Lanai

Lanai Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2016 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. The firm specializes in seed and pre-seed stage investing, adopting a sector-agnostic approach to identify promising startups across various industries. Lanai Ventures focuses primarily on companies operating within Spain, aiming to nurture early-stage enterprises with high growth potential. The firm also benefits from a substantial network of prominent founders who serve as Limited Partners, providing valuable insights and resources to the startups in which they invest.

Mar Alarcón

Founder and General Partner

Rubén L. Ferreiro

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Guillermo Llibre

Co-Founder & General Partner

Jeroen Merchiers

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Catalonia

Wiz Music

Convertible Note in 2022
It's time to turn your playlist into your portfolio. In the new world order you can get paid from the royalties that your favorite artists receive when you listen their music on streaming. Wiz Music allows fans to invest in their favorite artists and share their success. NFT and blockchain technology provide artists and fans full transparency and ease of use.

Flanks

Venture Round in 2021
Flanks is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing an application programming interface (API) platform for banks. It focuses on providing comprehensive, high-value solutions based on financial data, particularly in the WealthTech, InsurTech, and ERP sectors. The platform facilitates portfolio integration, enabling banks to connect seamlessly with developers. Flanks' API allows users to access raw banking information and automate processes involving custodians, fund administrators, and proprietary data warehouses. This innovation aims to enhance the user experience for clients and financial investors alike.

Acqustic

Seed Round in 2021
Acqustic provides an online platform that allows families, friends, couples to order live concerts from great musicians so that they come to play at their living rooms, gardens, or rooftops. It is also open for pubs, companies, and public administrations interested in live music.

Payflow

Seed Round in 2020
Payflow Digital, SL, founded in 2019 and based in Madrid, Spain, offers a digital wallet service that allows employees to access their earned salaries instantly. This employee benefit enhances financial well-being by providing immediate access to funds, which can lead to improved productivity and engagement within the workplace. Companies that implement Payflow's services can enjoy these benefits without any impact on their cash flow, making it an attractive option for employers looking to support their workforce. The company operates as a venture backed by Rocket Internet, emphasizing its commitment to innovation in employee financial solutions.

HUBUC

Pre Seed Round in 2020
HUBUC is a banking as a service that offers businesses a quick, reliable, scalable, and easy way to provide financial services to their customers. Our vision is to enable any business to be to embed financial services in its product offering. Our customers go to market on average in 7-8 weeks with a live product with a bank account, European IBAN, Debit cards, 27 FX currency pairs, SEPA Direct debit, Instant Payments, Account Aggregation, Payment Initiation, and a full suite a branded digital banking products ready for launch.

PIGARI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SaaS

Acqustic

Seed Round in 2019
Acqustic provides an online platform that allows families, friends, couples to order live concerts from great musicians so that they come to play at their living rooms, gardens, or rooftops. It is also open for pubs, companies, and public administrations interested in live music.

Trioteca

Seed Round in 2019
Trioteca is the digital advisor that helps you to get your best mortgage: we explain what is going to happen, we manage the relationship with the banks for you and we help you to make the decision. We are an independent service that works with all the banks in the Spanish market; thanks to our algorithm and our users we analyze the offer of mortgages that have been signed near you, to be able to advise you in a transparent and impartial way. Totally free for you.

Flanks

Venture Round in 2019
Flanks is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing an application programming interface (API) platform for banks. It focuses on providing comprehensive, high-value solutions based on financial data, particularly in the WealthTech, InsurTech, and ERP sectors. The platform facilitates portfolio integration, enabling banks to connect seamlessly with developers. Flanks' API allows users to access raw banking information and automate processes involving custodians, fund administrators, and proprietary data warehouses. This innovation aims to enhance the user experience for clients and financial investors alike.

Picker

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Picker is an app and web where you discover the favourite products shared by people you know. Stop searching through Amazon, discover great stuff shared by your favourite influencer, one of your friends or one of your cousins!

Assembler School S.L.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Assembler School S.L. is a private, tuition-free institution located in Barcelona, Spain, that focuses on training software engineers through a project-based curriculum. The school offers a 36-week on-site program that emphasizes peer learning, allowing students to collaborate on real-world projects in the field of web development. By combining practical experience with collaborative education, Assembler School aims to equip students with the skills necessary to successfully launch their careers in technology.

Reby

Angel Round in 2019
Reby Inc develops a software that helps to find and ride electric scooter in Barcelona. The software searches nearest electric scooter and unlock it through QR code. It can use in android and iOS. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Baluwo

Seed Round in 2018
Baluwo Financial Services S.L. provides payment clearing service to people which allows them to buy groceries and electricity for their families living in other countries. The company offers its products for food, construction, mobile, and electricity sector. The company offers its services to Nigeria and Senegal countries. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Consentio

Seed Round in 2017
Consentio SL operates an online platform tailored to the fruit and vegetable industries, enhancing trading processes by facilitating communication among various stakeholders, including producers, cooperatives, wholesalers, and supermarkets. Founded in 2002 and based in Madrid, Spain, the company provides a marketplace that improves ordering efficiency, transparency, and real-time price updates, ultimately reducing food waste. Its B2B platform streamlines operations and supports seamless interactions, allowing food retailers and suppliers to optimize procurement and commercial activities. By fostering better connections within the supply chain, Consentio aims to enhance overall operational effectiveness while promoting environmental and social governance compliance.

Brokoli

Seed Round in 2017
Brokoli was born with the main objective of bringing the insurance world closer to the end user by working in a transparent, clear and trustworthy way. Through Brokoli, any user can understand the world of insurers and resolve all their doubts, as well as manage their policies. With Brokoli, the user will have a personal adviser 24 hours a day with whom he can chat to resolve any doubts about his policies. You can also manage all your insurance through the app, viewing the details of your policies and creating renewal alerts. In addition, you can change or contract new insurance through the app with the maximum confidence and security and getting the product that best suits your needs

Baluwo

Seed Round in 2017
Baluwo Financial Services S.L. provides payment clearing service to people which allows them to buy groceries and electricity for their families living in other countries. The company offers its products for food, construction, mobile, and electricity sector. The company offers its services to Nigeria and Senegal countries. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Landbot

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Landbot is a platform that enables users to create conversational websites aimed at enhancing lead conversion rates. Launched in June 2017, it originated from an internal experiment driven by frustrations with traditional AI chatbots. The platform features an interactive, rich-text interface that guides website visitors through a dynamic messaging thread, using conversational prompts to facilitate navigation and provide the necessary information efficiently. By replacing conventional website navigation with a more engaging and adaptive approach, Landbot aims to improve user experience and streamline the process of obtaining information.

Fotawa

Seed Round in 2016
Fotawa Alimentación, S.L. operates a food delivery application. Its application allows users to choose delivery time want, choose the dish or the dishes, pay, and you receive food at home or the office. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Valencia, Spain.