hello.app — Seed · €500K

hello.app, founded by 19-year-old Álvaro Pintado Santaularia, closed a €500,000 round at a €16 million valuation from a group of European private investors, with no single lead disclosed. The app pays users for renting out unused storage space on their devices; the company also secured a separate €130,000 ENISA loan and had ~200,000 users at the time.