Carlos Blanco

Chairman & Co-Founder of Encomenda Capital

📍 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 29 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Spain20+ investments
29
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8
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Aug 2021
Remitee is a digital multi-purpose cross-border payment platform. Its cutting-edge technology helps millions of Latin Americans, most of them unbanked, send money to be collected in cash or in a bank account within minutes, as well as perform direct instant payments of different services such as utility bills, prepaid mobile phones, or branded gifts cards. Remitee’s proprietary API-interconnected instant processing payments infrastructure is also being used by other payments companies through a plug & play solution. This B2B service expands the transformation and impact of Remitee on the cross-border payments industry. Remitee is present in Argentina, Chile, and just incorporated in Spain to launch operations in the coming months. Its cross-border paying infrastructure interconnects 42 countries, mainly focused on LatAm.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jul 2021
Were a team of seasoned industry experts passionate about crafting innovative, engaging, and endless gaming experiences. Leveraging the latest technology, were shaping the gaming industrys future and creating immersive experiences that resonate across generations. We believe in pushing boundaries, dreaming big, and the power of play. If youre ready to pioneer the future of gaming and have fun while doing it, wed love to meet you. Join us in our mission to create the unimaginable!
early stageComputer Games
Board Member
Apr 2021
Board Member
Apr 2021
Through mediQuo you can chat with doctors and specialists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, join the health groups and check the medical content of the blog validated by the chat specialists and the team of health advisors.
Board Member
Apr 2021
Our technology is designed to help real estate professionals streamline and accelerate the commercial transaction process by creating virtual experiences. Our platform enables users to easily generate high-quality content, including 3D tours, dimensioned floor plans, and HD photos and videos. With our platform, real estate professionals can invite their clients to virtual visits through our own video-call or live streaming services, allowing them to host open houses and other events without the need for in-person gatherings. This allows real estate professionals to stay competitive in a fast-paced market and provide their clients with a seamless, convenient, and engaging buying experience.
Board Member
Feb 2021
Talent Class es la escuela online de hostelería y cocina que forma al 100% del sector hostelero. A través de píldoras formativas impartidas por los mejores profesionales dentro de cada especialidad, nuestros alumnos logran avanzar y alcanzar sus objetivos profesionales. Nuestro objetivo desde el primer día siempre ha sido adaptar el aprendizaje a tu ritmo de vida para que lo puedas ver dónde y cuándo quieras. Podrás compartir los aprendizajes con alumnos de todo el mundo gracias a nuestra comunidad, que se encuentra en más de 7 países
Board Member
Nov 2020
Declarando es el software con asesoría fiscal que ayuda a los autónomos a ahorrar en impuestos.
Board Member
Nov 2020
Chekin helps hotels and vacation rental managers automate the entire check-in process, from booking confirmation to check-out. With over 80,000 client properties worldwide, Chekin helps streamline operations, save time, enhance guest satisfaction, and generate additional revenue. Designed to elevate the digital guest experience, Chekin offers features such as guest registration and identification, remote access, sending guest information to the police, online deposits, upselling, and much more. With our technology, we automate the guest identification and legal obligations to provide a frictionless, flexible and more convenient check-in experience for the Hospitality industry.
Board member
Dec 2019
Kriim is a natural cosmetics brand born in Barcelona. We focus on in-store-experience offering the best organic cosmetic products in our stores and ecommerce. Our aim is to provide the perfect solutions and daily routine in order to make a difference. Our team of experts is encouraged to find out the best way to get our clients goals. All our products are made of organic ingredients. Natural | Design | Experience
Board Member
Sep 2019
box2box es un servicio de alquiler de trasteros 100% Online que permite a sus clientes, particulares y empresas, almacenar sus cosas sin tener que dedicarle tiempo y esfuerzo. box2box recoge las cosas de sus clientes donde quieran, las almacena en sus instalaciones bajo seguridad y se las devuelve cuando quieran. El cliente puede elegir en su inventario las cosas que quiere recuperar y box2box se las entrega donde desee. ¡Así de sencillo!
Board Member
May 2019
Nemuru is a financial infrastructure platform empowering businesses to offer multi-lender and alternative payment solutions seamlessly. We provide end-to-end capabilities that enable companies to orchestrate financing strategies, unlock new revenue streams, and accelerate growth. Our mission is to democratize access to credit—making it faster, easier and available anytime, anywhere. Through our platform and APIs, partners can integrate branded financing experiences quickly and efficiently—delivering embedded credit solutions with maximum flexibility. Nemuru operates across 5+ European markets and Mexico, with continuous expansion underway. Learn more at www.nemuru.com or reach out at hola@nemuru.com.
