Spain’s startup ecosystem has grown significantly thanks to visionary investors, including a rising number of women angel investors who provide early-stage capital, mentorship, and strategic guidance. While female representation among angels is still developing, many women are making an outsized impact across deep tech, healthtech, SaaS, climate innovation, and more.
1. Ana Maiques – Tech Innovator and Angel Investor
Ana Maiques is the co-founder and CEO of Neuroelectrics, a Barcelona-based neurotech company, and an active angel investor who supports deep tech and high-impact startups. She also serves on several advisory boards and is recognized as one of Europe’s Most Inspiring Women.
Through her operational experience scaling a deep tech company and engaging with European innovation councils, she brings strategic capital and mentoring to early-stage founders in complex technology sectors.
2. Helena Torras – Champion of Female-Led Startups
Recognized internationally as a powerful presence in Spanish investment circles, Helena Torras has actively supported female-led startups and broader ecosystem initiatives in Spain.
Torras is frequently highlighted in lists of top angel and early-stage investors in Spain with a focus on equitable founder support.
3. Olga Santos – Women Angels for STEAM Founder
Women Angels for STEAM is a Barcelona-based network that specifically invests in women-led ventures, helping companies like Ienai Space secure early funding. According to reporting, members have invested in startups such as Ienai, contributing around €300,000 and supporting technical aerospace ventures led by female founders
This group’s model improves access to capital for teams often excluded from traditional angel pools, and success stories like Ienai Space exemplify the impact of women-centered investment syndicates.
4. Idoia Salazar – Responsible Tech & AI Focused Angel
While Salazar’s exact investment website isn’t public, she is known for backing startups with strong ethical technology foundations, often advising teams building data-focused products.
5. Mar Alarcon – Founder and Angel Investor
Mar Alarcon founded SocialCar and now invests in sustainable mobility and marketplace startups.
Alarcon’s involvement demonstrates how founder-turned-angel investors contribute capital and tactical sales and growth expertise to early-stage teams.
6. Itziar Cantero – Finance and Early-Stage Support
Cantero regularly participates in Spanish angel networks that operate within major startup hubs including Madrid and Barcelona. Her investments often focus on early product validation and scalable business models.
7. Marta Gracia – Mentor and Startup Investor
Marta Gracia is widely regarded in Spanish startup circles as an early-stage investor and mentor. Her work often helps founders refine pitch decks and prepare for institutional rounds.
Her portfolio includes startups across digital business verticals, and she frequently co-invests via angel networks, reinforcing community collaboration
8. Silvia Leal – Digital Transformation and Advisory
Silvia Leal supports startups through advising and investment that aligns with digital transformation trends and future tech adoption.
Her insights help early founders build go-to-market strategies that underscore technological impact.
9. Raquel Jorge – Consumer Brands and Marketing Scaling
Raquel Jorge invests in lifestyle and consumer brands, offering expertise in brand positioning and scaling distribution.
She has helped early founders refine their product-market fit and accelerate customer acquisition.
10. Ana Guasch Seculi – Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Ana Guasch Seculi has founded and scaled multiple ventures and now invests and mentors early startups with strong fundamentals.
Her involvement connects startups to European investment networks and provides mentorship rooted in real founder experience.
Why Women Angel Investors Matter in Spain
Women angels are critical to closing the gender gap in startup funding, especially at pre-seed and seed stages where traditional funds deliver only a fraction of capital to women-led teams. According to a survey of Spanish business angels, over one quarter of portfolios have limited or no women-founded startups highlighting the need for more female investors to balance representation. Spain also hosts events and networks focused on empowering women investors and connecting founders with capital, including Women Investors’ Lunch and Beyond the Glass Ceiling talks organized by Tech Barcelona and SIA – Startup Investor Accelerator
