Investor

Big Sur Ventures

www.bigsurventures.vc ↗ ·Madrid ·Early stage ·Actively investing

Big Sur Ventures is a Madrid-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, investing from pre-seed through Series A. It focuses on two core themes: Deep Tech (quantum computing, AI, materials science, photonics, microelectronics, nanotechnology) and Internet/SaaS software, and is considered the leading Deep Tech seed investor in Spain. The firm takes an active, hands-on approach, backing founders with capital, operational advice, transaction expertise and network access.

Portfolio
31
Team
9
AUM
n/a
Rounds
31
Cheque
€0.5–3M
SectorsDeep Tech (quantum computing, AI, materials science, photonics, microelectronics, nanotechnology), Internet/SaaS, Cybersecurity VC MapSeries A

Profile updated 18 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 6 Investment Team 1 Others 2
Carlos Galve
Partner
Francisco Berlanga
Venture Partner
Ismael Almazán
Partner
Joaquín Azpilicueta
Operating Partner
Jose Miguel Herrero
Managing Partner
Sergio Choclán
Partner
Valentina Delgado
Investor Relations
Beatriz Triguero
Head of Legal
Eduardo Montes
Board Member
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Portfolio companies 31

ApetEat
apeteat.com
Company Seed Madrid
Arq Quantum Technologies
arqtech.eu
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Baluwo
baluwo.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Bdeo
bdeo.io
Company Series B Madrid
Berdac
berdac.com
Company Seed Barcelona
BiiCode
www.biicode.com
Company Seed Madrid
Bob.io
bob.io
Company Seed Madrid
Card-Dynamics
www.card-dynamics.com
Company Series A Madrid
Celebrents
celebrents.es
Company Seed Madrid
Ciudadela
ciudadela.eu
Company Series A Madrid
Cuyna
cuyna.com
Company Seed Madrid
Emblematic
emblematic.ai
Company Pre-seed Berlin
Floatech
floatech.eu
Company Seed Getafe
Frenetic
frenetic.ai
Company Series A Madrid
Funidelia
funidelia.com
Company Series A Zaragoza
Homyspace
homyspace.com
Company Seed Valencia
Innroute
innroute.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Iristrace
iristrace.com
Company Seed Ibi
Joinup
joinup.es
Company Seed Madrid
JOTELULU
jotelulu.com
Company Series A Madrid
Lingokids
www.lingokids.com
Company Series D Madrid
LuxQuanta
luxquanta.com
Company Series A Barcelona
Nailted
nailted.com
Company Seed Madrid
Paack
paack.co
Company Series D Barcelona
PandaGo
pandago.eco
Company Seed Madrid
Persei Vivarium
perseivivarium.com
Company Seed Madrid
Plenit
plenit.com
Company Series A Madrid
Reveni
www.reveni.com
Company Series A Madrid
Smart Protection
smartprotection.com
Company Series B Madrid
Trucksters
trucksters.io
Company Series B Madrid
VacationsPal
vacationspal.com
Company Seed Barcelona

