Avala Capital GmbH is a Berlin-based venture capital firm founded in 2012, specializing in investments across various stages, including angel, seed, early, mid, and late venture financing. The firm focuses on high-growth companies within sectors such as financial technology, property technology, food technology, advertisement technology, and internet technology. Avala Capital prioritizes innovative business models that leverage cloud, mobile, and online marketplaces, particularly in the United States and Europe, with a strong emphasis on Germany and England. The firm typically invests between €0.1 million and €1 million, employing its own capital to support talented entrepreneurs who aim to disrupt markets and achieve sustainable growth.
TalentSpace GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates an online recruiting event platform designed to enhance the recruitment process. Founded in 2017, TalentSpace enables users to attend and engage in virtual career events, allowing them to connect with various companies seeking talent. The platform aims to replicate the authentic experience of in-person recruiting, making opportunities more accessible to job seekers. Employers can utilize the platform to search for candidate profiles before and after events, facilitating effective talent engagement and measurable hiring outcomes.
Troy
Series A in 2020
Troy is a FinTech company specializing in Friendly Debt Collection as a Service, emphasizing a data-driven and customer-centric approach. Recognizing that over half of customers may overlook payments due to short-term issues, Troy aims to maintain positive creditor-customer relationships, which is crucial given the high costs associated with acquiring new customers. Leveraging advanced technology alongside decades of experience in debt collection, Troy has established itself as a leader in customer experience within the industry. The company's platform integrates marketing, customer relationship management, and AI-driven targeting to enhance debt recovery rates, achieving improvements of 25% to 80% compared to traditional agencies. Client satisfaction is further evidenced by a strong customer survey rating of 4.1 out of 5. While primarily focused on corporate clients for debt collection, Troy also offers tools to enhance digitization and customer experience in internal processes.
Finom
Seed Round in 2020
Finom is a financial technology company that offers a comprehensive platform designed for entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and small to medium-sized enterprises. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Finom integrates digital banking, accounting, invoicing, and expense management into a single mobile-first solution. This approach enables users to efficiently manage their financial operations directly from their smartphones, streamlining processes and reducing the time and costs associated with traditional financial management. By combining various services into one platform, Finom aims to simplify financial tasks for its users and enhance their overall business efficiency.
Troy
Series A in 2019
Troy is a FinTech company specializing in Friendly Debt Collection as a Service, emphasizing a data-driven and customer-centric approach. Recognizing that over half of customers may overlook payments due to short-term issues, Troy aims to maintain positive creditor-customer relationships, which is crucial given the high costs associated with acquiring new customers. Leveraging advanced technology alongside decades of experience in debt collection, Troy has established itself as a leader in customer experience within the industry. The company's platform integrates marketing, customer relationship management, and AI-driven targeting to enhance debt recovery rates, achieving improvements of 25% to 80% compared to traditional agencies. Client satisfaction is further evidenced by a strong customer survey rating of 4.1 out of 5. While primarily focused on corporate clients for debt collection, Troy also offers tools to enhance digitization and customer experience in internal processes.
Myos
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Myos, founded in 2018 in Berlin by seasoned e-commerce and financial professionals, is a fintech company focused on transforming working capital solutions for merchants globally. The company specializes in asset-based financing services that support businesses in expanding their inventory, orders, and product launches. By utilizing big data and machine learning, Myos assesses risks and collateral in innovative ways, drawing on the vast data available from e-commerce platforms like Amazon. This approach allows Myos to base financing decisions on the future sales potential of retail products, thereby facilitating the digital and flexible growth of retailers worldwide.
B2B Food Group
Series A in 2018
B2B Food Group is a prominent corporate food management platform headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Established in 2018, the company operates in eight countries and boasts a network of over 3,000 partners. It specializes in providing business clients with a user-friendly online ordering and management system for food procurement. Simultaneously, B2B Food Group equips suppliers with advanced technology solutions to enhance their online presence and facilitate business growth. The platform offers Europe's largest selection of food products and is recognized as the market leader in Australia, making it a key player in the global business food sector.
Billie
Series A in 2017
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing innovative financial solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by businesses. Billie’s platform enables SMEs to manage their working capital more effectively through fully automated invoice financing. Additionally, the company provides a pay-after-delivery product for B2B online merchants, allowing them to secure better payment terms. By leveraging big data analytics and digital processes, Billie facilitates instant financing at the point of sale, helping SMEs streamline their invoicing and payment processes while avoiding hidden fees and excessive paperwork.
