Nauta Capital is a Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies. Main areas of interest include B2B Software propositions, disruptive Digital Media companies, and enabling technologies for Mobile and the Internet. Nauta has over €300 million under management and invests across Europe. Nauta operates from London (UK), Barcelona (Spain) and Munich (Germany).

Nauta Capital

Bankinter is an innovative Spanish commercial bank. From an investment perspective, Bankinter's Venture Capital team and Fundación Innovación Bankinter jointly develop a program called Venture Capital Program, focused on identifying and investing in high potential startups using the bank's resources. The program has been active since 2013, and from that moment it has already invested in more than 40 startups. In addition to the investment itself, the program tries to add value to the companies with which it interacts through the sharing of experiences and best practices. A key part of the company's strategy is the quality of customer service and innovation. The spirit is defined by the values ​​agility, enthusiasm, integrity, and originality. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services, in addition to advising clients, aggregators, product simulators, and a variety of value-added services. The company's staff are trained, agile, flexible workforce, capable of adapting to technological and market changes. Bankinter was founded on 1965 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Bankinter

Encomenda is a Venture Capital specialized in seed investments in technology startups. They open the door to investors and professional business angels to capitalize on their investments through collective investment vehicles. They minimize investment risks thanks to the diversification of the portfolio and preferential access to the best projects in search of financing.

Encomenda VC

Lanai Partners is an angel group that invests in digital startups in Spain. The company partners with business leaders that specialize in different areas of expertise to analyze all type of industries and create the maximum value their investments. Lanai Partners was founded in 2016 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Lanai Partners

Entrepreneurs and investors are combining large sums of money, work and effort to succeed at projects involving risk factors. Following the first development phase, they will face the challenges of selling, growing and expanding. Spain needs to integrate solid teams with strategic operations in order to become sound international references.  Swanlaab provides a proven, reliable and safe process to detect the projects that have potential and investors seek. Our methodology and international operational teams work alongside entrepreneurs to accelerate their ventures’ growth. We not only invest financially, but also plan ahead to provide our entrepreneurs with the resources they will need. We carefully keep all controllable risk factors under our control. More than 80 professionals of 15 different nationalities who fit flexibly into a venture’s structure in order to expand successfully while minimizing all controllable risks. To take care of necessary, non-core processes: Market Acceleration, Technology, Operations, Administration, Investment Planning, Talent Development, Workplace and Networking.   We invest in Spanish companies that have the potential to grow globally. We follow an investment method and fully monitor our businesses to ensure their success.  Throughout the last 40 years, the experts of Swanlaab Venture Factory have advised over 2,000 companies through their establishment processes in the Spanish market and internationalization efforts abroad.   His investment focus is on expansion capital; working with professional entrepreneurs who want to build robust, scalable and sustainable business from day one. Swanlaab Factory Venture invests in B2B businesses that feature a strong integration of technological innovation and are already up and running with clients. Main priority: reaching 3-4 markets within 18 to 24 months, with at least one investor besides FFF.

Swanlaab Venture Factory

The Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) is a public corporation under the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which promotes innovation and technological development of Spanish companies. Is the entity which channels requests for funding and support to projects I + D + i  of Spanish companies  in the national and international levels.  The CDTI has a staff of more than 300 people formed three quarters of engineers and graduates. Although the bulk of the infrastructure of the CDTI is located in Madrid, the Centre offers Spanish companies a strategic network of offices and representatives abroad (Japan -SBTO (Spain Business and Technology Office) - Belgium -SOST (Spain Office of Science and Technology) and Permanent Secretariat Eureka-, Brazil -FINEP (Financier of Studies and Projects) -, Korea, Chile, Morocco, China, India, Mexico and USA) to support them in their technological activities of type int .

Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)

Landbot

Landbot.io is a no-code chatbot platform that empowers businesses to build frictionless conversational experiences from end-to-end.  Turning conversations into profitable outcomes, Landbot helps Marketing, Operations, and Customer Service teams triple their efficiency and cut operating costs by 30% or more. Whether it's for WhatsApp, Web, or Messenger, anyone can create automated chatbot flows to better engage customers and increase conversion rates.  Landbot is also leveraging recent advancements in AI and ChatGPT to help make the chatbot building experience even more accessible, combining the no-code capabilities of Landbot with other Large Language Models.

