWayra
wayra.com
LLenovo
WWalter Ventures
C
Cellnex Telecom
AAkamai Technologies
Funding rounds 3
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Series A (estimated) | €1.4M | SETT (Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica) |
| 2024-07-18 | Series A | €6.5M |
Walter Ventures, JME Ventures
+5 more
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| 2020-12-10 | Seed | approximately €2M |
Elewit, Lenovo
+1 more
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News 4
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-10-14 |
Qilimanjaro announces €20 million first close of its Series A ↗
Evertiq
2026-10-14+3 sources4 reportsfirst 2026-10-14
Qilimanjaro announces €20 million first close of its Series A↗
Indra invierte 10 millones en Qilimanjaro para impulsar la computación cuántica en defensa, seguridad e IA↗
Indra cierra con la SETT una inversión de 20 millones en la cuántica Qilimanjaro↗
Indra invierte 10 millones en Qilimanjaro y lidera el primer cierre de su serie A, con 9,6 millones más de la SETT↗
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| 2026-09-21 |
European tech weekly recap: Over €1.7B invested across 70+ deals ↗
Tech.eu
2026-09-21 |
| 2026-09-17 |
Nearby Computing secures €680K to scale cloud-to-edge orchestration platform ↗
Tech.eu
2026-09-17 |
| 2024-07-18 |
Barcelona-based Nearby Computing gets €6.5 million to expand edge computing for the industrial sector ↗
EU-Startups
2024-07-18 |