• Job&Talent

  Participated · Series F · Apr 2025

  Jobandtalent operates an AI-enabled marketplace that matches hourly and temporary workers with employers across sectors such as logistics and retail. The company says it has placed more than 300,000 workers at over 3,250 companies and runs operations in 10 countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. Its core product combines a marketplace with AI tools to improve matching and fill rates for short-term roles. Jobandtalent is leaning into AI by building a suite of agents to automate recruiting and other functions, starting with Clara, a recruitment agent tested with clients. Management plans to use new capital to scale internationally and to roll out additional AI-powered agents this year. The company faces macro headwinds in a softer Eurozone labor market and uncertainty about AI's net impact on human jobs, which informs its current strategy and fundraising posture. Jobandtalent is a digital temporary-work (ETT) platform that began as a job board and pivoted to matching candidates and employers through its technology. The company pursued rapid international expansion, acquiring roughly a dozen to fifteen competitors and making the US its third-largest market by revenue. It reported revenues of €1,900 million in 2022 (up from €360 million in 2020) and closed 2022 with a positive EBITDA of €19.5 million after a negative first half. Jobandtalent invested more than €450 million in the two years prior to 2023 to support expansion and product development. Its financing strategy has shifted from venture debt (2017–2020) to growth debt (2021–2024) and the company says it plans to move to more traditional financing with more favorable terms. Jobandtalent operates a temporary job platform that matches people with work across multiple countries. The company was co-founded in 2009 by Felipe Navio and Juan Urdailes and is based in Madrid, Spain. In 2021 it placed over 200,000 people into roles at more than 2,000 companies across nine countries in Europe, Latin America and the USA. Jobandtalent received a $250M debt facility to strengthen its financial position. The company intends to use the funds to build out financial products for workers, including enabling daily payments and free early access to wages in most jurisdictions, and to support expansion into new markets. This financing follows a $500M Series E closed in December 2021 led by Kinnevik that valued the company at $2.4B post-money. Jobandtalent operates a workforce-as-a-service marketplace and digital temping agency that uses AI to match workers to casual labor gigs in manufacturing, warehousing, e-commerce and logistics. The company directly employs temps and provides an app to apply for roles, manage paperwork, sign contracts and receive pay, and offers benefits such as pensions, sick and holiday pay, health insurance and training. It runs in nine markets including Spain, the U.K., Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia and the U.S., and counts more than 1,300 client companies including DHL, FedEx, XPO, eBay and IKEA. Operating metrics cited include matching over 100,000 workers to roles in the first nine months of 2021, an average worker NPS of 56 (versus an industry average of 18), a 130% annual growth rate, EBITDA-positive since H2 2020, and an annual revenue run rate above €1 billion. The company says it offers greater stability for temps via an AI-aided pipeline of consistent work and by simplifying back-office functions for employers. Jobandtalent plans to use new funding to accelerate expansion—particularly in the U.S.—significantly grow its tech and sales teams over the next two years, and add key executive hires to scale operations. Jobandtalent operates a dual-sided marketplace that matches temps with employers across e-commerce, warehousing, logistics and manufacturing. Its platform uses learning algorithms to match workers with jobs and provides a CRM for employers with analytics to monitor workforce performance, plus payroll and administrative tools. The company also markets benefits to temps — including pensions, sick and holiday pay, health insurance in some markets and training — and aims to provide continuous employment through consecutive temp roles. Jobandtalent says more than 80,000 workers used its marketplace in the past year, its website lists 10M+ registered users, and over 850 companies including XPO, Ceva Logistics, eBay, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Bayer and Santander have used the platform. Financially it reports growth from a €5M revenue run rate in 2016 to €500M in 2020, a positive EBITDA and year-on-year growth above 100%. Founded in 2009, the company is preparing to enter the U.S. market within a year and is also eyeing expansion into Italy and the Netherlands.

