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Encomenda Capital Partners

www.encomenda.vc ↗ ·Barcelona ·Early stage ·Actively investing

Barcelona-based early-stage venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneurs (rebranded from Nekko Capital in 2023) that makes sector-agnostic, high-conviction investments in technology-driven pre-seed and seed founders, primarily in Spain. Manages the Encomenda Seed I and Seed II fund family, has backed 40+ portfolio companies, and provides follow-on capital up to Series A.

Portfolio
50
Team
21
AUM
n/a
Rounds
50
Cheque
€100K–500K (plus up to €3M follow-on)
SectorsSector-agnostic, AI, SaaS, Fintech/Insurtech, Blockchain/Web3, Mobility, Traveltech, Edtech, Healthtech, Cybersecurity, E-commerce/Marketplaces VC MapSeed

Profile updated 19 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 12 Investment Team 7 Others 2
Carlos Blanco
President & CEO
Carlos Buenosvinos
Venture Partner – AI & Telecom
Ernest Sánchez
Venture Partner – Blockchain & Fintech
Jacobo Wirz
Partner
Javier Darriba
General Partner
Marc Vicente
Venture Partner – E-commerce & Marketplaces
Mercè Tell
General Partner & COO
Miguel Planas
Venture Partner – Cloud & Cybersecurity
Miguel Sanz
Venture Partner – Edtech & Healthtech
Telmo Pérez
Venture Partner – Mobility & Telecom
Toni Raurich
Venture Partner – Traveltech
Victoria Gago
Venture Partner – Blockchain
Jan Oñate
Portfolio & Operations Manager
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José Muñoz
Investment Analyst
Juan Rodriguez
Operations & Finance Analyst
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Laura Otto
Investment Analyst
Mario Brassesco
Investment Director
Naira França
Investor Relations Manager
Pablo Pretus
Operations Analyst
Christophe Canler
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Georgina Icart
Corporate Communications & Marketing
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Portfolio companies 50

Abastores
abastores.com
Company Seed Toledo
Amphora
amphoralogistics.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Amphora Logistics
amphoralogistics.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Aquí tu Reforma
aquitureforma.com
Company Series B Barcelona
Atani
atani.com
Company Series A Madrid
Bcount
bcount.es
Company Seed Alicante
Bloobirds
bloobirds.com
Company Series A Barcelona
ByHours
www.byhours.com
Company Series B Barcelona
Cafler
cafler.com
Company Series A Barcelona
CarHub
carhubapp.com
Company Seed Murcia
Catevering
catevering.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Champion Games
metasoccer.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Chekin
chekin.com
Company Series A Sevilla
Citibox
citibox.com
Company Series B Madrid
Cobee
www.cobee.io
Company Series B Madrid
Cuimo
cuimo.com
Company Series A Madrid
Declarando
declarando.es
Company Other Castellón de la Plana
Deporwell
deporwell.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Erudit AI
www.erudit.ai
Company Series A Madrid
Evolbe
weareevolbe.com
Company Seed Madrid
FitnessKPI
fitness-kpi.com
Company Seed Granada
Goin
goin.app
Company Series A Barcelona
Harmonix
harmonix.ai
Company Series A Barcelona
Heydiga
heydiga.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Homyspace
homyspace.com
Company Seed Valencia
Joblanders
joblanders.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Kampaoh
es.kampaoh.com
Company Series B Sevilla
KomboAI
getkombo.ai
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Kriim
kriim.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Landbot
landbot.io
Company Series A Barcelona
Loud Intelligence
www.loudintelligence.com
Company Seed Madrid
Mathew
mathew.ai
Company Seed Sant Cugat del Vallès
mediQuo
www.mediquo.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Metly
www.meetmetly.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Misstipsi
misstipsi.com
Company Seed Madrid
Napptive
napptive.com
Company Seed Madrid
Nemuru
nemuru.com
Company Series A Barcelona
Nubentos
www.nubentos.com
Company Seed Cádiz
Okticket
okticket.com
Company Seed Gijón
Ovianta
ovianta.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Paymefy
www.paymefy.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Pridatect
pridatect.com
Company Series A Barcelona
Seven Sector Technologies
www.sevensector.com
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Tripjoin
tripjoin.es
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Typs
hastee.com
Company Seed Barcelona
Uxia
uxia.app
Company Pre-seed Barcelona
Vig-Sec Drone
vigsecdrone.com
Company Seed Lugo
Woonivers
woonivers.com
Company Seed Madrid
Zexel
zexel.io
Company Seed Málaga
Zinkee
zinkee.com
Company Seed Sevilla

