Swanlaab Venture Factory

Swanlaab Venture Factory SGEIC, S.A., established in 2014 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments, specifically in Series A and B funding. The firm specializes in a range of sectors, including Smart Enterprise, IoT, cleantech, healthcare, cybersecurity, and various areas within information technology. Swanlaab typically invests between €1 million and €5 million in equity, initially committing €1 million to €3 million with potential follow-on investments. It primarily targets companies in Spain, while also considering opportunities in Europe and Latin America for exceptional cases. Prioritizing a minority stake, the firm aims to support its portfolio companies for a duration of 4 to 6 years, with a focus on helping them scale and expand internationally. Swanlaab Venture Factory not only provides financial backing but also offers strategic support and resources to entrepreneurs, leveraging a diverse team of professionals to minimize risks and enhance growth potential.

Martin Rivas

Investment Partner

Ángel Santos

General Partner, Swanlaab AgriFood Tech Fund

19 past transactions

Sales Layer

Series B in 2022
Sales Layer is an intelligent catalog management platform that synchronizes product information across mobile, web, and social media platforms. It provides analytics to help clients discover which products are performing better in each channel. Sales Layer helps companies improve their process of managing and updating their catalogues by centralizing the data management on the cloud in a collaborative way; synchronizing and distributing the information one every platform; and monitoring and analyzing the data usage of the end user to improve product development processes. Sales Layer was launched in May 2013 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

ODILO

Series C in 2022
Odilo removes the technology barriers, allowing any institution to offer all kinds of digital content to its users whilst ensuring compliance with copyright laws. Their company is one of the leading software solutions for libraries offering a comprehensive product suite to discover, manage and distribute digital content as well as print. They are headquartered in Cartagena, Spain and have offices in Madrid, Spain; Miami, Florida; Mexico City, Mexico; and New York, New York. Their aim is to develop the market’s most innovative and creative solutions. They lead the way in defining and designing efficient, user-friendly products, serving the needs of public, private, university, school and special interest libraries today, while enabling them to transition into the future.

Landbot

Series A in 2021
Landbot is a no-code platform that enables businesses to create conversational websites aimed at enhancing lead conversion rates. Launched in June 2017, the platform allows users to build interactive chatbot flows that engage customers through a rich texting interface, simplifying website navigation. By utilizing conversational choice prompts, Landbot provides visitors with immediate access to information, effectively guiding them through their inquiries. The platform leverages advancements in artificial intelligence to automate conversations, making it easier for marketing, operations, and customer service teams to engage with users in a more human-like manner. This approach not only increases customer engagement but also helps businesses improve efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Unnax

Series B in 2021
Unnax is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2014 that provides a banking-as-a-service platform through an application programming interface (API). This platform enables businesses to securely access and manage financial data from customers, facilitating bank account handling, transfers, and various online services. Unnax offers a suite of products designed to enhance customer experiences and address common business challenges, including open banking services and payment initiation solutions. Its technology allows clients, ranging from large enterprises to small businesses, to aggregate and categorize financial information, as well as access data from various non-bank sources. By integrating these financial solutions, Unnax helps create seamless and efficient customer journeys.

Predictiva

Seed Round in 2020
Predictiva specializes in developing advanced machine learning technology and customer data solutions to enhance customer service operations. The company focuses on conversational intelligence, which automates quality control processes within call centers. By leveraging natural language understanding and processing, Predictiva's technology analyzes and structures information from customer service calls, extracting and categorizing valuable feedback. This capability enables businesses to improve customer experiences, reduce churn rates, and ultimately increase sales. Through real-time scoring, Predictiva provides actionable insights that help organizations optimize their interactions with customers.

