Led · Equity · Sep 2018

MusicList aggregates playlists and songs from leading streaming services into a cross-device, ad-free listening experience and uses algorithms to create and update thematic lists. The startup says it generates traffic to services like Spotify and YouTube and aims to be an additional revenue source for artists and producers. It reports more than one million unique users across 190+ countries a little over a year after launch. Founded in 2017 in Barcelona by Jordi Pallarés, the project began with an initial €3,100 and today has a team of eight. MusicList plans to use new funding to integrate additional streaming platforms, expand playlists and songs, and consolidate growth toward a target of over 1.5 million unique users this year.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2017

Founded in 2015 and based in Barcelona, 21Buttons operates a fashion trend portal and social shopping app. The app enables users to upload and share pictures of their outfits and tag clothes, which are connected to brand websites or e-commerce stores. Users can discover, buy, save and combine looks and earn money as they engage with the platform. Revenue is generated via commissions from affiliate programs. The app already has users in Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK. 21Buttons plans to use the $17m Series B to accelerate expansion into additional European markets and to enter the US soon. 21Buttons is a social-commerce app for fashion that lets users create profiles to photograph or bookmark clothing and share looks with followers. Each item on the platform has a buy button; when affiliate links lead to sales 21Buttons generates revenue and shares it with the influencer who generated the lead. The app resembles a mix of Instagram and Pinterest but is purpose-built for shopability and user-generated influencer content. Founded in 2015 by Marc Soler and Jaime Farres and based in Barcelona, the company says most top fashion influencers in its geographies are already using the product. 21Buttons recently launched in the U.K. in addition to Spain and Italy and will use the new capital to grow its U.K. user base and support further international expansion. The company aims to tap into the wider influencer-marketing trend as social networks add shopping features. 21 Buttons is a social networking app for fashion that connects social feeds with ecommerce, enabling users to follow friends and influencers and purchase the items they post. The app was founded by Marc Soler and Jaime Farrés and launched about a year before the article. It is focused on linking social networks with fashion brands to simplify discovery and purchase of outfits. The company employed about 30 people and is based in Barcelona. 21 Buttons announced entry into the UK market and is prioritizing growth in Spain and Italy. It plans to use new funding to optimize its technology and accelerate international expansion.

Led · Equity · Jan 2016

Quizlyse develops advertising trivia games for digital audiences. The company raised €175,000 in a venture capital round to support its operations. It plans to use the funds to consolidate activity in the Spanish market and to expand into Latin America. Quizlyse is preparing launches in Ecuador and Colombia in the first quarter following the round. The fundraising included participation from a venture capital fund and a business angel who will take an operational role. The company is categorized in the software sector and is located in Barcelona, Catalonia.

Led · Equity · Mar 2013

Captio provides a business travel and expense management solution that integrates the expense management process into a single, paperless workflow. The platform eliminates manual tasks and helps prevent fraud, offering features including expense entry, classification, mobility, efficiency, supervision and administration. Led by CEO Joel Vicient, Captio aims to help companies and their employees improve control of their expenses and discover new savings opportunities. The company serves clients such as BBVA, Bankiter, Cofidis, Ricoh, Makro, Toyota, Manpower and others. Captio raised €1m in funding and intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations. Captio is Spain's first platform for managing corporate expenses, offering a solution that digitizes expense receipts and extracts their data via smartphones to automate expense-report creation and supervision. The product targets companies with large volumes of business travel, promising automation, cost savings, greater control and improved productivity. The firm notes that upcoming VAT rules (effective 2017) will make digital reporting more important, a requirement its platform is well suited to address. Captio reported strong commercial traction in 2014, multiplying its number of users by five and consolidating its leadership in the sector. To support international expansion and strategic projects, the company planned to double its headcount during 2015. Historically it has also received several participative loans from public institutions to back growth. Captio builds a mobile application that automates corporate travel-expense management by extracting data from photos of receipts. It sells the product under a SaaS model and collects revenue via monthly subscription fees from customers. Notable clients include Bodegas Torres, Telefónica, Petronas and Bankinter. The company reported €500,000 in revenue in the prior year and projects to multiply that to €2 million in the current year. Captio was founded in 2009 and operates commercial headquarters in Barcelona, a technical office in Tortosa (Baix Ebre) and has representation in Madrid. The team counted 16 employees at the time of the report and the company planned to finish the year with 25 staff. Captio is a Barcelona, Spain-based provider of an enterprise mobile platform for managing receipts. Its apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry let users photograph receipts, automatically extract data, store it for analysis and generate expense claims. The platform is used by clients including Telefónica, FIATC, Halcón Viajes, Zyncro and SQM. Captio raised €300K in funding to support continued expansion in Spain and initial international growth into Mexico. Backers on the round included Venturcap and angel investors. The company is using the capital to continue product deployment and market expansion.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2013

Oonair is a Barcelona-based video technology startup that provides web and mobile peer-to-peer video communication tools and solutions to online shops worldwide. Its product portfolio includes Share&Buy, which allows users to share content from e-commerce sites via video chat by accessing buyers’ contact lists on Facebook and other social networks. The company is led by Rafa Terradas (President), Rama Aysola (Chief Executive Officer) and Iván Zaguirre (Chief Technical Officer) and also maintains offices in San Francisco. According to Spanish sources, Oonair raised 600k in funding from existing investors Highgrowth Partners and BCN Emprèn, the company’s founders, and new investors Venturcap and Telegraph Hillgroup. The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) provided a long-term loan as part of the financing. Oonair intends to use the capital to roll out its Share&Buy offering; the company previously raised €2M in 2010. Oonair provides a platform for capturing, transferring and publishing mobile-originated content to the web. Its solution is already used by media and engineering companies, emergency services and multinationals. The company is based in Barcelona and also operates offices in Madrid and London. Oonair raised €2m in equity financing to support its growth. The capital will be used to further develop its technology and to expand commercial efforts nationally and internationally. No operating metrics beyond customer sectors were disclosed in the article.