Criteria Venture Tech

🎉 Greetings and Happy 2024, everyone! 🎉 Today marks a pivotal moment in the journey of Caixa Capital Risc as we are unveiling our latest endeavor - Criteria Venture Tech, an evergreen fund that represents a significant advancement in our forward-thinking approach to Venture Capital. 🚀🌟 As part of our strategic transformation, we are expanding our investment focus to include growth investments in Series B/C rounds, while also intensifying our engagement in early-stage ventures. 🙌 We are also thrilled to announce the launch of our sleek and modern new brand website! ✨💻 We invite all of you to explore our revamped website at https://lnkd.in/dTG9r9j9 🌐

❄️Helsinki is calling! 🇫🇮 Criteria Venture Tech is heading to Slush 2024 – one of Europe’s biggest startup events!   You’ll find Roma and Albert connecting with awesome founders, checking out the latest in Cybersecurity, DevOps, Data Infrastructure, and AI, and looking for the next big thing in tech.   Interested in discussing innovation or exploring investment opportunities? Let’s connect over a warm drink! ☕️

Get ready, Lisbon! 🇵🇹 🌟 We're thrilled to announce that Criteria Venture Tech will be at Web Summit 2024! Join Roma, Albert and Aleix in Lisbon as we connect with innovative startups, explore cutting-edge technologies, and discover the future of tech. Want to chat about investment opportunities or the latest tech trends? Let's grab a coffee! ☕ #WebSummit2024 #Lisbon #TechConference #VentureCapital #Innovation

We're attending VDS 2024! Excited to announce that Jaime Deleito Baron and Gina Codoni Fariz will be representing Criteria Venture Tech at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia on October 23-24. 🌟 💬 Drop us a message if you want to connect — whether you're a startup in Deeptech or B2B SaaS looking to raise Seed to Series B, or an investor looking to share insights!

Attending SaaStock Europe 2024 in Dublin? 🍀 From October 14-16, Albert Morro and Aleix Pérez will join some of the brightest minds in SaaS at the Royal Dublin Society. ✨ If you are a B2B SaaS or Deeptech company looking to raise Seed to Series B let's connect! Drop by our booth or send us a message to schedule a meeting or grab a coffee. 📩

Ready for B-Venture 2024 in Bilbao! If you’re attending, let’s make sure to meet and exchange insights!✨ #BVenture #BVenture2024 #VentureCapital #Networking #TechInvestments #Bilbao

🎉 Exciting news for Barbara! They've been recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Edge Computing 2024 across "3 key categories": 1️⃣ Industry Edge Integrated Solutions 2️⃣ Edge Management and Orchestration (EMO) 3️⃣ Edge Platform as a Service (PaaS) More 👉: https://hubs.la/Q02RS4KX0 David Puron Isidro Nistal Roma Jelinskaite Aleix Pérez

📅 As we approach the year's end, our team will be dedicated to building meaningful connections with founders and fellow investors in Europe. If you'll be attending any of these events, we would love to connect with you!   Where to find us:   25/09 - 27/09: Italian Tech Week 🇮🇹 Meet Albert Morro in Turin!   14/10 - 16/10: SaaStock 🇮🇪 Albert Morro and Aleix Pérez will be in Dublin to discuss SaaS and scaling opportunities.   15/10 - 16/10: Bventure 🇪🇸 We’re heading to Bilbao, meet Gina Codoni Fariz!   16/10 - 17/10: The Business Booster 🇪🇸 Connect with David Sola and Jaime Deleito Baron to discuss innovation in energy at Barcelona   23/10 - 24/10: Valencia Digital Summit 🇪🇸 Join Jaime Deleito Baron and Gina Codoni Fariz in Valencia!   5/11 - 7/11: Barcelona Deep Tech Summit 🇪🇸 Gina Codoni Fariz and Miguel Nieto de Salvador will be at the forefront of deep tech innovation in Barcelona.   11/11 - 14/11: Web Summit 🇵🇹 Roma Jelinskaite, Albert Morro, and Aleix Pérez will be in Lisbon to engage with the global tech community.   20/11 - 21/11: Slush 🇫🇮 Roma Jelinskaite and Albert Morro will wrap up November at Slush in Helsinki  

Today is a huge day for open source AI: Argilla is joining Hugging Face 🤗 🚀 It's time to double down on community, good data for AI, product features, and open collaboration. We're thrilled to continue our path with the wonderful Argilla team and a broader team and vision, with shared values and culture! Thanks to our investors Zetta Venture Partners (James Alcorn), Criteria Venture Tech (Roma Jelinskaite, Albert Morro, Aleix Pérez), Eniac Ventures (Hadley Harris, Dan Jaeck, Monica Lim), and many others, so lucky to have worked with you! https://lnkd.in/dfxvgpsT

📢 Exciting News! 🎉   We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of our portfolio company, Argilla, by Hugging Face! 🤗   Argilla has developed one of the open-source fastest-growing collaborative platforms for AI/ML Engineers focused on improving LLMs and SLMs outputs with their data-centric approach.   This acquisition is a testament to the remarkable talent and dedication of Daniel and Francis, and their stellar team. Special thanks to our co-investors, Zetta Venture Partners and Eniac Ventures, and advisor Paco Nathan, for their invaluable support.   At Criteria Venture Tech, we were honored to support Argilla throughout their pivotal pre-seed and seed funding stages. It has been a privilege to witness the company's meteoric rise with a remarkable growth trajectory scaling from hundreds to millions of downloads. ☄🚀 We are proud to have played a role in fueling Argilla's ascent, and excited to see what the future holds as they continue to disrupt the AI infrastructure space and cement their status as a rising star in the open-source AI Community alongside Hugging Face. 🌟 Congratulations to both teams! We look forward to seeing the incredible things achieved together. Link: https://lnkd.in/dJsPaEEv