Ignacio Lucea
About Ignacio Lucea
Ignacio Lucea is based in Madrid, Spain. Crunchbase lists him as Chief Executive Officer of APOLO AI. He studied law (BA) at CEU San Pablo University and attended London Business School. His LinkedIn profile also lists a master's in intellectual property and new technology from Escuela de Negocios San Pablo-CEU.
His operating career began in 2004 as founder and CMO of the music streaming company Mashboxx. He was later COO and co-founder of Zugo Services (Crunchbase dates this 2009 to 2012). From September 2012 to December 2014 he was COO and partner at CopyPress, a content marketing company based in Tampa. His personal site also lists Radical Soft, an SEO company he co-founded in 2013.
From September 2015 to March 2021 he was founder and CMO of beWanted, a Madrid human resources startup. In 2021 he co-founded Mintted, where Crunchbase lists him as co-founder and COO. Mintted is a platform that lets content creators open an online store for digital goods. He also appears as a speaker at South Summit Madrid in October 2019. His personal site, ignaciolucea.com, says he has co-founded or invested in more than 12 companies. It also describes him as an AI specialist and strategic advisor.
Crunchbase records 5 personal investments and 4 portfolio companies for Ignacio Lucea. It records no lead investments and no exits. Crunchbase also credits him with founding 5 companies.
The one dated deal on his Crunchbase page is the CopyPress seed round of September 30, 2012, which he made alongside Jeroen Seghers. Crunchbase names Drivies as his latest investment, a seed round. The page does not show the date or amount.
His personal site lists Oversea Brands among his ventures, with the years 2018 to 2025. It describes the company as finding underexploited European brands with US demand and building their American sales channel. The same page names Toqio, a Madrid fintech, and Wefounder among his previous ventures. The page lists his role at Toqio as a past advisor and investor. Round sizes and ownership stakes for these deals are not public.
His main AI involvement is APOLO AI, where he is both investor and CEO. APOLO AI builds CARDIA, which Spanish trade press describes as technology that reconstructs the patient's heart in 3D from a standard echocardiogram. It then runs automatic analysis on the 3D model. In those articles Lucea says the tool is meant to help cardiologists pre-screen patients and save diagnostic time. The reports say a first prototype had been presented and that availability was planned for 2025. Gritt, a third-party investor database, dates his APOLO AI entry to June 2024.
His personal site also lists an advisory role at Nomad, a kitesurf brand, where he advises on agentic AI implementation and business strategy. His public profiles describe him as working on AI governance and assurance. No other AI investments are documented in the sources reviewed.
Ignacio Lucea has not published a thesis, a check size or a fund size in the sources reviewed. His documented investments run from early-stage consumer and software companies (CopyPress, beWanted, Mintted) to applied healthcare AI (APOLO AI). Geographically they cover Spain and the United States.
Third-party databases such as Gritt and Shizune describe him as a seed-stage angel focused on software, apps and SaaS, in Spain and the United States. Round Funded also lists marketing and AdTech and AI. These are aggregator estimates and not his own statements, so Lounge does not give a check size. Founders should treat his stage and sector preferences as unconfirmed until he states them directly.
- APOLO AI: Medical imaging AI company behind CARDIA, which builds 3D heart models from standard echocardiograms. He is investor and CEO, and a third-party database dates the entry to June 2024.
- CopyPress: Content marketing company in Tampa. He joined its 2012 seed round and was COO and partner from 2012 to 2014.
- Drivies: Listed by Crunchbase as his most recent investment, a seed round. Date and terms are not public.
- Mintted: Creator monetization platform that lets creators sell digital goods online. He is co-founder and COO, from 2021.
- beWanted: Human resources startup in Madrid. He was founder and CMO from 2015 to 2021.
- crunchbase.com/person/ignacio-lucea
- crunchbase.com/organization/copypress/financial_details
- ignaciolucea.com/ventures
- gritt.io/investor/ignacio-lucea
- tecnobitt.es/la-empresa-espanola-apolo-acelera-el-diagnostico-de-las-e
- farmacosalud.com/presentada-la-primera-tecnologia-que-reconstruye-en-3
- es.linkedin.com/in/ignacio-lucea-0bba2b3
- shizune.co/investors/recruiting-angel-investors-spain
Investing activity
Ignacio Lucea has made 5 investments according to Crunchbase across 4 portfolio companies, and has founded 5 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Ignacio Lucea
Who is Ignacio Lucea?
Ignacio Lucea is a Madrid-based entrepreneur and angel investor. He is CEO of APOLO AI and previously ran or co-founded Mashboxx, Zugo Services, beWanted and Mintted, and was COO and partner at CopyPress.
What does Ignacio Lucea invest in?
Crunchbase shows 5 investments across 4 portfolio companies, covering content marketing, software and AI. Third-party databases describe a seed-stage focus on software and SaaS, but he has not published a thesis himself.
What is Ignacio Lucea's check size?
No check size from Lucea himself was found. Aggregator sites give estimates, so Lounge does not state one. Ask him directly or check his current public statements.
Is Ignacio Lucea an AI investor?
Yes. He is investor and CEO of APOLO AI, a healthcare AI company building the CARDIA cardiac imaging tool. He also advises the kitesurf brand Nomad on agentic AI. The sources show no other AI investments.
Does Ignacio Lucea lead rounds?
Crunchbase records 0 lead investments and 0 exits for him. His one dated deal, the CopyPress seed round, was made alongside another investor.
How can founders contact Ignacio Lucea?
His personal site is ignaciolucea.com and his LinkedIn profile is linked from Crunchbase. A short, specific note works best, and a Madrid, Spain or US connection is relevant to his track record.
Is Ignacio Lucea an angel investor?
Yes. Ignacio Lucea invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 5 investments.
Where is Ignacio Lucea based?
Ignacio Lucea is based in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
How can founders reach Ignacio Lucea?
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