Investor

4Founders Capital

www.4founderscapital.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Early stage ·Actively investing

4Founders Capital is a Barcelona-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs (Jesús Monleón, Marc Badosa, Javier Pérez-Tenessa and Marek Fodor) who invest in disruptive, tech-driven companies. The firm invests from pre-seed to Series A, generalist with a preference for B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, business services, traveltech, cybersecurity and developer tools; it manages over €130M across three funds and recently closed its third fund at €70M, the largest pre-seed fund in Spain, and has also launched a €60M hospitality-focused real estate fund.

Portfolio
57
Team
10
AUM
€134M
Rounds
51
Cheque
€300K–€2M (up to €6M with follow-on)
SectorsB2B SaaS, AI, Fintech, Business Services, Traveltech, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools VC MapSeed

Profile updated 9 Jul 2026

Team

Javier Pérez-Tenessa
Founding Partner (Socio)
Jesús Monleón
Founding Partner (Socio)
Marc Badosa Rigau
Founding Partner (Socio)
Marc Castilblanco
Partner (Socio)
Marek Fodor
Founding Partner (Socio)
Joan Cavallé
Associate (Asociado)
Júlia Digón
Analyst (Analista)
Rufo de la Rosa
Principal
Àlex Martín
Intern Analyst (Analista en prácticas)
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Patricia Espaliat
Finance Director (Directora Financiera / CFO)
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Portfolio companies 57

Altan
altan.ai
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Anyformat
anyformat.io
Company Seed Madrid
Aulart
aulart.com
Company Seed Barcelona
B Come
bcome.biz
Company Seed Barcelona
Baluwo
baluwo.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Banktrack
banktrack.com
Company Seed Barcelona
BCome
bcomestudio.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Bloobirds
bloobirds.com
Company Series A Barcelona
Celebrents
celebrents.es
Company Seed Madrid
Cofers
cofers.io
Company Seed Mexico City
Copernic
nectios.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Coverfy
coverfy.com
Company Series A Barcelona
Dawa
dawa.io
Company Seed Barcelona
Dealcar
dealcar.io
Company Seed Madrid
Embat
www.embat.io
Company Series B Madrid
Flanks
www.flanks.io
Company Series B Barcelona
FlipFlow
flipflow.io
Company Seed Valencia
Freeverse
freeverse.io
Company Series A Barcelona
GuruSup
gurusup.com
Company Seed Valencia
habitacion.com
habitacion.com
Company Seed Madrid
Harmonix
harmonix.ai
Company Series A Barcelona
Heydiga
heydiga.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Hirevoice
hirevoice.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Holded
www.holded.com
Company Series B Barcelona
Honei
honei.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Hoop
gettribbu.com
Company Seed Madrid
Hoop Carpool
hoopcarpool.com
Company Seed Madrid
HUBUC
hubuc.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Improfit
improfit.ai
Company Seed Barcelona
Invofox
invofox.com
Company Seed Madrid
KeyTrends
keytrends.ai
Company Seed Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Mafer AI
mafer.ai
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Mailsuite
mailsuite.com
Company Seed Barcelona
MOGU
moguplatform.com
Company Seed Madrid
Mr. Noow
mrnoow.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Nectios
nectios.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Nexus Clips
nexusclips.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
OpenWebinars
openwebinars.net
Company Seed Sevilla
PageMind
pagemind.ai
Company Seed Barcelona
Scoolinary
scoolinary.com
Company Seed Palma de Mallorca
Sheetgo
sheetgo.com
Company Seed Valencia
ShowMe
getshowme.ai
Company Seed Madrid
Silt
silt.finance
Company Seed Barcelona
Snab
snab.io
Company Seed Madrid
Stayforlong
stayforlong.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Steryon
steryon.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Stockagile
stockagile.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Tacter
tacter.app
Company Seed Madrid
TaxDown
taxdown.es
Company Series B Madrid
Tribbu
tribbuapp.com
Company Seed Madrid
Tutrocito
tutrocito.com
Company Seed Sevilla
Valerdat
valerdat.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Vibepeak
vibepeak.com
Company Pre-seed Erandio
Vidext
vidext.io
Company Series A Valencia
Viterbit
viterbit.com
Company Seed Madrid
Wide Eyes Technologies
wideeyes.ai
Company Seed Barcelona
ZenRows
www.zenrows.com
Company Pre-seed Bilbao

