Participated · Equity · Mar 2023

Aplanet provides a platform for analyzing and managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and non-financial data. Its solution analyzes and automates the treatment of non-financial information to help companies design plans and make profitable decisions in sustainability. The company aims to be a strategic tech partner guiding clients toward triple-impact business models. Aplanet plans to invest its new funding in innovation and development to further enhance its technology. It is present in six countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the UK and Brazil) and counts clients such as Instituto de Empresa, EDP, Grupo Fagor, Entrecanales Domecq e hijos, Familia Torres, Damm, JLL (Brazil) and Walmart (Mexico). Since its 2019 founding the startup has raised a total of €5.7M to date. APlanet offers a technology platform that centralizes and consolidates sustainability-related data across company departments, from carbon footprint to recycled materials. The tool automates data management and reporting to reduce administrative work and speed up generation of non-financial impact metrics. Founded in March 2019 by Johanna Gallo and Cyril Pierre, the startup already counts more than 50 organizations across Spain, Portugal and Brazil using its products. The company plans to use the new funding to hire talent—especially in product and technology—expand marketing, and prepare geographic expansion. APlanet is preparing entry into new European and Latin American markets in the second half of 2021, targeting countries such as Mexico, Chile, the United Kingdom and France. Management views the market for SaaS applied to sustainability as growing due to regulatory and corporate adoption trends.

Participated · Equity · May 2021

Urbanitae operates a crowdfunding platform that allows retail and institutional investors to participate in real-estate projects with minimum investments from €500. The platform funds developer projects and targets deals in the €1–4 million range. Urbanitae was founded in 2017 and began operating in mid-2019 after receiving authorization from the CNMV. To date it has executed 26 financing projects totaling more than €17 million and has reached break even. In the first three months of the year the platform financed six projects worth €5.9 million, many of which closed in minutes with oversubscription. The company is led by CEO Diego Bestard. Urbanitae operates a crowdfunding platform that pools many small investors to provide access to large, typically institutional-quality real estate assets. The platform specializes in unique, differential assets and offers investment strategies focused on rental income or short-term appreciation. Urbanitae positions itself within the national proptech and real-estate crowdfunding sector and emphasizes transparency, rigor, and regulatory compliance. The company highlights a team with deep real estate and technology expertise and says its model opens opportunities formerly reserved for professional investors. Founded in 2017 in Spain, Urbanitae planned to receive a definitive CNMV license in the coming months to open the platform to the public. Recently it closed a capital raise near €1 million to support growth and market positioning.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2016

Indexa Capital is an automated investment and pension fund manager offering robo-advisory services and is authorized by Spain's CNMV. The company manages over €16m on behalf of more than 1,000 clients investing between €1,000 and €1.5m. It intends to use new funding to accelerate product development and client adoption. Indexa plans to expand its services into other European markets. The firm was co-founded by Unai Ansejo, Francois Derbaix, Ramon Blanco Duelo and Carlos Gonzales Serna.