Draper B1
Calle Travessia, 15E. Edificio Biohub Oficina 2.9, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, 46024, Spain
Overview
Draper B1 is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in B2B and B2B2C startups. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Valencia.
- Total investments
- 51
- Lead investments
- 20
- Investments · 12mo
- 9
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- B2B
- B2C
- Financial Services
- Internet
- Mobile
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Eleva AI
Participated · Seed · Jul 2026
Eleva AI develops an AI platform that deploys conversational agents across high-traffic physical venues to guide visitors in natural language and turn interactions into actionable data for marketing, operations, asset management and leasing. Its agents also automate reporting and data consolidation for venue teams. Eleva AI already has deployments with major groups including Westfield, Klépierre and Carmila, and specific sites such as Westfield La Maquinista and La Gavia in Spain, as well as projects in the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, a site in Italy and an Iceland airport via technology partner Mappedin. The company projects presence in more than 90 Spanish centers within the next 12 months, reflecting ongoing expansion. Following the €500,000 pre-seed round, Eleva AI plans to accelerate product development and scale deployments to lead the category globally.
- Baker
Led · Equity · Jun 2026
Baker provides performance marketing services executed primarily by AI agents that connect client context, CRM data, and advertising accounts to autonomously manage campaigns, generate creatives, build landing pages, and produce result reports. The company originated as an evolution of Landing Bakery, a SaaS for landing page generation, and was founded by Jacinto Fleta (CEO) and David Alarcón (CTO) one month before the article. Both founders previously worked at Factorial, with Fleta leading Growth and Alarcón serving as a Senior Engineer. Baker's model aims to deliver the margins and scalability of software while operating as a services business by using agentic technology to perform the bulk of operations. With the recent €525,000 financing, Baker plans to accelerate platform development, hire sales and marketing-engineering talent, and grow its mid-market and enterprise client base.
- Hirevoice
Led · Equity · May 2026
Hirevoice offers an AI-driven platform where voice agents conduct adaptive, 24/7 interviews that adjust questions in real time and produce scored reports with explanations and verbatim citations. The company evaluates candidates against criteria set by recruiting teams, aiming to reduce false positives and false negatives in hiring. Hirevoice is commercially active with customers such as Joppy, Remotely and Theker Robotics, and has a contract with AraVinc to handle selection for thousands of annual openings. The platform integrates with HR systems including Mainder and Factorial and is expanding its ecosystem of ATS integrations. Following the €900,000 funding round led by Draper B1 with 4FoundersCapital participating, Hirevoice plans to invest in model improvements, new communication channels (WhatsApp, calls, SMS), and to grow its technical team and commercial footprint in Spain, Europe and the U.S. Founding team members include Nacho González-Barros (creator of InfoJobs), Álvaro Monterrubio (CEO), Leo Ruffini (COO) and Juan Di Toro (CTO).
- Spacebackend
Participated · Seed · Apr 2026
Spacebackend develops an AI-assisted platform aimed at addressing the fragmentation and manual effort in aerospace hardware and software integration, testing and validation. The company says its technology can produce middleware-agnostic solutions and digital twins derived from technical documentation to speed up integration timelines. Management positions the platform as a way to reduce integration cycles from years to days for mission-critical systems. The startup plans to iterate the product by adding more automation and AI features to satisfy the demands of highly regulated aerospace missions. Financially, the company has now raised more than €2.2M in total, including the €1.8M pre-seed round. Dmitry Goldenberg is cited as the company's founder and CEO.
- Arca Digital
Led · Seed · Apr 2026
Arca Digital offers an API-first platform that automates core pension plan operations—employee enrollment, contributions, withdrawals, and transfers—serving as infrastructure between pension fund managers, employers, and HR/payroll systems. The product enables asset managers to gain distribution without added operational complexity and lets HR and payroll platforms embed pension products into their workflows. The founding team includes CEO Sergio Rodrigues Valcarce (formerly at Telefónica Ventures), Gonzalo Concepción Megía (ex-CoverManager backend engineer), and Adrián Esteban Pagés (former Risk Lead at Casavo Spain). The startup is based in Seville and has positioned itself to address fragmentation and manual processes that have left SMEs and employees underserved. With the €1 million seed raise, Arca Digital plans to consolidate in Spain over the next few years and then expand into similar Southern European markets. No revenue, user, or valuation figures were disclosed in the article.