Francisco Velazquez De Cuellar

Founder/President at Axon Partners (BME: APG)

📍 Covibar Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2024
VC🌍 Spain
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Board Member
Dec 2023
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) managing all the activities of the European Innovation Council and programmes related to small and medium-sized enterprises. Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EU_EISMEA Data protection: http://europa.eu/!fc89kC
Board Member
Mar 2019
Billpocket es la plataforma que ofrece a los emprendedores mexicanos herramientas que les permiten aceptar pagos con tarjeta de crédito, débito y vales de despensa de la forma más fácil, rápida y segura. Buscando así el crecimiento de los negocios en nuestro país. Mediante un servicio en constante innovación que se enfoca en dar solución a las necesidades de los emprendedores que buscan diversificar sus métodos de pago y aceptar pagos con tarjeta en donde sea y cuando sea. Billpocket se identifica por su comunidad, crecemos junto a nuestros usuarios; visionarios que también identificaron en la tecnología una herramienta poderosa para aumentar sus ventas y crecer su negocio. Estamos convencidos de que cada comercio que acepta pagos con tarjeta a través de Billpocket es un granito más de arena que se aporta para que la economía crezca y México sea más competitivo.
late stageBanking
Board Member
Sep 2015
Sentisis a leading product in the Spanish-speaking market to understand Social Media& Internet conversations in Spanish, with more than 100 clients and a presence in Spain, Colombia, México, Perú, and the US. Sentisis has a semantic expertise with a technology that adapts to each industry (+40 prebuilt industries) and country nuances to extract actionable data. Our current clients (Banco Santander, Heineken, Grupo Aldi, Vodafone, ...) are mainly applying the technology to better understanding their customers experience and get better Social Media insights in Spanish
Board Member
May 2015
NxtGen provides data center and cloud services from our own high density data center (HDDC) facilities or can deploy centrally managed on-premise data centers (OPDC™). Our enterprise cloud services provide private clouds hosted within OPDCs and hosted private clouds or hybrid cloud infrastructure hosted at their HDDCs. NxtGen’s business-class infrastructure helps companies simplify IT infrastructure, reduce running costs, and enable business growth by creating additional capacity from existing infrastructure and providing the right public or private infrastructure to meet dynamic business demands. NxtGen provides options and assists its customers to move into the hybrid cloud world. Intel Capital has invested in NxtGen, as part of this investment Intel and NxtGen are working closely on high density & energy efficient datacenters and performance, security & availability of enterprise-class cloud services. NxtGen also leveraging technology from its partners Microsoft, Fortinet and Emerson. Products & Services NxtGen’s offerings include: On-premise data centers (OPDC™ plug and play fully integrated datacenter, configured individually for all-size companies) and Enterprise Cloud Services™(available as public, hybrid, and private cloud). NxtGen is launching India’s first built-for-cloud data center, their high density data center facility (HDDC™) in Bangalore.
Board Member
Apr 2014
Somos pioneros en el mercado regional de Cloud enfocados en ofrecer soluciones de punto-a-punto de nubes privadas, públicas, hibridas y on-premise. Con más de 10 años de experiencia habilitando canales y cientos de clientes operativos en toda la región en el sector privado, gubernamental y financiero somos la compañía de ingeniería en la nube de mayor reconocimiento en la región con las más altas certificaciones y estándares de seguridad.
Board Member
Oct 2013
Just Eat Take​away​.com is a lead­ing glob­al online deliv­ery mar­ket­place, con­nect­ing con­sumers and restau­rants through our plat­form in 16 coun­tries. Like a dinner table, working at JET brings our office employees and couriers together. From coding to customer service to couriers, JET is a fun, fast-paced and supportive place where you can be yourself. No day is the same. Our days are filled with new experiences. We see every challenge that comes our way as a chance to grow, both the business, and ourselves. We’re connected to millions of food-lovers, hundreds of thousands of connected partners and some of the best-known brands of the planet. When you take your seat here, you’ll find that a simple scribble on a napkin can turn into something seen by millions. Together we transform, create, reinvent and empower every food moment. As a leading online food tech company, JET brings together the stability of a global business, with the agility of a start-up. We got here by always staying one step ahead of the competition. So load up your plate with ideas that get you excited, because at JET everything is on the table. https://careers.justeattakeaway.com
Board Member
Mar 2012
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and holds, alone or in partnership, world or European leadership positions in its core markets.
