Company · Fintech

Kleo

kleohub.com ↗ ·Valencia ·Pre-seed

Kleo is a Spanish fintech platform that helps startups and SMEs discover and secure financing, spanning public grants (ENISA, CDTI, Red.es), private investment, and bank loans across 200+ financial products, managing the entire application process. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Valencia with an office in Madrid, it claims a 91% success rate and has helped clients secure over €45M in financing; it raised a $238K pre-seed round in April 2024 from The Lab Ventures.

Founded
2023
Founders
2
News
1
Rounds
2
Investors
1
SectorsFintech, SME Financing, Grants & Subsidies Start-up MapFintech › SME lending & financing

Profile updated 25 Jul 2026

Founders

Andrés Téllez Suárez
Co-founder & CTO
Carolina Benguigui Nadal
Co-founder & CEO

Global models 5

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Investors 1

Funding rounds 2

Seed · €600K
Kleo closed a €600K equity seed round at the beginning of 2025, which the company says it complemented with a further €600K of non-dilutive …
2025-01
Pre-seed · $239K
Kleo raised a pre-seed round of $238,975 led by venture builder The Lab Ventures, its first institutional backing, to build out its digital …
2024-04-16

News & media 1

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