Nico de Luis

Co-Founder & COO @ Shakers | Future of work | IESE EMBA | ESCP | ex-Rocket Internet | Scaleup Spain Network | EsTech | Shaking Founders | Project Europe

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

Enabling seamless collaboration between companies and freeworkers. I love to support early-stage entrepreneurs with their business models, strategies, and pitches, particularly those solving real-world problems with innovative solutions. Always down for a chat!

Experience

  • Shakers (Freelance · 5 yrs 2 mos)
    • Co-Founder & COO
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Shakers enables seamless collaboration between companies and freelancers

    • Seed Investor
      May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Partner at Shaking Founders
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    At Shaking Founders, we invest in Europe’s most ambitious tech founders at pre-seed and seed stages. We believe in shaking up the status quo, backing B2B, AI, and marketplace startups that have the drive to redefine industries and become category leaders in Europe. We don’t just invest capital—we shake things up by partnering with founders, leveraging our entrepreneurial experience and network to help them scale faster and smarter. Europe has the talent, ambition, and market potential to build the next wave of global tech giants, and we are here to make that happen.

  • Investor at Project Europe
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    Investing in the next gen of technical builders with global ambitions, backed by 125+ of the best European founders. We need a new European narrative - one that funds and celebrates ambition and invention instead of stifling it. Europe has the talent, ambition, and market potential to build the next wave of global tech giants, and we are here to make that happen with a €10M fund, investing in young entrepreneurs (18-25 years old), providing them with €200,000 investment.

  • Ambassador at South Summit
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Member at Scaleup Spain Network
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Scaleup Spain Network is a program of Fundación Bankinter, Endeavor and Wayra created to support and connect Scaleups in Spain. We believe that there is a lot of support in the market for early stage companies, but that there is a clear need in the scaleup stage, which is where they have the greatest impact in economic and job creation terms.