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In this post you will find a list of entrepreneurs and startups in the midst of their fundraising endeavours.

In June, we achieved the following figures:

✅  61 startup applications.
✅  Stages: 7% Stealth | 37% Pre-seed | 43% Seed | 13% Series A & B
✅  Geographies: 30% US | 13% Spain | 12% UK | 45% Rest of the world.
🤯 622 total submissions since Jan 2025.

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I have selected 3 early-stage opportunities, differing in stage, location, or sector, and provided a brief analysis.

📍 HQ: London, UK.
🏭 Industry: Health, AI
☘ Stage: Seed.
🚨 Problem: Dementia care is rapidly shifting toward early intervention with new Alzheimer’s drugs, but health systems lack the digital infrastructure and readiness to support timely diagnosis, treatment, and patient management.
🔛 Solution: AI-powered digital platform (B2B2C) for management of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
📱 Product: PuntoTest, PuntoCare & PuntoClinic.

🫰 Business model: License fee and per patient/month.
🎯 Ideal Customer Profile: Healthcare providers and insurers.
📊 Traction: 12 pilots with partners in the UK and Spain.
🏚 Market: 78M cases globally, $2.8T annual cost. $11Bn market, including platforms for patients, caregivers, and clinical tools worldwide.
👥 Anna (CEO): AI scientist and Biomedical Engineer. MIT, BenevolentAI, Elvie and NeurIPS/ICML author.
👥 Jack (CTO): ex-Morgan Stanley, Software Engineer at BenevolentAI and Thought Machine. University of Cambridge.
💰 Round: GBP 2.5M Seed round.

📍 HQ: Barcelona, Spain.
🏭 Industry: Fintech, eCommerce, Sustainability.
☘ Stage: Seed.
🚨 Problem: Trade-in programs fail to unlock real value at checkout, are vertically fragmented, and operationally heavy. As a consequence, over $3,000 are locked in an average US/EU household.
🔛 Solution: A payment method that turns trade-ins into instant discounts, with no friction or risk for merchants.
📱 Product: Platform and quick-installation ecommerce plugins to set-up or improve trade-in programs in minutes, with instant rewards for shoppers.

🫰 Business model: Commission on trade-in value (from merchants, shoppers, and buyback partners.
🎯 Ideal Customer Profile: Mid to large eCommerce merchants/brands in electronics, appliances, sports, and multi-category retail.
📊 Traction: Live with first merchants, 5-10% revenue penetration in available trade-in categories, +45% AOV uplift.
🏚 Market: $59B from current B2B2C trade-in market, expanding to $360B+ with payments beyond eCommerce.
👥 Alex (co-CEO): 2nd time founder, raised $8M+ from VCs and other institutions so far, Aerospace Engineer.
👥 Pol (co-CEO): 2nd time founder, built $30M+ pipelines from ecommerce merchants, drove growth from 0 to ~$3M ARR in 18 months, Aerospace Engineer.
👥 Jaume (CPO): Experienced eCommerce enabler product manager, Aerospace Engineer.
💰 Round: Undisclosed.

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📍 HQ: Milan, Italy.
🏭 Industry: Enterprise AI, M&A.
☘ Stage: Seed.
🚨 Problem: 67% of SMEs around the world are fighting for survival.
🔛 Solution: Employee ownership platform for SMEs, including acquisition and transition processes.
📱 Product:

🫰 Business model: Services to PortCos (up to €250k/year), exit via employee ownership, dividends.
🎯 Ideal Customer Profile: Small cap SMEs in the manufacturing, distribution, and services spaces facing generational change.
📊 Traction: €70M+ of pipeline (24 companies) with an EBITDA margin of 19.9%; incl. 2 LOIs signed
🏚 Market: SOM of €20B+. FCF of around 100k SMEs facing generational change in IT, our first market, with up to €10M in revenue, owner looking for retirement soon, Ebitda 10%+.
👥 Giovanni (CEO): Serial entrepreneur (2x) and exited founder (1x, €20M ARR and BEP company).
👥 Alberto (CFO): ex GS and JPM, Entrepreneur through acquisition ($30M revenue company, from -$10M/Ebitda to +$2M/Ebitda).
👥 Iñaki (CTO): Serial entrepreneur (3x) and exited founder (3x, incl. 1x at Moody's, NYSE: MCO).
💰 Round: €1.5M seed, most of the round committed.

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