• Foodie&Tours

  Led · Equity · Mar 2017

  Foodie&Tours operates a travel agency focused on gastronomic and cultural tourism, building a global brand around food-led travel experiences. The company has developed a franchise system, Foodie&Tours Franchise Partners, to scale via local providers. That franchise model supplies partners with commercial, marketing and technological tools to boost customer acquisition and lower costs. Foodie&Tours reports a presence in more than 40 international destinations. The company plans to use newly raised funds to consolidate its expansion and international leadership. It recently completed external financing to support those growth plans.

• BoatBureau

  Led · Equity · Jan 2016

  BoatBureau is an online marketplace founded in 2012 that aggregates global boat rental listings into a single platform. It maintains a catalog of around 17,000 vessels and works exclusively with professional fleets. The startup serves a diversified customer base across more than 80 countries, with Italy the largest market; roughly 70% of bookings come from Europe and 30% from the Americas. The platform has nearly doubled its revenue each year and expected to close the year with revenue near €5 million, representing roughly 80% growth. BoatBureau plans to use new funding to finance growth, invest in marketing and technology, and strengthen its team. The four founders, led by Pep Mercadé, retain majority ownership after the financing. The company is headquartered in Barcelona and operates in the internet/boat-rental sector. BoatBureau is an online boat-rental platform founded in 2011 in Barcelona that provides access to a global fleet offered by professional owners. The platform aggregates more than 16,000 vessels from over 400 professional owners across about 100 countries, with real-time online availability and an available online fleet of 4,500 boats expected to rise to ~9,000 by early 2016. Since launching activity in 2013 the company has completed more than 1,000 rentals and is approaching €3 million in revenue; sales grew over 200% in 2014 and were projected to double again in 2015. BoatBureau has positioned itself as a leader in Spain for 10–20 meter boats while operating globally and plans to expand vessel types, length ranges and destinations. The company intends to invest in web technology to provide a fully automated rental service, improve usability and transactional capabilities, and deploy an ambitious digital marketing plan. It also plans to adapt its organizational structure to absorb the expected sales growth and accelerate international expansion.

• Fashion Pills

  Led · Equity · May 2014

  Fashion Pills operates a next-generation ecommerce service that blends an online shop with a social network where users make requests and recommendations about fashion. Founded in 2011 in Barcelona by Nuria Nicolás and Maxi Urnezius, the company sells its own brand and has added other labels such as NCLA, Victoria and Pop Boutique. It serves customers in Spain and France and lists competitors including El Armario de la Tele, Zalando, Nasty Gals and Asos. The company projects €400,000 in revenue for the current year, €2 million in 2015 and €5 million within three years. Fashion Pills employs 15 people.

• BrainSINS

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2012

  BrainSINS is a Madrid-based provider of a SaaS personalized recommendation solution for eCommerce. It offers recommendation add-ons for online shops. The company was founded in 2010 and is led by CEO Francisco Carrero Garcia. BrainSINS closed a €400K first funding round to support growth. The company intends to use the funding to increase its market share in Spain and expand in Europe. It specifically plans to open its first office outside Spain in the UK to support that expansion.

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