• Boxmotions

  Participated · Equity · Jan 2020

  Boxmotions operates an app-driven "trastero inteligente" (smart storage) service that collects users' belongings on demand, catalogs items with photographs, stores them, and returns items managed online. The company develops and iterates its own technology to avoid users' physical trips, heavy lifting, and furniture assembly/disassembly. Founders Pol Karaso and Alex Corbacho lead the business from Barcelona. Boxmotions says its integrated service can be up to 15% more economical than a traditional storage unit. The company plans to use new capital to continue expansion across Spain, begin operations in Valencia, and consolidate its Barcelona and Madrid markets. It is also pursuing internationalization, having provided service in Paris since September 2019. Boxmotions operates a valet storage service that schedules pick-up and storage of customers' belongings. It uses a monthly subscription business model that lets users manage where and how their items are stored. The startup launched in 2016 in Barcelona and was founded by Álex Corbacho and Pol Karaso, who come from airlines and logistics backgrounds. Boxmotions has raised €1 million in a seed round from investors including Inveready, Banco Sabadell’s BStartup, Athos Capital and The Crowd Angel. Investor Inveready estimates Europe's self-storage market at around $1 billion, with Spain the third biggest market. The company has appointed Sacha Michaud, cofounder of Glovo, as an advisor to its board. Next it plans launches in Madrid, London and Paris.

• ProntoPiso

  Led · Equity · Apr 2018

  ProntoPiso is an online real-estate (proptech) platform founded in Barcelona in October 2017 and led by Andrés Pla and Diego Paradinas. The company uses an algorithm to provide immediate online valuations and then dispatches an agent for an in-person visit when the owner approves the estimate. It commits to sell properties in under 90 days and, if it fails, advances approximately 95% of the sale amount to the owner, targeting customers facing liquidity timing issues. ProntoPiso charges a commission of 6.5% on the total sale. The startup operates a network of real-estate agents and plans to double that network following the new financing. Recent fundraising and credit lines have been used to support growth and agent expansion. Prontopiso is a proptech focused on the property replacement market that guarantees the sale of homes at market price in less than 90 days. If a property does not sell within that period, the company advances the cash to the seller so they can proceed with a new purchase and reconciles the remainder when the sale closes. It provides a digital platform for real estate agents and currently works with more than 100 agents and agencies, with plans to triple that number by year‑end. The business model relies on financing operations with debt to be able to advance committed payments when necessary. Prontopiso expects to grow transaction volume and has mentioned possible internationalisation. Its financing lines have been expanded to support continued growth and higher transaction throughput. ProntoPiso is an online real-estate platform founded in Barcelona in October 2017 and backed by Antai Venture Builder. The company offers immediate online valuations via an algorithm and commits to sell clients' homes within 90 days, advancing about 95% of the price if it fails. An agent performs an in-person visit after the initial online estimate and ProntoPiso charges a 6.5% commission on sales. The startup uses its product to reduce liquidity gaps for sellers who need funds before purchasing a new home. Management is led by Andrés Pla and Diego Paradinas. The company operates from Barcelona, maintains a commercial office in Madrid, and plans to start activity in Valencia. ProntoPiso is a Spanish PropTech real-estate platform. The company has attracted financing from venture capital and public sources, including a €3M round with AntaiVB, Global Founders, Picus Capital and Global Growth, and €400,000 from Enisa and the ICF. Media Digital Ventures agreed its entry in ProntoPiso for €1.3 million via a media-for-equity investment. According to founder and CEO Andrés Plá, the funds will help the company continue growing and consolidate its innovative business model. ProntoPiso's operational focus is on Madrid and Barcelona, with plans to expand to other large local markets. The media-for-equity investment involves media and advertising groups such as Grupo Zeta, Atresmedia, Grupo Godó, Vocento, Hearst and the newspaper Ara, alongside Clear Channel and Impact Media. Prontopiso is a proptech startup focused on online home sales that guarantees to close a sale within 90 days. If it cannot sell a property within that timeframe it advances roughly 95% of the market price to the owner, acting as a financier. The company uses an algorithm to provide an immediate online valuation and, if the client accepts the estimate, an agent conducts an in‑person visit. Prontopiso launched operations in Madrid and Barcelona in December. Its model targets customers facing liquidity constraints when they need funds for a next home before selling their current property. The company is led by CEO and cofounder Andrés Plá, alongside cofounder Diego Paradinas.

