PPlug and Play Tech Center
Global innovation platform and venture capital firm founded in 2006 in Silicon Valley, connecting startups, corporations, and investors across 60+ locations worldwide, including Madrid. It runs accelerator programs and makes early-stage investments across nearly every sector (fintech, health, mobility, retail, supply chain, sustainability, AI, real estate, and more), with a portfolio of 2,000+ companies including early backing of PayPal, Danone, Dropbox, and Guardant Health, and roughly 40 unicorns to date.
SectorsFintech, Enterprise & AI, Sustainability, Mobility, Supply Chain, Health, E-commerce & Retail
VC MapAccelerator / Venture Builder
Team
N
Niccolò Sapio
Principal
L
Luis Llorens Gonzalez
Principal, Plug and Play Tech Center (leads Iberia/Spain investments)
J
Juan Naveira
Ventures Associate
Portfolio companies 39
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YYK-Robotics
entered at Seed, 2026
KKalipso
entered at Seed, 2026
OOptiak
entered at Pre-seed, 2026
EEmblematic
entered at Pre-seed, 2025
CCafler
entered at Series A, 2025
PPeimi
entered at Pre-seed (estimated), 2025
BBiorce
entered at Seed, 2024
EEalyx
entered at Pre-seed, 2024
GGlobick
entered at Seed (estimated), 2023
HHotelverse
led Seed, 2023
XxNova International
led Pre-seed (estimated), 2023
ZZazume
entered at Seed (estimated), 2021
TTROOP
entered at Series A, 2021
UUsyncro
entered at Seed (estimated), 2021
AArbolus
entered at Series A, 2021
BBrickbro
entered at Seed (estimated), 2021
PPayflow
entered at Seed, 2021
NNemuru
entered at Seed, 2020
PPolaroo
entered at Seed, 2019
CConsentio
entered at Seed (estimated), 2020
B
Bnext
entered at Pre-seed (estimated), 2017
SSales Layer
entered at Pre-seed (estimated), 2014
BBia Power
per company site
CCheckToBuild
per company site
CChekin
per company site
FFactorial
per company site
FFicosterra
per company site
F
Fuvex
per company site
IIristrace
per company site
MMelow
per company site
NNeuralTrust
per company site
RRavenPack
per company site
Exited or sunsetted (7)
BBoopos
entered at Seed, 2021
Z
Zeleros
entered at Series A (estimated), 2020
BBildia
per company site
D
Ducksboard
per company site
G
Groopify
per company site
Q
Qoala
per company site
S
SolarMente
per company site
Funding rounds 26
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | YK-Robotics | Seed | €1M |
Draper B1, First Drop
+4 more
|
| 2026-06-25 | Kalipso | Seed | €2.8M |
Varsity
+4 more
|
| 2026-06-16 | Optiak | Pre-seed | €4M |
Market One Capital, Next Tier Ventures, Mission
+2 more
|
| 2025-10-02 | Emblematic | Pre-seed | $2M |
Passion Capital
+7 more
|
| 2025-02-26 | Cafler | Series A | approximately €10.5M |
Copec Wind Ventures, güil Mobility Ventures
+5 more
|
| 2025-01-13 | Peimi | Pre-seed (estimated) | €255K |
Lead not disclosed
+5 more
|
| 2024-11-14 | Biorce | Seed | €8.5M |
YZR Capital, Mustard Seed Maze
+4 more
|
| 2024-04-15 | Ealyx | Pre-seed | €880K |
Lead not disclosed
+13 more
|
| 2023-09-28 | Globick | Seed (estimated) | €1.4M |
Lead not disclosed
+6 more
|
| 2023-08-04 | Hotelverse | Seed | €1.2M | Plug and Play |
| 2023-01-03 | xNova International | Pre-seed (estimated) | €200K |
Plug and Play Tech Center
+1 more
|
| 2022-02-02 | Boopos | Seed | $30M incl. debt: equity and debt, the split was not disclosed |
Fasanara Capital
+5 more
|
| 2021-11-16 | Zazume | Seed (estimated) | €2.5M |
Nordstar, Picus Capital
+1 more
|
| 2021-09-29 | TROOP | Series A | $8M |
Madrona Venture Group
+6 more
|
| 2021-08-05 | Boopos | Seed | $2M |
Lead not disclosed
+5 more
|
| 2021-05-13 | Usyncro | Seed (estimated) | approximately €846K |
Lead not disclosed
+3 more
|
| 2021-03-24 | Arbolus | Series A | $6M |
Fuel Ventures
+1 more
|
| 2021-03-15 | Brickbro | Seed (estimated) | €1M |
Telegraph Hill Capital
+1 more
|
| 2021-02-04 | Payflow | Seed | €400K |
Lead unknown
+3 more
|
| 2020-09-16 | Nemuru | Seed | approximately €2.6M |
InnoCells, Bankia Fintech Venture
+5 more
|
| 2020-06-01 | Zeleros | Series A (estimated) | €7M |
Altran
+6 more
|
| 2020-03-30 | Polaroo | Seed | €1M |
Chris Bouwer
+2 more
|
| 2020-02-12 | Consentio | Seed (estimated) | €1.1M |
No single lead
+5 more
|
| 2019-09-02 | Polaroo | Seed | €500K |
Dídac Lee
+3 more
|
| 2017-03 | Bnext | Pre-seed (estimated) | €300K |
Lead not disclosed
+1 more
|
| 2014-01 | Sales Layer | Pre-seed (estimated) | €123K |
Lead not disclosed
+4 more
|
Often invests with 41
Open as list →News 7
Open as list →| Published | Article |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 |
Dealflow #533: Gameto (Varsavsky) $1.4B deal. Lightspeed's 3rd investment in Spain (XploreAI). Perk expects $450M in revenue this year. ↗
Dealflow.es
2026-11-02+1 source |
| 2026-11-01 |
Talky Labs, YK-Robotics y Ball Inn captan financiación ↗
Emprendedores
2026-11-01+1 source |
| 2026-10-29 |
Draper B1 y First Drop lideran ronda de €1 millón en YK-Robotics para que cualquier celda robótica se programe con palabras ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2026-10-29 |
| 2026-10-23 |
Nanogrow gana el VDS 2026 con sus medicamentos basados en nanoanticuerpos ↗
Emprendedores
2026-10-23 |
| 2026-10-19 |
ICEX y BID Lab conectan 15 scaleups LATAM con España ↗
Ecosistema Startup
2026-10-19 |
| 2026-10-02 |
VDS 2026 anuncia su agenda: más de 600 ponentes y 17 unicornios se darán cita en Valencia ↗
El Español
2026-10-02 |
| 2026-10-01 |
De Silicon Valley a Miami: Madrid tiende puentes a ambos lados del Atlántico en la era de la inteligencia artificial ↗
El Español / Invertia (Disruptores)
2026-10-01 |