Medisafe
Series B in 2017
Medisafe is a digital patient engagement platform focused on improving medication adherence and management. By utilizing a data-driven approach, the platform personalizes patient engagement, helping users navigate the complexities of their medication schedules. Medisafe addresses common challenges associated with non-adherence by providing features that send alerts to users and their caretakers, ensuring timely medication intake. With nearly 5 million registered users and over 2 billion recorded medication doses, the app has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving adherence by up to 20%, as evidenced by various studies. The platform engages both patients and healthcare partners, offering insights into behavior patterns that enhance the patient experience. Medisafe has received multiple accolades for its innovation in healthcare, including recognition from Gartner and Fast Company, and boasts high user satisfaction ratings, making it a leading solution in medication management.
Hostmaker
Series A in 2017
Hostmaker is a home rental management company that aims to enhance the potential of residential properties through effective design, personalized service, and advanced technology. Established as a startup, it has grown significantly and now employs over 300 individuals. The company offers a range of hospitality management services, including cleaning, professional housekeeping, linen hire, check-in services, and management for Airbnb hosts. Additionally, Hostmaker provides local market expertise and customized pricing tools, helping homeowners optimize occupancy rates and maximize income from their properties. With a commitment to redefining the guest experience, Hostmaker serves more than 2,500 homeowners who trust the company to manage their homes.
Raisin
Series C in 2017
Raisin is an online financial marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, that connects retail customers with banks seeking to expand their deposit base. Established in 2012, Raisin aims to help savers access the best interest rates available across Europe by offering a range of exclusive savings and investment products. The platform allows users to choose from various options, including overnight flexible savings and long-term deposits, enabling them to earn competitive returns by depositing their money in different banks. Raisin ensures a seamless investment process and simplifies the management of investments through a single platform, enhancing the experience for both individuals and businesses. In June 2021, Raisin expanded its capabilities through a merger with Deposit Solutions, further solidifying its position in the market.
Billie
Seed Round in 2016
Billie GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing innovative financial solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers pre-financing of invoices and online factoring services, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by businesses. Billie’s platform enables SMEs to manage their working capital more effectively through fully automated invoice financing. Additionally, the company provides a pay-after-delivery product for B2B online merchants, allowing them to secure better payment terms. By leveraging big data analytics and digital processes, Billie facilitates instant financing at the point of sale, helping SMEs streamline their invoicing and payment processes while avoiding hidden fees and excessive paperwork.
Sonovate
Series B in 2016
Sonovate Limited, established in 2011 and headquartered in London, specializes in providing financing and back-office support services to the recruitment industry in the United Kingdom. The company caters to a diverse range of recruitment agencies, including start-ups, those placing contractors, and those using invoice finance products. Sonovate's core offering is a cloud-based placement management application that streamlines contract administration, financing, credit control, invoicing, payments, compliance, and timesheets, enabling these agencies to manage their freelance workforce more efficiently.
Hostmaker
Series A in 2016
Hostmaker is a home rental management company that aims to enhance the potential of residential properties through effective design, personalized service, and advanced technology. Established as a startup, it has grown significantly and now employs over 300 individuals. The company offers a range of hospitality management services, including cleaning, professional housekeeping, linen hire, check-in services, and management for Airbnb hosts. Additionally, Hostmaker provides local market expertise and customized pricing tools, helping homeowners optimize occupancy rates and maximize income from their properties. With a commitment to redefining the guest experience, Hostmaker serves more than 2,500 homeowners who trust the company to manage their homes.
Sonovate
Series A in 2016
Sonovate Limited, established in 2011 and headquartered in London, specializes in providing financing and back-office support services to the recruitment industry in the United Kingdom. The company caters to a diverse range of recruitment agencies, including start-ups, those placing contractors, and those using invoice finance products. Sonovate's core offering is a cloud-based placement management application that streamlines contract administration, financing, credit control, invoicing, payments, compliance, and timesheets, enabling these agencies to manage their freelance workforce more efficiently.
Hostmaker
Seed Round in 2015
Hostmaker is a home rental management company that aims to enhance the potential of residential properties through effective design, personalized service, and advanced technology. Established as a startup, it has grown significantly and now employs over 300 individuals. The company offers a range of hospitality management services, including cleaning, professional housekeeping, linen hire, check-in services, and management for Airbnb hosts. Additionally, Hostmaker provides local market expertise and customized pricing tools, helping homeowners optimize occupancy rates and maximize income from their properties. With a commitment to redefining the guest experience, Hostmaker serves more than 2,500 homeowners who trust the company to manage their homes.