Funding rounds 50

Tripjoin · Pre-seed · €300K
Tripjoin, founded in 2025 by Gerard Serra and Iair Mowszet, raised €300K led by Encomenda through its Encomenda Seed II fund with participat…
2026-07-29
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
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
CarHub · Seed · €350K
CarHub, a Murcia-based B2C marketplace that lets Spanish buyers source, import and register used cars from Germany and the Netherlands, clos…
2026-04-16
Bcount · Seed · €1M
Alicante-based Bcount closed a seed round of just over €1 million led by Archipiélago Next, combining private capital with non-dilutive fina…
2026-03-20
Vig-Sec Drone · Seed · €1M
The Galician company behind Suite ACRE, software that lets manned aircraft and drones operate safely in the same airspace, raised €1M led by…
2025-12-10
Uxia · Pre-seed · €1M
Barcelona-based Uxia raised close to €1 million in its first round, led by Abac Nest Ventures with participation from Encomenda and business…
2025-11-27
FitnessKPI · Seed · €500K
Encomenda made a €500K follow-on investment in FitnessKPI, a business intelligence platform for gyms and sports clubs, after first backing t…
2025-08-04
Metly · Pre-seed · €520K
Metly, an AI platform for pharmaceutical business development teams that surfaces licensing and manufacturing opportunities and connects pot…
2025-07-22
Seven Sector Technologies · Seed · €315K
Barcelona-based Seven Sector Technologies closed a €315,000 seed round led by Encomenda Smart Capital with Iris Venture Builder and sector b…
2025-05-22
Cuimo · Series A · €8M
Seaya, through its Seaya Andromeda climate vehicle, invested €8M for a stake of up to 40% in Cuimo, a Madrid-based online marketplace for ce…
2025-05-06
Deporwell · Pre-seed · €300K
Deporwell, founded in 2024 and maker of digitally configurable high-performance sports insoles, raised €300,000 from Eoniq.fund, Encomenda a…
2025-04-02
Ovianta · Pre-seed · €540K
Ovianta, founded in 2024 to build AI tools that support doctors before, during and after consultations and cut administrative burden, closed…
2025-03-17
Abastores · Seed · €750K
Abastores, the first Spanish digital marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of cereals and grain, closed a €750,000 seed round led by Enc…
2024-12-18
Zexel · Seed · €850K
Zexel, which automates payments and invoicing for brands working with influencers and content creators, closed a €850,000 round co-led by Ak…
2024-10-18
KomboAI · Pre-seed · €700k
Barcelona-based KomboAI closed its first round, a €700k pre-seed led by Demium Capital with Encomenda and Eoniq, plus business angels Daniel…
2024-10-03
Loud Intelligence · Seed · €1M
Loud Intelligence raised a seed round of just over €1M co-led by Demium Capital and Encomenda, with participation from several business ange…
2024-09-26
Loud Intelligence · Seed · €1M
Loud Intelligence raised a seed round of just over €1M co-led by Demium Capital and Encomenda, with participation from several business ange…
2024-09-26
FitnessKPI · Seed · €1M
Granada-based FitnessKPI raised €1M led by Angels Capital, Juan Roig's investment vehicle, with participation from Encomenda and several bus…
2024-07-22
Zinkee · Series A · €1.9M
Zinkee, an Andalusian no-code platform that lets SMEs build and adapt their own business management apps without programming, raised €1.9 mi…
2024-05-20
Cüimo · Seed · €900K
Cüimo, Spain's first fully online marketplace for buying and selling motorcycles, closed a €900K round led by Encomenda, with ENISA contribu…
2023-11-24
Cafler · Seed · €8M
Barcelona-based Cafler, an on-demand platform for everything a car needs (washing, maintenance, refuelling, insurance, renting, parking, buy…
2023-09-05
Chekin · Seed · €460K
Chekin, a SaaS platform that automates guest check-in for tourist apartments and hotels, closed €460,000 with €335,000 coming from 87 invest…
2023-05-08
Chekin · Seed · €460K
Chekin, a SaaS platform that automates guest check-in for tourist apartments and hotels, closed €460,000 with €335,000 coming from 87 invest…
2023-05-08
Aquí tu Reforma · Series A · €2.5M
The home-renovation franchise network and digital platform raised €2.5 million led by Roca Group Ventures, the Roca Group CVC's first startu…
2023-03-09
Bloobirds · Series A · €3M
