Participated · Equity · Jul 2020

Odilo provides a white-label, headless e-learning platform that lets businesses and organizations deliver customized on-demand digital libraries in a B2B2C model. The company has assembled a catalogue of about 3.9 million items — roughly 3 million books plus podcasts, full courses and other materials — sourced from some 6,300 publishers in 43 languages. Odilo powers portals for roughly 8,500 customers across 52 countries and serves about 170 million users, including government bodies, libraries, education organizations like MIT, and corporate customers such as Google and Vodafone. The platform emphasizes extensibility via APIs so customers can build tailored learning experiences without exposing the Odilo brand. Odilo plans to use new funding to continue growing its catalogue and to expand deeper into North America and across the African continent. The company was founded in 2012 and recently completed a new growth financing round of €60M ($64M). Odilo offers a platform that lets schools, universities, business schools, corporations, governments and libraries create their own educational “Netflix” or unlimited educational ecosystems. The platform provides access to more than 3 million multiformat titles (ebooks, audiobooks, articles, podcasts, videos and courses) and supports original integrated learning experiences (independent, guided, collaborative, certified, classroom, etc.). Its catalog is sourced from 5,300 content partners in 43 languages and the service reaches more than 146 million users worldwide. Odilo is used by over 6,200 institutions across more than 43 countries. The company plans to use the new funding to boost development of its intelligent learning experience technology, expand its content catalog, and advance global expansion into new markets. Odilo is a Madrid-based technology and digital content company that provides a SaaS platform for managing, distributing, consuming, archiving and preserving all types of digital content, including eBooks, audio, video, images and documents. Its marketplace lets organizations buy digital content to offer users on a loan, rental or subscription basis. Odilo serves libraries (public, private, university, school, and special interest), hospitals, governments, businesses, and travel and hospitality customers in more than 40 countries. The company holds distribution rights to 1.3 million digital content materials from over 2,500 publishers in 42 languages. Led by CEO Rodrigo Rodriguez, Odilo plans to use the new funds to launch new products, accelerate technological development and continue international expansion across Europe, Latin America, North America and Australia. Odilo, based in Madrid and led by CEO Rodrigo Rodriguez, has developed a digital content management and lending platform that allows entities with large user bases to offer on-demand access to digital content through a pay-per-consumption model. The company markets a Content as a Service (CaaS) business and has been deployed as the technological platform for Spain's eBiblio, Chile's national e-book library, and the Cervantes Institute. Described as a leader in the Spanish-speaking market, Odilo has won public contracts across Europe, Latin America and North America. In the United States it was awarded the contract to deliver digital content to the entire State of Michigan. Following these deployments, the company has undertaken an internationalization process. Odilo intends to use the new funding to continue international expansion and strengthen its CaaS offering. Odilo provides a suite of products for lending digital content to libraries, schools, universities, associations, corporations and municipalities. Its technology enables more than 5 million users to access digital content through those institutions. The company has completed projects including the first state-wide network for U.S. libraries to lend e-books and the national network of libraries in Chile. Odilo is creating an open platform selling digital content licenses in Spanish (OdiloPlace) and a library management system that integrates physical and digital lending (OdiloTT). Founded in April 2011 and led by CEO Rodrigo Rodriguez, Odilo has offices in Madrid, New York, Miami and Cartagena. It intends to use new funds to accelerate growth in the U.S. and Latin America.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2018

