Adevinta Ventures

What is Adevinta Ventures?

Adevinta Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. They focus on investing in fast-growing European startups, with a sweet spot for Series A and Series B funding rounds.

The fund operates with an investment range between €1,000,000 and €7,000,000 and specializes in sectors such as mobility, real estate, work, and fintech.

Their investment thesis revolves around utilizing the market strength of Adevinta's numerous brands, which include prominent online classifieds like leboncoin, Mobile.de, Fotocasa, Coches.net, and Subito. These platforms grant Adevinta Ventures unique leverage and the ability to add significant value to their portfolio companies by facilitating strategic connections and promoting synergy across different verticals.

Adevinta Ventures takes pride in being a long-term partner to their investments, contributing not only financial support but also operational guidance to foster growth and success.

The firm is part of Adevinta, a well-known online classifieds group that operates a suite of digital marketplaces across Europe and extends its reach beyond this region. With approximately 120 million monthly users and around 2.5 billion monthly visits across their platforms, Adevinta is deeply engaged in promoting sustainable commerce.

Their marketplaces not only facilitate trade and business opportunities but also encourage reuse and circular economy practices, thereby making a positive impact on the environment and society.

Adevinta Ventures align closely with the overarching goals of sustainable commerce and responsible trading, ensuring their investment strategies complement the mission of creating value for individuals, businesses, and communities while fostering sustainable and responsible consumption patterns.

What they say:

Adevinta Ventures is the VC arm of the Adevinta group, a global online classifieds specialist operating leading digital marketplaces in 15 countries. We invest in fast-growing European startups (Series A and B rounds) that can shape the future of mobility, real estate, work and fintech.

What we look for: We invest in fast-growing European startups (sweet spot in Series A and Series B) that can shape the future of mobility, real estate, work and fintech. Leveraging the top positions of Adevinta's brands (e.g. leboncoin, Mobile.de, Fotocasa, Coches.net, Subito) Adevinta Ventures adds strong value and is a long-term partner to portfolio companies.

How we help: We have a strong expertise in digital marketplaces and in scaling-up marketplaces internationally. We count on a large and diverse network of multi-functional experts that would also serve as advisors and supporters to our ventures activity.We also foster collaboration opportunities between our portfolio companies and Adevinta brands.