Adara Ventures

Adara Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Madrid, Spain, founded in 2005. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in deep-technology companies across Europe, particularly in sectors such as cybersecurity, data applications and infrastructure, DevOps, hardware components, digital health, and the energy transition. With 18 years of experience, Adara Ventures has invested in 43 companies and manages a portfolio worth €200 million. The firm partners with ambitious founders who possess the vision and capability to execute their ideas, emphasizing a strong commitment to innovation and growth in the technology landscape.

Nicolas Goulet

Managing Partner

Ross Strachan

Partner

Rocio Pillado

Partner

Past deals in Madrid

Stratio

Series C in 2022
Stratio is a digital transformation company specializing in artificial intelligence and big data solutions. It offers a hybrid virtual data management platform that encompasses the entire data management lifecycle, including auto-discovery, virtualization, metadata provision, and semantic enhancement, along with MLOps for data mining. The platform is designed to facilitate seamless integration across various environments, allowing businesses to operate on both public clouds and on-premises without being locked into a single vendor. This flexibility enables organizations to leverage existing assets, such as ontologies and machine learning models, across different cloud services and regions, ultimately reducing time and costs. Founded in November 2013, Stratio has expanded significantly from a small team to over 500 employees, with offices primarily located in Madrid, Spain, Bogotá, Colombia, and Paris, France.

Scalefast

Series B in 2020
Scalefast Inc. is an e-commerce platform that specializes in providing comprehensive digital commerce solutions for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in Madrid and Paris, Scalefast offers tools and services that encompass business infrastructure, e-commerce operations, internationalization, fulfillment, and fraud protection. The platform simplifies online selling by incorporating features such as social sign-on, local currency and language support, and advanced checkout options including cross-sell and up-sell capabilities, exclusive bundling, subscriptions, and loyalty programs. By leveraging Artificial Intelligence and extensive e-commerce expertise, Scalefast enables brands to scale quickly and enhance revenue, effectively reducing the complexities associated with digital commerce.

CounterCraft

Seed Round in 2020
CounterCraft is a leading provider of cyber deception and counterintelligence solutions aimed at detecting and responding to targeted cyber attacks. Established in 2015, the company operates globally, serving Fortune 500 clients, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments, and law enforcement agencies. CounterCraft's Threat Deception platform utilizes advanced campaign automation and synthetic environments to mislead attackers, allowing them to engage with fake digital assets instead of actual operational systems. This innovative approach generates relevant threat intelligence from interactions with threat actors, giving organizations critical insights to enhance their security posture. By integrating seamlessly with incident response workflows, CounterCraft enables defenders to proactively adjust their defenses in real time, ultimately reducing the risks posed by evolving threats. With offices in London, Madrid, and Washington DC, and research and development based in San Sebastian, CounterCraft continuously addresses the challenges of modern cybersecurity.

Stratio

Series B in 2018
Stratio is a digital transformation company specializing in artificial intelligence and big data solutions. It offers a hybrid virtual data management platform that encompasses the entire data management lifecycle, including auto-discovery, virtualization, metadata provision, and semantic enhancement, along with MLOps for data mining. The platform is designed to facilitate seamless integration across various environments, allowing businesses to operate on both public clouds and on-premises without being locked into a single vendor. This flexibility enables organizations to leverage existing assets, such as ontologies and machine learning models, across different cloud services and regions, ultimately reducing time and costs. Founded in November 2013, Stratio has expanded significantly from a small team to over 500 employees, with offices primarily located in Madrid, Spain, Bogotá, Colombia, and Paris, France.

CounterCraft

Seed Round in 2018
CounterCraft is a leading provider of cyber deception and counterintelligence solutions aimed at detecting and responding to targeted cyber attacks. Established in 2015, the company operates globally, serving Fortune 500 clients, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments, and law enforcement agencies. CounterCraft's Threat Deception platform utilizes advanced campaign automation and synthetic environments to mislead attackers, allowing them to engage with fake digital assets instead of actual operational systems. This innovative approach generates relevant threat intelligence from interactions with threat actors, giving organizations critical insights to enhance their security posture. By integrating seamlessly with incident response workflows, CounterCraft enables defenders to proactively adjust their defenses in real time, ultimately reducing the risks posed by evolving threats. With offices in London, Madrid, and Washington DC, and research and development based in San Sebastian, CounterCraft continuously addresses the challenges of modern cybersecurity.

Scalefast

Series A in 2017
Scalefast Inc. is an e-commerce platform that specializes in providing comprehensive digital commerce solutions for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in Madrid and Paris, Scalefast offers tools and services that encompass business infrastructure, e-commerce operations, internationalization, fulfillment, and fraud protection. The platform simplifies online selling by incorporating features such as social sign-on, local currency and language support, and advanced checkout options including cross-sell and up-sell capabilities, exclusive bundling, subscriptions, and loyalty programs. By leveraging Artificial Intelligence and extensive e-commerce expertise, Scalefast enables brands to scale quickly and enhance revenue, effectively reducing the complexities associated with digital commerce.

CounterCraft

Seed Round in 2016
CounterCraft is a leading provider of cyber deception and counterintelligence solutions aimed at detecting and responding to targeted cyber attacks. Established in 2015, the company operates globally, serving Fortune 500 clients, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments, and law enforcement agencies. CounterCraft's Threat Deception platform utilizes advanced campaign automation and synthetic environments to mislead attackers, allowing them to engage with fake digital assets instead of actual operational systems. This innovative approach generates relevant threat intelligence from interactions with threat actors, giving organizations critical insights to enhance their security posture. By integrating seamlessly with incident response workflows, CounterCraft enables defenders to proactively adjust their defenses in real time, ultimately reducing the risks posed by evolving threats. With offices in London, Madrid, and Washington DC, and research and development based in San Sebastian, CounterCraft continuously addresses the challenges of modern cybersecurity.

Qbitia

Seed Round in 2015
Qbitia is a software company that specializes in developing technology solutions for capital markets, aiming to streamline and enhance daily trading activities. With offices located in Chicago, London, and Madrid, the company offers a flagship product known as Qcaid, a cloud-based automated trading platform. Qcaid allows users to design, backtest, optimize, and execute trading strategies in real time without the need for programming expertise. This product has received recognition for its capabilities, having been awarded Best Automated Algorithmic Trading Platform at the 2016 Technical Analyst Awards. Through its innovative offerings, Qbitia seeks to simplify the complexities of trading and improve the efficiency of investment operations.

Stratio

Series A in 2014
Stratio is a digital transformation company specializing in artificial intelligence and big data solutions. It offers a hybrid virtual data management platform that encompasses the entire data management lifecycle, including auto-discovery, virtualization, metadata provision, and semantic enhancement, along with MLOps for data mining. The platform is designed to facilitate seamless integration across various environments, allowing businesses to operate on both public clouds and on-premises without being locked into a single vendor. This flexibility enables organizations to leverage existing assets, such as ontologies and machine learning models, across different cloud services and regions, ultimately reducing time and costs. Founded in November 2013, Stratio has expanded significantly from a small team to over 500 employees, with offices primarily located in Madrid, Spain, Bogotá, Colombia, and Paris, France.
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