Next Tier Ventures
Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Overview
Our investment thesis is focused on identifying and supporting early-stage B2B startups where Artificial Intelligence is the core driver of innovation. We exclusively invest in AI-driven companies that have the potential to redefine traditional industries and create transformative impact. Our geographical scope spans Europe, North America, and Latin America, enabling us to access diverse and high-potential markets. We target startups with exceptional teams, scalable business models, and cutting-edge AI applications, specifically in areas such as AI infrastructure, vertical-specific solutions (healthcare, fintech, cybersecurity, education), and B2B platforms that enhance business operations and decision-making processes. By investing early, we aim to accelerate their growth and scalability, providing not only financial capital but also strategic support and access to a global network of industry experts and co-investors. While our primary focus is on driving technological innovation and business growth, we also support companies that leverage AI to contribute to sustainability and positive social impact.
- Total investments
- 6
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 5
- Active investors
- 2
Investment portfolio
- Lucida AI
Participated · Seed · Jun 2026
Lucida AI develops a speech-model-driven language learning platform that provides real-time analysis of pronunciation, grammar and fluency and retains past interaction data to generate personalized study plans. In roughly nine months the platform surpassed 3 million users and has processed billions of minutes of voice data. User geography is concentrated in Europe (45%) and the U.S. (44%), with the remaining 11% in Latin America and Asia. The company emphasizes replacing text-focused learning with voice and visual dialogue to enable fluent real-world communication. Following the $5.4 million financing, Lucida AI gains venture partners that aim to provide commercial market experience and strategic support. The company is positioned to pursue broader global expansion with assistance from investors' regional connections.
- Optiak
Led · Seed · Jun 2026
Founded in 2025 and led by co-CEOs Daniel Arenas and Ignacio Gamoneda and Borja Balle, Optiak has developed a modular operating system to help large enterprises integrate AI into core workflows. Its platform centralizes management of third-party AI applications and proprietary tools, aiming to reduce dependence on any single cloud or AI provider. The solution acts as an operational layer to optimize performance, guarantee data control, and ensure technological adaptability. Optiak plans to use the €4M Pre-Seed proceeds to expand operations and accelerate product development. The company is positioning its platform to make AI the strategic core of businesses by offering centralized governance and flexibility. The article does not disclose revenue, users, or other financial metrics.
- Modelia
Led · Seed · Jun 2026
Modelia builds a platform that generates and manages fashion visual assets using generative AI, aiming to produce brand-faithful imagery at scale and speed. The company serves enterprise fashion brands and retailers, including Desigual, AWWG, and Fútbol Emotion, and has processed over 300,000 SKUs while working with brands from 26 countries. It reports sustained monthly sales growth of 15% and a revenue mix with the United States representing 44% of global sales and Europe 27%. Founded in 2024 by CEO Iván Rodríguez and CTO René Haas, Modelia focuses on enterprise workflows—consistency, style control, governance, and API integrations—to operationalize AI across collections and channels. Near-term plans include completing its enterprise platform layer, commercial expansion in Europe and the U.S., and pursuing C2PA certification for content provenance.
- Wio Capital
Led · Equity · May 2026
Wio Capital develops an AI-agent-powered wealth management infrastructure that combines multi-entity and multi-bank aggregation, automation of operational processes, and integrated execution within regulated environments. The platform aims to automate tasks that today consume a large share of advisors’ time—claims in the article note operational processes can consume up to 70% of an advisor’s time—and to provide an "always-on" system that proactively anticipates risks, opportunities, and tasks. Wio’s approach replaces manual workflows and fragmented tools with autonomous AI agents to handle analysis, reporting, compliance, operations, and client interactions. The company positions its technology to reduce operational costs per client, report, and advisory process and to drive changes in banks, advisors, and asset managers’ operating models. Gonzalo de la Peña, co-founder and CEO, framed the product as enabling wealth managers to focus on strategy and client relationships while the regulated infrastructure and AI handle the rest. The founding team is described as having deep expertise in Open Finance, which the company and investors cite as a competitive advantage.
- BrainGrid
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
BrainGrid provides a structured planning platform that converts ideas into detailed product designs and execution-ready plans for AI-enabled software development. Co-founded by Nico Acosta and Tyler Wells—early ex-Twilio product and engineering leaders—the company applies a four-stage framework (Capture, Structure, Build, Verify) to make plans that AI coding agents can execute. BrainGrid integrates with coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor and is used by a range of builders from first-time non-technical founders to senior engineers. The company reports it has helped over 500 builders ship live, revenue-generating SaaS products across industries including fitness, healthcare, and productivity. BrainGrid is headquartered in San Francisco and recently raised a $1M pre-seed round to accelerate its mission and product development.