Mainder — Seed (estimated) · €600K

Mainder raised €600,000 in its first funding round, backed by strategic investors from the recruitment sector — Spanish staffing groups Grupo Montaner and Grupo Lanak, Barcelona fund Bcombinator and angel Max Silva (former NotCo country manager and ex-boss of co-founder Clemente Lopez) — to fund expansion in Spain, LATAM and Japan and to build an advanced AI agent for recruitment agencies. No lead was named; Diario Financiero reported the total (~$600K) as a mix of public and private financing, so part of it came from public instruments rather than equity, and the company said it was already preparing a follow-on raise of over €2M. Dealroom and Tracxn date the round to 17 March 2025; Spanish press coverage ran 20 March to 18 April 2025.