Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Madrid, 8Layers specialises in protection of digital identities and launched its platform commercially in May 2026. Its platform integrates Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and automated compliance with European frameworks such as ENS, NIS2 and ISO 27001. The company was founded by Daniel García Morán, Pedro Palao, Pablo Carretero and Iago Salgado, and three founders were part of the founding team of Devo. 8Layers aims to address rising credential-based attacks and growing regulatory requirements faced by financial institutions and other organisations. The recent pre-Seed extension brings total funding to €2.5 million to support go-to-market and European commercial expansion.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2025

iPronics is a Valencia, Spain-based company specializing in software-defined photonic engines and the iPronics Optical Networking Engine (ONE). Its core product is an integrated optical switch and optical networking engine that offers an optically switched fabric enabling on-the-fly topology adaptation and programmability at the physical layer. The company targets deployment of ONE in AI data centers to provide fast, scalable, high-bandwidth communication while improving energy efficiency. Led by CEO Christian Dupont, iPronics positions its software-defined photonics to help data-center management future-proof infrastructure and enable AI cluster communication. In January 2025 the company raised €20M in a Series A to accelerate deployment of ONE in AI data centers. Investors in the round include Triatomic Capital (lead), Fine Structure Ventures (Fidelity Investments), Bosch Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Criteria Venture Tech. iPronics is a photonic computing company based in Valencia, Spain. It has developed a general-purpose photonic processor capable of programming high-speed light signals on-chip with flexibility. Its processors share a common hardware platform that is reconfigurable by software, allowing the same hardware to serve many commercial applications. Target applications mentioned include 5G communication, data centers, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, quantum computing, and IoT. The company intends to bring to market a Field Programmable Photonic Gate Array (FPPGA) chip and will use recent funding to expand its engineering team and advance product development. The article reports a €3.7M funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners with participation from Caixa Capital Risc.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2024

Scalestack offers an enterprise-grade data orchestration and enrichment hub combined with an agentic infrastructure that deploys swarms of AI agents to clean, normalize, dedupe and augment customer and market data. The system can enrich about 450,000 accounts within hours and de-anonymize roughly 200,000 sign-ups with high precision, generating actionable insights that feed directly into existing enterprise workflows. Customers such as MongoDB, Remote, Typeform, Harness and Redis use the platform for dynamic account profiling, TAM calculations, lead prioritization and territory ‘smoke-signal’ detection. Co-founders Elio Narciso and Alessandro Prioni describe the product as “Clay for the enterprise,” emphasizing its multimodal data reasoning across dozens of sources on the public web. The company currently monetizes through usage-based enrichment credits and is launching a promotional offer of 3 million free credits (valued at $150 k) to attract 30 new customers. Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand integrations and scale sales efforts. Although revenue figures are not disclosed, the rapid processing volumes and marquee customers indicate early enterprise traction.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

KIT-AR provides an augmented worker platform that leverages augmented reality, artificial intelligence and process mining to identify, trace and reduce production errors. The company focuses on lowering the cost of poor quality in the automotive and aerospace manufacturing markets. It has offices in the United Kingdom and Portugal and is led by CEO Manuel Oliveira. KIT-AR plans to use the new funding to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Since its inception it has been recognized by programs including the Sony Startup Acceleration Program, the Boeing Aerospace Xelerated Program and the Unicorn Factory. KIT-AR offers an augmented worker platform focused on increasing quality and efficiency in production, logistics and quality control by combining AR and AI to identify, trace and reduce production errors. The company targets customers in the automotive, aerospace and electronics manufacturing industries and has deployed initial industrial customer validations. KIT-AR was spun out of UCL and SINTEF and is incorporated in the United Kingdom with a subsidiary in Portugal, reflecting a strong research and innovation background. Its solution is patent-pending and the team has adopted 5G technology to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of its platform. KIT-AR has earned visibility through programs such as the Sony Startup Accelerator Europe and the AWS/NOS 5G Accelerator. The company states its ambition to become the reference platform for augmented workers and is actively engaging manufacturing companies to scale adoption.

Led · Equity · Jan 2024

Enline develops digital‑twin technology that operates without additional sensors, using artificial intelligence to cover generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. The company offers software for real‑time monitoring and predictive analysis of high- and medium‑voltage networks without the need for sensors, drones or site visits. Its solutions have been implemented by large energy companies and have been reported to improve sustainability and reduce operating costs. Enline serves markets including power grids, generation, industry, mining, smart cities and insurance and says it has a growing global presence across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. The startup emphasizes accelerating the energy transition through remote software deployment and aims to help customers reach net‑zero emissions targets. Founded in 2019, Enline is pursuing international expansion and continued product development to strengthen its position in the sector.