Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

Valpas offers smart anti-bedbug bed legs and an IoT/AI-enabled mobile web app with in-app image recognition to keep rooms bedbug-safe 24/7 without chemicals. Its hardware prevents transferred pests from infesting rooms and the app helps identify and dispose of sightings. The company is already working with over 300 hotels across 40+ destinations, including premium brands such as Accor Hotels, The Luxury Collection, Design Hotels, ARP-Hansen and Bob W. The €4m seed investment will be used to ramp up production to meet increased demand ahead of a busy summer of international sport and travel. Valpas also plans to build partnerships with travel booking agents and platforms to make it easier for travellers to identify and choose bedbug-safe hotels. Valpas Enterprises develops an IoT bioengineered wellness system built into smart bed legs that trap and detect bed bugs and connect to a monitoring platform. Hotels replace existing bed legs with Valpas’ smart legs to monitor rooms in real time and receive notifications when bed bugs are caught inside the legs. The platform combines physical traps and sensors with notifications to prevent hitchhiking bed bug incidents and allow hotels to communicate they are not open for bed bugs. The company positions the solution as transforming the negative stigma associated with bed bugs into a competitive advantage for hotels. Valpas intends to use newly raised funds to advance internationalization and the mass production of its solution. The company is led by CEO Martim Gois.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2023

Founded in 2016, Storebox operates a network of about 370 locations in 150 European cities, largely through a franchise system. Its business is split across self-storage, last-mile logistics, and click-and-collect services. The company has grown through significant past investment rounds and has been frequently labeled a "Soonicorn." Storebox has not yet achieved profitability at the group level, although its Austrian operations are already profitable. To drive group-wide profitability it is closing subsidiaries in Switzerland and the Netherlands, shifting those markets to franchise partners, and restructuring its German subsidiary via a Schutzschirmverfahren. The recent mid-seven-figure capital injection from existing shareholders, including the founders, is intended to strengthen the financial base and support organic, balanced growth during the restructuring.

Participated · Series A · May 2023

SWAPP provides an AI-driven platform that automates the creation and management of architectural construction documents, helping architects save time and resources while maintaining high-quality output. The product targets architecture firms across multiple verticals, including education facilities and multi-family projects. The company was launched by serial entrepreneurs Eitan Tsarfati, Noam Gat, and Adi Shavit and is based in Tel Aviv with offices in Houston, TX. SWAPP announced it closed an $11.5 million Series A and has raised $18.5 million in total since founding. The funding will be used to further develop the platform and expand the company’s global presence in the architectural market. Swapp is an AI-driven planning company that provides a single platform enabling real-estate developers and construction companies to create complete construction planning from feasibility assessments to detailed construction documents. The platform generates, optimizes, and iterates design options and supports coordination of structural, architectural, engineering, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plans. It produces detailed construction drawings and design models tailored to customers' needs, allowing users to control every phase of project planning and adjust plans to budget and requirements. Led by co-founder and CEO Eitan Tsarfati, Swapp aims to accelerate time-to-start by enabling teams to begin work within weeks. The company intends to use the funds to continue market expansion and to enhance its AI capabilities. Swapp is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2023

Founded in 2021, Keyzy operates a rent-to-own platform that lets tenants sign fixed-term leases with pre-agreed purchase prices, allowing up to 100 % of their rent to count toward the 10 % deposit needed to buy the home—often within two years rather than the 14 years typically required to save. Its technology leverages Open Banking and other data sources to verify income, set budgets, and approve applications quickly. During the lease period, residents receive home-buying coaching via Keyzy’s Klink app and gain credit-history benefits through reported rent payments. The company currently serves West and North-West London and plans to add several more neighbourhoods soon. Keyzy’s model targets young professionals and key workers who struggle with traditional deposit hurdles. Its first cohort of tenants is already converting from renters to owners, evidencing early product traction. The firm now has capital to acquire 250+ additional homes, aiming to make rent-to-own a mainstream route to UK homeownership.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2022

Hofy runs a platform that handles corporate equipment orders, shipments, rentals, repairs/loaner devices and remote device wipe/collection for remote hires. The service integrates with HR systems to enforce budgets and policies and offers an API for HR vendors; one early integration partner is Deel. Hofy converts upfront capital expenditures into a managed operational expense by renting equipment and claims early “low-six-figure” revenue, though the CEO declined to disclose current revenue. The company says it is cash-flow positive after moving to that operating model in early 2022. Hofy began in the U.K. and is now available in 110 countries, and it competes with startups like Fleet and consultancies like Allwhere. Planned use of new funding includes expanding service to more countries and growing its suite of IT services. The company plans to grow its team from 95 to 120 employees by year-end.