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Decelera Ventures

www.decelera.ventures ↗ ·Madrid ·Early stage ·Actively investing

Decelera Ventures is a Madrid-based early-stage venture capital fund that calls itself "the world's first startup decelerator", combining a €38M fund with an immersive 7-day founder program in Menorca where founders slow down to refine strategy alongside investors and mentors. It backs mission-driven pre-seed and seed tech companies in Southern Europe — sustainability and impact, enterprise software, consumer, healthtech and deeptech — writing up to €300K upfront, up to €1M cumulatively after the program and up to €2M in follow-ons for top performers. It is managed alongside Sancus Capital Partners (~$2.5B across Europe and LATAM), grew out of the Menorca Millennials program founded by Marcos Martín in 2015, counts PLD Space and Quipu among its portfolio, and launched a separate ~$30M Decelera Americas fund in Mexico in 2025.

Portfolio
28
Team
16
AUM
€38M
Rounds
22
Cheque
€300K–1M
SectorsImpact & sustainability tech, Enterprise software, Consumer, HealthTech, Deeptech VC MapSeed

Profile updated 13 Sep 2026

Team

Borja Escalada
Founder & Partner
Diego Laresgoiti
Founding Partner
Jaime Pérez de Laborda
Founder & Partner
Jordi Vallejo
Founding Partner
Manuel Matutes Mestre
Founding Partner
Marcos Martín Larrañaga
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner
Miguel Gordillo
Founding Partner
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Carlos Martínez
Data Analyst
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Carlota Lechere Caraza-Campos
Investment Analyst
Lorenzo Hurtado de Saracho
Investment Manager
Miguel Quintana
Principal
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Belén Moscoso
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Kamil Saab Davila
Guest Experience Manager
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Marina Bestué
Business Development Manager
Miquel Capó
Design & Art Officer
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Valentina Villagómez
Strategy Designer
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Portfolio companies 28

Funding rounds 22

Aloja · Seed · $1.4M
Aloja was founded in 2025 by Daniel Pino and Daniel Cabra and sets AI dynamic prices for tours and activities in 12 countries. It raised $1.…
2026-09-23
HeyDiga · Seed · €5.5M
HeyDiga raised a €5.5M Seed round led by London-based 6 Degrees Capital, with Italian Founders Fund, Decelera, existing backer Kfund, the Jo…
2026-09-10
HeyDiga · Other
Conversational-AI startup HeyDiga was one of four companies (with Flipflow, Mathew and Ruit) in Decelera's 2026 Menorca batch, which deploye…
2026-06-23
Trak · Other · €3.7M
100% digital physiotherapy clinic using computer vision to guide and monitor rehab at home (present in 300+ health centers) raised €3.7M led…
2026-06-16
Flipflow · Other · €3M
Agentic retail-intelligence platform (Tyrell AI) raised €3M led by 4Founders Capital with strategic backing from Puig, Mango and Juan Roig's…
2026-06-03
Mathew · Seed · €1.2M
Catalan edtech Mathew raised €1.2M in a seed round backed by Encomenda (which had already invested via its Encomenda Seed II fund in 2024) a…
2026-05-26
Webel · Seed · €4.3M
Home-services marketplace Webel closed a €4.3 million pre-Series A round led by existing investor Trind Ventures, with Decelera Ventures and…
2026-03-17
Anyformat · Seed · €3.3M
Madrid-based Anyformat closed a €3.3 million seed round led by Kibo Ventures, with follow-on participation from existing backers 4Founders C…
2025-11-27
Vixiees · Seed · €1M
Barcelona-based Vixiees raised €1M in a round co-led by Draper B1 and Abac Nest Ventures, with Decelera Ventures, Demium Capital and a group…
2025-07-01
Nido · Seed · €5M
Nido, a platform that digitalises the sale, design and installation of residential heat pumps (aerothermal systems), closed a €5M seed round…
2025-02-10
Nester · Seed · €1.5M
Nester, whose software automates day-to-day management of rental properties, raised €1.5M led by Dozen Investments with Decelera, Core Angel…
2025-02-03
Kymatio · Series A · €1.85M
Human-risk-management cybersecurity startup Kymatio closed a €1.85M round jointly led by Decelera, ABANCA and Fides Capital, with existing b…
2025-01-23
Dcycle · Series A · €6M
Dcycle closed a €6M Series A led by Samaipata with follow-on from existing investors Ship2B Ventures, Sabadell Venture Capital, Draper B1, D…
2024-12-11
honei · Seed · €1.45M
honei, which digitises ordering and payment in restaurants via QR and a smart payment terminal, closed a €1.45M seed round led by 4Founders …
2024-12-02
Webel · Seed · €1.4M
Madrid-based on-demand home services app Webel raised €1.4 million led by Palo Alto consumer-tech fund Goodwater Capital, with Decelera Vent…
2024-09-16
Ailin · Seed · €1.5M
Ailin, which sells at-home clinical test kits paired with software that interprets the results, closed its first funding round of €1.5M back…
2024-02-20
TRAK · Seed · €1.3M
Basque digital physiotherapy startup TRAK closed its second round, €1.3 million led by impact fund Decelera Ventures, to scale its AI-based …
2024-02-02
Webel · Seed · €2.1M
Webel, an on-demand marketplace app connecting users with vetted home-service professionals, closed a €2.1M round with Estonian fund Trind V…
2023-10-17
Gloop · Seed · €540K
Gloop, founded in 2021 by Marta Maneja and Hernán Hernández to replace single-use plastic cutlery with edible spoons, stirrers and straws, c…
2023-03-30
Exheus · Seed · €900K
Exheus is an RNA-analysis and genomic data science spin-off of Hospital de Sant Pau and UPC. It closed a €900K capital increase to expand in…
2022-11-29
AllRead Machine Learning Technologies · Seed · €2.5M
AllRead closed a €2.5M pre-Series A round for its AI software that reads codes on containers, rail wagons, plates and seals, to grow in Euro…
2022-11-08
Spherag Tech · Seed · €300K
Aragonese agritech Spherag, whose 5G platform remotely manages fertigation on 50,000 hectares in 17 countries, raised €300K from Decelera Me…
2022-10-28

