Company · Consumer

FLiPO Eyewear

flipoeyewear.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

FLiPO is a Barcelona-based DTC eyewear brand founded in 2021, offering fully modular glasses whose frames, temples and clip-on lenses (sun, screen-protection, night-driving) can be mixed and interchanged. It has sold over 30,000 units through its own site and a network of 600+ independent opticians across Europe, and has raised roughly $5.4M from angels, accelerators and early-stage VC funds.

Founded

2021

Founders

News

Rounds

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SectorsEyewear, DTC / Consumer Retail, E-commerce Start-up MapConsumer › Fashion & apparel brands

Profile updated 30 Jul 2026

Founders

Alex Abril Egea

CEO & Co-Founder

Rubén de la Cruz

Co-Founder & Commercial Director

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Global models 5

Lenskart

India · www.lenskart.com ↗

VC-backed omnichannel eyewear brand selling customizable prescription glasses direct-to-consumer online and through its own stores.

$981MComparable

Warby Parker

United States · www.warbyparker.com ↗

Pioneered the VC-funded DTC eyewear model, selling affordable, stylish prescription glasses online and via showrooms, same category as FLiPO.

$573MComparable

Pair Eyewear

United States · paireyewear.com ↗

Sells a base frame with interchangeable magnetic top-frames, the closest direct model match to FLiPO's swap-and-customize eyewear concept.

$148MComparable

Ace & Tate

Netherlands · www.aceandtate.com ↗

European VC-backed DTC eyewear brand selling affordable, design-led prescription glasses online and in showrooms, similar geography and positioning to FLiPO.

$65MComparable

Privé Revaux

United States · www.priverevauxeyewear.com ↗

VC-backed affordable, fashion-forward DTC eyewear brand competing on style and customization much like FLiPO.

$35MComparable

Investors 5

Eoniq Fund

eoniq.fund

Investor Spain

Faraday Venture Partners

Kai Capital

Investor Spain

Unicorn Factory Lisboa

unicornfactorylisboa.com ↗

Investor Portugal

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

News & media 6

Published	Article
2026-01-10	FLiPO reinventa la óptica con diseño modular y venta sin riesgo para el óptico ↗ Economía 3
2025-05-06	Flipo eyewear suma ópticas independientes a su red de distribución ↗ Modaengafas.com
2025-02-18	Flipo alcanza unas ventas de 30.000 gafas modulares y se prepara para dar el salto a México ↗ The New Barcelona Post
2025-01-06	La startup española FLiPO aterriza en Sudáfrica, Arabia Saudí y Costa Rica ↗ RRHH Digital
2024-11-06	FLiPO patenta sus gafas 100% modulares, con un sistema de sujeción único ↗ Capital.es
2024-10-30	Flipo ya llega a 500 ópticas en Europa e incorpora un nuevo sistema de sujeción en sus gafas ↗ Modaengafas.com