• Groover

  Led · Series A · Feb 2024

  Groover launched in 2018 to help independent artists overcome promotion barriers by letting them submit tracks directly to individual curators who provide feedback and can amplify songs. The platform has about 3,000 curators and Groover sets the price for each curator; each transaction is split 50/50 between the curator and Groover. If a curator does not listen within seven days the artist is refunded, and roughly 90% of requests receive responses within that timeframe. Founders include CEO Romain Palmieri and two co‑founders who built the service from their own music-industry experience. Groover’s business model is pay-per-submission, positioning itself as a lower-cost alternative to traditional PR while giving curators paid access to new music. The company plans product additions such as coaching and promotion resources and is focused on expanding further into the U.S., its largest market. Groover is a Parisian musician-focused platform that opens direct channels between new or undiscovered artists and music curators and industry professionals. Founded in 2018 by musicians Romain Palmieri, Dorian Perron, and Rafael Cohen, the company publicly launched in January 2019 and has built a community of more than 70,000 independent artists across 100+ countries. To date, over one million tracks on the platform have received feedback from a vetted cadre of music curators and professionals. Groover launched an accelerator program in 2021 and uses a scoring algorithm to surface top acts, while partnering with media outlets and services including funding, NFT monetization, publishing-rights tracking, and distribution. The company reports an organic growth rate of 75%. It raised $7 million in the latest round, which is expected to be used to accelerate global expansion and aggressive hiring. Including this round, Groover has brought total capital to about $8.7 million. Groover built a platform that links musicians with labels, media and influencers who provide feedback and promotional support; users pay €2 per influencer contacted. The founders launched the company in 2018 after surveying artists and have grown to list about 3,000 artists. Around 30% of registered artists are already represented by a label. Musicians on the platform have received 49,161 pieces of feedback and had their music picked up 15,100 times by blogs, radio stations, reviews and labels. Groover’s matching system recommends the most relevant contacts and the company plans to improve that matching using the new funding. The startup is also using the funds to raise brand awareness through the organisation of musical appointments and is gaining traction in Belgium and Canada.

• Twinlab

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

  Twin Labs provides a productivity platform that lets SMB teams delegate time-consuming, repetitive tasks across multiple software applications via a text-to-action system. Its proprietary technology pairs a headless browser with vision models trained to autonomously control software and websites. The company targets automation of complex workflows by offering a system that translates user instructions into actions across apps. Twin plans to use its new funding to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. The platform is positioned to reduce manual work for SMB teams by enabling autonomous control of diverse software interfaces. The company was founded in 2023 by Hugo Mercier and Joao Justi and is based in Paris, France.

• omena

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2023

  Omena operates in the health services and mobile software services sectors. The company closed a €600k seed round on 30 December 2023. The round was backed by family offices and business angels in France and is reported as €600k (approximately $654k). Named investors include Marie Outtier, Simon Dawlat, Alexandre Lebrun, Fair/e and Mozza Angels. The financing positions Omena as a seed-stage company in its sector.

• Jitty

  Participated · Seed · Aug 2023

  Jitty offers an AI-powered, image-first home search platform that combines large language models, computer vision, and natural language search to help buyers find and evaluate properties. The product acts as a home-buying assistant with deep context, enabling complex searches, collaborative shortlisting, annotation, and shared decision-making. Jitty does not charge estate agents for listings or leads, prioritising transparency and buyer experience over agent fees. Since launching in 2023 the platform has powered over 250,000 property searches and established partnerships with estate agents including Nested, Meyers, Boardwalk, and Keller Williams Scotland. The team is 50% female and plans for the fresh funding include expanding UK supply and agent partnerships, launching rental offerings, growing the team, enhancing AI features, and pursuing international expansion after UK traction. Jitty builds an AI-based property search engine that extracts information from floor plans and understands photos and textual descriptions to show users comprehensive details about homes. The product is designed to surface “every thing about every home” by combining floor-plan reading with image and description understanding. The company is co-founded by Graham Paterson, James Storer and Daniel Cooper and is based in London, UK. Jitty raised funding to support its development efforts and further advance its product. The announced financing is intended to expand the team’s development work and accelerate product capabilities.

No current team members are available.