• Paack

  Led · Equity · Sep 2023

  Paack is a logistics and parcel-delivery company that began operations in Dubai five years ago and is now based in Barcelona. It offers scheduled deliveries in more than sixty European cities across Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. The company reports a 96% success rate on first deliveries and an international customer rating of 4.8 out of 5. Financially, Paack attracted €45M in the second half of 2023 and has now received an additional €10M from ICO Next Tech. Paack plans to continue expanding the number of countries and cities it serves and will pursue route optimization and investment in environmentally friendly vehicle fleets to support that growth. Paack is a Barcelona-based logistics company that provides parcel delivery services for e-commerce retailers. The company manages delivery of several million orders monthly for more than 150 clients, including 17 of the top 20 e-commerce retailers in Spain. Paack employs between 500 and 1,000 people and has raised more than €300M in investment since inception. The current round of €45M will be used to reinforce its market position in e-commerce delivery, invest in product innovation, and expand its distribution network across Europe. Paack has an ambition to become the first company to guarantee 100% zero-emission deliveries across Europe. The financing combines equity and debt to support growth and working capital needs. Paack operates an e-commerce delivery platform combining logistics software with warehouse-robotics integrations to manage last-mile and fulfillment operations. Its systems integrate with e-commerce sites so consumers can customize delivery schedules at checkout, and the company develops warehouse automation, time-window scheduling and routing integrations. Paack says it delivers several million orders per month for about 150 international clients, processes 10,000 parcels per hour per site, and counts 17 of the largest e-commerce retailers in Spain among its customers. The company was founded by Fernando Benito, Xavier Rosales and Suraj Shirvankar, and CEO Benito emphasizes a short-term vision to lead sustainable e-commerce delivery in Europe. Paack aims to deliver parcels at carbon net-zero using electric last-mile vehicles and is seeking certification with The Carbon Trust and the United Nations. It has established a profitable position in Spain and is pursuing similar results across the U.K., France and Portugal while using new capital for product development and European expansion. Paack is a Barcelona-based e-commerce delivery platform founded in 2015 that provides delivery services for retailers including Amazon, Decathlon, and MediaMarkt. The company is active in more than 60 cities across Spain, the UK, France and Portugal and works with over 3,000 local delivery partners. Paack has a team of more than 240 employees and expects to reach €50 million in sales this year. The platform focuses on coordinating deliveries between retailers and local couriers to fulfil e-commerce orders. The startup plans to use new capital to expand delivery coverage and invest in operational efficiency. To date, Paack has raised over $80 million in funding.

• DataDome

  Led · Series C · Mar 2023

  DataDome provides real-time, per-request bot detection and mitigation for websites, mobile apps and APIs using machine learning, device fingerprinting, behavioral analysis and vulnerability scanning rules. The platform analyzes each traffic request anew and processes more than 3 trillion data signals every day to identify and block malicious bots. Recent product work has focused on a CAPTCHA product and new AI models to stop CAPTCHA-solving bots and CAPTCHA farms, along with improved analytics and reporting tools. The company says it protects over 400,000 domains for more than 4,800 active users and serves over 300 customers across e-commerce, media, travel, ticketing, healthcare and the public sector. DataDome reported that revenue doubled from October 2021, and it positions its solution as an upgrade for CDN/WAF users, bot specialists, and in-house teams. Founded in 2015, the team emphasizes continued R&D and commercial rollout as priorities following the new financing. DataDome offers an AI- and machine-learning-driven SaaS platform that detects and blocks bot-driven fraud in real time across web, mobile and API traffic. Its detection engine processes more than a trillion pieces of data daily from 25 worldwide points of presence to stop web scraping, account takeover, Layer-7 DDoS and payment fraud. The product is sold with enterprise professional services and dedicated bot Security Operations Centers, and easily integrates with major cloud providers and CDNs (AWS, Fastly, Cloudflare, Salesforce Commerce Cloud) to be activated at the edge. DataDome targets DevSecOps teams and large digital commerce customers, citing clients such as Axel Springer, AngelList Talent, Australia Post, carsales.com and Foot Locker. The company says the $35M Series B will be used to scale global sales, marketing, delivery and R&D teams as it aims to double its ARR and customer base, with more than 50% of that growth expected from the U.S. market. It also cites a 47% increase in bot fraud attacks over the prior six months, underscoring demand for its solution. DataDome is a Paris-based SaaS cybersecurity company founded in 2015 by Fabien Grenier and Benjamin Fabre that protects websites and APIs from bot traffic. Its proprietary SaaS technology detects and filters bot traffic, maps thousands of bot operators, and offers real-time tools for managing bot activity. The company says bot traffic underlies major online security threats including content theft, account takeover, marketing fraud, and denial of service. Clients and partners include PriceMinister, PagesJaunes, BlaBlaCar, Le Parisien and Amazon Web Services. DataDome raised €2.5m in a second funding round, following a €1m round in December 2016. Backers in the round included ISAI and 50 Partners, and Jean-David Chamboredon of ISAI joined the board alongside the founders. The company intends to use the funds to continue R&D and to develop its sales and marketing operations.

