Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

BZERO (BZERO Materials) develops the world’s thinnest high-strength home-compostable film aimed at packaging applications. The company is based in Valencia and has attracted both financial investors and strategic agri-food partners. With the recent €1.5 million seed round, total funding raised has reached €2.5 million. New strategic participation from Viscofan and existing backers like Ship2B Ventures, CTL Investments LLC, and Torribas S.A. signal industry interest and potential for industrial collaboration. BZERO intends to use the funds to scale production and accelerate commercial adoption of its compostable film. The financing mix is positioned to combine capital with industrial expertise to speed market entry.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Digiclean builds a plug-and-play platform that continuously measures cleaning bath chemistry and automates chemical dosing to replace manual sampling and operator-based adjustments. The system aims to optimise use of chemicals, water and labour while improving traceability, reducing unplanned downtime and supporting regulatory compliance. The platform is deployed at more than 20 industrial sites in Sweden, including customers such as Volvo Group Trucks, SKF and Parker Hannifin. The company was founded by Charlotte Stigen Låstberg and Andreas Låstberg and is headquartered in Sweden. Digiclean recently raised €2.5 million in a seed round to fund further product development and commercial expansion into European industrial markets.

Led · Seed · May 2026

Founded in 2021 in Galicia, Humara offers a physics-based SaaS platform for waste infrastructure with two main products: Humara Design for engineering and plant design, and Humara Operate which creates real-time Digital Twins for daily plant management. Its simulation engine models 82 distinct waste materials through real separation equipment, claiming to compress design cycles from roughly four months to days. Humara Operate integrates live SCADA signals, optical sorter data, and operational KPIs and includes an AI copilot called Duplantis for operator decision support. Early deployments reportedly deliver a 4% reduction in landfill reject rates, 4% higher material recovery, an estimated €800k annual profit uplift, and 5–7% lower OpEx per plant. The company says it has designed over 250 plants across Europe and Latin America and counts customers such as Veolia, FCC, PreZero, EGF, Ecoembes, and Bianna, which report cost savings and improved bidding capabilities.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2026

Bel Community combines AI, pedagogy and human tutoring to deliver personalized math education, using algorithms to assign tutors and structure academic and emotional follow-up. The platform aims to increase student understanding, confidence and autonomy while giving families better visibility into progress and supporting teachers’ capacity. Founders Ángeles Bustamante, Josefina Bustamante Caballero and Juan Marcos Codron launched the company to address shortcomings of standardized education. The service emphasizes progress, personalization and measurable learning impact, and explicitly positions its technology as augmenting — not replacing — teachers. The recent €800,000 investment is intended to accelerate the company’s personalized education offering. The articles do not report revenue, user counts, founding year, or valuation.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2025

Solence, founded in 2022 by Clara Stephenson, develops an AI-powered, personalised digital therapeutic app to support women with PCOS. Its first product is a twelve-week program of interactive lessons rooted in peer-reviewed research that delivers personalised lifestyle interventions and monthly PCOS assessment scores to map triggers and track symptoms. The company says it harnesses data insights and habit-formation science to tailor care beyond medication and to address the heterogeneity of PCOS expressions. Solence grew from Stephenson's Les Natives blog, which recorded over 135,000 visits and about 8,000 followers, demonstrating early consumer demand and engagement. A scientific committee including Professor Michel Pugeat and Dr. Nour Mimouni supports the clinical framing of the product. The startup plans to deepen product functionality and expand the team as it scales its patient-centric approach amid widespread misinformation and unaffordable PCOS care in Europe.