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Criteria Venture Tech

Venture Capital · Founded 2007 · Barcelona, Spain

#13 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% in Spain

Criteria is an evergreen multi-stage VC fund part of CriteriaCaixa with €300m AUM, investing in B2B Saas and DeepTech companies across Europe and the US in pre-Seed to Series C stages

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110 Portfolio companies+10% in 5 years
2 Unicorns
161 Investments
Jul 2026 Last investment
01 · Knowledge graph
News 8Layers raises €1M extension, lifting pre-Seed total to €2.5M Jul 8, 2026
02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Criteria Venture Tech’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 110 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Spain123
  2. USA9
  3. Argentina5
  4. UK3
  5. Germany2
  6. Portugal2
  7. Belgium1
  8. Brazil1
  9. Canada1
  10. Chile1
  11. Peru1
  12. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software30
  2. Health29
  3. Marketing15
  4. Food12
  5. Travel12
  6. Energy8
  7. Home Living8
  8. Security8
  9. Transportation8
  10. Gaming7
  11. Media7
  12. Semiconductors6
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed50
  2. Series A50
  3. Series B+10
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth106
  2. Breakout Stage32
  3. Late Growth9
  4. Mature4
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Criteria Venture Tech’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 110 tracked.

Glovo
Food · Unicorn
$2.5B
Wallapop
Home Living
$660M
PLD Space
Space
$792M
Rover
Home Living · Unicorn
$1.6B
Lingokids
Gaming
$480M
Splice Bio
Health
$540M
Minoryx Therapeutics
Health
$102M
Privalia
Fashion
$550M
Sanifit
Health
$231M
Tebrio
Food
$275M
Medlumics
Health
$99M
CornerJob
Jobs Recruitment
$95M
Silence
Transportation
$38M
Plant Response
Food
$154M
STAT-Dx
Health
$191M
XRHealth
Gaming
$50M
Groupalia
Enterprise Software
$15M
AbolerIS Pharma
Health
$120M
Codacy
Enterprise Software
$60M
Wooptix
Semiconductors
$44M
Ipronics
Semiconductors
$88M
Durcal
Health
$35M
Knowledge Development
Semiconductors
$16M
Nanusens
Semiconductors
$15M
Nuubo
Health
$14M
Gigas
Security
$99M
Genmedica Therapeutics
Health
$53M
Amelia Virtual Care
Health
$31M
ByHours
Travel
$35M
Build38
Security
$57M
ABAC Therapeutics
Health
$70M
Aelix Therapeutics
Health
$51M
Vantelis
Security
$38M
Enertika
Energy
$53M
DogBuddy
Travel
$22M
AptaTargets
Health
$22M
Codee
Enterprise Software
$28M
Flowbox
Marketing
$41M
Zinklar
Marketing
$24M
Devicare
Health
$12M
KIT-AR
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
$15M
Vilynx
Media
$50M
Barbara
Security
$20M
Futurlink
Music
$28M
GlyCardial Diagnostics
Health
$11M
Argilla
Enterprise Software
$10M
INARI
Fintech
$27M
PlayGiga
Gaming
$77M
Sabirmedical
Health
$22M
SheetGo
Enterprise Software
$8.3M
SamyRoad
Media
$13M
Enline
Energy
$15M
La Nevera Roja
Travel
$88M
ApeSoft
Enterprise Software
$15M
Inbiomotion
Health
$8.8M
Nanogap
Semiconductors
$7.9M
Transplant Biomedicals
Health
$11M
Validated ID
Security
$8.8M
iMICROQ
Food
Nautal
Travel
$9.7M
04 · Portfolio founders

Where Criteria Venture Tech’s portfolio founders come from.

133 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Spain97
  2. United States12
  3. United Kingdom5
  4. Germany3
  5. France2
  6. Poland2
  7. Portugal2
  8. Argentina1
  9. Australia1
  10. Denmark1
UniversityCount
  1. IESE Business School9
  2. Technical University of Madrid9
  3. University of Barcelona9
  4. ESADE Business and Law School7
  5. Comillas Pontifical University5
  6. Valencia Polytechnic University5
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  8. Polytechnic University of Catalonia4
  9. Pompeu Fabra University4
  10. University of the Balearic Islands4
Previous companyCount
  1. Giesecke+Devrient Ventures3
  2. Indra3
  3. Microsoft3
  4. University of Barcelona3
  5. Airbus2
  6. ALSA2
  7. CWT2
  8. DS22
  9. EY2
  10. IAF - Israeli Air Force2
05 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Bpifrance
Sovereign Wealth Fund · Maisons-Alfort
#94 rank 1,363 companies $165B portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
NEA
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#36 rank 1,186 companies $2.5T portfolio
Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Intel Capital
Corporate · Santa Clara
#72 rank 984 companies $1.1T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $2.9T portfolio
500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#431 rank 2,321 companies $284B portfolio
06 · Key people

Key people at Criteria Venture Tech.

Roma Jelinskaite
Roma Jelinskaite
Director
 Xavier Alvarez
Xavier Alvarez
Managing Director
 Carlos Maza
Carlos Maza
Managing Director
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.