TECNALIA Ventures
Venture-building and spin-off investment unit of TECNALIA Research & Innovation
Also known as Tecnalia Ventures
Deep-tech venture builder of the Basque research centre TECNALIA. Creates spin-offs from TECNALIA technology and holds equity in them: 21 participated startups at end-2025.
- HEADQUARTERS
- Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- FOUNDED
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- AUM
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- OUTSIDE CAPITAL
- No — own capital only
- TEAM LISTED
- 1 people
Focus
- STAGES
- Pre-SeedSeed
- SECTORS
- Deep TechClimate & EnergyHealthTechIndustrial & ManufacturingFood & AgricultureArtificial Intelligence
- ASSET MIX
- Venture capital
- GEOGRAPHY
- Spain
Overview
TECNALIA Ventures is the deep-tech venture builder of TECNALIA, the Spanish applied research and technology centre. It identifies business opportunities in TECNALIA’s technologies, builds startups around them and takes stakes in them, also running the DeepTech4Impact accelerator. TECNALIA reports 21 participated deep-tech startups at 31 December 2025, with 150 employees and €20M of capital raised by them in 2025. Participated companies include H2SITE, NEOS Surgery, Ingredalia, Izpitek and Veltis.
Investment thesis
Turn TECNALIA’s patented deep-tech research into B2B startups through venture building, connecting researchers (“minds”), managers (“management”) and investors (“money”).
PORTFOLIO (13)
- H2SITEClimate & Energy
- NEOS SurgeryHealthTech
- IngredaliaFood & Agriculture
- IzpitekClimate & Energy
- VeltisReal Estate & PropTech
- Intellialert TechnologiesArtificial Intelligence
- AcustrainIndustrial & Manufacturing
- NautilusClimate & Energy
- GO4IT SolutionsSoftware & SaaS
- FesiaHealthTech
- AureaDeep Tech
- BiokemikIndustrial & Manufacturing
- Vixion Connected FactoryIndustrial & Manufacturing
People
- Asier RufinoFounder and CEO (per undated EIC speaker profile) · source
Links
Frequently asked questions
TECNALIA Ventures is a corporate venture arm based in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Yes. TECNALIA Ventures invests its own capital in private companies.
TECNALIA Ventures invests at Pre-Seed and Seed stages in Deep Tech, Climate & Energy, HealthTech, Industrial & Manufacturing, Food & Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence.
Key people at TECNALIA Ventures include Asier Rufino (Founder and CEO (per undated EIC speaker profile)).
TECNALIA Ventures's investments include H2SITE, NEOS Surgery, Ingredalia, Izpitek, Veltis, Intellialert Technologies, Acustrain and Nautilus, among others.
No. TECNALIA Ventures invests its own capital and does not raise money from outside investors.