Momoven raises €3.5 million to take motorbike rentals to Italy, France and Portugal

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Momoven, a Castellón-based platform where people rent premium motorbikes from private owners, has closed a €3.5 million round to fund its expansion abroad, bringing its total funding since launch to more than €5 million. The backers are MotoGP rider Álex Márquez, who first came in as a strategic investor in 2025 and is now increasing his stake, several family offices, and two public lenders, the Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas (IVF) and Enisa. Javier Martínez, formerly of Hawkers, also joins as an investor and strategic adviser on scaling and brand positioning. The IVF already knew the company: it had earlier approved a €700,000 subordinated loan to Movemo Ibérica, S.L., the firm that owns the platform and was set up in 2017.

The money goes to product, hiring and international growth, with more people in technology, marketing, operations and business development. Italy, France and Portugal are next. Italy comes first because, according to co-founder and CEO David Berbel, it has twice as many motorbikes as Spain. That is the relevant number for a rental company that does not buy motorbikes. Momoven connects bikes that already exist, from private owners, professionals and third-party commercial fleets, and traditional rental firms use its software to take bookings. More than 10,000 motorbikes have been listed on it, from brands such as Harley Davidson, Kawasaki, BMW and Honda, and it has close to 100,000 registered users. The priciest listing, a 200-horsepower Kawasaki Z H2 SE, goes for €200 a day.

In Spain it runs three hubs, in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, and is also present in places such as Mallorca, Seville, the Canary Islands, Málaga, Murcia and Alicante. Berbel founded it with Pablo Carceller and Jordi Royo, and it went through the accelerator of Mercadona owner Juan Roig and Castellón's Programa Órbita. It also runs its own Moto2 team, Momoven Idrofoglia RW Racing, and gives its name to the Momoven Moto4 European Cup, formerly the European Talent Cup. Among the riders it sponsors are Arón Canet, Adrián Cruces, David Almansa and Álex Márquez, so the company now backs one of its own backers. "We want finding a motorbike, wherever you travel, to be as simple as opening an app," Berbel said.