Investing in startups in the marketplace industry
We take minority stakes in marketplace startups within our core verticals: real estate, cars/mobility and jobs/education. We look for companies with tangible traction, a potential to scale beyond their domestic market, and which we could support with more than financial resources. Our sweet spot
is Series A and B.
Data from our Fintech-enabled Marketplaces report, the second in a series of reports on marketplaces trends, shows that pairing financial services with online marketplaces creates outsized returns, that the lines are blurring between fintechs and marketplaces, and that there is still a lot of room for mutual growth.
Download our Fintech-enabled Marketplaces reportThe Future of Marketplaces report – the first in an upcoming series of reports compiled by Dealroom.co on behalf of Adevinta Ventures and investors Speedinvest – shows that marketplace unicorns are now worth a combined total of $5 trillion and there are 30 marketplaces, globally, that are worth more than $20 billion.
Download The Future of Marketplaces reportOur investing team
Jordi Iserte
Investment Director
Leire Corral
Investment Manager
Stefan Grabmann
Investment Manager
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An all-in-one B2C digital subscription-based insurtech
Paris
Lovys is an all-in-one B2C digital subscription-based digital insurance in Europe, offering different insurance products on the same platform (home, cars, pets, electronics and mortgage).
Adevinta Ventures topped up Lovys Series A funding in 2021 to support the insurtech expand to Spain and Portugal and establish a pan-European market leading position.
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Car-as-a-service platform
Madrid
Exited – Bipi is a leading European car subscription startup, offering consumers a hassle-free alternative to car ownership with fully-flexible, all inclusive monthly subscriptions to high quality new and used cars. It offers a digital-first, 100% online transactional process.
Adevinta Ventures invested in October 2020 together with Toyota Ventures and Maniv Mobility in a €10.5m Series B to launch France and consolidate its position in Spain.
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A digital staffing agency in the healthcare sector
Berlin
Medwing is a digital staffing agency that aims to make working in the healthcare sector more attractive and to solve the shortage of healthcare personnel.
Medwing’s solution is an automatic job matching system connecting workers with hospitals, nursing homes and other medical institutions.
Adevinta Ventures has been investing in Medwing since December 2018, and further supported them in their €28m series B round.
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Leading European startup in the real estate sector
Helsinki
Kodit.io is a Finnish startup and a leading European in the real estate sector, and uses the iBuyer model. It uses AI technology to reduce the average time needed to buy or sell a house.
Adevinta Ventures participated in a funding round as part of our strategy to explore new business models that improve customer and user experience.
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A deposit free rental plateform
London
Flatfair facilitates rentals by removing the need for tenants to give landlords a deposit. Instead, Flatfair charges tenants a one-off fee equivalent to one week’s rent while offering landlords protection against damage on their property, as well as support in resolving disputes.
Adevinta Ventures invested in a US$11m Series A funding round.
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Sharing platform in mobility sector
Berlin
Paul Camper is the European Peer-2-Peer marketplace for renting and lending Recreational Vehicles (RVs). The startup’s vision is to get more people to enjoy and explore the great outdoors on their own terms. Today the company offers a fleet of more than 5,500 RVs in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Adevinta Ventures led its €7m Series A funding round in 2019.
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