<div><p>Based in Barcelona, Landbot provides a no-code platform for enterprises to replace webforms and build chatbots for websites or apps, with an emphasis on WhatsApp, using drag-and-drop tools.</p></div>

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    Based in Barcelona, Landbot provides a no-code platform for enterprises to replace webforms and build chatbots for websites or apps, with an emphasis on WhatsApp, using drag-and-drop tools. 
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    As of January 2021, Landbot had 2,200 paid customers and 50,000 total users. Its customers ranged from SMEs to large enterprises including Uber, Nestle, CocaCola, and LG with around 60% of its customers hailing from the US, the UK, and Germany. 
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    Landbot’s recurring revenue has risen over 10x from July 2018 to January 2021. This growth was driven by pandemic-driven demand, particularly among e-commerce enterprises seeing an influx of new customers. 
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    The company raised USD 8 million in Series A funding in January 2021. Landbot aims to use the capital to double headcount via an expansion of its sales, marketing, and engineering teams. Landbot also acquired India-based marketing automation tool, Morph.ai, to expand its presence in Asia. 
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    Index offers a no-code platform for enterprises to build dashboards for internal use to obtain insights on business metrics, investor updates and operation overviews, among others. As of June 2021, the product remains at beta, with a limited early preview. The platform provides prebuilt templates, and also has tools for users to build their own dashboards.  
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    The dashboard can be integrated with multiple apps including Hubspot ((customer relationship management data), Stripe (payment data), and Postgres and MongoDB (databases), slack (remote working) and Google Sheets (spreadsheets), among others. 
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    The company raised USD 2.6 million in Seed funding in October 2020. It intends to invest the funds in hiring two engineers (in addition to the two founders) and continuing to refine and develop the product. The founders aim to reach USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and expand their product distribution. 
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Index

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    Stencyl offers a drag-and-drop no-code platform that enables users to create and publish web and mobile games. Users can build their game logic using the platform&rsquo;s pre-built code blocks, design visual elements via an in-built graphics editor, and publish across a range of platform&rsquo;s such as IoS, Android, Windows and Mac. Moreover,&nbsp; Stencyl also enables users to embed ads into their games as a secondary source of revenue.&nbsp;
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    As of February 2024, Stencyl was used by over 500,000 registered developers. Apps created on Stencyl have reached top slots in the Apple App Store and Google Play, and its most successful web games have been sponsored by major publishers including ArmorGames, Kongregate, and Newgrounds.
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Stencyl

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    PlugXR Inc offers a no-code platform for users to produce AR, VR, and MR (mixed reality) apps. Its platform offers cross-platform development for both Android and iOS and supports software development kits (SDKs), collaboration, and report and analytics on the apps. The company operates in the US, Sweden, and India.
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    As of 2019, its customer base rose to 37 clients (from 14 in 2016), while its workforce grew to over 30 people (from 14 in 2016). PlugXR raised pre-seed and angel funding in 2019.
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PlugXR

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    Universe offers a no-code platform for users to build websites that can be added to social media pages. Websites can be built using drag and drop blocks to add images, videos, and other content to create a mobile-first website. The Platform offers creative controls, 30 pre-made themes, and block features to allow users to create a custom site and/or open an e-commerce store directly from a mobile phone.&nbsp;
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    The company began as a landing page builder and progressed to developing websites, which include tools for adding shopping blocks. Universe targets micro businesses that are not tech-savvy.
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    In December 2021, Universe raised USD 30 million in a Series B funding round led by Addition to develop the company&rsquo;s block-based system for website building named &ldquo;GRID,&rdquo; expand its commercial offering for startups, and extend GRID to more platforms and devices. 
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Universe

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    Readymag is a web-based drag and drop tool that enables users to create websites, presentations and digital magazines. Its customers include large enterprises such as AirBnB, Forbes, Esquire, and IDEO.
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Readymag

Offers solutions for building internal applications and automations for enterprises

Many solutions enable users to leverage AI/ML for predictive analytics

Offers solutions for building enterprise-specific applications and automations

Some solutions leverage GenAI to enable users to build application and website templates without coding

Allows users to create apps for their own businesses by using their data and ideas and converting them into apps to improve their workflow.

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