Alfonso Cobo

Alfonso Cobo (born 1992, Canary Islands, Spain ) is a Spanish businessman. He is best known as the founder of Unfold, which was acquired by Squarespace in 2019.

Early life Alfonso was born in the Canary Islands, Spain and spent much of his childhood in Madrid before moving to the United Kingdom at 17.

Career As a university student, Cobo studied design and architecture. After working as an architectural designer in London, Cobo received a scholarship to Parsons School of Design and moved to New York.

Cobo founded Unfold in 2018 and was later joined by Andy McCune as a co-founder. In 2019, Unfold was acquired by Squarespace. By then, it had 16 million users. In 2023, Unfold had over 60 million downloads, and over 1 billion stories were created using it. In 2020, Cobo launched Bio Sites with Squarespace, a tool that allows users to share relevant links.

Cobo received a Gaingels award in 2023.

Personal life , Cobo lives in New York City.