FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm is stage-agnostic, primarily focusing on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups across various sectors, including B2B, B2C, financial services, mobile technology, advertisement technology, e-commerce, food technology, gaming, health technology, real estate technology, restaurant technology, ridesharing, software as a service, and virtual reality. FJ Labs typically invests in seed and Series A rounds, with investment amounts ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000.
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com
Storybeat
Seed Round in 2023
Storybeat is a technology company based in Madrid that specializes in AI-driven content generation for social media. Founded in 2018 by Jaime de Ascanio, the company offers an application designed to facilitate the creation and sharing of stories enhanced by music and visual effects. Users can utilize a variety of built-in templates and presets to craft engaging, ephemeral content that can be shared across multiple platforms. Storybeat is dedicated to fostering creativity by providing not only innovative tools but also educational resources and community support to help individuals realize their creative potential. Through its offerings, Storybeat aims to inspire users to embrace and enhance their own self-expression.
Spotahome
Venture Round in 2022
Spotahome is a platform focused on mid- to long-term residential rentals, revolutionizing the property market by providing comprehensive listings for stays of over 30 days. The service allows tenants to book accommodations exclusively through online viewings, eliminating the need for in-person visits and streamlining the rental process for both tenants and landlords. Spotahome employs professional photographers, known as "Homecheckers," to create high-quality audio-visual content, including photos, HD video tours, and detailed floor plans, along with thorough descriptions of properties and their neighborhoods. The platform also offers guarantees against default payments and damages, enhancing security for both parties. Founded in March 2014 by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Hugo Monteiro, and Bruno Bianchi, Spotahome has expanded its presence to 11 cities across eight European countries, supported by significant funding from investors such as Kleiner Perkins. The company operates offices in Madrid, Spain, and London, UK.
Phi4tech
Convertible Note in 2022
Phi4tech is a nanotechnology company that works to provide industrial solutions based on nanomaterials. Phi4tech is located in Madrid, Spain.
Playtomic
Series C in 2022
Playtomic is the largest platform for racket sport clubs and players worldwide, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2017, it operates an online court booking platform designed to serve as a social network for sports enthusiasts. The platform allows users to reserve courts, connect with players who have similar skill levels, and engage in a community focused on sports learning. By facilitating these connections, Playtomic helps sports clubs optimize the use of their facilities and adapt to the digital landscape, enhancing the overall experience for both players and clubs.
La Gran Familia Mediterránea
Series A in 2022
La Gran Familia Mediterránea operates a kitchen for online meal delivery business. Headquartered in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.
Evernest
Series A in 2022
Evernest is a proptech scale-up that redefines how residential properties are sold and bought in Europe. Evernest has developed a technology platform for real estate agents to make the entire process of residential real estate transactions more efficient. With the help of its full-service brokerage platform, smart marketing services and digitized support processes, Evernest offers a transparent and personalized experience for agents as well as property buyers and sellers. Founded in late 2019, currently more than 250 people are working for Evernest in Germany and Spain.
Playtomic
Series C in 2021
Playtomic is the largest platform for racket sport clubs and players worldwide, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2017, it operates an online court booking platform designed to serve as a social network for sports enthusiasts. The platform allows users to reserve courts, connect with players who have similar skill levels, and engage in a community focused on sports learning. By facilitating these connections, Playtomic helps sports clubs optimize the use of their facilities and adapt to the digital landscape, enhancing the overall experience for both players and clubs.
Auro Travel
Convertible Note in 2021
Auro Travel is The largest fleet of private vehicles in Spain. they offer a car service with driver, legal, professional, serious, discreet and tailored. they know that this is a very personal service and that is why they adapt to your needs, whatever you want. Booking with us is having the guarantee that everything will be fine.
Evernest
Venture Round in 2021
Evernest is a proptech scale-up that redefines how residential properties are sold and bought in Europe. Evernest has developed a technology platform for real estate agents to make the entire process of residential real estate transactions more efficient. With the help of its full-service brokerage platform, smart marketing services and digitized support processes, Evernest offers a transparent and personalized experience for agents as well as property buyers and sellers. Founded in late 2019, currently more than 250 people are working for Evernest in Germany and Spain.