IriusRisk

Series A in 2020
IriusRisk, developed by Continuum Security, SL, is a comprehensive tool designed to manage and assess software security risks throughout the software development lifecycle. Founded in 2008 and based in Huesca, Spain, the company focuses on providing solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing development workflows, ensuring that security processes support rather than hinder development speed. IriusRisk caters primarily to enterprises in the financial and technology sectors, enabling them to proactively address security challenges while promoting a culture of secure software development. In addition to IriusRisk, the company also offers BDD-Security, a security testing framework that further enhances its suite of security management tools.

Smart Protection

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
In Smart Protection we protect Brands against online counterfeits. We are in constant search for the brightest talent to form the best engineering team and boost our technological platform with latest advancements in AI. Our technology identifies and removes illegal copies and improper usages of brands. We are specialized on two areas: Brand Protection, we protect products and brands belonging to all sectors and every scope of non-authorized usages. Content Protection, we protect movies, series, live broadcasting events, eSports, emissions and TV channels against piracy. With our platform the efficiency ratio rises up to a 95% regarding the removal of illegal counterfeits from identified copies. We are marketplaces and social media experts, as well as members of Google's TCRP Program (Trusted Copyright Removal Program), therefore it allows us to delist URLs at the highest speed and efficiency.

ODILO

Venture Round in 2020
Odilo removes the technology barriers, allowing any institution to offer all kinds of digital content to its users whilst ensuring compliance with copyright laws. Their company is one of the leading software solutions for libraries offering a comprehensive product suite to discover, manage and distribute digital content as well as print. They are headquartered in Cartagena, Spain and have offices in Madrid, Spain; Miami, Florida; Mexico City, Mexico; and New York, New York. Their aim is to develop the market’s most innovative and creative solutions. They lead the way in defining and designing efficient, user-friendly products, serving the needs of public, private, university, school and special interest libraries today, while enabling them to transition into the future.

Sales Layer

Series A in 2020
Sales Layer is an intelligent catalog management platform that synchronizes product information across mobile, web, and social media platforms. It provides analytics to help clients discover which products are performing better in each channel. Sales Layer helps companies improve their process of managing and updating their catalogues by centralizing the data management on the cloud in a collaborative way; synchronizing and distributing the information one every platform; and monitoring and analyzing the data usage of the end user to improve product development processes. Sales Layer was launched in May 2013 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

Pulpo

Venture Round in 2019
Pulpo is a software startup that specializes in fleet management solutions, providing a cloud-based platform designed to optimize vehicle operations for businesses. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and has a strong focus on enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness for its clients. By leveraging its software as a service model, Pulpomatic enables organizations to make informed decisions regarding their fleet, ultimately facilitating smarter management of their vehicle operations. Since its inception, the company has aimed to transform the way businesses manage their fleets, improving overall productivity and operational performance.

Situm

Venture Round in 2019
Situm Technologies S.L. is a company based in A Coruña, Spain, founded in 2014, that specializes in indoor positioning and navigation solutions. Its primary product, Situm, functions as a mobile-based indoor positioning platform, akin to GPS, enabling users to navigate within buildings and large infrastructures. The platform delivers a range of location-based services tailored for various sectors, including healthcare, security, transport, and retail. By offering valuable geostatistical insights, Situm assists managers and building owners in understanding space utilization, identifying busy areas, and tracking the performance of vehicles in industrial settings. The technology is provided as a Platform-as-a-Service under a subscription model, allowing clients to leverage its capabilities effectively.

Predictiva

Seed Round in 2019
Predictiva specializes in developing advanced machine learning technology and customer data solutions to enhance customer service operations. The company focuses on conversational intelligence, which automates quality control processes within call centers. By leveraging natural language understanding and processing, Predictiva's technology analyzes and structures information from customer service calls, extracting and categorizing valuable feedback. This capability enables businesses to improve customer experiences, reduce churn rates, and ultimately increase sales. Through real-time scoring, Predictiva provides actionable insights that help organizations optimize their interactions with customers.

