Nauta is a pan-European venture capital firm focusing on early-stage business-to-business software companies, with offices in London and Barcelona.
The investment was led by Nauta Capital with participation from Mercia.
"We are pleased to be able to advise Mercia on this further funding round after their initial investment. We have a longstanding working relationship with Mercia and over that time we have seen first-hand their ability to pick companies with good potential for scale-up, and BlackCurve’s success demonstrates that ability to spot prospects with real promise."
The Series A round was led by Nauta Capital with participation from Mercia Fund Managers, and will be used to double the team and enhance product offerings.
"We’re delighted to announce that Nauta has invested into BlackCurve. Their track record speaks for itself, and their advice and support to date has been excellent. We look forward to partnering together on this exciting chapter of our journey. With our existing investor, Mercia, following on too, it is a further proof point of the potential for us to shake up the price optimisation software market and help more retailers optimise their prices."
The social intelligence platform secured new capital from Highland Capital Partners Europe and Nauta Capital to scale its infrastructure and engineering capacity.
"We acted for Brandwatch on its initial business angel investment back in 2006 and have been advising the company ever since. The Brandwatch story is a great example of what we like to do – working closely with talented entrepreneurs from the very early stages right the way through the lifecycle of their company"