• Stratio

  Led · Series C · Oct 2022

  Stratio BD offers an Augmented Data Fabric Platform that makes a company's full data estate available through virtualization and gives it meaning via AI and semantic algorithms. The platform covers data access, virtualization, quality, governance, advanced analytics, and machine learning components. By virtualizing and governing data, clients can reduce time to market and costs while achieving business objectives. Its solutions are used by blue-chip corporates across financial services, healthcare, and retail. Led by CEO Oscar Mendez and based in Madrid, Spain, Stratio BD plans to use its new funding to further accelerate growth in Europe. The company raised EUR65M in a Series C to support those expansion plans. Stratio develops Stratio Data Centric, an enterprise-focused platform for big data analytics and artificial intelligence. Its technology stack includes Cassandra, Apache Spark, and the company’s own proprietary components. The company aims to make next-generation technologies usable for IT-heavy enterprises at a lower cost, a point highlighted by GP Bullhound partner Joakim Dal. Stratio was founded in Madrid and maintains offices in Silicon Valley, Madrid, Sao Paolo, Bogota, and Vancouver. The company recently raised €13 million in a funding round to support growth; the articles do not specify valuation or operating metrics.

• Packhelp

  Led · Series B · Nov 2021

  Packhelp operates an online custom packaging platform (Packhelp Studio) and a marketplace offering mailer boxes, bags, food boxes and other product packaging, with a minimum order of 30 boxes. Since launching its design platform in 2016, the company says it has attracted more than 50,000 customers across 30 countries and produced some 50 million pieces of packaging. Its customer base skews to smaller companies (~70%) with mid-market and enterprise clients making up the remainder. Packhelp reports it grew 2.5x over the past 12 months and is anticipating at least 2x growth next year. The company plans to expand regional operations through local hubs and strategic M&A, broaden its product mix to target quick commerce and offer more affordable options. It is also building an enterprise-focused SaaS product to digitise in-house packaging operations and plans sustainability initiatives including an environmental audit, publication of results in Q1 2022, a sustainability team and a goal of carbon-neutral packaging. Packhelp runs a partnership with OneTreePlanted and says the platform has funded and planted more than 15,000 trees. Packhelp provides an online platform for designing and ordering custom-branded packaging, with minimum batches of 30 pieces. The company serves a range of customers from small businesses to large brands and lists clients such as H&M, Uber, Google, BMW, Wrangler, EA, and L’Oreal. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Warsaw, Packhelp employs more than 60 people and works with roughly 10,000 customers across over 30 countries. It reports that sales increased four-fold in 2018. The startup plans to use new funding to expand across Europe. No specific revenue figures were disclosed in the article. Packhelp operates an online service that lets businesses order custom boxes and packaging without the high minimums and long lead times typical of printing houses. The founders — Wojciech Sadowski, Konrad Kwiatkowski, Maciek Woźniczko, and Maciej Zając — started the company after identifying difficulty ordering small runs of boxes. The product addresses high minimum orders (>500 pieces), long turnaround (30–45 days), high personalization costs, and poor service from traditional printers. Packhelp serves about 5,000 customers across 29 countries and fulfills roughly 600 orders per day. The company emphasizes improved quality, customer service, and accessibility for small-quantity orders. Packhelp plans to use recent funding to grow the Polish business internationally. Packhelp is a Polish company that specializes in low-cost, one-off printed mailer boxes for e-commerce merchants. The team manufactures boxes in Poland and ships worldwide. Customers can design and preview their boxes online and prices start at .43 cents per box. At launch the company offered six sizes of mailer boxes and is gradually expanding its product range while maintaining small minimum orders, short production times, and a focus on customer service. The founders have backgrounds in advertising and IT. The company reports some solid revenue without much marketing and is already working with some larger brands in Poland.

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