European venture capital company ACTIVE Venture Partners has added two new team members with strong entrepreneurial and venture capital experience to their Barcelona squad. Since 2004 ACTIVE has invested in 23 companies in two funds totalling €74m, investing in three of these companies just this month; from June they have led funding rounds for Spanish startups Traity ($4.7 … [Read more...]
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Meet the 5 Winners of LinktoStart 2014
Yesterday, the Inlea Foundation, following a jury-based elimination evaluation, saw 5 of its remaining startups crowned winners of its 6th annual linktoStart program. The program began on January with 29 technology-based business ideas from all around Spain. Only 8 reached July to present in front of the final jury. Those received online and in person training, as well as … [Read more...]
#Barcelona #Startup Jobs: MyTwinPlace (@MyTwinPlace) Ruby on Rails Developer
Company: MyTwinPlace Area: Travel and Accommodation Place: Barcelona Job type: Developer Ruby on Rails Backend DeveloperMain responsibilities: As a Software Engineer you will own your projects and drive them from creation to deployment. You will play a key role working closely with MyTwinPlace Product Team to define and implement new set of features through short … [Read more...]
#Barcelona #Startup Jobs: Mammoth Hunters (@MammothHunters1) Engineer
Company: Mammoth Hunters Area: Mobile App/Personal Training Place: Barcelona Job type: Engineer We are a cool and fun start up dedicated to online personal training. Our service is a web app called Mammoth Hunters (currently in Google Play and soon in Apple Store). We are looking for an experienced Ruby and JS developer for a full time position. She/he is going to be our … [Read more...]
#Barcelona #Startup Jobs: Clicktron Media (@clicktronmedia) Mailings and Analytics
Company: Clicktron Media Area: Online Marketing Place: Barcelona Job type: Mailings and Analytics About Clicktron Media: Clicktron Media is a rapidly growing online marketing agency working with email marketing, display advertising and lead generation. Clicktron Media offers international companies with well-known brands in Europe highquality traffic to their websites in … [Read more...]
Barcelona Accelerator Conector Welcomes 15 New Startups Into The Program
Barcelona Accelerator Conector has just selected the next 15 startups to enter into the mentoring program of training and advice. This will be the second class of startups for the newest Barcelona accelerator program, as the first four graduated in Conector's first Demo Day in May. Conector searches for the best projects in the mobile and Internet sectors, typically those less … [Read more...]
#Barcelona #Startup Jobs: Quedamus (@Quedamus) Content Assistant
Company: Quedamus Area: Networking Place: Barcelona Job type: Content Assistant Funciones: Revisión y edición de eventos publicados: Dinamización en RRSS - Revisar si son correctos los eventos que publican los organizadores: En este sentido puede haber temas mínimos a corregir, que se editan directamente desde Quedamus (errores de spelling, fotos cortadas, títulos … [Read more...]
#Barcelona #Startup Jobs: Sisu Labs (@HelloSisu) Lead Developer
Company: sisu labs Area: Big Data Place: Barcelona Job type: Lead Developer We are looking for a senior developer with experience in developing commercial applications with excellent Ruby skills. Are you interested? Keep reading! About the position We’re looking for a Senior Developer who will help us grow and increase the amount of data we are able to … [Read more...]
Teambox Founder Pablo Villalba’s New Startup 8fit Raises $200k
If you’re anything like me, you want to work out, you want to be in shape, but you aren’t quite out of shape enough to convince yourself you need major lifestyle changes. After all, that bag of chips is right next to you, but the gym is so very far. People like us inspired Barcelona local Pablo Villalba’s mobile app, 8fit, which just raised $200,000 in seed funding from … [Read more...]
Unleash Your Inner Maker at Fab10 Barcelona 2014
Fab Lab: a digital fabrication laboratory. Nice self-explanatory play on words right? But what happens in these labs, and are they actually more than just rooms with 3D printers? Well, they are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, which aim to popularize and expand access to personal (and collaborative) manufacturing, and invention. These are the labs where this … [Read more...]