Raisin
Series B in 2015
Raisin is an online financial marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, that connects retail customers with banks seeking to expand their deposit base. Established in 2012, Raisin aims to help savers access the best interest rates available across Europe by offering a range of exclusive savings and investment products. The platform allows users to choose from various options, including overnight flexible savings and long-term deposits, enabling them to earn competitive returns by depositing their money in different banks. Raisin ensures a seamless investment process and simplifies the management of investments through a single platform, enhancing the experience for both individuals and businesses. In June 2021, Raisin expanded its capabilities through a merger with Deposit Solutions, further solidifying its position in the market.
BOOK A TIGER
Venture Round in 2015
Book A Tiger is a technology-driven company that specializes in integrated facility management. It offers high-quality cleaning services to customers, with the added convenience of online booking. Furthermore, the company extends its service offerings through a connected network of partner providers, catering to a broader range of facility management needs.
Bayes Esports
Seed Round in 2015
Bayes Esports Solutions GmbH, established in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in the distribution of high-quality, official esports data. The company's core product, BEDEX, is an esports data exchange platform that caters to a diverse ecosystem of clients, including media outlets, licensed betting operators, digital service providers, and analytic companies. Bayes Esports delivers real-time, accurate data directly from the source, enabling clients to effectively utilize and monetize esports data.
Fleet
Seed Round in 2015
Previously known as Shipstr, Fleet is efficiently streamlining the commercial shipping industry through a cloud-based platform. Fleet provides a cloud-based platform that businesses can use to book transportation for international freight. Fleet is the first platform to address the needs of shippers moving commercial freight overseas. Fleet provides instant quotes, improved decision making by showing provider lead times, ratings and reliability, direct access to all of the service providers, and a team room to communicate directly with service providers for status and view shipping documents.
Next Caller
Series A in 2015
Next Caller, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time call verification and phone fraud detection services. The firm provides a caller identification platform designed to help businesses and consumers recognize unknown callers and identify fraudulent activity. Among its offerings is Advanced Caller ID, which detects various forms of call spoofing by delivering real-time caller data, including telephone numbers, names, addresses, emails, and social profiles, as well as threat-level assessments. The Next Caller Fraud API is another key product, enabling the detection of suspicious calls, including those from masked numbers. The company employs a proprietary algorithm known as VeriCall to analyze carrier-level metadata and offers a RESTful API for seamless integration with existing computer telephony integration (CTI) applications. Additionally, Next Caller assists users in cleaning and appending their databases, allowing for better lead validation and prioritization. Founded in 2012, Next Caller is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and Boston.
BOOK A TIGER
Series A in 2014
Book A Tiger is a technology-driven company that specializes in integrated facility management. It offers high-quality cleaning services to customers, with the added convenience of online booking. Furthermore, the company extends its service offerings through a connected network of partner providers, catering to a broader range of facility management needs.
Fyber - A Digital Turbine Company
Secondary Market in 2014
Fyber, part of Digital Turbine’s independent Mobile Growth Platform, develops innovative ad monetization solutions trusted by top mobile game and app publishers. Fyber’s product suite - FairBid mediation, Fyber Marketplace, and Offer Wall Edge, were built with performance, scale and transparency in mind. Our products offer publishers a trusted, unconflicted alternative that drives superior results by creating an optimal connection between mobile audiences, top global brands and mobile-first advertisers across over 40Bn daily ad opportunities.
BOOK A TIGER
Seed Round in 2014
Book A Tiger is a technology-driven company that specializes in integrated facility management. It offers high-quality cleaning services to customers, with the added convenience of online booking. Furthermore, the company extends its service offerings through a connected network of partner providers, catering to a broader range of facility management needs.
Raisin
Series A in 2014
Raisin is an online financial marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, that connects retail customers with banks seeking to expand their deposit base. Established in 2012, Raisin aims to help savers access the best interest rates available across Europe by offering a range of exclusive savings and investment products. The platform allows users to choose from various options, including overnight flexible savings and long-term deposits, enabling them to earn competitive returns by depositing their money in different banks. Raisin ensures a seamless investment process and simplifies the management of investments through a single platform, enhancing the experience for both individuals and businesses. In June 2021, Raisin expanded its capabilities through a merger with Deposit Solutions, further solidifying its position in the market.
