Vacway

vacway.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

Vacway is a Barcelona-based company that designs, makes and runs automated self-service systems for leisure venues with many visitors, such as theme parks, water parks, ski resorts, hotels, shopping centres and events. Its range includes VacwayLockers, which are smart lockers with touchscreens, contactless payment and cloud management software; VacwayOne and VacwayMini machines that seal smartphones in waterproof covers; and VacwayKiosk self-service ticketing kiosks. Customers include PortAventura World, Ferrari Land, Parque Warner, Isla Mágica, Baqueira Beret and Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife, and the company reports more than 30,000 lockers installed in over 10 European countries. Three engineers from Menorca founded Vacway in 2017. In November 2022 it raised €1.5M from Zamit Capital, the growth fund managed by GVC Gaesco, to expand its smart locker business internationally.

Founded
2017
Founders
2
Total funds raised
€1.5M
Rounds
1
Investors
1
Last round
Nov 2022
SectorsSmart lockers, Vending hardware, Leisure & amusement technology, SaaS Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Hospitality operations services

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Founders

Javier Montón Ibáñez
Co-founder & CEO
Joaquín Abellán Cardona
Co-founder

Global models 4

Hive Box
Builds and runs networks of smart self-service lockers placed in high-footfall sites, earning per-use fees on top of hardware and cloud management.
~$1BComparable
Energy Monster
Places self-service, pay-per-use machines (power-bank rental) in leisure and hospitality venues and shares revenue with the venue owners.
~$300MComparable
Cleveron
Estonia · cleveron.com ↗
Designs and manufactures automated self-service locker and robotic pickup systems for venue operators, plus the software to run them.
~$30MComparable
Bloq.it
Portugal · bloq.it ↗
Makes smart lockers run by cloud software and sells or operates them for businesses, much like VacwayLockers.
~$15MComparable

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Funding rounds 1

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