Pekata raises €1.9M to grow employee gifting beyond Christmas
What's the deal? PekataDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Spanish corporate gifting platform where each employee picks their own present, has closed a €1.9 million ($2.2 million) early VC round. The financing combines equity with a participative loan from the Empresa Nacional de Innovación (ENISA)Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and bank debt.
What's the endgame? Pekata lets companies send gifts that recipients choose themselves, rather than picking on their behalf. The startup wants to extend corporate gifting beyond the traditional Christmas rush into a year-round product.
Who's backing it? ENISADealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → contributed via a participative loan, while a capital increase and bank financing rounded out the total.
The signal: By blending equity, public-backed lending, and bank debt, Pekata is stretching modest funding across the calendar — betting that employee gifting is a recurring need, not a seasonal one.
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