Funding rounds 51

PageMind · Seed · €1.2M
PageMind, founded by Jaume Portell, raised €1.2M led by 4Founders Capital to scale its AI platform that optimises e-commerce product informa…
2026-07-23
Vibepeak · Seed · $500K
Vibepeak closed a $500,000 round led by 4Founders Capital with participation from several business angels linked to the SeedRocket community…
2026-06-30
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
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
Mafer AI · Pre-seed · €2M
Barcelona's Mafer AI raised a €2M pre-seed led by Kfund, with 4Founders Capital, Masia and Lavanda Ventures (the Puig family's startup vehic…
2026-05-28
Embat · Series B · €30M
Madrid-based treasury management fintech Embat raised a €30 million Series B led by Cathay Innovation, with Creandum, Samaipata, 4Founders C…
2026-05-12
Hirevoice · Seed · €900K
Hirevoice closed a €900,000 round led by Draper B1 with participation from 4Founders Capital to scale its AI voice agents that run adaptive …
2026-05-05
GuruSup · Seed · €1.3M
GuruSup, a GuruWalk spin-off building AI agents for customer service and process automation, closed a €1.3M seed round led by 4Founders Capi…
2026-04-15
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
Cofers · Seed · $1.5M
Cofers closed a $1.5M (approx. €1.3M) second round from Sabadell Venture Capital, 4Founders Capital and returning backer JME Ventures, to co…
2025-11-20
Vidext · Series A · €6M
Vidext, which turns written content into personalised AI-generated video and automates business processes, closed a €6M Series A led by Lond…
2025-09-15
Altan · Pre-seed · $2.5M
Altan, an 'agent-native' platform that orchestrates teams of role-based AI agents to design, build and operate production software from a te…
2025-09-12
Steryon · Seed · €1M
Industrial cybersecurity startup Steryon closed its first institutional round of €1M, co-led by 4Founders Capital and Abac Nest Ventures, wi…
2025-06-16
Bloobirds · Series A · €3.2M
Now operating as Harmonix (rebranded from Bloobirds), the Barcelona company raised €3.2M (~$3.5M) led by 4Founders Capital, with Kfund, the …
2025-04-03
Harmonix · Series A · €3.2M
Barcelona-based Harmonix raised €3.2M led by 4Founders Capital with participation from Kfund and ICF to expand across Europe. Its platform c…
2025-04-03
Flanks · Series B · €14M
Barcelona wealthtech Flanks raised €14M in an equity round led by New York-based Motive Ventures, with Battery Ventures joining and existing…
2025-02-26
Dealcar · Seed · €3M
Dealcar, which digitalises inventory, payments, financing, insurance and logistics for used-car dealerships and works with over 150 dealers …
2025-02-24
Mogu · Seed · €2.2M
Mogu, a SaaS platform that lets travel agencies build visual proposals and manage payments, raised €2.2 million covered jointly by 4Founders…
2024-12-18
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
Anyformat · Pre-seed · €520k
Madrid-based Anyformat raised a €520,000 pre-seed round with 4Founders Capital, Abac Nest Ventures and unnamed business angels. Its generati…
2024-10-07
Banktrack · Seed · €1M
Barcelona treasury-management software startup Banktrack added a €1M extension co-led by Kfund, 4Founders Capital and LifeX Ventures, taking…
2024-05-29
Vidext · Seed · €2M
Basque AI video-generation startup Vidext raised €2M led by 4Founders Capital, with Draper B1 and Sabadell Venture Capital participating. Th…
2024-04-10
TaxDown · Series B · €5M
Madrid tax-filing platform TaxDown closed a €5M round in which existing backers Base10, JME Ventures and Abac Nest reinvested alongside new …
2024-04-10
Embat · Series A · $16M
Madrid fintech Embat, which automates real-time corporate treasury and accounting for around 150 European corporates including Cabify, Walla…
2024-02-27
Flanks · Series A · $8M
Flanks, which runs an API platform that aggregates wealth and portfolio data from more than 300 banks and custodians, raised a $8M (c. €7.4M…
2023-10-17
Hoop · Seed · €1.2M
Hoop Carpool raised €1.2M (reported as roughly $1.3M in Latin American press) led by impact manager Ship2B Ventures through its BSocial Impa…
2023-07-11
Hoop Carpool · Seed · €1.2M
Corporate carpooling platform Hoop Carpool raised €1.2M led by impact manager Ship2B Ventures through its BSocial Impact Fund (backed by Ban…
2023-07-11
Embat · Seed · €5M