Job&talent
Series C in 2021
Job&Talent is a leading marketplace focused on connecting individuals with employment opportunities through a sophisticated platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Madrid, the company utilizes advanced technology to streamline the hiring process, offering services that include job matching, staff management, staffing, and payroll solutions. This innovative approach enables companies to build agile workforces while providing workers with reliable and flexible job options. In 2022, Job&Talent successfully placed over 340,000 workers in more than 2,500 companies, generating €1.9 billion in revenue. The company operates in ten countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, and has plans for further expansion. With backing from prominent investors, Job&Talent has established itself as the highest-valued unicorn in Spain.
Playtomic
Series A in 2020
Playtomic is the largest platform for racket sport clubs and players worldwide, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2017, it operates an online court booking platform designed to serve as a social network for sports enthusiasts. The platform allows users to reserve courts, connect with players who have similar skill levels, and engage in a community focused on sports learning. By facilitating these connections, Playtomic helps sports clubs optimize the use of their facilities and adapt to the digital landscape, enhancing the overall experience for both players and clubs.
Vamos
Seed Round in 2020
Our mission is to transform the way people have cars. We realized that while people love their cars, they don’t always love the process of owning them. So we are creating a totally new way, providing transparency, convenience and peace of mind. Vamos was founded in 2019, backed by leading investors and has a highly experienced management team.
Auro Travel
Series A in 2020
Auro Travel is The largest fleet of private vehicles in Spain. they offer a car service with driver, legal, professional, serious, discreet and tailored. they know that this is a very personal service and that is why they adapt to your needs, whatever you want. Booking with us is having the guarantee that everything will be fine.
La Gran Familia Mediterránea
Seed Round in 2020
La Gran Familia Mediterránea operates a kitchen for online meal delivery business. Headquartered in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.
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.
Job&talent
Series C in 2019
Job&Talent is a leading marketplace focused on connecting individuals with employment opportunities through a sophisticated platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Madrid, the company utilizes advanced technology to streamline the hiring process, offering services that include job matching, staff management, staffing, and payroll solutions. This innovative approach enables companies to build agile workforces while providing workers with reliable and flexible job options. In 2022, Job&Talent successfully placed over 340,000 workers in more than 2,500 companies, generating €1.9 billion in revenue. The company operates in ten countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, and has plans for further expansion. With backing from prominent investors, Job&Talent has established itself as the highest-valued unicorn in Spain.
Auro Travel
Venture Round in 2019
Auro Travel is The largest fleet of private vehicles in Spain. they offer a car service with driver, legal, professional, serious, discreet and tailored. they know that this is a very personal service and that is why they adapt to your needs, whatever you want. Booking with us is having the guarantee that everything will be fine.
Rive
Series A in 2019
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com
Playtomic
Venture Round in 2019
Playtomic is the largest platform for racket sport clubs and players worldwide, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2017, it operates an online court booking platform designed to serve as a social network for sports enthusiasts. The platform allows users to reserve courts, connect with players who have similar skill levels, and engage in a community focused on sports learning. By facilitating these connections, Playtomic helps sports clubs optimize the use of their facilities and adapt to the digital landscape, enhancing the overall experience for both players and clubs.
Paack
Series A in 2018
Paack is a company dedicated to providing efficient and sustainable eCommerce delivery services across Spain, France, Portugal, and Italy. With a team of over 120 engineers, Paack has developed an in-house technology platform that automates and optimizes delivery processes, achieving a 96% success rate on first delivery attempts while minimizing travel distances to reduce carbon emissions. Paack aims to lead sustainable eCommerce deliveries in Europe and is committed to becoming carbon net-zero by 2030. To support its sustainability goals, the company follows a structured approach that includes measuring environmental impact, implementing decarbonization actions, collaborating with partners for environmental contributions, and regularly reporting progress in line with sustainability standards. By offering a variety of delivery options, including scheduled, on-demand, next-day, and same-day services, Paack caters to the diverse last-mile delivery needs of its clients while prioritizing environmental responsibility.
Spotahome
Series B in 2018
Spotahome is a platform focused on mid- to long-term residential rentals, revolutionizing the property market by providing comprehensive listings for stays of over 30 days. The service allows tenants to book accommodations exclusively through online viewings, eliminating the need for in-person visits and streamlining the rental process for both tenants and landlords. Spotahome employs professional photographers, known as "Homecheckers," to create high-quality audio-visual content, including photos, HD video tours, and detailed floor plans, along with thorough descriptions of properties and their neighborhoods. The platform also offers guarantees against default payments and damages, enhancing security for both parties. Founded in March 2014 by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Hugo Monteiro, and Bruno Bianchi, Spotahome has expanded its presence to 11 cities across eight European countries, supported by significant funding from investors such as Kleiner Perkins. The company operates offices in Madrid, Spain, and London, UK.
