Barkibu is a Spanish digital pet health insurtech offering fully digital, lifetime insurance for dogs and cats, combining coverage with AI-powered veterinary telehealth (its "Bai" virtual vet assistant). Series A-stage, it insures pets across Spain and Germany and is a certified B Corporation formed from the 2020 merger of the original Barkibu (founded 2015) with pet insurer Noma.
SectorsInsurtech, Pet Health, Veterinary Telehealth, AI
Start-up MapInsurtech › Health & wellbeing cover
Founders
A
Alvaro Gutierrez
Co-Founder & Co-CEO (via 2020 Noma-Barkibu merger)
P
Pablo Pazos
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
P
Patricia Seoane (Patricia Mendez Seoane)
Co-Founder
Q
Quique Torres (Enrique Torres Redondo)
Co-Founder & VP of Data (formerly CTO)
Global models 5
MManyPets (formerly Bought By Many)
United Kingdom · www.manypets.com ↗
Direct-to-consumer digital pet health insurer that scaled internationally with heavy VC backing, the closest large-scale analogue to Barkibu's insurance model.
$485MComparable
LLemonade
United States · www.lemonade.com ↗
AI-driven digital insurance platform (including a pet insurance line) matching Barkibu's tech-first, chatbot-assisted underwriting and claims approach.
$480MComparable
T
Trupanion
United States · trupanion.com ↗
Pioneer subscription-based pet health insurer that was VC-backed before its 2014 IPO, same core lifetime pet-insurance business model.
~$140M (pre-IPO VC)Comparable
FFetch Pet Insurance
United States · www.fetchpet.com ↗
VC- and private-equity-backed digital pet insurance provider offering comprehensive accident/illness coverage, directly comparable to Barkibu's offering.
$38.7MComparable
WWaggel
United Kingdom · www.waggel.co.uk ↗
Digital-first, app-based lifetime pet insurance startup with a similar tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer model at a comparable early stage.
~£10MComparable
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Investors 14
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EESADE BAN
esadeban.com
MMundi Ventures
mundiventures.com
CCentro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación
www.cdti.es
KKfund
www.kfund.vc
SSabadell Venture Capital
www.bancsabadell.com
TTheVentureCity
www.theventure.city
K
Kima Ventures
www.kimaventures.com
EEuropean Investment Bank
www.eib.org
BBonsai Partners
bonsai.vc
C
Correlation Risk Partners
A
Avet Ventures
C
Cube Investments
LLeap Venture Studio
R/GA Ventures
Funding rounds 7
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | Series B (estimated) | approximately €20M | Correlation Partners |
| 2023-09-28 | Venture Debt | €5M |
Banco Sabadell
+1 more
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| 2023-05-04 | Series A (estimated) | $5M |
K Fund
+1 more
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| 2021-03-18 | Seed (estimated) | $5.6M |
TheVentureCity, Mundi Ventures, CDTI Innvierte
+2 more
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| 2017-01-18 | Seed (estimated) | €500K |
Lead not disclosed
+4 more
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| 2016-01-29 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €360K |
Lead not disclosed
+1 more
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| 2015-09-07 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €310K | ESADE BAN |
News 5
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-10-19 |
Dealflow #531: Liquidity for Factorial and Marosa employees. Qilimanjaro and Causa Prima raise $20M. ↗
Dealflow.es newsletter
2026-10-19 |
| 2025-10-28 |
Barkibu wins Esade Alumni & Banco Sabadell BStartup Award for Best Start-Up of 2025 ↗
Esade Alumni
2025-10-28 |
| 2025-05-23 |
Barkibu se alza con la victoria en la tercera edición del EY Scale Up Award ↗
EY España
2025-05-23 |
| 2025-01-15 |
Barkibu comienza su actividad en Portugal e Italia ↗
Interempresas
2025-01-15 |
| 2025 |
Barkibu Increases Revenue by More Than 3,000% in 3 Years with Stripe ↗
Stripe
2025 |