Board Member
Mar 2019
You are the only person responsable of your own learning. Capaball builds personalised learning programs using artificial intelligence. Our goal is to capacitate the future workforce. Our principles are: Machine learning for human learning. We have been improving and innovating machines, robots and software… It is time to use the machines (AI) to create better humans. Personalization. Each individual has their own rhythm, needs, motivation and talents. Therefore, every learning experience should be adapted to the individual. Anybody can learn, thus anybody can teach. The world is changing at an increasing pace. Research shows that trained people are happier. Happier teams produce more. Therefore it is smart to invest in training (a.k.a happiness) It is harder to substitute capable people with a life long learning attitude with machines or softwares. Learning from the best has finally become possible.
early stageE-Learning
Board Member
Feb 2019
Champion Games is a venture-funded game studio born in Barcelona, Spain. We started seven years ago creating football fantasy games (you may actually be one of the millions of users who play our Be Manager game), and today, backed by international investors, we are shaping the future of blockchain-based play-and-earn games with our new MetaSoccer game (www.metasoccer.com). Life at Champion Games is great! We work remotely and we love it, but to have more fun together we also do virtual events and in-person activities. If you are bored of this Universe and you love challenges, come to the Metaverse with us! Check out our open opportunities at https://championgames.factorialhr.com/
Board Member
Feb 2019
Champion Games is a venture-funded game studio born in Barcelona, Spain. We started seven years ago creating football fantasy games (you may actually be one of the millions of users who play our Be Manager game), and today, backed by international investors, we are shaping the future of blockchain-based play-and-earn games with our new MetaSoccer game (www.metasoccer.com). Life at Champion Games is great! We work remotely and we love it, but to have more fun together we also do virtual events and in-person activities. If you are bored of this Universe and you love challenges, come to the Metaverse with us! Check out our open opportunities at https://championgames.factorialhr.com/
Board Member
Jan 2019
La prioridad de Refruiting son las personas, el activo más importante para el éxito de cualquier organización. Su bienestar es el primer paso para un mayor compromiso y rendimiento, por eso su principal objetivo es fomentar los hábitos saludables y el buen ambiente entre equipos, creando así una cultura de bienestar tanto dentro como fuera de las empresas. A día de hoy, la fruta sigue siendo el centro de la actividad de Refruiting, a la vez que su equipo trabaja día a día por la innovación y el desarrollo de nuevos productos y servicios y enfocados al bienestar de las personas en sus empresas. Ya son más de 500 empresas las que afrutan su jornada gracias a Refruiting. Disfruta cómodamente del mejor sabor de la fruta fresca, lista para comer y compartir con tu equipo. Have a healthy day!
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Jan 2024
Queremos formar y apoyar a los futuros líderes de Internet. Somos un proyecto educativo donde creamos programas para enseñar y acompañar a emprendedores digitales. No somos influencers ni creadores de contenido, sino un grupo de emprendedores, inversores y mentores del ecosistema startup español con un único objetivo: democratizar acceso a la mejor formación posible de emprendimiento.
2021
Board member
Aug 2021
Remitee is a digital multi-purpose cross-border payment platform. Its cutting-edge technology helps millions of Latin Americans, most of them unbanked, send money to be collected in cash or in a bank account within minutes, as well as perform direct instant payments of different services such as utility bills, prepaid mobile phones, or branded gifts cards. Remitee’s proprietary API-interconnected instant processing payments infrastructure is also being used by other payments companies through a plug & play solution. This B2B service expands the transformation and impact of Remitee on the cross-border payments industry. Remitee is present in Argentina, Chile, and just incorporated in Spain to launch operations in the coming months. Its cross-border paying infrastructure interconnects 42 countries, mainly focused on LatAm.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jul 2021
Were a team of seasoned industry experts passionate about crafting innovative, engaging, and endless gaming experiences. Leveraging the latest technology, were shaping the gaming industrys future and creating immersive experiences that resonate across generations. We believe in pushing boundaries, dreaming big, and the power of play. If youre ready to pioneer the future of gaming and have fun while doing it, wed love to meet you. Join us in our mission to create the unimaginable!
early stageComputer Games
Board Member
Apr 2021
Board Member
Apr 2021
Through mediQuo you can chat with doctors and specialists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, join the health groups and check the medical content of the blog validated by the chat specialists and the team of health advisors.
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