After more than a year of operations and having analyzed over 300 companies in detail, Leadwind is thrilled to announce its first five investments in leading enabling tech scale ups: Voicemod - Digibee - Quibim - Factorial - nFlux.
Our journey began with the vision that disruptive enabling technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Edge Computing, 5G connectivity, Blockchain and Cloud Services will fundamentally redefine industries, create new customer experiences and set a new course for our planet. Alongside this vision, we recognize that our ecosystem is ripe with opportunity with considerable untapped potential across both Southern Europe and Latin America.
In our initial investments we are proud to have co-invested with some of the most relevant international venture funds, including Atomico, Goldman Sachs, CRV, Bitkraft, Partech and Creandum, confirming our initial thesis and demonstrating an exciting interplay between enabling technologies and sectors that were once considered traditional, unlocking efficiencies, and generating new possibilities for human-machine collaboration.
Our first five investments characterize our thesis. They align with our focus on reimagining customer experiences, operational efficiencies, and future workspaces, making a tangible difference in the tech landscape:
Following our first closing of $150M, with the support of our anchor investor Telefónica, and other relevant investors such as BBVA and Fond-ICO Next Tech, and despite the hard fundraising scenario, we have secured additional capital commitments over our initial $200M target, up to $250M, from notable investors such as Catalana Occidente, Estrella Galicia, and Proeduca Summa, among others, which add to the pool of corporate LPs that already participated in our first closing such as Global Omnium/GoHub and SATEC.
The support of AXIS-ICO through the Fond-ICO Next Tech initiative is increased to up to €100M, showcasing how the Next-Generation European funds support the mobilization of capital around innovation in Spain. We are also pleased to see well known entrepreneurs and family offices bet on Leadwind.
Leadwind’s advisory board, with notable experts such as Sergio Furio, Pedro Castillo, Pilar Manchón, or Nacho Vilela is adding considerable value to our decision-making process and will help us offer the support and market intelligence that our portfolio companies need, which we believe will be a game-changer in their scaling efforts.
We envisioned Leadwind as an extension of our existing platform at K Fund, so that we would support entrepreneurs from their earliest days until they have scaled their businesses. Surpassing our initial target has reinforced our belief that there is room in Spain for a firm willing to support entrepreneurs from their earliest days through to IPO.
We are committed to the potential of Southern Europe and LatAm disruptors and innovators.
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