Vela Partners — Strategic First Round VC Firm ($600K–$3.0M Checks)
Vela Partners is a Strategic First Round venture capital firm based in Barcelona, Spain investing in AI / ML, Fintech, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $600K–$3.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $600K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Strategic First Round
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Fintech, Developer Tools, Other, SaaS, Climate / Energy, Enterprise
- HQ
- Barcelona, Spain
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-25
Strategic First Round
$600K – $3.0M
11+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Focusing on AI-driven fintech solutions, Vela Partners supports companies that automate and optimize financial operations.
How Vela Partners invests
Vela Partners is a vc firm based in Barcelona, Spain. The firm invests at the Strategic First Round stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Fintech, Developer Tools, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Retail.
Vela Partners typically writes checks of $600K–$3.0M per investment.
Vela Partners has backed 11 companies in our records, including Cordova Marina REIT, LLC (CIK 0001906183), Bito, Auxia.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (11)
Other
Cordova Marina REIT, LLC (CIK 0001906183)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Vela Partners
Bito
AI-powered software development platform
Auxia
AI marketing and growth platform
BlueQubit
quantum computing software platform
Axiom Cloud
software for cold-chain refrigeration monitoring and optimization
Vieu
software company
goooods
commerce / retail software company
RadiantOps
operations software company
Cartken
autonomous delivery robotics company
OwnID
identity and authentication software
- •Raising at Strategic First Round? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Fintech, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $600K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rob Wallis, Senior Advisor.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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