Barcelona-based Bloobirds, whose software sits on top of Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics to make sales teams more productive, raised €3M i…
2023-02-08
Kampaoh · Other · €14M
Seville-based glamping chain Kampaoh secured €14 million in a mixed operation to fund its expansion across southern Europe: €12.5 million of…
2023-01-13
Okticket · Seed · €1.8M
Okticket, which digitises corporate travel and expense receipts, closed a €1.8 million round co-led by Angels Capital (Juan Roig's investmen…
2023-01-12
Cafler · Series A · €5M
Cafler, a Barcelona platform whose drivers collect and move vehicles on demand to handle roadworthiness tests, servicing, cleaning and trans…
2022-04-07
Kampaoh · Series A · €5M
Kampaoh's second and first institutional round, with Axon Partners Group (through Corporación Bética de Expansión Empresarial), JME Ventures…
2021-12-23
Napptive · Seed · €550K
Napptive, a cloud-native application platform, closed a €550K round co-led by Athos Capital and Nauta. BStartup (Banco Sabadell) put in €100…
2021-12-02
Amphora · Seed · €1M
Amphora, a tech-driven logistics provider for e-commerce, raised €1M in a round co-led by JME Ventures and Kapita, with Encomenda, Abac and …
2021-11-17
Cobee · Series A · €14M
Madrid employee benefits platform Cobee raised a €14M Series A led by Balderton Capital to expand in Europe and add more benefits. Angels fr…
2021-07-27
Cafler · Seed · €800K
Cafler is a delegated-mobility platform: professional drivers take customers' cars to the ITV inspection, the workshop or the car wash. It l…
2021-07-08
Okticket · Seed · €700K
Okticket, from Asturias, digitises expense and travel-expense management. It raised €700K co-led by Encomenda Smart Capital and Successful V…
2021-04-27
mediQuo · Seed · €2.3M
mediQuo, a telemedicine platform, raised €2.3M led by Encomenda Smart Capital. The round included a €750K crowdfunding campaign on Dozen Inv…
2021-04-07
Kampaoh · Seed · €300K
Kampaoh's first funding round, €300K led by Barcelona angel fund Encomenda Smart Capital, used to grow the team, continue operational and te…
2021-04
Aquí tu Reforma · Series A · €3M
Aquí tu Reforma runs a tech-enabled home-renovation franchise network with 106 franchises in 46 Spanish cities. It raised €3M in a round led…
2021-03-17
Landbot · Series A · $8M
Landbot, which makes a no-code chatbot builder, closed an $8M Series A (reported in Spain as €6.5M) led by Swanlaab. Spain's public agency C…
2021-01-20
Nubentos · Pre-seed · €120K
Nubentos runs a cloud marketplace of healthcare APIs ('Digital Health as a service'). It closed its first pre-seed round of €120K, led by En…
2021-01-19
Paymefy · Seed · €1.2M
Barcelona fintech Paymefy automates debt collection for large companies. It raised €1.2M in three tranches: equity from Encomenda Smart Capi…
2021-01-12
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
Nemuru · Seed · €2.6M
Nemuru runs a multi-lender platform that lets service businesses offer their customers instant point-of-sale financing. It raised more than …
2020-09-16
Goin · Series A · €5M
Goin runs an automatic-savings and simplified-investing app with more than 350,000 users. Anthemis led the €5M round, with K Fund and Encome…
2020-07-21
Champion Games · Pre-seed · €1M
Champion Games, which makes the social fantasy-football game Mister Fantasy, raised a €1M pre-seed round led by gaming fund PlayVentures, wi…
2020-07-08
Bloobirds · Seed · €3M
London-based PROfounders Capital led a €3M (~$3.3M) seed round in the B2B sales prospecting platform, with K Fund and existing backer Encome…
2020-05-25
Erudit AI · Seed · €600K
Erudit, a Madrid start-up that uses AI to analyse employee wellbeing, personality and mental health for HR teams, raised €600K. The round wa…
2020-05-18
Woonivers · Series A · €1.6M
Woonivers makes a fully digital app that handles VAT-refund (tax-free) claims for tourists from outside the EU. It raised €1.6M in its secon…
2020-02-25
Cobee · Seed · €2.1M
Madrid employee-benefits platform Cobee closed a €2.1M pre-Series A co-led by Speedinvest and Target Global with Adyen co-founder Chris Bouw…
2020-02-09
Chekin · Seed
Chekin's first institutional money came from Seville-based SouthUp Ventures, which disclosed on 6 July 2018 that the startup was one of five…
2018-07-06

