Investor

Criteria Venture Tech

criteriaventuretech.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Early stage ·Actively investing

Criteria Venture Tech is a Barcelona-based technology venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, data, and deep-tech startups across Europe (with emphasis on Spain and Portugal) and select North American opportunities. It is the tech VC arm of Criteria Capital Risc, the venture capital management company of CriteriaCaixa, and has committed roughly €300M to back tech and biotech startups through 2030, with a portfolio of 70+ companies and notable exits including Glovo, Wallapop, and Vilynx (acquired by Apple).

Portfolio

Team

AUM

n/a

Rounds

Cheque

€0.5–5M

SectorsAI, Cybersecurity, Software Infrastructure, Data, DeepTech, B2B SaaS VC MapSeed

Profile updated 17 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 1 Investment Team 4 Others 1

Roma Jelinskaite

Managing Director

Portfolio companies 14

3D Digital Venue

3ddigitalvenue.com

Company Seed Barcelona

Company Series A Bilbao

Barbara IoT

barbaraiot.com

Company Series A Madrid

Datumize

datumize.com

Company Series A Barcelona

iMICROQ

imicroq.com

Company Series A Tarragona

iPronics

ipronics.com

Company Series A Valencia

kdpof.com

Company Series C Madrid

Medlumics

medlumics.com

Company Series E Madrid

Sadako Technologies

sadako.es

Company Seed Barcelona

SummuS Render

summus.es

Company Series A Madrid

Tebrio

tebrio.com

Company Other Salamanca

Validated ID

validatedid.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Vilynx

vilynx.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Funding rounds 6

iPronics · Series B · €107.6M

The UPV spin-out raised €107.6M ($125M) in a Series B co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with NVIDIA investing in a Spanis…

2026-09-02

8Layers · Pre-seed · €1M

Madrid-based identity-security startup 8Layers extended its pre-seed round by €1M with strategic investors Criteria Venture Tech and Bankint…

2026-07-08

Barbara IoT · Series B · €4.5M

Barbara (formerly Barbara IoT) closed a €4.5M strategic financing round led by Aramco Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Aramco, with ex…

2026-02-18

Barbara · Other · €4.5M

Barbara raised a €4.5M round that the company describes as a strategic funding round rather than a lettered stage, led by Aramco Ventures wi…

2026-02-18

iPronics · Series A · €20M

iPronics raised a €20M Series A led by Triatomic Capital with Fine Structure Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Criteria…

2025-01-28

MedLumics · Series E · €18M

MedLumics, which is developing the AblaView ablation catheter system for atrial fibrillation, closed an enlarged €18M ($21.7M) round when Ku…

2021-02-10

News & media 9

Published	Article
2026-09-07	Dealflow #525: iPronics raised $125M from Nvidia. Factorial acquires German startup. Perk nears $400M in revenue. ↗ Dealflow.es Newsletter
2026-09-03	iPronics atrae $125M para ampliar su red óptica programable para centros de datos de IA. Lideran Maverick Silicon y Light Street, participa Criteria ↗ Webcapitalriesgo
2026-07-15	Spanish cybersecurity startup 8Layers extends pre-Seed round to €2.5 million total funding ↗ EU-Startups
2026-07-15	8Layers amplía su ronda pre-seed de 2,5 millones de euros ↗ El Referente
2026-07-13	€300 million for Iberian BioTech and DeepTech as CriteriaCaixa rebrands its VC arm ↗ EU-Startups
2026-02-18	Criteria Venture Tech, Iberdrola and Aramco Ventures participate in Barbara's €4.5 million funding round ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es (English)
2025-01-29	Optical networking engine revs up as iPronics raises €20M to enhance AI data centres ↗ Tech Funding News
2024-12-05	Scalestack Scoops Up $3M Financing Round ↗ VC News Daily
2023-12-22	Enline in a €3.5 million equity round backed by Criteria Venture Tech (Caixa), Santander Innoventures and Innoenergy ↗ Nordic 9