Lingoda
Seed Round in 2014
Lingoda GmbH, founded in 2007 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in offering online language courses. The company provides live classes in English, German, Spanish, and French, taught by qualified native-speaking teachers. Lingoda's curriculum includes group sessions and private classes that cover various topics such as grammar, speaking, and writing. Additionally, the platform offers interactive virtual classrooms, tailored learning materials, and official certificates upon course completion. By focusing on convenience and accessibility, Lingoda aims to enable individuals, regardless of their busy schedules, to master a new language from anywhere and at any time.
Urbanara
Equity Crowdfunding in 2013
At Urbanara believes that living the good life starts at home. That’s why they combine the finest craftsmanship with pure, natural materials to make pieces that not only look beautiful, but help you live beautifully. They proudly stand behind every product in their portfolio, and make sure to never compromise on quality. Designed according to the timeless principles of style, these are pieces made to be loved forever, and make your home 100% you.
9Cookies
Seed Round in 2013
9Cookies is a Berlin-based company established in 2012 by Marcus Ross and Ian Formanek, specializing in a comprehensive point-of-sale and delivery management system tailored for the restaurant industry. The system supports restaurant operators in making informed decisions by facilitating online table orders, deliveries, and payments. It allows users to edit menus and access crucial analytics on revenue and bestselling items, enhancing operational efficiency. Additionally, the platform automates routine tasks, thereby freeing up staff for more critical responsibilities. With features like intelligent routing, customers can track their deliveries in real time using iPads or PCs. 9Cookies focuses on providing reliable and cost-effective solutions that enable restaurants and catering businesses to enhance their productivity and service quality.
Lingoda
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Lingoda GmbH, founded in 2007 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in offering online language courses. The company provides live classes in English, German, Spanish, and French, taught by qualified native-speaking teachers. Lingoda's curriculum includes group sessions and private classes that cover various topics such as grammar, speaking, and writing. Additionally, the platform offers interactive virtual classrooms, tailored learning materials, and official certificates upon course completion. By focusing on convenience and accessibility, Lingoda aims to enable individuals, regardless of their busy schedules, to master a new language from anywhere and at any time.
Sanoga
Seed Round in 2013
At Sanoga, they believe that looking after their health is one of the most important things in life. Therefore it shouldn’t involve spending time on travelling, popping in and out of stores just to look for the right product. So, they came up with a brilliant idea! Why not let us do all the legwork for you, saving you time and hassles? Sanoga aims to make looking after your health easier. They source the best health products available, complete with important information to help you choose what’s suitable for you. You will find a selection of popular local and international brands that can be speedily delivered to you in 2-5 business days in Bangkok and 3-7 business days for nationwide. They offer best quality and a vast selection of products. They are cheaper, more convenient, and best of all delivery is FREE! Currently, they store over 1,000 health products from well-known brands including Health Care, Vitamins, collagen, Beauty, Personal well-being, Sports & Fitness, Weight Loss inclluding BLACKMORES, Baschi, Beauty Wise, Body Shape, Brand's, CLG500, Centrum, Collagen Star, Colly, Dr.Absolute, DYMATIZE, Durex, Eucerin, Genesis, Hi-Balanz, K-Palette, Meiji, Mega They Care, Okamoto, OMG, ProFlex, Real Elixir, Sebamed, Seoul Secret, Taurus, etc.
Delivery Hero
Series C in 2012
Delivery Hero is a global network of online food ordering platforms, operating in 21 countries and partnering with over 73,000 restaurants. The company has a significant presence in various markets, including Germany, the UK, South Korea, and several Latin American countries. With a workforce of more than 1,000 employees, around 400 of whom are based at its headquarters in Berlin, Delivery Hero has established itself as a key player in the food delivery industry. The company has attracted substantial investment, securing $523 million in 2014 from various investors, which has helped it expand its reach and capabilities in the competitive online food delivery market.
Delivery Hero
Series B in 2011
Delivery Hero is a global network of online food ordering platforms, operating in 21 countries and partnering with over 73,000 restaurants. The company has a significant presence in various markets, including Germany, the UK, South Korea, and several Latin American countries. With a workforce of more than 1,000 employees, around 400 of whom are based at its headquarters in Berlin, Delivery Hero has established itself as a key player in the food delivery industry. The company has attracted substantial investment, securing $523 million in 2014 from various investors, which has helped it expand its reach and capabilities in the competitive online food delivery market.
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