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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Barcelona, Spain
Countries of investment
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Fund of Funds
  • Pan-European VC
About
Aldea Ventures is a Barcelona-based hybrid fund-of-funds backing European emerging VC managers. Their focus spans software, AI, fintech, and B2B SaaS through fund commitments and direct co-investments across Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, and the UK. The firm combines €80M AUM with Carlos Trenchs' institutional VC expertise to support emerging managers and their portfolio companies.
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$2.5M
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$12M
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Aldea Ventures is a hybrid fund-of-funds and direct co-investment firm deploying capital across software, AI, marketplaces, fintech, and B2B SaaS sectors. They invest in European emerging managers as primary LPs and selectively co-invest alongside them in portfolio companies. The firm differentiates itself through innovative hybrid FoF structure, deep institutional VC pedigree of partners, and pan-European emerging-manager coverage.
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Aldea’s team is built around LP and fund-of-funds expertise, with deep experience in manager selection rather than direct company building, giving them strong access to emerging VC managers globally.

Team

Carlos Trenchs - Founding Partner

Sebastián Waldman - Founding Partner

Daniel Wenger - Founding Partner

Portfolio

Automata

Kenbi

Podimo

Sorare

Moonfire

Cocoa

Amino

Lunar Ventures

Concept Ventures

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