JME Venture Capital

Seed-stage backing for Spanish founders has been the work of this venture firm since 2012. According to its current site, it has invested in more than 70 start-ups across three funds, has worked alongside investors and operators from other countries, and keeps its process quick and open so that founders know where they stand.

What the firm says it offers founders

The firm describes three things. The first is access and better odds: it presents itself as an early investor in several of Spain's larger start-up successes. The second is a fast and transparent process, with clear answers and respect for the founder's time. The third is support without interference: help at global scale is available when a founder asks for it, but the vision and the company stay with the founder. The firm adds that its own partners invest alongside outside backers, which it sums up as having a stake in the outcome.

Companies it has helped build

An earlier version of its site showed a wide spread of businesses from the portfolio, which gives a sense of the sectors it has backed:

• Flywire, a cross-border payments platform.
• Jobandtalent, which supplies pre-vetted workers to companies on demand and handles the hiring paperwork, contracts and payroll.
• Onyx Solar, a maker of transparent photovoltaic glass that turns building facades and windows into power sources.
• Lingokids, a learning product for young children.
• 21 Buttons, a fashion social network where users can buy clothes from the influencers they follow.
• Ironhack, which runs intensive courses in web development, design and data analytics.
• PLD Space, which develops launcher technology for small satellites and payloads.
• Keatz, a group of virtual restaurants built around delivery.
• Voi, a shared electric scooter service.
• Smart Protection, which tracks down and removes illegal copies of online assets.
• Odilo, a digital content lending and reading platform.
• Muroexe, a footwear and apparel brand.

Portfolio support and sharing what it learns

The firm says it helps portfolio companies compete globally with strategic, operational and financial support, and that it publishes what it learns to help the wider ecosystem. It describes its Spanish work over the past decade as pioneering, and says its partnerships with entrepreneurs and international investors have produced strong returns for European venture capital.

JME Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in start-ups for around ten years and says it helped build the Spanish start-up scene. It works with Spanish entrepreneurs and with international investors.

Products and services

• Start-up investment: backing for young companies, with tens of investments made so far.
• Portfolio support: help for its companies as they compete in their markets.
• Co-investment: partnering with Spanish founders and international investors on deals.

Who it works with

Entrepreneurs building companies in a range of sectors. Its portfolio includes Flywire (payments), Jobandtalent (on-demand workers), Onyx Solar (transparent photovoltaic glass), Lingokids (children's learning), 21 Buttons (fashion social network), Ironhack (coding and design courses), PLD Space (small-satellite launch), Keatz (virtual restaurants), Voi (shared electric scooters), Smart Protection (online brand protection), Odilo (digital lending) and Muroexe (footwear).

Key facts

• Region: Spain and the wider European venture market
• Track record: about a decade of investing in start-ups