Whisbi is a Barcelona-based conversational sales platform led by CEO Alex Bisbe. It offers a platform to capture, qualify and convert leads and to boost assisted and unassisted sales through industry-specific insights, workflow customization and AI-powered services. The company works with global enterprises across telecommunications, automotive, travel, insurance and banking. Clients named in the article include Vodafone, Sky, Toyota, VW Group and Hyundai. Whisbi raised €5M in funding in a round led by Cipio Partners alongside existing investors Active and BDMI. The company intends to use the funds to continue expanding operations and its business reach. Whisbi Technologies, founded in 2008 by Alex Bisbe and José Luis Cantero, develops a platform to digitize companies' sales processes. Its product connects telesales, digital marketing and physical retail to modernize customer acquisition and conversion workflows. The company is headquartered in Barcelona (R&D), with a commercial office in Madrid and subsidiaries in Brazil and the U.S. The business appears focused on enterprise sales digitalization across multiple geographies. Financially, Whisbi closed a €5M financing in the reported round and has raised €11.5M in total to date. The company has drawn continued investor interest, with Active Venture Partners having first invested in early 2012. Whisbi Technologies is a Catalan martech company that digitises sales processes by providing a conversational commerce solution. Its product enables companies to engage with customers through video and chat, and to host webinars and live events. The startup counts major brands among its users, including Toyota, Nissan, Ford, GM, Vodafone, and Media Markt. Founded in 2008, Whisbi has its headquarters and R&D center in Barcelona, a commercial office in Madrid, and subsidiaries in Brazil and the United States. The company has raised a €1 million investment from the Capital Expansion Fund of the Catalan Institute of Finance (ICF) via a convertible participatory loan. The financing is intended to boost internationalisation and growth, especially in the North American market where it expects to grow significantly in the coming months. Whisbi Technologies is a Spanish online communication startup that offers personalized, real-time customer service through video calls. Its platform connects a trained commercial agent with customers during the entire contracting process using an integrated system of voice, video and chat, requiring only a computer and a fixed or mobile phone. The company was founded by Alex Bisbe (CEO) and Jose Luis Cantero (CTO) and has offices in Madrid and Barcelona. With the new resources the startup will boost its international expansion across Europe and beyond. Whisbi opened offices in London and Sao Paulo in July. BDMI (Bertelsmann's digital investment fund) and Amerigo Innvierte Spain Ventures, managed by Active Venture Partners, invested $2.5 million in the company.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2017

Fishbrain is a Stockholm-based sports fishing app that connects anglers in an online community. Users share their catches in social-media-styled posts and use the app to discover prime fishing spots. The company raised $6 million in its latest funding round. Fishbrain says the funds will be used to enhance its technology platform and accelerate market penetration. Investors framed the investment as a way to solidify Fishbrain’s position as a go-to destination for anglers and to capture long-term potential in the outdoor lifestyle space. Lucerne Capital said the investment will help the company accelerate its ambitions and further solidify its position as the world’s leading fishing app. Fishbrain is a Stockholm-based sport fishing mobile app, social network and digital marketplace led by CEO and co-founder Johan Attby. The app provides tools and insights for anglers, including an interactive map that shows catches, bait and locations, Fish Species Recognition, marine mapping from C-MAP, forecasts and bait recommendations. Fishbrain operates an in-app and on-web marketplace, Fishbrain Shop, offering gear from over 300 brands. The company has nearly 12 million registered users across the globe. Fishbrain plans to use new funding to continue scaling its user base and to solidify its position in Sweden and Norway while strengthening engineering, product, marketing and sales at its Stockholm HQ and product hub. It also plans hiring in the US and throughout Europe. Fishbrain operates a vertical social network and data-driven mobile app for anglers, offering an interactive map, Fish Species Recognition (computer vision), fishing forecasts, and bait recommendations. The app aggregates over 3.7 million logged catches and claims a membership of more than 5 million anglers. It is available free on iOS and Android with a premium tier starting at $5.99/month that unlocks AI-powered Forecasts and additional features. Fishbrain plans to use the new funding to double headcount from 30 to 60 this year, accelerate user growth, and further build out its platform. The company emphasizes environmental sustainability and advocates catch-and-release practices. To date the startup has raised a total of $28 million. Fishbrain is a mobile app and social network for sport fishing that offers anglers forecasts based on real-catch data and tools to track species and catches. The app lets users share experiences, find new fishing spots, see what others are catching, and discover what bait is being used where. Fishbrain reports three million global users and its app is available on the App Store and Google Play. The company is led by CEO Johan Attby and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In conjunction with the fundraising the company added Mattias Miksche to its board. Overall investments in the company total nearly $15m. Fishbrain operates a mobile app and social network for anglers, enabling users to record fishing trips, share catches and access aggregated weather, sighting and hotspot information. The service offers a Premium tier that provides data analytics to help users improve performance. The company reports more than one million users in the United States. Fishbrain is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The startup plans to use new funding to increase its presence in North America, open a U.S. office and expand into Japan. The article does not disclose revenue or other financial metrics beyond user counts and fundraising.

