Carlos Domingo
About Carlos Domingo
Carlos Domingo is co-founder and CEO of Securitize, a platform for issuing and managing tokenized securities. He also founded SPiCE VC, which describes itself as a tokenized venture fund. He is based in the Miami area.
Earlier he was President and CEO of Telefónica I+D and Director of Product Development and Innovation at Telefónica Digital. He later served as CEO of New Business and Innovation at Telefónica Digital. After Telefónica he held senior innovation roles at Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) and du in Dubai. Before that he was CEO or CTO of software companies in Japan and the US, including LizardTech, Extensis and Celartem.
He holds a PhD in computer science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an MSc from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He also did postgraduate business studies at Stanford GSB. He wrote a book on innovation, "El Viaje De La Innovación".
Crunchbase credits him with an award as best business angel in Spain. A 2012-era bio described him as an angel investor in more than 10 technology startups and a mentor at SeedRocket. NFX Signal lists 11 investments on record. Those include Blink Booking (2012 seed), Masterbranch (2011), Selltag and Blinkfire Analytics (2014), Groopify (2014 and 2015), Startupxplore (2015 and 2016) and Albora Technologies (2017). Bag on Board also appears, with a pre-seed round in 2017.
According to one biography, he founded Sling Ventures, an angel fund co-invested by the European Investment Bank. He is also described as a co-founder of Dubai Angel Investors.
His AI round on record is Betterness, a Miami company building agent-first infrastructure for health and wellness. Betterness announced a $2.5M seed round on April 24, 2026, alongside the launch of Bett-i, a voice-first AI life-coaching system. Domingo is named among the investors, along with Martin Varsavsky, Justin Stone and Borderless Capital's David Garcia. Lounge's deals desk lists the round as May 2026. We found no other public AI-specific investments.
His public record is mostly seed and pre-seed rounds in technology startups. Many of these were in Spain, with others in the US and Germany. His more recent focus through SPiCE VC and Securitize is blockchain and tokenization. NFX Signal lists an angel check range of $5K to $50K with a $25K sweet spot. That is a third-party estimate, not a figure he has stated. We did not find a public statement from him on check size.
In an Entrepreneur Middle East piece on what investors look for in a pitch, he wrote that the entrepreneur needs an idea for a market attractive enough to give an investor a return.
- Betterness: AI wellness platform and Bett-i voice coach; $2.5M seed announced April 2026.
- Blink Booking: travel booking startup; $4M seed in 2012 per NFX Signal.
- Blinkfire Analytics: seed round in 2014 per NFX Signal.
- Startupxplore: seed rounds in 2015 and 2016 per NFX Signal.
- Albora Technologies: angel round in August 2017; he later became a board member.
- Bag on Board: pre-seed in 2017 per NFX Signal.
- crunchbase.com/person/carlos-domingo
- signal.nfx.com/investors/carlos-domingo
- finsmes.com/2026/04/betterness-closes-2-5m-in-seed-funding.html
- refreshmiami.com/news/betterness-wants-your-life-coach-to-talk-back-an
- tucson.com/online_features/press_releases/article_a2cce5e8-90c5-5000-9
- allthingsd.com/tag/carlos-domingo
- amazon.com/stores/author/B00J5AYHGO/about
- entrepreneur.com/en-ae/author/carlos-domingo
Investing activity
Carlos Domingo appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $3M. The most recent is Betterness (Seed, $2.5M, May 2026).
Carlos Domingo most often invests alongside Eduardo della Maggiora, Apolo Ohno, Martin Varsavsky and David Garcia, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Carlos Domingo
Does Carlos Domingo invest in AI startups?
Yes, at least once on record. He was an investor in Betterness's $2.5M seed round, announced April 2026. Most of his earlier angel investments were in other tech sectors.
What check size does Carlos Domingo write?
He has not publicly stated one that we found. NFX Signal estimates $5K to $50K, with a $25K sweet spot.
What stage does Carlos Domingo invest in?
His recorded angel deals are mainly pre-seed and seed. Betterness was a seed round.
Who is Carlos Domingo?
He is co-founder and CEO of Securitize and founder of SPiCE VC. He previously led Telefónica I+D and Telefónica Digital's new business unit.
How can founders contact Carlos Domingo?
His public channels are LinkedIn and X (@carlosdomingo). We found no personal website.
Does Carlos Domingo lead rounds?
Public data does not show him leading rounds. Crunchbase lists no lead investor for Betterness, and he appears as one of several investors.
Is Carlos Domingo an angel investor?
Yes. Carlos Domingo invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Carlos Domingo invested in?
Carlos Domingo's AI investments include Betterness. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Carlos Domingo invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Carlos Domingo has invested at Seed, with a median round of $3M.
Who does Carlos Domingo co-invest with?
Carlos Domingo's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Eduardo della Maggiora (1 deal), Apolo Ohno (1 deal), Martin Varsavsky (1 deal), David Garcia (1 deal) and Justin Stone (1 deal).