Startup · Spain
Barbara
HQ Madrid, SpainFounded 201611-50 employeesUpdated
Barbara is the industrial edge platform to deploy, manage and secure industrial applications and AI models across every plant, without an IT team.
Funding6 rounds · ~$16.4M
- Equity raised
- ~$16.4M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- ~$83K
- Latest
- ~$5.3MStrategic · Feb 18, 2026
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | Strategic | ~$5.3M | — | Aramco Ventures | Criteria Venture Tech, Iberdrola | Confirmed |
| Feb 7, 2026 | Strategic | ~$5.3M | — | Aramco Ventures | Criteria Venture Tech, Iberdrola | Reported |
| May 11, 2022 | Seed | ~$2.6M | — | Criteria Venture Tech, Iberdrola | — | Confirmed |
| May 11, 2022 | Series A | ~$2.6M | — | Caixa Capital Risc, Iberdrola | Basque Fondo, Bizkaia Seed Capital, GoHub | Confirmed |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Grant | ~$83K | — | — | — | Reported |
| 2021 | Pre-Seed | ~$490K | — | — | — | Speculative |
- ~$5.3MFeb 18, 2026
- ~$5.3MFeb 7, 2026
- ~$2.6MMay 11, 2022
- ~$2.6MMay 11, 2022
- Grant~$83KJun 1, 2018
- Pre-SeedSpeculative~$490K2021
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems8
- BarbaraBarbara is an Edge Management and Orchestration platform for the industry.
- Barbara APIREST‑API that provides programmatic access to all platform features for integration with other systems.
- Barbara CoreBarbara Core is an industrial cybersecure operating system and software agent for remote device management on edge nodes.
- Barbara MarketplaceOne‑stop‑shop for connectors, databases and machine‑learning models that can be installed on edge gateways.
- Barbara Node ManagerSoftware agent that enables remote management of edge gateways, including OS updates and app orchestration.
- Barbara OSA Linux‑based operating system designed for lightweight, secure edge gateways.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
People6
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| David Puron · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
| Isidro Nistal · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
| Javier Agüera · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-Founder |
| Juan Pérez-Bedmar · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
| Marcos Eguillor · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-Founder |
| Pablo Portero · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
Sources13
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Profile1
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Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "Spain", "hq_iso2": "ES", "id": "7f5e6494-934e-4a1f-a1f9-f47a4c6e8f6d"}”
Systems3
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Barbara · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Barbara is the industrial edge platform to deploy, manage and secure industrial applications and AI models across every plant, without an IT team.”
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Barbara · Supports System
“Barbara is an Edge Management and Orchestration platform for the industry. It enables OT teams to securely deploy, manage, and scale applications and AI models across distributed infrastructure.”
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Barbara · Supports System
“Barbara OS \ Linux-based operating system designed from the ground up to be lightweight and to ensure protection against cyber-threats. Yocto, Debian and Ubuntu is also offered as an alternative option”
Funding8
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Capital-Riesgo.es · Feb 18, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“announced the closing of a €4.5 million strategic financing round led by Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco”
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Nordic 9 · Feb 7, 2026 · Supports Funding round
“Barbara raised €4.5 million led by Aramco, joined by Criteria Venture Tech and Iberdrola”
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Iberdrola · May 11, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“have joined forces to boost the digitalisation of smart grids and cybersecurity by investing €2.5 million in Barbara IoT”
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Barbara IoT · Supports Funding round · amount
“Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital arm of CriteriaCaixa and lead investor through its Criteria Venture Tech fund, and Iberdrola, through Perseo, its program for start-ups to promote the development of technology-based companies, have joined forces to accelerate the digitization of smart grids and cybersecurity with a €2.5 million ($2.6M) investment round in Barbara IoT.”
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Barbara · Supports Funding round · amount
“Bilbao, Spain – February 18th , 2026 – Barbara, a provider of industrial Edge AI software, today announced the closing of a €4.5 million strategic financing round led by Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco.”
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LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“funding round: Grant, 2018-06-01, EUR 71,429”
People1
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Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · x url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
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