• Clintu

  Participated · Equity · Jan 2018

  Clintu is an online platform founded in Barcelona in December 2014 that specialises in hiring home cleaning services. The company operates in multiple Spanish cities including Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia, Zaragoza, Valladolid, Oviedo, Málaga and Alicante. Clintu plans to launch new service lines for both individuals and businesses — such as painting, removals, parquet installation and construction-related hires — and to develop its technology so users can manage services more efficiently and fully online. In 2017 the company tripled its business, executing more than €2.5 million in services and over 300,000 hours of cleaning. The business has pursued growth through M&A and funding: it absorbed the Get Your Hero platform in 2016 with support from Seaya Ventures. With these metrics and product expansion plans, Clintu is positioning to consolidate leadership in the domestic services sector.

• CornerJob

  Participated · Series C · May 2017

  CornerJob is a mobile recruitment platform that connects employers and jobseekers for skilled and hourly roles across Italy, France, Spain and Mexico. Launched in October 2015 by David Rodriguez, Miguel Vicente, Gerard Olivé and Mauro Maltagliati, the company operates offices in Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Madrid and Mexico City. Its app has reached 8 million downloads and more than 200,000 companies use the platform to publish job ads. Clients span industries including HoReCa, tourism, retail, construction, public sector, SMEs and blue‑chip companies such as Adecco, Eataly, Geox, Amnesty International, Generali, Manpower and McDonald’s. CornerJob intends to use the new funding to expand its leadership in digital recruitment across its operating countries. To date the company has raised over $57m, including a $19m funding announced in May 2017. CornerJob operates a lightweight mobile app for location-based job advertising, shortlisting and chat aimed at low-skill, high-turnover recruitment. It is building employer-facing SaaS tools to speed hiring and monetize via successful hires, and is investing in machine learning and productivity features such as 'flash questions', reviews/ratings and transactional services developed with Randstad. The company says it focuses on improving candidate experience while adding transparency on candidate and company behavior. CornerJob is active in France, Italy, Spain and Mexico and is eyeing expansion into an unnamed European market and the US. It reports 700k shortlistings per month (growing at an average compound monthly rate of 30%), 150,000 registered companies, 74% repeat listers monthly, and job listers growing 10% month-over-month. The new funding will be used for product development, reinforcing strategic markets and geographic expansion. CornerJob operates an Android and iOS jobs marketplace app that lets users create a profile, search and apply for full-time, part-time and student jobs, and chat with companies to clarify their profile. The app is active in Spain, France, UK and Mexico. The company was co-founded by Miguel Vicente, Gerard Olivé, David Rodriguez and Mauro Maltagliati. CornerJob said it will use the new funding to continue expanding operations, including growth in Mexico. The raise includes a media-for-equity component aimed specifically at expansion in Mexico. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Cornerjob is a mobile application that helps non-executive workers find jobs across sectors such as hospitality, retail, industry, construction and sales. The app was created about a year earlier by Miguel Vicente, Gerard Olivé, Mauro Maltagliati and David Rodríguez within Antai Venture Builder. It leads in Italy and France and is expanding into Spain and Mexico. Cornerjob reports growth of roughly half a million downloads per month and about 20,000 new job offers appearing in the app. The company employed around 70 people and planned to invest the new funds in technology to become a one-stop recruiting solution for non-executive profiles and to strengthen its positions in core markets.

• HundredRooms

  Participated · Equity · Mar 2017

  Founded in early 2014 by CEO José Luis Martínez, Hundredrooms operates an online comparison site for apartment rentals and holiday homes. With a single search the platform lets consumers check and compare prices across vacation-rental sites such as Airbnb, House Trip, Homeaway and Booking.com within seconds. The company has a mobile app and plans to finalize the product and launch new services. It will use new capital to consolidate international expansion in France, Italy, the UK and Germany. The company currently has 60 employees and has raised a total of €11m to date. Founded in 2014 by José Luis Martínez, Hundredrooms is a Palma de Mallorca–based startup that operates a metasearch engine for vacation rental properties. The platform aggregates supply of privately managed holiday apartments and houses and listed 4.3 million apartments in its catalogue at the time of the report, with a target to exceed 6 million within the year. The company opened an office in Madrid and plans to open a delegation in Miami. At the time it employed 25 people and expected to finish the year with 52 employees. The article frames the company’s focus on expanding brand awareness and inventory through wider distribution and marketing partnerships. Hundredrooms is a Spanish startup that operates a metasearch engine for vacation rentals, focusing on aggregating privately managed homes such as tourist apartments and vacation houses. The product compares prices across more than 1,000,000 accommodations from around 100 websites. CEO and founder José Luis Martínez said the investment will be used to keep growing in the Spanish market, pursue international expansion, and continue investing in technology to improve its aggregation product. The company aims to become one of the key players in the large vacation-rental market. Financially, Hundredrooms completed a €1 million investment round led by Inveready and supplemented by public financing. Investors in the round included Bankinter Capital Riesgo, Media Digital Ventures and several existing partners.

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