Participated · Series A · Dec 2021

Convious offers a one-stop cloud platform for core operations of leisure operators, covering bookings, sales management, and operations planning. The platform processes all sales transactions, including tickets, food, and hotel accommodations, while providing analytics on guest experience. Its AI-based features deliver personalized offers and dynamic real-time pricing to increase conversions. Convious serves large and mid-market operators across theme parks, museums, zoos, and aquariums. The company says it will use the new funding to support its next development phase and continue rapid product innovation. The Series A has been extended following prior fundraising activity led by Begin Capital. Convious provides an AI-driven ecommerce and operations platform for leisure and experience operators, processing sales transactions including tickets, food and hotel accommodations. Its platform uses AI to drive personalized offers, dynamic real-time pricing, conversion optimization, and guest-experience analytics. The cloud product supports core operations end-to-end, from point-of-sale and mobile food ordering to personnel planning and payments, and can run standalone or integrate with existing tools. More than 125 companies across 16 countries, including SnowWorld, Plopsa Group and Looping Group, use Convious. The company currently employs 65 people. Following the fundraise it plans to expand internationally, opening offices in the US, France, the UK, Germany and other countries and to grow its sales and product development teams.

Led · Equity · Jun 2021

TicketSwap operates an online platform where users can buy and sell spare tickets for live events, including concerts, club nights, festivals, theatre and sporting events. The platform enforces a cap on resale prices and verifies sellers to protect buyers from exorbitant prices and fake tickets. It aims to ensure every ticket finds a buyer and that fans have more chances to attend their favourite events. Over 5 million fans have used the platform worldwide, and TicketSwap works with over 300 partners to help venues, event organisers and promoters take back control of secondary ticketing. The company is led by founder and CEO Hans Ober and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. TicketSwap intends to use new funding to accelerate growth, add new user features, and expand into new markets.