Published in Adara Ventures·Jan 18👨💻We’re hiring: Investment Analyst Program (🇪🇸 Madrid)At Adara Ventures, we are searching for talented future VCs (in their final years of University or recently graduated) to join our team on our 4–6 month Investment Analyst Internship Program. The Program has two start dates, and you’ll join us either in March or September 2023. If you are…2 min read2 min read
Published in Adara Ventures·Oct 18, 2022Data Fabric leader, Stratio BD, secures €65m Series C investmentStratio BD has announced a new round of investment to continue fueling its international expansion. The €65m Series C investment was led by InfraVia Growth, with participation from Adara Ventures and the Stratio founders. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Madrid, Stratio has successfully positioned itself as the global leader…3 min read3 min read
Jul 27, 2022Seedtag surges ahead with €250m investment 💥by Nicolas Goulet, Managing Partner We’re excited to share the news that Seedtag, the global leader in contextual advertising, has raised over €250M in funding 🎉 from private equity investor Advent International. We are pleased to have partnered with Jorge Poyatos, Albert Nieto, and the Seedtag team from a very…Advertising2 min readAdvertising2 min read
Jun 1, 2022Why we invested in Komon: Web3 platform to empower creator communitiesby Ross Strachan, Principal Adara Ventures We are pleased to announce our recent investment in Komon, a platform that permits creators to launch NFT-powered communities. Adara participated in the $2 million pre-seed round alongside Samaipata, Inveready, Shilling, and several business angels. We are excited to back Komon founders Sebastián Fernández-Medrano…Web 33 min readWeb 33 min read
May 18, 2022Quality Clouds raises £5.5m to support migration to low-code, cloud-based applications and workflowsby Alberto Gómez, Managing Partner Quality Clouds has announced a new round of investment to continue scaling its application development governance platform. The investment was led by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), with participation from Seed-round lead Adara Ventures, plus new investors Aldea and U.K. Future Fund. We first partnered with…Cloud Computing3 min readCloud Computing3 min read
May 13, 2022Taking NFTs beyond collectibles: Freeverse raises €10m Series Aby Rocio Pillado, Partner Adara Ventures We’re excited to announce that Freeverse has closed its €10m Series A funding round, less than one year after its €1m Seed raise, to fuel development of its ‘Living Asset’ (NFT 2.0) technology and a strong go-to-market push. Freeverse was founded in 2019 by…Web 33 min readWeb 33 min read
Published in Adara Ventures·May 11, 2022ESW to Acquire Scalefast 🚀by Nico Goulet, Managing Partner Today we are proud to announce that ESW, the world’s leading global direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has agreed to acquire Scalefast, an Adara portfolio company and leading end-to-end eCommerce solution provider. We first met the Scalefast founders Nicolas Stehle (CEO), Frédéric…Ecommerce4 min readEcommerce4 min read
Published in Adara Ventures·May 9, 2022Datadog to acquire Hdiv Security ⚡️by Alberto Gómez, Managing Partner We are delighted to share that Datadog, Inc., the largest monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hdiv Security, an Adara portfolio company and leading security-testing software provider. Adara Ventures has backed Hdiv Security since leading its Seed…Startups3 min readStartups3 min read
Published in Adara Ventures·Mar 17, 2022Semrush Acquires Kompyte 🎉by Rocio Pillado, Partner @Adara Ventures We’re delighted to announce the acquisition of Kompyte, an Adara portfolio company and leading competitive intelligence automation and sales enablement platform, by Semrush (NYSE: SEMR), a global online visibility management SaaS platform. We will miss our regular interactions with Pere Codina, Albert Colmenero, and…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published in Adara Ventures·Mar 15, 2022Ask the experts: Tips for hiring technical talent 👩💻Hiring tech talent was difficult even before the pandemic, and continues to be one of the greatest challenges for startups. As companies increasingly shift to remote and hybrid work, tech workers have more options than ever before, and large enterprises are paying out higher-than-average salaries in an effort to keep…Startup Lessons8 min readStartup Lessons8 min read
