Led · Equity · Apr 2023

Tutrocito operates an online shop that sells custom, made-to-measure furniture. The startup has used its initial traction to target international expansion and broader business growth using fresh capital. Since launching in 2021 it has sold over €1 million in furniture and reports average monthly growth of 20%. The company says it has been profitable from day one and expects to generate €7.2 million in revenue in the coming year. Tutrocito is based in Seville, Andalucía, and co-founder María Coronel is named in company materials. New funding will be directed primarily toward accelerating international expansion and scaling operations.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2022

Assembler Institute is a Barcelona-based coding school offering master's and executive programs that are 100% project-based and designed by programmers and CTOs to train quality programmers. The company focuses on practical, project-driven instruction to form programmers of high caliber. It closed a €1 million financing round classified as venture capital. The funds will be used to accelerate growth in Spain and to exceed 1,000 students within the next two years. The article lists the firm's sector as Internet/IT and notes its locality as Barcelona. No additional financial metrics or user numbers were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2021

Next Station is a Paris-based HR startup that operates both a recruiting platform and a recruiting agency to help candidates find jobs abroad. Founded in 2018 and launched in 2019, the company connects international candidates and employers by allowing candidates to be discovered and by providing a collaborative team-based recruiting model. Next Station reports more than 100,000 candidate applications annually, works with about 200 top-tier European companies (including BDO, Back Market, and Transcom), and achieved 400% sales growth over the past 12 months. Its hiring approach combines technology with a team of over 30 recruiting experts who work in parallel to speed placements and improve employer branding for international hires. The new €1.5 million funding will be used to support expansion across seven markets — France, Spain, Germany, Austria, the UK, Portugal, and the Netherlands — and to double its multicultural team. Co-founders Blanca Montero and Nicolas Paulus emphasize scaling the platform to increase discoverability for candidates and to continue reinventing the recruiting agency model. Next Station is a Paris-based recruiting platform designed to simplify international hiring by aggregating job boards and recruiters into a single workflow. The platform delivers a selection of qualified candidates within 48 hours of posting and is already operational in Spain, France and Germany. It processes over 2,000 applicants per month from more than 110 nationalities who speak over 35 languages. The company aims to become a leading force in recruiting international talent and to connect talent with career opportunities beyond geographic boundaries. To support these plans it has raised €1 million from a group of European investors. The founding team includes Blanca Montero, Clement Aixala, Nicolas Paulus and Denis Fayolle. Next Station cites market inefficiencies and rising intra-European mobility to justify its opportunity in the €190 billion European recruiting market.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2021

Hamelyn is an online platform that facilitates the purchase and sale of secondhand goods. Founded in 2021 originally selling books, the company has diversified its catalog to include video games, music and movies, which now represent 15% of total sales. In 2023 Hamelyn sold more than 200,000 products to customers in 96 countries and is integrated with marketplaces such as Amazon, FNAC and eBay. The team has grown to over 30 employees in three years. To support ambitious expansion and further professionalize the secondhand market, the company completed a capital increase that brings new strategic backing. OK Ventures, the VC division of OK Group, joins as a new investor alongside existing partners. Current partners include private investors, investment funds and family offices such as Angels Capital and Secways. Hamelyn has developed an AI-driven instant-pricing system that provides immediate buyback offers for users selling used books. Users scan book barcodes with their phones, receive an instant price, get free pickup and are paid within 24–48 hours. Founded by Federico Aguilar and Valentín Izquierdo and born in Madrid less than a year before the article, the company had surpassed 20,000 orders and employed 15 people at the time of the round. Hamelyn plans to expand beyond books by adding new product categories to broaden its recommerce offering. The company closed a €1M investment round to accelerate growth in technology and operations. The product aims to reduce friction in selling goods online and foster a more efficient circular economy.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2021

Tiko is a Spanish proptech launched in 2018 that buys and sells homes via a technology platform and a proprietary Big Data valuation algorithm. Its product lets owners complete a short form and receive an offer within 24 hours, shortening traditional sales cycles and increasing transparency. The company says it has attracted requests from more than 150,000 homeowners and captured over 33% of homes for sale in Madrid and roughly 25% in Barcelona, Málaga and Sevilla; it also operates in Valencia and Vizcaya. Tiko employs about 75 people and planned to finish 2021 operating in 10 regions including expansion into Portugal. The new capital will be used to further develop its valuation algorithm and to support national and international expansion. The company did not disclose its valuation. Tiko is a Spanish PropTech company that applies technology to the real estate sector to optimize the buying and selling of homes. Founded in mid-2017 by Ana Villanueva and Sina Afra, the company uses automated valuation tools to issue an offer within 24 hours. Its business model is based on speed and volume with the goal of completing property transactions in a matter of days. Tiko established operations in Madrid, citing the city’s high transaction volume, low transaction costs, and an opaque market as reasons for the choice. The company closed a €35 million venture capital round to fund its launch and expansion. Tiko plans to expand to 10 European cities over the next five years, with Milan targeted as its second market in early 2018.