Real-time corporate treasury management fintech Embat, founded by ex-J.P. Morgan bankers Antonio Berga and Carlos Serrano, raised €5M led by…
2023-06-26
Nexus Clips · Pre-seed · $0.6M
Nexus Clips (legal entity Nexus Live S.L.) raised a roughly $0.6M pre-seed with 4Founders Capital and Draper B1; no lead investor is stated …
2023-06
Tutrocito · Seed · €500K
Seville-based online made-to-measure furniture and boards retailer Tutrocito closed its first round of €500,000 co-led by EONIQ, 4Founders C…
2023-04-18
KeyTrends.ai · Seed · €350K
Canary Islands-based KeyTrends.ai, an AI platform that builds data-driven content strategies, closed its first round of €350,000 led by 4Fou…
2023-03-21
Improfit · Seed · €565K
Improfit raised €565,000 in a round co-led by 4Founders Capital and Ocean VC, with Banco Sabadell's BStartup also investing. Founded in 2020…
2023-02-21
Snab · Seed · €1.1M
Snab, founded in 2021, raised €1.1 million in its first round to build an AI-powered B2B banking and treasury platform for Spanish SMEs, aut…
2023-02-06
Dawa · Seed · €1.2M
Dawa, a modular platform that handles the full e-commerce returns cycle (return, refund, recondition and recommerce) for fashion and tech re…
2023-01-23
Viterbit · Seed · €1.6M
Viterbit makes recruitment and talent management software and was founded in Madrid in 2021. This is its first institutional round, €1.6M le…
2022-10-17
Banktrack.com · Seed · €1M
Banktrack, which sends users a daily summary of their bank accounts by email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack or Teams, raised €1M co-led by K Fun…
2022-10-10
Stockagile · Seed · €2.5M
Barcelona SaaS company Stockagile, founded by brothers Miquel and Joan Subirats, raised €2.5M led by Nauta Capital to expand its cloud platf…
2022-07-12
ZenRows · Pre-seed · €1.1M
ZenRows, founded in 2021 in Bilbao by Aurken Bilbao and Ander Rodríguez and bootstrapped until then, raised €1.1M in its first funding round…
2022-06-30
Vidext · Pre-seed · €260K
Bilbao-based Vidext, founded in 2021 by Jon Enríquez, Beñat Arrizabalaga and Miguel Ángel Castillo, raised €260,000 in a pre-seed round led …
2022-06-22
Freeverse · Series A · €10M
Barcelona-based Freeverse (freeverse.io) raised a €10M Series A co-led by Earlybird and Target Global — with no single lead — to scale its '…
2022-05-10
Embat · Pre-seed · €1.5M
Embat's first funding round, €1.5M, was co-led by VentureFriends and SeedRocket 4Founders Capital (Crunchbase files it as a pre-seed; some S…
2022-04-27
Baluwo · Seed · €2M
Baluwo, a Barcelona cash-to-goods platform that lets migrants in Europe pay directly for food, electricity and mobile top-ups for relatives …
2022-03-10
HUBUC · Seed · $10M
Barcelona embedded-finance API HUBUC raised a $10M seed round co-led by WndrCo (Jeffrey Katzenberg's fund) and Runa Capital, with Y Combinat…
2022-02-24
Aulart · Seed · €800K
Aulart runs online music-production classes taught by industry professionals. It raised an €800K seed round led by 4Founders Capital, with T…
2021-10-05
Flanks · Seed · €2.3M
Flanks aggregates private-banking and securities accounts for wealth managers. It raised €2.3M co-led by JME Ventures and SeedRocket 4Founde…
2021-10-05
Freeverse · Seed · $1M
Freeverse.io builds 'Living Assets', NFTs that can change over time. Adara Ventures and 4Founders Capital co-led this $1M (€843K) seed round…
2021-07-01
Copernic · Seed · €350K
Copernic, a platform for virtual business communities and events, closed its first round of €350K. The round brought in the venture fund 4Fo…
2021-06-17
StockAgile · Seed · €400K
StockAgile, a sales and inventory management software for shops, wholesalers and brands, closed a €400,000 round with 4Founders Capital, Itn…
2021-05-11
BCOME · Seed · €350K
BCOME makes SaaS that traces and measures the environmental and social impact of fashion and footwear products for clients such as Ecoalf an…
2021-03-15
Stayforlong · Seed · $0.7M
Small follow-on equity round (labelled "Seed VC - II") from existing backers 4Founders Capital, Banco Sabadell and Reus Capital, reported on…
2020-05
Stayforlong · Seed · €402K
Stayforlong's second round, of €402,000, raised on the The Crowd Angel (now Dozen Investments) equity crowdfunding platform together with Se…
2017-04-24

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