Current Investments

Renable

Re:nable’s AI platform combines retailers’ content, user and expert reviews, purchase intent data, and AI into a single platform. Aimée will curate and produce content at scale so that marketers can focus on more strategic tasks, enabling retailers to deliver relevant and highly converting ads for their entire product catalog.

Venizum

Verbis is the first translation management connector native on Salesforce that makes sure you have a seamless end-to-end translation and localization process. Connect to any Salesforce Cloud or your current translation management system. Plug in your desired connectors, and watch the power of automation work its magic.

Wanderworld

Wanderword creates and publishes interactive audio entertainment for the global mobile and smart speaker market.

Past Investments

Streetcar Ltd

We were an early investor in Streetcar Ltd. Streetcar is the UK’s biggest car sharing company with over 1,500 cars in London and 100,000 paying members that use the cars on an hourly basis. The company was sold in 2010 to Zip Car Inc. and in 2013 Avis took over Zip Car. (www.zipcar.co.uk).

Taxi Systems

Taxi System offers a complete booking, administration and GPS-navigation system. While most taxi-systems on the market are custom-built for each company, Taxi-System takes advantage of modern technology and software approach. The solution is fully hosted, easy to manage, upgrade and gives the taxi-company flexible tools to add customer value with added service. Grana International was an early investor in 2005 and sold its interest back to the founders in 2012.

Tullys

Grana International formed a partnership with Tully’s Coffee Inc., one of the leading Coffee companies based in Seattle, USA. (The home of Starbucks). The objectives were to introduce “Coffee to go” in Europe with a start in Sweden. Six shops were set up and managed in Sweden. The company was sold in 2001. (www.tullys.com)

Nordic Domains AB

Grana International is an initial shareholder in Nordic Domains AB that was founded 1999 and based in Stockholm, Sweden. Nordic Domains was in the internet business but has recently changed its focus due to the dramatic change in the “.com” business. The company is now investing in biotech ventures, real estate turnaround situations and existing companies with great potential but lack of funding.

E2Rim SA

Grana International was the co-founder of the company and they specialized in refurbishment and construction in Belgium. The company was sold to a former partner.[

EBuD SA

European Business Development SA, was assisting companies with management, operations and expansions within the Benelux countries. The company was sold to a former partner.

Golden Hits

The start-up and operation of a commercial radio station in Stockholm, Sweden, with music from the sixties and seventies. The company was sold to NRJ.