FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a U.S.-based investment firm established in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm operates with a stage-agnostic approach, primarily targeting marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. FJ Labs focuses its investments on seed and Series A rounds, with a financial commitment ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000. The firm has invested in a variety of notable companies, including Alibaba Group, beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, and ADORE ME.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Associate

Camila Bustamante

Analyst

Andres Santos Cantu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Nancy Dong

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Vivian Graves

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Fabrice Grinda

Founding Partner

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Partner

Mark Lurie

Venture Partner

Jose Marin

Founding Partner

Martin Pustilnick

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Guimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Luke Skertich

Investor

Kelly Tully

Head of Platform / Investor

Jeff Weinstein

Partner

Andrea Xu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Past deals in Benelux

Convious

Series A in 2021
Convious is a company that offers a SaaS-based eCommerce platform designed specifically for the leisure industry, enabling businesses to implement direct-to-consumer strategies. The platform supports the entire customer journey by providing tools for ad management, native apps, dynamic pricing, conversion optimization, and loyalty management. Additionally, Convious leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to continually assess and enhance the customer experience, buying cycle, and pricing strategies, ensuring that leisure businesses can effectively engage with their customers and maximize revenue.

Naduvi

Series A in 2021
Developer of a curated online marketplace intended to sell overstock interior designing products from various brands. The company's marketplace charges a fee from brands to sell their products and these products include furniture, bathroom fittings, and designer lights and receive updates on the collections, enabling customers to realize their conceptualized interior decoration using furniture and decorative accessories.

Dwarfs

Series A in 2021
Dwarfs is an e-commerce platform that buys and grows e-commerce brands on marketplaces.

dott

Series B in 2021
Dott is a micro-mobility company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in shared e-scooters and e-bikes for short-distance travel. Founded in 2018, Dott aims to provide convenient and sustainable transportation alternatives within urban environments. The company has assembled a team of experienced professionals from the mobility and technology sectors in Europe. Recently, Dott secured an initial investment of €20 million to support its growth and expansion efforts.

Creative Fabrica

Series A in 2021
Creative Fabrica B.V. sells fonts, graphics, and craft subscription through an online platform. The company also enables designers to sell their designs on the portal. In addition, it offers creative tools, such as Fontcloud, an online tool for font management; Shapecloud, which generates words online; Webfont, which converts .otf and .ttf font files to webfonts; and craftclub. Creative Fabrica B.V. was founded in 2016 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Finom

Seed Round in 2020
Finom combines digital business account benefits with multiple services to provide financial solutions for entrepreneurs, self-employed, and freelancers. It pulls together accounting, financial management, and banking functions for early-stage businesses and SMEs into one mobile-first product. Founded in 2019, Finom is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

byrd

Series A in 2020
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

Finom

Seed Round in 2020
Finom combines digital business account benefits with multiple services to provide financial solutions for entrepreneurs, self-employed, and freelancers. It pulls together accounting, financial management, and banking functions for early-stage businesses and SMEs into one mobile-first product. Founded in 2019, Finom is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

dott

Series A in 2019
Dott is a micro-mobility company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in shared e-scooters and e-bikes for short-distance travel. Founded in 2018, Dott aims to provide convenient and sustainable transportation alternatives within urban environments. The company has assembled a team of experienced professionals from the mobility and technology sectors in Europe. Recently, Dott secured an initial investment of €20 million to support its growth and expansion efforts.

dott

Series A in 2018
Dott is a micro-mobility company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in shared e-scooters and e-bikes for short-distance travel. Founded in 2018, Dott aims to provide convenient and sustainable transportation alternatives within urban environments. The company has assembled a team of experienced professionals from the mobility and technology sectors in Europe. Recently, Dott secured an initial investment of €20 million to support its growth and expansion efforts.

Cleara Biotech

Seed Round in 2018
Cleara Biotech B.V. develops compounds for selectively eliminating senescent and senescent like cancer cells. The company develops FOXO4 based anti senescence drugs for countering chemotoxicity and therapy resistant cancer cells. Cleara Biotech B.V. is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Spotahome

Series B in 2018
Spotahome, S.L. is an online platform that specializes in mid to long-term accommodation rentals, catering primarily to expatriates, students, and professionals moving abroad. Established in March 2014 and based in Madrid, Spain, Spotahome offers a wide selection of personally-checked properties, including rooms, apartments, and student dorms, across various cities such as Milan, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, and London. The platform features detailed property descriptions, high-quality photographs, HD video tours, and floor plans, enabling tenants to make informed decisions without needing to conduct in-person viewings. By allowing users to secure accommodations for over a month in advance, Spotahome simplifies the housing search process for individuals relocating to Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the UK.

Menu Next Door

Seed Round in 2016
Menu Next Door connects local chefs with customers seeking homemade meals. Chefs from diverse backgrounds share their culinary talents, offering a variety of delicious dishes inspired by global cuisines. The platform allows users to order freshly prepared food directly from their neighbors, ensuring affordability and eliminating delivery charges. By fostering a sense of community, Menu Next Door enhances the dining experience, allowing customers to interact with the chefs and learn about the dishes they prepare. Operating primarily in the U.K., Belgium, and France, the service emphasizes quality, accessibility, and the importance of community in food sharing.

Catawiki

Series C in 2015
Catawiki is an online catalog and auction house for rare, vintage, and hard to find items. The marketplace hosts weekly auctions for categories such as collectibles, art, design, jewelry, watches, and classic cars, comic books, coins, stamps, model trains, wine, vinyl records, jewelry, ceramics, books, and many more. Catawiki’s business model enables its enthusiasts to discover and buy special objects to fulfill their passions. Buyers can also keep track of their own collection based on the company's central catalog. Catawiki was founded in 2008 by Marco Jansen and René Schoenmakers and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.

SeatGeek

Series C in 2015
SeatGeek, Inc. operates a mobile ticketing marketplace and search engine for live sports, concerts, and theater events, allowing fans to buy and sell tickets. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, the Netherlands, Australia, and Italy. SeatGeek aggregates ticket listings and employs a data engine that helps consumers identify attractive ticket deals. One of its key features, known as 'Deal Score', assigns a score from 0 to 100 to ticket listings, helping users evaluate the value of tickets for specific events. Additionally, SeatGeek provides an event discovery tool that generates personalized recommendations based on user preferences, such as favorite teams and artists, through its Columbus event calendar and Spotify applications.