Bloop – The Startup presents itself as the WORLD’S FIRST Social Shopping Network and Marketplace

Fevereiro 13, 2025|1 min read

Monarque Funds is proud to announce that it is one of the founders of the Bloop project, the first social shopping network in the world.

In addition to being founding investors, we are the only Portuguese fund to invest in this innovative project.

Monarque Funds was the lead investor in a €1.4M capital round, which also involved a crowdfunding operation where €410 thousand euros were raised.

At Monarque Funds we pride ourselves on investing in an innovative and considered way, selecting projects that balance risk and profitability clearly benefit the latter.

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