Where is ESADE BAN's headquarters located?

ESADE BAN's headquarters is located in Barcelona (Spain).

How many companies has ESADE BAN invested in?

ESADE BAN has invested in 16 companies, including Wallapop & Barkibu.

Which companies has ESADE BAN invested in lately?

Centrotorguet & Pack2earth are the latest investments by ESADE BAN.

What sectors does ESADE BAN focus on for investments?

Top sectors in ESADE BAN's portfolio are Enterprise Applications (6 investments) and Consumer (6 investments).

How many exits has ESADE BAN been involved in?

ESADE BAN's portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions.

ESADE BAN - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio & Investment Trends

ESADE BAN, established in 2006, is an angel investment group based in Barcelona, Spain. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in Spain. Its portfolio includes 16 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, Consumer sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like Wallapop, Barkibu and Nymiz. As of Mar 2026, ESADE BAN has witnessed 2 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a $1.42M Seed round in Centrotorguet on Sep 18, 2025, which also saw participation from First Drop and Faraday.

To date, 30 investors have co-invested in ESADE BAN's portfolio companies, including prominent names like IESE Business School.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2006

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Portfolio Companies

Wallapop, Barkibu & 14 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, Consumer & 15 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Angel & 1 more

Locations of Investment

Spain

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ESADE BAN has a portfolio of 16 companies. Their most notable investments are in FruitBull and MyPoppins.Their portfolio spans across and Spain. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Food and Agriculture Tech and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Angel and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by ESADE BAN:

1. Wallapop

App-based marketplace and a classified platform to buy and sell used items. Users can discover items on sale in their neighborhood at the top of the search list. Wallapop's products include anything from bicycles and mobile phones to clothing and furniture. The company offers mobile applications for Android and IOS devices.

Key facts about Wallapop

Founded Year: 2013
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $371M
Employee Count: 201 - 500 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: #adm ventures, GP Bullhound and 29 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series G, Feb 28, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. Barkibu

Provider of health insurance and veterinary services for pets. It offers pet insurance that cover all visits, tests and treatments that your pet needs when visiting the vet due to an accident or illness.

Key facts about Barkibu

Founded Year: 2013
Location: A Coruna (Spain)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $12M
Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: K Fund, Nekko Capital and 15 Others
Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, Sep 28, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Nymiz

Provider of AI-powered data anonymization and pseudonymization software platform. The SaaS solution uses natural language processing to automatically detect, classify, and replace sensitive personal information in documents, databases, and files across 102 languages. It supports workflows including synthetic data generation, tokenization, redaction, and masking to enable secure data sharing, AI model training, and compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and other privacy regulations while preserving data utility. Deployment options include cloud-based SaaS, API integration, and on-premises installations for structured and unstructured data processing.

Key facts about Nymiz

Founded Year: 2019
Location: Bilbao (Spain)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $6.35M
Employee Count: 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Auriga Partners, Swanlaab and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 19, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

4. Agroptima

Provider of farm management software. It has designed its software with farmers on its team and features are added as per the problems faced by farmers in the daily life operation of farming. The software allows the farmers to record the operational activities on the go and trends and graphs can be generated through the captured data. The farm field is GPS marked and activities are recorded as per the GPS coordinates.

Key facts about Agroptima

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $2.99M
Employee Count: 33 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Maxfield Capital, Tandem Capital and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 11, 2018, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Pack2earth

Provider of sustainable packaging materials for the food sector. It focuses on creating compostable packaging solutions for the food sector and other industries. It helps to reduce the amount of food waste ending up in landfills and decreases plastic contamination in separate waste collection systems.

Key facts about Pack2earth

Founded Year: 2022
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $2.94M
Investors: Swanlaab, ESADE BAN and 7 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 17, 2025, $*****

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ESADE BAN has invested in 16 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Centrotorguet.

Here are ESADE BAN's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2020	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2018	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1

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ESADE BAN has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.07M, 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $317K and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $681K.

Here are ESADE BAN's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	14
Angel	1
Unattributed	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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ESADE BAN has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Food and Agriculture Tech, Gig Economy and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Software.

Here are ESADE BAN's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Consumer	6
Enterprise Applications	6
Food and Agriculture Tech	5
Gig Economy	4
Environment Tech	3
Others	23

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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ESADE BAN has made most investments in Spain (15).

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ESADE BAN has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by ESADE BAN:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Sep 18, 2025	Centrotorguet	-	Seed	8539	First Drop [+3]
Feb 22, 2024	Pack2earth	Spain	Seed	1191	The Food Tech Lab [+2]
Jun 30, 2023	RobinGood	Spain	Seed	8930	La Bolsa Social
Jan 12, 2022	Nymiz	Spain	Seed	4973	Archipelago Next [+1]
Jul 07, 2021	Ixorigue	Spain	Seed	4847	IESE Business School [+5]

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2 companies from ESADE BAN's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Wallapop in Aug 2025 by Naver for $695M.

Here are ESADE BAN's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Wallapop	Aug 04, 2025	Apr 24, 2014	Seed	3784
Nymiz	Jul 08, 2020	Jan 12, 2022	Seed	5557

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Over the past 13 years, 71 investors have co-invested in ESADE BAN's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before ESADE BAN: Lanzadera, Archipelago Next and 4 others have invested in rounds before ESADE BAN. There is 1 company where Lanzadera has invested before ESADE BAN and 1 company where Archipelago Next has invested before ESADE BAN.
Top Co-investors of ESADE BAN: 30 investors entered a company along with ESADE BAN. These include investors like IESE Business School (2 companies).
Invested after ESADE BAN: A total of 35 investors have invested in ESADE BAN's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Esade Alumni (3 companies) and CDTI (2 companies).