| Back4app |
| Last Funding Event: 1 Jan 2020 |
| Founded 2015 €2.0M total raised |
| Your Application's Backend, Simplified. Launch your backend in minutes with no infrastructure hassles. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
George Ba, Board Member  IESE Business School |
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| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Alysson Melo |
| Davi Macêdo |
Recent headlines
| Game BaaS Market Size, Trendspotting and Growth ... |
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| Artrocker | 2024-01-18 |
| Game BaaS Market 2024 Demand and Future Scope with Top ... |
| Digital Journal | 2024-01-16 |
| Backend as a Service Market to grow by USD 6.90 billion from ... |
| PR Newswire | 2023-12-20 |
| BYHOURS |
| Last Funding Event: 20 Nov 2023 |
| Founded 2012 €18.5M total raised |
| BYHOURS is the first international platform that allows you to book stays of 3, 6 and 24 hours in more than 4000 hotels around the world. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
| Guillermo Gaspart, Founder & CEO IESE Business School |
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| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Christian Picard |
| Christian Rodriguez |
| Hugo Palomar |
Recent headlines
| Instant Factoring |
| Last Funding Event: 24 Jun 2024 (€1.1M) |
| Founded 2018 €9.4M total raised |
| Instant Factoring is a finTech startup. |
Recent headlines
| Digital Transformation: A Window to a Border-free World – We present eKapija’s new special edition newsletter |
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| ekapija.com | 2024-11-28 |
| Instant Factoring IFN enhances lending in Romania with €1m EIF investment |
| FinTech Global | 2024-07-01 |
| Instant Factoring IFN enhances lending in Romania with €1m EIF investment |
| FinTech Global | 2024-06-25 |
| Lookiero |
| Last Funding Event: 1 Jan 2024 |
| Founded 2016 €53.6M total raised |
| Lookiero is an online personal shopper service for women. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
| Oier Urrutia, Founder & CEO IESE Business School |
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Recent headlines
| Spanish govt invests EUR 7 mln in AI fashion startup Lookiero |
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| Telecompaper | 2026-01-08 |
| Top 25 eCommerce Startups to watch in 2022 |
| visugram.com | 2021-11-22 |
| Top 25 eCommerce Startups to watch in 2021 |
| Splento Blog: Videography & Photography on demand. | 2021-03-11 |
| Afterpay |
| Last Funding Event: 20 Aug 2020 |
| Founded 2014 €565.7M total raised |
| Afterpay allows shoppers to receive products immediately and pay in four simple installments over a short period of time. |
Recent headlines
| UK BNPL regulations come into effect: Industry reaction |
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| Retail Banker International | 2026-07-15 |
| "Afterpays Pay Monthly lands at Apple in Australia at 0% interest, right as Mac and iPad prices climb", date: 2026-07-01 |
| iTWire | 2026-07-01 |
| Cash App Expands Payment Options With Instacart and Other Merchants |
| PYMNTS.com | 2026-06-08 |
| Vaultree |
| Last Funding Event: 7 Sep 2023 |
| Founded 2020 €16.1M total raised |
| Real-time processing of encrypted data at scale as a business enabler via Data-In-Use Encryption |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
| Maxim Dressler, Founder IESE Business School |
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| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Ryan Lasmaili |
| Shaun Mc Brearty |
| Tilo Weigandt |
| Stav Pischits |
Recent headlines
| Growing at 17.4% CAGR | Encryption Software Market Reach USD 66.5 Billion by 2032 Globally |
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| EIN Presswire | 2025-09-04 |
| Debunking five common encryption myths |
| Payments Cards & Mobile | 2025-04-15 |
| 10 cybersecurity start-ups strengthening our digital defences |
| Silicon Republic | 2025-03-21 |
| Unicorn Strategic Partners |
| Founded 2017 |
| Unicorn Strategic Partners provides asset management and financial services. |
| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Pablo Fernandez-Peña Curbera |
| Global Alumni Education |
| Last Funding Event: 8 Jul 2020 (€3.6M) |
| Founded 2014 €3.6M total raised |
| Global Alumni Education is an edtech company transforming the best universities to ambitious professionals all around the world. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
| Isabel Morera Pascual, Deputy CFO & Director of Corporate Services IESE Business School |
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| Pablo Rivas, Founder & CEO IESE Business School |
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| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Mohd Fairuz Razi bin Sharuddin |