Funding rounds 31

Arq Quantum Technologies · Pre-seed · $1.4M
Arq Quantum Technologies raised a $1.4M pre-seed led by Ground State Ventures with participation from Big Sur Ventures, to build an advanced…
2026-07-17
LuxQuanta · Series A · €8M
ICFO spin-off LuxQuanta closed an €8M Series A led by Big Sur Ventures to scale production and global deployment of its NOVA LQ continuous-v…
2025-10-15
Emblematic · Pre-seed · $2M
Emblematic, founded by Edgar Alvarez (ex-Fuell) and Prokopis Gryllos (ex-Shopify, N26), raised a $2M pre-seed (reported as roughly €1.7M) le…
2025-10-02
Reveni · Series A · €7.5M
Reveni, which centralises international e-commerce sales, instant refunds, returns and cross-border logistics in a single dashboard, raised …
2025-09-30
Floatech · Seed · €1M
Floatech, an IMDEA Materials spin-off developing 100% silicon anodes (Si⋮Coil®) for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, closed a €1 milli…
2025-05-29
Plenit · Series A · €6.8M
Then-named Jotelulu raised €6.8M led by Kibo Ventures, with all existing investors (Adara Ventures, Fundacion Innovacion Bankinter, G2A Inve…
2024-12-02
Jotelulu · Series B · €6.8M
Jotelulu, a cloud services platform that lets IT resellers sell cloud to SMEs under their own brand, raised €6.8M led by Kibo Ventures with …
2024-12-02
Ciudadela · Seed · €2.7M
Ciudadela, a Madrid proptech founded in 2022 that digitises the administration of residential communities using AI, closed a €2.7M equity ro…
2024-10-10
Floatech · Seed · €1.2M
Floatech, an IMDEA Materials spin-off producing nanosilicon anodes (Si⋮Coil) for electric-vehicle and device batteries, raised €1.2M in a ro…
2023-11-24
Frenetic · Series A · $12M
Frenetic, which uses AI to simulate, design and manufacture high-frequency magnetic components for power devices, raised a $12 million Serie…
2023-11-07
Trucksters · Series B · €33M
Madrid-based long-haul relay trucking operator Trucksters closed a €33M Series B, bringing total funding to €54M, with new backers Continent…
2023-06-12
Plenit · Series A · €4.1M
Jotelulu closed a Series A led by new investor Adara Ventures, joined by US fund G2A Investment Partners and returning backers Fundacion Inn…
2023-05-22
Jotelulu · Series A · €4.1M
Jotelulu, which lets IT resellers sell white-label cloud services to SMEs, closed a €4.1M Series A (reported as €4M by some outlets) led by …
2023-05-22
Nailted · Seed · €380K
Nailted raised €380,000 in a round led by Bewater Funds through its Bewater II FCRE vehicle, with existing backer Big Sur Ventures also in t…
2023-05-17
PandaGo · Seed · €4.7M
PandaGo, founded in 2021, rents electric vehicles to businesses and raised €4.7M in a round led by Kibo Ventures. It will use the money for …
2022-09-26
Reveni · Seed · €3M
Reveni offers online shops instant refunds on returns. JME Ventures, which also backed the previous round, led this seed round, joined by Fi…
2022-09-20
Cuyna · Seed · €3M
Cuyna, a digital-native multi-brand restaurant operator running delivery-only 'dark kitchens' in Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and Murcia for …
2022-07-21
Trucksters · Series A · €8M
Madrid-based long-haul trucking startup Trucksters, which uses a relay model so drivers can sleep at home, announced an €8M Series A extensi…
2022-03-14
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
Paack · Series D · $225M
Barcelona-based Paack closed a $225 million (€200 million) Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to fund product development and European e…
2022-01-26
Frenetic · Series A · €4.5M
Frenetic uses AI to design magnetic and power-electronics components. It raised €4.5M from new investors Bonsai Partners and Join Capital (r…
2021-09-22
Plenit · Seed · €1M
Jotelulu's first funding round, €1M from Big Sur Ventures and Bankinter (through the venture capital programme run with Fundacion Innovacion…
2021-09-07
Trucksters · Series A · €6.3M
Trucksters is a long-haul freight operator whose relay model cuts transit times. The Series A funds expansion into Benelux, Germany and Pola…
2021-07-13
Card-Dynamics · Seed · €2.5M
Card-Dynamics is a B2B fintech for subscription payments, founded by former Santander executive Mario Cantero. It raised €2.5M led by Big Su…
2021-02-24
Homyspace · Seed · €1.2M
Valencia proptech Homyspace, which rents temporary housing to companies relocating employees, closed its second round of €1.2M. Big Sur Vent…
2020-11-17
Smart Protection · Series B · €10M
Madrid anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting platform Smart Protection closed a €10M Series B co-led by Knight Capital and Swanlaab Venture Fa…
2020-11-17
Paack · Series C · $53M
Barcelona last-mile e-commerce delivery platform Paack raised a $53M (about €44M) Series C led by the British fund Bregal Milestone, with ex…
2020-11-17
Bdeo · Series A · €5M
Madrid insurtech Bdeo, which uses visual intelligence to digitise insurance claims, raised a €5M Series A led by BlackFin. Its seed investor…
2020-11-16
Trucksters · Seed · €900K
Trucksters, a long-haul road freight platform using AI-planned driver relays, raised €900K. The Valley Venture Capital and angels including …
2020-11-14
Bob.io · Seed · €3M
Bob.io collects travellers' luggage in the city and checks it in with airlines such as Iberia, Lufthansa, KLM and Air France. It raised €3M …
2020-01-09
Nailted · Pre-seed · €170K
Nailted closed its first funding round, €170,000 from Big Sur Ventures and a group of Spanish business angels, to develop its employee-engag…
2019-12

News & media 7

PublishedArticle
2026-07-27 Dealflow #522: Fever valued at almost €4B. viterbit acquired by InfoJobs. Santander AI team. ↗
Dealflow.es Newsletter
2026-07-17 Arq Quantum Technologies cierra una ronda de $1,4m liderada por Ground State Ventures. Participa Big Sur ↗
Webcapitalriesgo
2026-03-09 Axiomatic AI Raises $18M to Build the Intelligence Infrastructure for Verified Science & Engineering ↗
Tech Funding News
2025-10-15 Barcelona's LuxQuanta raises €8M to shield the world's data from quantum hackers ↗
Tech Funding News
2025-09-30 Reveni secures €7.5M to reinvent the e-commerce logistics experience ↗
Tech.eu
2025-09-18 Big Sur Ventures leads a €9.4 million round in Nanopower Semiconductor together with the EIC and Skagerak Capital ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2025-07-29 SETT to Invest €125 Million in Axon and Big Sur Ventures to Support Tech Startups through Their Funds ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
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