About Nauta Capital
Nauta Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Apr 2025, Nauta Capital is an active investor, having invested in 100 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and High Tech. Most recently it led the $7.8M Series A round of Neurolabs along with LAUNCHUB. This round also saw participation from Techstart Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Nauta Capital portfolio has seen 26 acquisitions including key companies like Privalia, ForceManager and Brandwatch. A lot of funds co-invest with Nauta Capital, with names like Wayra sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Nauta Capital has team of 21 people including 7 partners.
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Nauta Capital's List of Top Investments
Nauta Capital has a portfolio of 100 companies. Their most notable investments are in Marfeel and Smart Protection.Their portfolio spans across Spain, United Kingdom, United States听补苍诲 7 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech听补苍诲 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A 听补苍诲 6 more. Here is the list of top investments by Nauta Capital:1. Privalia
Privalia is an online flash-sales retailer of multi-category products. The product catalog includes fashion clothing & accessories, beauty products, baby care items, electronics and home improvement items. They sell the products at discounted prices for limited time periods.
Key facts about Privalia
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Saint Denis (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $273M
- Investors: General Atlantic, Sofina and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, May 13, 2013, $32.4M
- Highlight: Acquired
2. BeMyEye
BeMyEye is a Provider of analysis solutions for businesses. The solution tracks the store execution metrics, such as shelf data, promotional compliance, peak trading out of stock, and brand recommendation. The company uses neural-network Image Recognition technologies to analyze the data. Its clients include Nestle, PepsiCo, Ferrero, Samsung, Heineken, and more.
Key facts about BeMyEye
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: 拢3.74M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Valuation: $14.5M as on Sep 30, 2016
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $44.6M
- Employee Count: 52 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Kreos Capital, 360 Capital Partners and 35 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 21, 2017, $34.5M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Hosco is an online job board for hospitality jobs. The platform allows students to create a profile by mentioning skills, education, and experience, and apply for jobs based on their interests. It allows the employer to post jobs by mentioning the skills and experience required for jobs and hiring candidates. The clientele includes Hyatt Regency Amsterdam, Meininger Hotels, Viking, Daios Cove Luxury Resort and Villas, The Ned Hotels, The Savoy, etc. The product is available in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
Key facts about Hosco
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Barcelona (Spain)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $20.2M
- Investors: Nauta Capital, Intelectium and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 21, 2022, $3.85M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Lodgify
Cloud-based end-to-end software solutions for vacation rental management. The company helps vacation rental owners/property managers manage and market their accommodation businesses. The end-to-end solution comprises a template-based website builder pre-integrated with other tools, a channel manager (enables hoteliers to sync & manage various inventory distribution channels/listings), a booking & reservation system (enables hoteliers to take bookings & receive payments directly on their website ), marketing & SEO tools, and management dashboards. The solution covers functionalities such as content management, calendar sync, automated guest communication, loyalty/promotions management, guest feedback & online reputation management, social media management & integrations, and payment processing among others. It is available for a monthly/yearly subscription fee.
Key facts about Lodgify
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Barcelona (Spain)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $37.3M
- Investors: Octopus Ventures, Howzat Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 02, 2022, $30M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. ForceManager
Platform offering Mobile CRM and field sales management software. It offers mobile apps for sales reps with features for quotes and orders, deal tracking, customer info, presentations, and route planning. It gives a dashboard to managers where they can see sales performance and manage sales reps according to geography and other information. It offers a subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about ForceManager
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Barcelona (Spain)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12M
- Investors: Catalan Institute of Finance, Nauta Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 2018
- Highlight: Acquired
Nauta Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Nauta Capital has invested in 100 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 7 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 11 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Neurolabs and most recent follow-on round was in Weecover.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st听搁辞耻苍诲 | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2022 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
2021 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2018 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
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Nauta Capital's Investments by Stage
Nauta Capital has made 42 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.82M, 39 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.08M and 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $8.3M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 42 |
Series A | 39 |
Series B | 6 |
Unattributed | 2 |
PE | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Nauta Capital's Investments by Sector
Nauta Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Retail, Vertical SaaS, Consumer and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 91 Tech companies, 78 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 65 Software companies and at least 46 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 66 |
Retail | 17 |
Vertical SaaS | 17 |
Consumer | 15 |
FinTech | 14 |
Others | 77 |
Nauta Capital's Investments by Geography
Nauta Capital has made most investments in United Kingdom (27), followed by Spain where it has made 26 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 27 |
Spain | 26 |
United States | 18 |
Germany | 10 |
France | 5 |
Others | 7 |
Nauta Capital's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Nauta Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 23, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | $7.8M | LAUNCHUB [+2] | |
Apr 02, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | $7M | Active Partners [+7] | |
Jan 30, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | $6M | Venrex [+1] | |
Jan 23, 2025 | Spain | Series A | $4.38M | Swanlaab [+5] | |
Dec 03, 2024 | Germany | Seed | $4.2M | InReach Ventures [+1] |
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Here are Nauta Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | May 30, 2025 | Oct 14, 2021 | Seed | $2.5M |
Apr 03, 2025 | Nov 19, 2019 | Seed | 鈧�1.7惭 | |
Nov 04, 2024 | Dec 06, 2017 | Series B | $12M | |
Aug 27, 2024 | Jan 14, 2021 | Seed | $1.83M | |
May 21, 2024 | Oct 24, 2017 | Seed | $5M |
Team profile of Nauta Capital
Nauta Capital has a team of 21 members听颈苍肠濒耻诲颈苍驳 7 Partners and 4 Principals聽located in United Kingdom and Spain. Nauta Capital's team sits on the board of 6 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Nauta Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Barcelona | - | - | |
Partner | London | Brandwatch, MishiPay and 4 more | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Barcelona | - | - | |
Partner | Madrid | - | - | |
Partner | London | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - | |
Principal | London | - | ||
Principal | Barcelona | - | - | |
Principal | Barcelona | - | - |
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Over the past 19 years, 447 investors have co-invested in Nauta Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Nauta Capital:听Seedcamp, and 155 others have invested in rounds before Nauta Capital. There are 2 companies where Seedcamp has invested before Nauta Capital and 2 companies where 7percent Ventures has invested before Nauta Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Nauta Capital:听137 investors entered a company along with Nauta Capital. These include investors like Wayra (3 companies).
- Invested after Nauta Capital:听A total of 153 investors have invested in Nauta Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Highland Europe (3 companies), SVB (3 companies) and Swanlaab (3 companies).
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