Led · Equity · Dec 2015

Barnebys operates an international online service aggregating listings for design and vintage items as well as art, antiques and collectibles. Launched in 2011 by Christopher Barnekow and based in Stockholm, it provides access to about 2,000 auction houses and dealers and shows roughly 700,000 lots daily. The company also maintains a free online realized-price database documenting final selling prices for 32 million items, serving both buyers and sellers. On 19 April 2017 Barnebys closed a $3.3M financing round. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations in the U.S. The article does not disclose revenue figures or instrument details beyond the financing amount. Barnebys operates an online search and valuation service for fine artworks, antiques and collectibles. The platform aggregates over a half million items for sale from about 1,000 auction houses worldwide. Founded in 2011 by Christopher Barnekow and Pontus Silfverstolpe and based in Stockholm, the company has recently been adding auction houses at pace—about two per day this autumn—with the largest increase in the U.S. market. U.S. clients include Sotheby’s, Paddle 8, Phillips, Crescent City Auction Gallery, Neal Auction Gallery and Heritage Auctions. The company plans to use the new funding to continue growing in the U.S. Barnebys operates a comprehensive search engine for art and antiques auction houses in Scandinavia, listing some 40 active firms. Founded in Stockholm in 2011, the company attracts about 35,000 unique visitors weekly and is run by a team of roughly 10 people. Its platform aggregates auction listings to help users find items and auction houses across the region. The company planned to use new funding to support international expansion, with a particular focus on the UK. Ownership includes the founders, several business angels and the incubator Swing alongside the new institutional investor. The recent minority investment is intended to accelerate growth and market expansion efforts.

Participated · Series C · Sep 2015

Packlink operates an online shipping comparison and booking platform that connects providers with consumers and businesses and integrates with over 20 partners, including DHL, UPS and TNT. Founded in Madrid in 2012 by CEO Ben Askew-Renaut, the company is present in Spain, Germany, France and Italy. Packlink closed a $12.6m venture capital financing led by Eight Roads Ventures with participation from Accel Partners and Active Venture Partners. The company said it will use the funds to expand across Europe. The round brings Packlink's total funding to $24.9m. PackLink operates an online parcel-shipping marketplace and metasearch platform that compares price, delivery speed and service level across more than 20 courier partners, and lets users print labels and track packages. It touts the ability to deliver users savings of up to 70% on each shipment by cross-referencing multiple providers. The startup has expanded its service into Germany, France and Poland and reports some two million customers used its platform in the past 12 months. PackLink plans imminent launches in Italy and Mexico, with the UK and a possible U.S. expansion under consideration. It is developing PackLink Pro, a B2B cloud platform to integrate with merchants' systems to automate shipping and enable notifications, tracking and returns management. Financially, PackLink has raised $9M in a Series B led by Accel and has $11M in total funding to date. Packlink operates an online platform that lets companies and individuals compare parcel and courier services (FedEx, TNT, MRV, SEUR, UPS, Tourline Express, etc.) and choose offers by price and quality. The service targets both business and consumer shippers through a single comparison interface. Co-founded in 2012 by Ben Askew-Renaut and Javier Bravo, the company reported enabling 100,000 shipments in its first year of activity. Packlink raised €1.5m to support growth and strengthen its market position. The company intends to use the capital to consolidate its position in the Spanish market and to expand across the rest of Europe.