Job&talent
Venture Round in 2018
Job&Talent is a leading marketplace focused on connecting individuals with employment opportunities through a sophisticated platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Madrid, the company utilizes advanced technology to streamline the hiring process, offering services that include job matching, staff management, staffing, and payroll solutions. This innovative approach enables companies to build agile workforces while providing workers with reliable and flexible job options. In 2022, Job&Talent successfully placed over 340,000 workers in more than 2,500 companies, generating €1.9 billion in revenue. The company operates in ten countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, and has plans for further expansion. With backing from prominent investors, Job&Talent has established itself as the highest-valued unicorn in Spain.
BITKRAFT Ventures
Pre Seed Round in 2017
BITKRAFT Ventures, founded in 2015 by German entrepreneur Jens Hilgers, is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, with a global presence in key cities such as Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London, Madrid, and Lisbon. The firm specializes in investments across various sectors of digital entertainment, focusing on video games and esports. BITKRAFT targets game developers, gaming platforms, and gaming-related technologies, as well as emerging areas like web3, virtual reality, augmented reality, and blockchain applications. With a team that spans significant hubs of digital innovation, BITKRAFT Ventures aims to support the growth and development of interactive media and gaming industries.
Job&talent
Series B in 2016
Job&Talent is a leading marketplace focused on connecting individuals with employment opportunities through a sophisticated platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Madrid, the company utilizes advanced technology to streamline the hiring process, offering services that include job matching, staff management, staffing, and payroll solutions. This innovative approach enables companies to build agile workforces while providing workers with reliable and flexible job options. In 2022, Job&Talent successfully placed over 340,000 workers in more than 2,500 companies, generating €1.9 billion in revenue. The company operates in ten countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, and has plans for further expansion. With backing from prominent investors, Job&Talent has established itself as the highest-valued unicorn in Spain.
Wallapop
Venture Round in 2015
Wallapop is a mobile marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand goods, primarily through its app. Utilizing geo-localized technology, it connects a vibrant community of around 15 million users, allowing them to trade items that are no longer needed. With over 180 million items exchanged on the platform, Wallapop offers access to unique products at competitive prices while promoting sustainability by extending the life of functional goods. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, enabling customers to publish advertisements from both mobile devices and computers. Founded in 2013 in Barcelona by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive, Wallapop has consistently focused on innovation within the online classifieds and second-hand market. It is supported by a range of investors, including Korelya Capital and NAVER.
DocPlanner
Series B in 2015
With a global mission to “make the healthcare experience more human”, Docplanner creates digital apps and software solutions for doctors, clinics, hospitals and patients to enable the healthcare ecosystem and the patient journey to work together more seamlessly. With free doctor reviews and instant online appointment booking for patients through its online marketplaces, Docplanner has a network of almost 2 million healthcare professionals, serves over 260,000 customers globally with over 22m patient appointments booked per month, and operates in 13 countries across Europe and LATAM. Doctors and clinics count on Docplanner to facilitate scheduling, booking, communication and payments for millions of patients a month. Through its innovative and user-friendly software, doctors and clinics can optimize patient flows, reduce costly no-shows and completely digitize their practices - all resulting in valuable time savings that can instead be used to improve patient outcomes and experiences. Via its TuoTempo brand, the company offers a more sophisticated suite of optimisation products for large healthcare institutions. Docplanner was founded in 2012 in Poland and now boasts a team of more than 2,800 based across offices in Warsaw, Barcelona, Istanbul, Rome, Mexico City, Munich, Berlin, Rio, Curitiba, Bologna and our Amsterdam headquarter. It is backed by leading venture capital funds, including Point Nine Capital, Goldman Sachs Private Capital and One Peak Partners, raising a total of approximately €400 million to date.
Ticketbis
Series A in 2011
Ticketbis enables users to purchase and sell tickets for concerts, festivals, theater plays, sporting events, and more. It has more than one million customers worldwide. Ticketbis was launched by Jon Uriarte and Ander Michelena in December 2009 and its main operations are based in Madrid, Spain with presence in other countries such as Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Japan, New Zealand, and more.
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