News & media 16

PublishedArticle
2026-09-14 Radar de rondas: Harvey y Mistral, las grandes protagonistas de la semana ↗
Forbes España
2026-06-23 Decelera strengthens its commitment to entrepreneurial talent with €1.5 million invested in the first four startups of its Menorca program ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es (English edition)
2026-06-01 Mathew Raises €1.2M Seed Round to Expand AI Education Platform Across Latin America ↗
The AI Insider
2026-05-26 Decelera Menorca 2026: First Edition of a New Investment Model in Southern Europe ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es (English edition)
2026-03-17 Webel closes €4.3M funding round for its home services platform ↗
Tech.eu
2026-03-03 Decelera Ventures Doubles Down and Increases Its Initial Ticket from €150K to €1M per Company ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es (English edition)
2025-07-30 Decelera Mexico 2025 opens call for impact-driven startups ↗
LatAm Republic
2025-07-19 De Menorca al corazón del Caribe con Decelera Ventures: así se cose ecosistemas a ambos lados del Atlántico ↗
El Español/Invertia
2025-06-01 Un paraíso y un fondo para un nuevo capital riesgo: Decelera gestará ecosistemas de valor más allá de Menorca ↗
El Español / Invertia Disruptores
2025-05-19 25 startups inician su andadura en Decelera Menorca ↗
El Referente
2025-02-20 Decelera Ventures, un fondo que apuesta por startups con impacto, llega a México ↗
Expansión (México)
2025-02-11 Spanish aerothermal platform Nido secures €5M ↗
Tech.eu
2025-02-03 Marcos Martín, el inversor con alma de 'startupero' en el paraíso del emprendimiento ↗
El Español / Invertia Disruptores
2025-01-28 Decelera Ventures invierte 5 millones en 14 startups en 2024 y lanza la convocatoria para su programa de 2025 ↗
El Referente
2024-11-06 Madrid-based Webel has secured €1.4 million to support its international expansion ↗
EU-Startups
2024-10-07 THE SILENT SUCCESS OF DECELERA: The Venture format redefining Startup Growth Globally ↗
PR Newswire
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