Silence, roll!In more than one site managed by Spathios, the recurring phrase of film jargon will have been heard this year.The technology developed by Pol Hevia and Joaquim Tresserra has revolutionized the reserve of spaces for hours for events, audiovisual productions, company dinners or any professional celebration.
Influencers, soccer players, actors and big brands have already succumbed to their services for hours, which has reported to the startup a spectacular takeoff.In fact, 400%has grown since January.
The platform began in Barcelona in September last year.A month ago he opened in Madrid and his goal before the end of the year is to have spaces throughout Spain."Once installed in both cities it is easier to make way to other cities in Spain and in 2022 we plan to make the international leap."
"With only three clicks," the founders affect, they facilitate companies and individuals to rent charming and original places for productions, events, company dinners or any type of professional celebration.
Approximately 60% of its customers are companies compared to 40% of individuals."Productions are reserved by companies and events are usually more by individuals (various celebrations), although more and more companies reserve spaces for corporate or equipment events," they clarify.
Pol Hevia and Joaquim Tresserra are the founders of Spathios.
Thus, they provide the possibility of renting a film studio for 15 euros per hour, a spa for 1,100 euros, passing through the Pedrera de Gaudí for 500 euros per hour. Mases, rental of spaces for exhibitions, workshops, coworkings, meetings, villas, etc;The range of possibilities is very varied.
"The idea arises after analyzing the market. Digitization was needed to reserve commercial premises. Thus, we saw that the reserve of online spaces did not exist horizontally and it made all the sense to create it," explain Pol Hevia and Joaquim Tresserra.
After seeing that there are many spaces that are not used but that have many possibilities, both entrepreneurs decided to create spathios.
"So far there was no transparency in this sector when renting. We wanted to change that and offer a new possibility to people who wanted to rent their home, office or location for filming, shootings, etc."With what they did not hesitate and bet on it.
Spathios addresses three business fields such as audiovisual productions, the world of events and spaces for corporate meetings.As a consequence of COVID-19, the two entrepreneurs detected a paradigm shift because the brands had to enhance the online channel much more.
"Now the ecommerce usually have photo sessions, activities ..., so we bet on easily given the right place for each job."Spathios allows you to book one of the 600 novel and different locations that they have in Madrid and Barcelona.
The firm has gone from having 26 reservations in January to more than 80 in May."Every month we have had a growth greater than 20%," says Hevia.
Among its recent success cases, the Twojeys Villa is standing where a brand has been housed for 40 days with influencers, actors and soccer players from all over the world.The firm already worked with Spathios to perform all its shootings.
Movie dressing room that can be reserved for hours through this technological platform.
Other renowned clients are Alohas, Gimaguas, PDPAOLA, LAAGAM and NUDEPROJECT.And it is that many native digital brands of reference, in which much of their success is due to the quality of the content they generate, have found in Spathios the perfect travel companion.
In addition, recently the startup has begun working with brands from the Inditex group such as Stradivarius and Bershka.
As for the human team behind the project, it is formed by three people in the Tech team, of web development, among which is the CTO Joaquim Tressera;In addition to five people who capture new spaces and manage all reserves;another five in marketing;Two graphic designers, two of marketing, a branding, a finance manager, another of data and the CEO Pol Hevia.