Kompyte

Venture Round in 2019
Kompyte is a competitive intelligence tool designed to respond in real-time to its users’ competitors' online strategies. It is designed to learn about its users’ competitors’ online strategies in real-time, and respond to them in an easy and affordable way. Kompyte's competitive intelligence software enables businesses to collect, organize, analyze, and act on competitive changes in their market. Kompyte reinvents the way businesses use intelligence to drive sales, marketing performance and product strategies. Serving thousands of product, marketing and sales roles in over 20 industries, across the globe, Kompyte compiles over 3.5T data points a year. Founded in 2014, Kompyte is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Barcelona and Austin.

MYSPHERA

Venture Round in 2018
MYSPHERA SL specializes in providing innovative location and process visibility solutions for the healthcare sector through the Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time location systems (RTLS). Founded in 2012 and based in Paterna, Spain, the company develops a range of IoT devices and applications designed to enhance patient care and resource management in acute care hospitals, senior living facilities, and patient homes. Its offerings include tracking devices, alert systems, and environmental sensors, along with web applications such as MYHOSPITAL, MYNURSING, and MYLOCS, which assist healthcare providers in managing services effectively. MYSPHERA's solutions aim to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency by delivering actionable information to clinicians, patients, and healthcare management across Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

IriusRisk

Venture Round in 2017
IriusRisk, developed by Continuum Security, SL, is a comprehensive tool designed to manage and assess software security risks throughout the software development lifecycle. Founded in 2008 and based in Huesca, Spain, the company focuses on providing solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing development workflows, ensuring that security processes support rather than hinder development speed. IriusRisk caters primarily to enterprises in the financial and technology sectors, enabling them to proactively address security challenges while promoting a culture of secure software development. In addition to IriusRisk, the company also offers BDD-Security, a security testing framework that further enhances its suite of security management tools.

Unnax

Series A in 2017
Unnax is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2014 that provides a banking-as-a-service platform through an application programming interface (API). This platform enables businesses to securely access and manage financial data from customers, facilitating bank account handling, transfers, and various online services. Unnax offers a suite of products designed to enhance customer experiences and address common business challenges, including open banking services and payment initiation solutions. Its technology allows clients, ranging from large enterprises to small businesses, to aggregate and categorize financial information, as well as access data from various non-bank sources. By integrating these financial solutions, Unnax helps create seamless and efficient customer journeys.

Sales Layer

Venture Round in 2017
Sales Layer is an intelligent catalog management platform that synchronizes product information across mobile, web, and social media platforms. It provides analytics to help clients discover which products are performing better in each channel. Sales Layer helps companies improve their process of managing and updating their catalogues by centralizing the data management on the cloud in a collaborative way; synchronizing and distributing the information one every platform; and monitoring and analyzing the data usage of the end user to improve product development processes. Sales Layer was launched in May 2013 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

Trappit

Venture Round in 2017
Trappit, S.A. is an information technology company based in Madrid, Spain, that specializes in developing software solutions for the travel industry. Founded in 2011, the company offers innovative products such as the Airline Reservation Price Optimisation System, which assists travel companies in optimizing ticket pricing and discounts for flights. Additionally, Trappit provides UAEL-GDS, a global distribution system that connects clients with supply chain information and facilitates direct interaction between companies and their customers. The company's services also include post-ticketing solutions that track airline ticket prices, helping large organizations monitor fluctuations from purchase to departure, ultimately enabling cost reduction in airline travel.

Coowry

Venture Round in 2017
Coowry operates an online platform that enables users to exchange mobile airtime globally, allowing for seamless transactions between individuals with mobile phones. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides an innovative solution for micro-transactions, utilizing mobile airtime as a form of digital currency. This platform is designed to facilitate access to the digital economy for billions of people who lack traditional financial tools. Users can easily send or request airtime and transfer balances between Coowry and their mobile operators without incurring any fees. By offering a straightforward method for trading airtime, Coowry aims to empower users and enhance their financial interactions.
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