Holded provides an integrated cloud software suite for small businesses that automates invoicing, accounting, CRM, project management, inventory and connects to banks and e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Amazon. The platform claims to automate more than 50% of administrative tasks and is used by over 80,000 small companies. In 2020 customers processed approximately €10,000 million in invoices through Holded. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Barcelona, the company plans to accelerate growth, double headcount to about 140 employees and begin international expansion with an office in Paris. Co-founders Bernat Ripoll and Javi Fondevila state the hiring and new French office aim to capture an additional 120,000 users. Holded is a Barcelona-based SaaS startup founded in 2016 by Bernat Ripoll and Javi Fondevila that describes itself as a “Business Operating System” for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform centralizes financial management (accounting, invoicing), HR, CRM, project and inventory management and supports multiple integrations with payment and e-commerce services including Amazon, PayPal and Shopify. Holded’s cloud platform uses its own AI to automate administrative tasks and to benchmark user data, producing actionable insights to help managers increase sales, reduce expenses and save time. Since closing its seed round in early 2018 the company says it has grown users from 10,000 to 30,000 and claims to be the leader in Spain. The startup recently raised €6M in a Series A and plans to use the capital to accelerate international expansion and further develop its core software functionality. Holded also intends to roll out new product features and country-specific integrations as it expands. Holded builds ERP software that lets small and medium enterprises manage invoicing, accounting, CRM, projects, team, inventory and catalog in a single platform. Launched about 12 months prior to the article, the platform integrates with Amazon, Shopify, Prestashop, WooCommerce, Google, Zapier, Mailchimp, Salesforce, PayPal, Stripe, Braintree and GoCardless. The company reports over 10,000 users. Holded intends to use the newly raised funds to expand product development and marketing and to launch abroad. Founded in 2016 by Bernat Ripoll and Javi Fondevila, the company is based in Barcelona, Spain. The article reports a $1.6M financing led by Nauta Capital.

Total raised

$26M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Feb 2021