Five investors named finalists for Best Investor at the DISRUPTORES Innovation Awards 2026

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El Español's DISRUPTORES has picked five finalists for Best Investor at its 2026 Innovation Awards: Enrique Penichet of Draper B1, Marc Badosa of 4Founders Capital, Rocío Pillado of Adara Ventures, Íñigo Laucirica of Samaipata and Sonia Fernández of Kibo Ventures. An independent jury chooses the winner, announced on 15 October at a gala in Madrid's Palacio Neptuno, one of ten categories that evening.

The résumés vary. Penichet is founding partner of Valencia-based Draper B1, part of Tim Draper's Draper Venture Network, and earlier started the accelerator BBooster. Badosa co-founded 4Founders, which manages 134 million euros at the pre-seed stage and counts 11 exits since 2017, Holded and Securitize among them. Pillado was the first woman made partner at a Spanish venture fund, with Seedtag and Quibim as key deals. Laucirica, a principal at Samaipata, worked most closely with Vivla and Imperia.

Fernández, a partner at Kibo Ventures, is noted for declining to rush in a business that usually insists on rushing. "I try not to get carried away by the tide," she said, which in venture capital counts as a distinctive investment strategy.