{"id":2566,"date":"2017-11-16T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egoraventures.com\/egora-investment-group-invests-e1m-in-headbox\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:52:40","slug":"egora-investment-group-invests-e1m-in-headbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egoraventures.com\/en\/egora-investment-group-invests-e1m-in-headbox\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Egora investment group<\/strong> invests \u20ac1M in HeadBox"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2566\" class=\"elementor elementor-2566 elementor-1754\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df8882d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df8882d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5177ea0\" data-id=\"5177ea0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e4cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"57e4cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55dd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"a55dd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/egoraventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/egoraventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2fff0d2 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>16. November 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de88f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8de88f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p align=\"center\"><b>\u2013 HeadBox marketplace expansion receives backing \u2013 <\/b><\/p><p>23rd October 2017, London:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.headbox.com\/\"><b>HeadBox<\/b><\/a>, the SaaS (Software as a Service) enabled marketplace for inspiring meeting, off-site and event spaces has just received a total injection of \u00a31.6M in funding lead by tech investment company Egora Holding who have invested \u20ac1M.<\/p><p>Egora is a Munich-based German-American tech investment group formed by active entrepreneurs who support other entrepreneurs to build market-leading pioneering companies.<\/p><p>Having grown very fast, UK-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headbox.com\/london\">HeadBox<\/a> now has one of the largest collection of creative spaces ranging from galleries, cafes, theatres, cinemas, creative and photographic studios to churches, boats and tree houses as well as London\u2019s more iconic venues on its site. In the past 6 months it has seen its gross merchandise value, bookings and net revenue treble.<\/p><p>Over 100 companies such as Farfetch, Dentsu Aegis and Expedia have already signed up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headbox.com\/business\">HeadBox Business<\/a> a personalised corporate dashboard that sits alongside the platform to help companies manage multiple venue bookings across numerous teams, departments and territories, and delivers complete transparency and budget control for all event budgets and venue bookings, as well as insight into what spend and savings are made across the company or network.<\/p><p>The new funds from Egora will enable HeadBox to drive its platform-first strategy of developing a range of software based tools and services alongside its market place for its 10,000 corporate guest and host venue customers. The cash injection will also allow HeadBox to speed-up its international roll-out.<\/p><p>Nikolaus Zwick Egora Managing Director comments: \u201cEgora supports entrepreneurs with high potential software solutions and technical intellectual property who have the vision to build pioneering companies and become world leaders in their industries. HeadBox, with its innovative solution to the common problem of finding and booking unique spaces for work-related events fits perfectly with our investment criteria and has the potential to be the leading SaaS enabled marketplace for creative and inspiring event spaces \u2013 both in the UK and internationally. We are thrilled to be working with this stimulating and trustworthy team and believe that HeadBox has an exciting future.\u201c<\/p><p>Andrew Needham, CEO, HeadBox says: \u201cThe HeadBox vision is to re-invent the events industry through technology, unlocking value from under-utilised space as well as providing many space owners with an extra revenue stream. Our platform first strategy means that we are not just making the whole process of finding and booking venues for work related events so much easier, simpler and faster via our market place but we are also providing our corporate guests and host venues with additional software services to anticipate their arising needs. It\u2019s an important part of why our customers keep coming back. Whether it is for a planning session, team away day, product launch, client presentation, sales conference, training session, office party or anything in between they are choosing to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headbox.com\/\">HeadBox<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><p>We aim for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headbox.com\/london\">HeadBox<\/a> to be the global SaaS enabled marketplace bringing people and spaces together all in one place to make brilliant things happen. We want to change the way people think about space, unlocking people\u2019s imagination to the different uses and applications of space, and we are delighted to receive support from Egora to deliver on this ambition\u201d, Needham concludes.<\/p><p>Egora joins a strong and impressive line up of previous investors that include <b>Sir Brian Williamson<\/b> CBE, former Chairman of Electra Private Equity and former Chairman of LIFFE and currently Chairman of R.J Fleming; <b>Ralph Kugler<\/b>, former Main Board Director of Unilever and Chairman of Cognita Schools; <b>Martin McCourt<\/b>, former CEO of Dyson; <b>Andy Cosslett<\/b>, previously CEO of InterContinental Hotels and Operating Partner of Advent Private Equity; <b>Aaron Simpson<\/b>, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Quintessentially Group; <b>Matt Isaacs,<\/b> Founding Partner &amp; Executive Chairman of Essence and <b>Johan Svanstrom<\/b>, Global President of Hotels.com.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5060997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5060997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/en\/press\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-right\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8382a7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8382a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2013 HeadBox marketplace expansion receives backing \u2013 23rd October 2017, London: HeadBox, the SaaS (Software as a Service) enabled marketplace for inspiring meeting, off-site and event spaces has just received a total injection of \u00a31.6M in funding lead by tech investment company Egora Holding who have invested \u20ac1M. 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