The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

Cocopool operates an asset-light marketplace that connects private pool owners with users who rent pools by the hour for events, leisure, and private gatherings. Founded in Barcelona in 2022, the platform has grown from experimental operations in Catalonia to a nationwide presence, now listing over 1,000 active pools and serving around 50,000 users. The company emphasizes scalability through technology, using its platform to manage bookings, owner verification, and discovery. With the new funding, Cocopool plans to invest in product development—adding advanced search, recommendation systems, automation, and AI-assisted ad creation—alongside marketing and hiring across technology, operations, and customer service. Future plans include consolidating leadership in Spain, opening new categories of spaces, and exploring expansion into Portugal, France, and Italy.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Dealcar is a SaaS platform that digitises and optimises the buying and selling of used cars for dealerships of any size, integrating management, payment, and financing tools into a single product. The company is developing an all-in-one payment solution, Dealcar Pay, to enable faster, safer, and more efficient transactions. Dealcar works with over 150 dealerships and manages around 8,000 cars daily, demonstrating traction in the market. Founded in 2023 and based in Barcelona, the startup closed a €3 million Seed round to accelerate growth and product development. The funding will strengthen its position in Spain and fund the start of European expansion into France, Italy, and Germany. The team aims to reduce stock turnover times from 90 days to about half, improving liquidity and confidence in the used-car market.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

Kimera Technologies is a Valencia-based SaaS company that offers an AI search and recommendation engine capable of understanding natural language, product images and shopping context to deliver highly relevant results. Its hybrid architecture blends state-of-the-art language models with visual AI, enabling conversational interactions such as refining dress choices for a wedding or recommending fragrance-free serums for sensitive skin. The solution plugs into major e-commerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, PrestaShop and LogiCommerce, eliminating the need for retailers to build in-house AI capabilities. Kimera already serves more than 40 clients in fashion, home, cosmetics and food, including Base, Kibuc, Suavinex, Perfumerías Julia and Kelme, where A/B tests show notable increases in search conversions and sales. The company intends to use newly raised capital to launch a fully conversational AI search product and expand into additional European markets and Latin America. Its latest seed financing brings total funding to just over €2 million, supplemented by public financing lines.

Participated · Equity · May 2022

Erasmus Play operates a student-focused housing search engine that includes an analysis and comparison system to break down hurdles in finding accommodation. The platform verifies listings and currently has a presence in more than 500 cities. The company recently closed a €200k investment round to support growth. Funding will be used to improve the platform's technology and optimize user experience, and to strengthen relationships with geographically diversified accommodation providers. Erasmus Play aims to bolster its position across European markets including Spain, Italy, France and Germany and increase its verified accommodation offering. Its mission is to remove the physical, social and linguistic barriers that make finding housing difficult for international students.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2021

Agrosingularity develops food‑industry ingredients made from the mermas (waste) of local fresh fruit and vegetable production, producing natural aromas, colors, plant fibers, proteins and replacements for artificial additives. The company operates a production Hub in Murcia, plans a second Hub in Navarra and expects a third international Hub in 2022, following a "glocal" manufacturing model that leverages local biodiversity. Its customers include food manufacturers and biotech firms, and it has a strategic partnership with Brenntag, working in Iberia and expanding into Italy. Founded in July 2019, Agrosingularity has commercialized around twenty products and is evolving its ingredient portfolio further. Financially, the company reported €100,000 revenue in 2020 and projected more than €1.5M for 2021, targeting recurring revenue of €10M within three years. The team has recently doubled headcount and strengthened business development, finance, operations and product roles to support scale and international expansion.