News & media 18

PublishedArticle
2026-08-05 Nuevas rondas de inversión: PageMind, Tripjoin y Migaya Arte Sano ↗
Emprendedores
2026-08-04 El desembarco del 'venture capital' español en Europa: triplica la inversión en la última década en la región ↗
El Español / Invertia Disruptores
2026-08-03 European tech weekly recap: €878M in weekly deals and key trends from H1 2026 ↗
Tech.eu
2026-07-31 Encomenda leads €500,000 pre-seed funding round in Eleva AI to accelerate international expansion ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2026-07-30 ELEVA AI cierra una ronda pre-seed de 500.000 euros liderada por Encomenda ↗
El Referente
2026-07-28 Tripjoin Closes a €300,000 Funding Round Led by Encomenda to Boost Community-Organized Travel ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2026-07-28 Tripjoin cierra una ronda de 300.000 euros liderada por Encomenda ↗
El Referente
2026-07-16 Encomenda and Fundación Prevent join forces to foster entrepreneurship among people with disabilities ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2026-06-11 Startup de importación de coches CarHub levanta 350.000€ y gana Mejor Startup del año: cómo escalar con tecnología ↗
Merca2
2026-05-26 Mathew, backed by Encomenda and Decelera, raises €1.2 million to strengthen its commitment to educational AI ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es (English)
2026-02-24 Encomenda Seed II receives €9.5 million from SETT to boost Spanish tech startups ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es (English)
2025-11-28 Abac Nest Ventures and Encomenda take part in Uxia's nearly €1M funding round, the AI-powered user-testing platform ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2025-11-27 Spanish startup Uxia lands €1 million to develop synthetic-user technology for product teams ↗
EU-Startups
2025-11-13 Carlos Blanco (Encomenda): «Las mejores startups no triunfaron con el modelo de negocio inicial» ↗
The Officer
2024-10-03 Barcelona-based KomboAI raises €700k to help salespeople prepare calls in less than 30 seconds ↗
EU-Startups
2024-01-10 Encomenda's new fund to invest up to €50m in southern European and Latin American startups ↗
Sifted
2023-11-06 Nekko Capital se transforma en Encomenda Capital Partners ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2023-09-05 Barcelona-based Cafler snaps €8 million seed to make the lives of car users easier ↗
EU-Startups
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