# Ross Strachan

> Ross Strachan is a seed investor at Adara Ventures (Madrid) backing SaaS and Travel. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Adara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adara-venture-partners)
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/strachanross/

Ross Strachan is a seed investor at Adara Ventures in Madrid focused on SaaS and Travel. Ross Strachan is the Principal at Adara Ventures. Ross attended IE Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caravelo | Caravelo drives profitability by bringing airlines and passengers closer together. We make it easy to modernize your revenue streams, unlocking hidden opportunities, and increasing customer satisfaction.We provide SaaS solutions designed specifically for the airline and travel industry that integrate with existing systems and give airlines a moredirect relationship with their clients. The result is lower costs, more revenue opportunities and increased loyalty.Our success is attested by some of the biggest names in travel. To find out more, reach out to us before your competitors do. | $3.7M | Series A | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| Apres | Apres helps the world build AI people can trust. Our product, Engaged AI, is the operating system for the AI-driven organization. Engaged AI accelerates AI improvement by finding hidden information in data, providing rich explanations for model decisions, and giving companies transparency into their AI systems. We go beyond traditionalmachine-learning management to create powerful new data, drawing on the expertise of people to drive better decisions. The result is giant leaps in performance. Our customers include some of the world’s largest banks, insurance companies, and cutting-edge tech companies seeking solutions for fraud, customer churn, bias, compliance, and more. | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samaipata](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samaipata-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Adara Ventures

VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Adara Ventures invests in ambitious businesses, partnering with founders with the capacity, courage, and vision to execute. In the last 18 years, the firm has invested in 43 companies and manages €200m. Focused on early-stage companies and with a European footprint, Adara’s portfolio includes companies dedicated to cybersecurity, data applicationsand infrastructure, DevOps, hardware components, digital health, and the energy transition. For more information, visit www.adara.vc

5 contacts available at Adara Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monica Navas | Head of Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monica-navas |
| Nicolas Goulet | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-goulet |
| Rocio Pillado | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rocio-pillado-lopez |
| Ross Strachan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ross-strachan |
| Alberto Gomez | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-gomez |

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## FAQ

### What does Ross Strachan invest in?

Ross Strachan invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ross Strachan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ross Strachan closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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