# Novicap
Novicap is a Barcelona-based financial technology company, founded in 2014 by Federico Travella, that provides digital working-capital solutions, including invoice factoring (selling unpaid invoices at a discount for immediate cash) and working-capital loans, to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), mid-market corporates, and public administrations.[1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) • [2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) The company remains active as of 2025, led by CEO Loïs Duhourcau with Travella as executive chairman.[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) Its largest single financing was a €200 million debt facility from the London asset manager [Fasanara Capital](https://www.edgepedia.org/fasanara-capital), announced on 13 December 2022.[3](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014, Barcelona, by Federico Travella[1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) |
| Sector | Working-capital fintech for SMEs and mid-market companies[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) |
| Total funding | About €203 million across 4 rounds (unverified directory figure)[5](https://funding.tech.eu/companies/D6E6B4D8-9425-45EB-A6D2-D770EADDD1D9) |
| Largest financing | €200 million debt facility from Fasanara Capital, 13 December 2022[3](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/) |
| Reported traction | Over €2 billion financed to more than 9,000 Spanish companies by March 2025 (company-reported)[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) |
| Leadership | CEO Loïs Duhourcau; founder Federico Travella as executive chairman[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) • [1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) |
| Status | Operating as of 2025, with 60 employees at end-2024 and hiring plans for 2025[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) |
## History, people and leadership
Federico Travella founded Novicap in 2014 and serves as Founder & Executive Chairman.[1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) Leadership changed hands with the appointment of Loïs Duhourcau as CEO, and in early 2023 two executives joined: Julián Villalba as operations and risk director (previously at Atlax 360) and Joaquín Jiménez as commercial director (previously at Finamco), according to the company's own announcement.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/) None of the sources describe the founders' backgrounds in detail beyond Travella's title.
## Products and how they work
Novicap's technology platform offers credit and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions and digitally provides origination, underwriting, and servicing capabilities, meaning it both evaluates and administers the financing on behalf of funders.[1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) By the company's account, Novicap has shortened the time clients take to collect invoices by more than 65 days on average.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/) It also runs SaaS supplier-payment solutions, which let corporate buyers pay their suppliers early through structured programs.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/) At the end of 2023 it launched a Working Capital Loans product, which the company said already represented more than 25% of its credit activities by early 2025.[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/)
## Funding and investors
The funding record is unevenly documented. A tech.eu funding directory (unverified data as of July 2026) records four rounds totalling about €203 million from six investors, including a €1.5 million seed in September 2015 from Cabiedes & Partners, Partech Ventures, and Techstars, and the December 2022 debt facility.[5](https://funding.tech.eu/companies/D6E6B4D8-9425-45EB-A6D2-D770EADDD1D9) Only the last is independently corroborated: Reuters reported that Novicap raised a €200 million debt facility from Fasanara Capital on 13 December 2022.[3](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/)
**Debt, not equity.** A debt facility is borrowed capital used to fund loans to clients, not a sale of shares; it does not dilute ownership or imply a valuation, and no valuation figure exists in any source. Fasanara Capital had been purchasing receivables through Novicap since 2017 and became one of the platform's leading credit funders over five years.[1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/) Novicap said the agreement implied additional capacity of over €1 billion of financing volume per year.[3](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/) No new round has been recorded since December 2022.[5](https://funding.tech.eu/companies/D6E6B4D8-9425-45EB-A6D2-D770EADDD1D9)
## Business model, traction and performance
Novicap offers credit and SaaS solutions through its platform, with Fasanara Capital as one of its main funders since 2017.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/) The available traction figures are all company-reported and not independently audited:
- In 2022 Novicap quadrupled its activity volume versus pre-pandemic levels, reaching €1.3 billion in financing for Spanish and Dutch companies.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/)
- The company reported closing 2022 with positive EBITDA despite rising interest rates, with its loan portfolio up 37% year-on-year and SaaS supplier-payment turnover up 136%.[4](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/)
- It announced in March 2025 that cumulative financing had exceeded €2 billion for more than 9,000 Spanish companies, and that 2024 revenue grew 28% year-on-year.[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/)
Because every one of these numbers comes from Novicap's own releases, the only independent anchor on scale is Reuters' report of the Fasanara facility and the company's surpassing €1 billion in transaction volume as of Q3 2022.[3](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/) • [1](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/)
## Status and recent developments
Novicap continues to operate. In 2023 it launched the Working Capital Loans product;[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) in its March 2025 release it reported 60 employees at end-2024 with plans to add more than 20 professionals during 2025, stated intentions to expand its partner network and apply AI to automate processes, and named Duhourcau as CEO.[2](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/) The company has raised no new external funding since the December 2022 Fasanara facility (unverified directory data).[5](https://funding.tech.eu/companies/D6E6B4D8-9425-45EB-A6D2-D770EADDD1D9) No independent reporting after December 2022 confirms the company's current leadership or corporate structure; the most recent sources are its own communications.
## References
1. [Barcelona-based fintech Novicap raises a €200 million debt facility to fuel growth](https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/12/barcelona-based-fintech-novicap-raises-a-e200-million-debt-facility-to-fuel-growth-for-european-businesses-and-organizations/), EU-Startups, December 2022.
2. [Novicap closes 2024 with 28% revenue growth and hits €2 billion of volumes since inception](https://www.novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-closes-2024-with-28-revenue-growth/), Novicap (company release), 19 March 2025.
3. [European fintech company Novicap raises 200 mln euros from Fasanara Capital](https://www.reuters.com/technology/european-fintech-company-novicap-raises-200-mln-euros-fasanara-capital-2022-12-13/), Reuters, 13 December 2022.
4. [Novicap quadruples its volume of activity by 2022 and exceeds 1.3 billion euros in volume financed](https://novicap.com/en/blog/novicap-quadruples-its-volume-of-activity-by-2022/), Novicap (company release), 13 March 2023.
5. [NoviCap — Tech.eu Funding Explorer](https://funding.tech.eu/companies/D6E6B4D8-9425-45EB-A6D2-D770EADDD1D9), directory data as of 12 July 2026 (unverified).
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