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December 22, 2021

Seaya closes oversubscribed €165m fund on the back of Wallbox success

Madrid-based Seaya III will look beyond Spain for opportunities around Europe


Tim Smith

3 min read

Seaya Ventures team

Raising money for Spanish VC Seaya Ventures’ new fund during a pandemic was an uphill struggle, says partner Antonio Giménez de Córdoba. “The timing hasn’t helped,” he says. “People were just focused on crisis management and not focused on opening new relationships.”

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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