Juan Roig’s investment company, Angels, has invested, together with Draper B1 and Archipelago Next, one million euros in the financing round of Fourvenues, a technology company specializing in advanced software development for the leisure sector.
In just four years, Fourvenues has managed to create a portfolio of more than 300 clients and have a presence in five countries. In the first half of 2022, the platform achieved a global turnover of 12 million euros and they plan to close the year with a total of 40 million. Among its clients are important brands in the sector such as: Teatro Barceló, Grupo Costa Este, Sutton, Sala Sonora or Live Punta Umbría.
The young entrepreneur Alberto Centeno thus complies with all the steps of the Marina de Empresas entrepreneurship hub: he trained at EDEM where he studied a degree in Business Administration; later his project, at that time under the name of Discocil, was promoted by the Lanzadera accelerator, and now, with this investment, he becomes part of the Angels portfolio.
“It is a pride that Juan Roig’s investment company joins the purpose of professionalizing and promoting our industry. The magnitude of the leisure sector is enormous and we want to value its role in society and in the economy. We are going to continue working on improving the day-to-day lives of the people who make up the sector and we will not stop until we take this industry to where it deserves to be”says Alberto Centeno, CEO of Fourvenues.
“We value Alberto’s leadership capacity very positively and we believe that Fourvenues provides an innovative solution in the leisure industry, which provides a higher level of professionalism in management and helps entrepreneurs in the decision-making process”assures Pepe Peris, director of Angels.
BIGBAN private investors network
The startup was supported from the beginning by the network of private investors BIGBAN through its BSF18 vehicle; which is now divested through this secondary sale. “At BIGBAN we have supported Fourvenues from the beginning, but the time has come to make way for other strategic investors who can help the company continue to grow” comments Victoria Majadas, president of BIGBAN Inversores Privados.
Thanks to the investment received, they will expand the functionalities of their platform to become the first ERP (enterprise resource planner) in the sector, covering the needs of each department: sales, CRM, suppliers, marketing, HR and accounting.
With Fourvenues, businesses will be able to control all day-to-day actions from one single platform customizable to your needs. This technology will encourage the growth and evolution of companies in the sector as they will be able to: automate tasks, optimize management processes, have traceability of their products and protect their sensitive data, helping their growth and evolution.
In the commercial field, they will continue to consolidate the national market where they are already one of the main players and will continue with their internationalization strategy in different countries in Europe and Latin America, where they already know that their product has an idyllic market-fit, with the purpose of facilitating the management, promotion and sale to event organizers around the world.
As a complement to the ERP, the round will allow the promotion of Fourvenues Bank, its new fintech vertical, which will offer an on-site payment solution for venues, customized financing for events and an innovative method to streamline collections/payments with suppliers and sales channels .
