Led · Equity · Jul 2024

Illuminem helps providers of sustainability solutions grow by combining AI-driven web scanning for climate-related content, a Sustainability Sales Navigator, and tools to monitor and compare ESG performance of public and private companies. The company operates across three core pillars: continuous AI content discovery, a sales enablement product for sustainability vendors, and ESG benchmarking and monitoring. It has developed an extensive network of experts, technicians, analysts, professors, economists, scientists and partners around the climate-change theme. Founded by Andrea Gori and based in Venice, Illuminem recently closed a €2 million funding round and is presently valued at €12 million. The company says it is active along these three trajectories and has built its product and network around them. It earned second place in the publication's first Community Award.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2024

Movingdoors is a Limassol-based PropTech operator offering tech-enabled serviced apartments with flexible online booking for stays of one month or longer. Founded in 2022, the company already manages 220 apartments across major Cypriot cities. It reported approximately 97% occupancy in its first year and says its locations are profitable. Movingdoors plans to strengthen its Cyprus position and expand into Dubai, targeting 300 serviced apartments there by the end of 2024 with operations starting in early 2024. The company will bolster its in-house technology team, expand online operations, and launch a dedicated Movingdoors residents app to improve booking and customer management.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2022

Reversso offers a SaaS platform that automates the entire returns and exchanges process for online retailers via a customer self-service portal that connects logistics providers and payment methods. The company pivoted from a last-mile logistics MVP developed in late 2019 to its current scalable returns-management SaaS during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reversso serves merchants of all sizes across Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Mexico, and counts brands such as Puma and Levis among its customers. The startup recently raised $1.6M to fund expansion into Mexico and further technology development, including improvements to its risk algorithm to automate refund and exchange decisions. Founders Benjamín Santa María (CEO), Clemente Santa María (COO) and Benjamín Regonesi (CTO) intend to use the capital to hire talent and advance the platform’s post-sale experience. The team expects to be offering services to 1,000 merchants by the end of 2022.