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In The News Jul 2026

Acurio Ventures

Check Size
€500K – €5M

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Europe
Spain

Investment Thesis

Bilbao-based pan-European seed specialist (formerly All Iron Ventures, rebranded Sept 2024) with a high-volume approach backing ~50 seed-stage companies per fund. Strong network of Spanish and European operators. Invests primarily at seed and Series A across Southern and Northern Europe.

How to Pitch Acurio Ventures

No Stated Policy
Acurio Ventures hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Ander Michelena
General Partner
LinkedIn
Bart Tompkins
Venture Partner
LinkedIn
Source

Recent Deals

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Portfolio Highlights

Seedtag - AI-powered contextual advertising platform (Spain)
Lingokids - children's English learning app with 30M+ downloads
Preply - online language tutoring marketplace
Refurbed - European marketplace for refurbished electronics (Austria)

Team

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Ainhoa Saralegui
Senior Investor

Transaction Advisory Services at EY, Financial Advisory associate at Deloitte.

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Ander Michelena
General Partner

Founded Ticketbis (acquired by eBay 2016), launched multiple startups and €150M REIT business.

Checked Sept 2026
Bart Tompkins
Venture Partner

30+ years at Amadeus in senior roles including CEO of Opodo and Amadeus Payments head.

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Diego Recondo
General Partner

VP Business Development at CrossLend fintech, VP Growth at NativeAd, M&A lawyer at Freshfields.

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Hugo Fernández-Mardomingo
General Partner

Built angel portfolio and venture builder, worked at Mercapital private equity in Spain and Brazil.

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Iñaki Ecenarro
Venture Partner

Founded Trovit classifieds search engine, acquired by Lifull for €80M in 2015.

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Kate Cornell
General Partner

UK CEO of Jobandtalent unicorn, CEO of Glossybox, co-founder of The Continental Pantry.

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Kiril Dimov
Principal, Fund Investments

Investor at Greyhound Capital, founded tech practice at L Catterton, Citigroup M&A banker.

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Miguel González
Senior Investor

Investment banker at AZ Capital, participated in M&A and IPO processes across multiple sectors.

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Piotr Bukanski
Principal

Investment Manager at Beringea, launched CEE diaspora network, Bank of America M&A banker.

Checked Sept 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Aug 2026.

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