Board Member
Mar 2012
NPAW is the leading video intelligence company helping major online media services make smarter data-driven decisions to grow. A global leader in its space, NPAW has a decade of experience developing groundbreaking and scalable analytics solutions to optimize performance and user engagement to build media experiences that maximize revenue. We design tailored apps that provide advanced visibility of platform performance, audience behavior, advertising and content efficiency in real-time to support informed, strategic and data-driven decisions. NPAW serves more than 200+ video services and processes over 100 billion plays per year worldwide. Established in 2008 by founders of video streaming service RakutenTV, it has offices in Barcelona, New York and Hong Kong with teams throughout the world. For more information, visit www.npaw.com
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2024
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Apr 2024
SpainCap es la asociación que agrupa a las entidades de Venture Capital & Private Equity en España, así como a sus inversores, incluyendo aseguradoras y fondos de pensiones. Los miembros de SpainCap invierten a medio y largo plazo en compañías no cotizadas, desde start ups a empresas consolidadas, aportando no solo financiación estable a través de capital, sino también innovación y apoyo en la gestión. La misión de la patronal es conectar a todos los actores de la industria en España, representando sus intereses ante la Administración, medios de comunicación y opinión pública, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, a través de alianzas y sinergias en Europa y Latinoamérica. Entre sus objetivos está establecer un marco regulatorio adecuado para el sector y comunicar el impacto positivo de su actividad sobre el tejido industrial y la creación de empleo que genera. Adscrita al Pacto Mundial de la ONU, una de las principales misiones de ASCRI es impulsar la sostenibilidad entre sus socios y en las empresas en las que invierten. También promover el desarrollo profesional a través de programas de formación e impulsar activamente el conocimiento a través de la publicación de informes estadísticos y estudios de impacto económico y social, que demuestran el valor añadido que aporta este sector. “SpinCap is the association that brings together Venture Capital & Private Equity firms in Spain, as well as their investors, including insurance companies and pension funds. The members of SPAINCAP make mid- to long-term investments in unlisted companies, from start ups to consolidated companies, providing not only stable financing through equity, but also innovation and management support. The Associations mission is to connect the players in the industry in Spain, representing their interests before the Government, media and public opinion, both nationally and internationally, through alliances and synergies in Europe and Latin America.
2023
Board Member
Dec 2023
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) managing all the activities of the European Innovation Council and programmes related to small and medium-sized enterprises. Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EU_EISMEA Data protection: http://europa.eu/!fc89kC
Board Member
Apr 2023
ErreDue was founded in the year 2000 by a group of experts in gas generation and engineering. From the experience of this group, we are now proud to offer a complete range of products for the generation and purification of gases, able to satisfy every need, from the smallest laboratory to the biggest industry. CUSTOMERS ARE OUR PRIORITY ErreDue gives customers an additional value: turnkey solutions and after sales assistance are the key to fully satisfy our customer’s needs. We develop technology to help companies improving their production, safety and quality of work. Every ErreDue product is designed with the idea of providing solutions to make our customers self-sufficient in producing their own technical gases through safe technologies; our target is to eliminate the use of gas cylinders avoiding the risks coming from potentially dangerous materials’ storage, ensuring continuity and quality of production, releasing company’s resources.
2022
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Jul 2022
Embention is positioned as a leading company in the drone and eVTOL industry. With 15 years of experience, our core expertise is the development of autopilots & components for UAVs and autonomous vehicles. Our mission is to Enable Drones To Populate Our Skies. For this reason, our single-core and redundant autopilots are developed in compliance with the DO178C / ED12, DO254 & DO160 standards. It enables UAV & eVTOL certification according to STANAG 4703 or other regulations. Embention is in continuous collaboration with hundreds of aircraft manufacturers installing the Veronte Autopilot system or providing advise on the development of a custom solution.
2019
Board Member
Mar 2019
Billpocket es la plataforma que ofrece a los emprendedores mexicanos herramientas que les permiten aceptar pagos con tarjeta de crédito, débito y vales de despensa de la forma más fácil, rápida y segura. Buscando así el crecimiento de los negocios en nuestro país. Mediante un servicio en constante innovación que se enfoca en dar solución a las necesidades de los emprendedores que buscan diversificar sus métodos de pago y aceptar pagos con tarjeta en donde sea y cuando sea. Billpocket se identifica por su comunidad, crecemos junto a nuestros usuarios; visionarios que también identificaron en la tecnología una herramienta poderosa para aumentar sus ventas y crecer su negocio. Estamos convencidos de que cada comercio que acepta pagos con tarjeta a través de Billpocket es un granito más de arena que se aporta para que la economía crezca y México sea más competitivo.
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