
BStartup
Octavia, 6, Sant Cugat Del Vallès, Catalonia, 08171, Spain
Overview
A Banc Sabadell initiative to support young companies in developing their projects. Bstartup is designed to support entrepreneurs so their projects can be developed with maximum guarantees of success. - Investment and growth - Specialized products and branches - Collaborative innovation
- Total investments
- 36
- Lead investments
- 9
- Investments · 12mo
- 4
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Business Development
- Collaboration
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Energiot
Participated · Equity · Jun 2026
Energiot develops a new generation of piezoelectric, self-powering IoT sensors that harvest energy from power lines to avoid batteries and maintenance, paired with data-as-a-service and an analytics (SaaS) platform for grid operators. Its patented technology targets deployment across high-, medium- and low-voltage networks and aims to enable functions such as failure prevention and Dynamic Line Rating. The company has completed sixteen projects with ten European electricity operators, including Iberdrola, Red Eléctrica de España, Enel and Alliander, and has recently converted some pilots into contracts with Iberdrola and Litgrid. Energiot employs fourteen people and currently operates in markets including Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Lithuania and the Netherlands. Planned next steps include industrialising hardware, scaling commercial deployment, launching drone-based installation, and integrating an onboard wind sensor to improve measurement accuracy.
- Publicit
Led · Seed · May 2026
Publicit offers a self-service advertising platform that enables small and medium-sized advertisers to plan and launch omnichannel programmatic campaigns across connected TV, out-of-home, radio, digital audio and press through a single interface without minimum spend requirements. The company has developed an AI-powered media planning system that autonomously plans and activates campaigns and a European bidding infrastructure capable of processing auctions in milliseconds with AI-based optimisation during delivery. Publicit was founded by Gabriel García Asensio (a former CERN engineer), Andrés Buendía and Jordi Orteu and is headquartered in Barcelona. The startup raised €700,000 in a pre-seed round to further develop its infrastructure and expand its AI capabilities. Coverage did not disclose revenue, user metrics, or a valuation.
- TietAI
Participated · Seed · Apr 2026
TietAI develops Hydra, an artificial intelligence layer intended to unify and optimize hospital operations across data ingestion, orchestration of clinical flows, scheduling, billing and laboratory interpretation. The company says Hydra is meant to act as an invisible operational infrastructure to coordinate disparate hospital systems and reduce administrative burden for clinical teams. Following the €2.5 million seed round, TietAI plans to expand its engineering team, accelerate certified deployments in hospitals across Spain and Europe, and build additional operational agents for scheduling, diagnosis, care transitions, billing and lab interpretation. Leadership cited preparation for regulatory milestones—specifically the EU AI Regulation and the European Health Data Space (EHDS)—as a use-case driver for commercialization and product maturity. The articles identify Roberto Cruz as CEO and cofounder and David Rey Blanco as COO and cofounder. No revenue, user or other operating metrics were disclosed in the coverage.
- ScrapAd
Participated · Series A · Dec 2025
ScrapAd offers a proprietary digital platform that connects buyers and sellers of scrap metal, automating transactions while providing full traceability and operational risk mitigation. In just two years the company has multiplied its transaction volume six-fold and now serves customers in 47 countries. Management emphasises measurable sustainability impact, claiming more than 160,000 t of CO₂ emissions avoided, 237 M kWh of energy saved and 140 M L of water preserved through its marketplace activity. The business model is designed to be scalable and technology-first, positioning the company as an enabler of a more transparent, efficient and circular metals economy. Fresh capital will be directed toward accelerating expansion across Europe and into Asia, as well as enhancing the underlying automation and digital intelligence capabilities of the platform. Although detailed financials were not disclosed, the recent Series A represents a significant step-change in funding that will support continued rapid growth.
- xNova International
Participated · Seed · Jan 2025
xNova International is a Madrid-based market intelligence software platform for exporting companies. Founded in 2022, it analyzes millions of international trade data points using AI and Big Data to help exporters identify opportunities and anticipate risks. The platform targets industrial export departments and counts clients in sectors such as food & beverages and construction materials. xNova will use a €1 million Seed funding injection to achieve global data coverage and continue expansion into other European markets. Management says global coverage will enable exporters to pinpoint opportunities and access potential clients worldwide. The company emphasizes combining large-scale trade data with advanced analytics to deliver strategic, data-driven decisions for mid-market exporters. xNova International (xNova Global Technologies SL) is a Valencia, Spain–based SaaS platform that provides market intelligence software for exporters. Its AI- and big-data-powered product supplies real-time information on potential international customers, including what they buy and from which suppliers, and enables competitor and market monitoring. The first version of the software was completed in December 2021, and the founders were accepted into the Lanzadera accelerator; the team says it has helped hundreds of Spanish businesses expand internationally, from large multinationals to first-time exporters. Founded in early 2022 by Amado Villar and Miguel Ortega, xNova plans to use recent capital to incorporate data from other countries and to develop new features. In 2023 the company aims to deliver its solution to exporting enterprises across all sectors to help them become more competitive in foreign markets. The company raised €200,000 in a first funding round in January 2023.