Last month, Barcelona hosted the 25th edition of one of Europe’s leading festivals, Sónar. Alongside spellbinding sets from LCD Soundsystem, Bonobo, Diplo and Gorillaz, the forward-thinking festival also hosts a three-day symposium dedicated to technology, creativity and business, Sónar +D. The symposium brings together world leaders in creative innovation, and offers startups … [Read more...]
5 Innovative Korean Startups To Look Out For at Sonar+D In Barcelona
This month five promising and innovative Korean startups will be showcased at Sonar+D event. The startups have been preselected and supported by Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), an organization that promotes the Korean creative industry. Most people are familiar with South Korean giants like Samsung, LG and Hyundai, but the next batch of startups is ready to disrupt … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Verse Raises $20M Series B Just 6 Months After Their $8M Series A
Mobile payment platform Verse, which operates from Barcelona and San Francisco, just announced the closure of a $20M investment round. The Series B funding comes just half a year after the company raised over $8M. The fresh financing round was led by the Spark Capital, a venture capital group from the USA that has previously invested in high-growth companies such as Twitter, … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup moCycl Is Ready To Roll
Those of us who were lucky enough have grown up watching Back To The Future , will never be truly happy until we have a flying hover board, and not one of pure mockery. We are slowly getting there with works in progress such as the Hendo Hover however the limitations are clear. As that miraculous day is still a fair way off, Barcelona startup, moCycl, has come up with with … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup AVUXI Wants To Rank The Popularity of Every Place On Earth
There's nothing worse when you're on vacation than to realize that you spent way too much money on a hotel that's subpar and in a bad location. Those that have an unending FOMO - fear of missing out - while traveling can now relax. Enter AVUXI - the next big thing when it comes to online travel booking services. It provides users the ability to make quicker and better … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Natural Machines Wants To Print Your Dinner
Remember that mind-blowing microwave styled device from Star Trek that turned small capsules into food? Well remember no more as Barcelona startup Natural Machines has just launched Foodini, a device that does pretty much that. The simple fact of the matter is that they are not from the future, but from Spain, and have applied the same technology used in 3D printing to make … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Imersivo
This post was written in collaboration with German Leon, co-founder of Imersivo, Exipple and former European Director of Oblong Industries. From the creators of Minority Report comes Imersivo, a Barcelona startup that has its sights set on revolutionizing retail experiences as we know them. The innovative project was founded just last year in conjunction with one of the … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Boolino
Barcelona startup Boolino, coined as the “Google for children's books”, has its sight set on being the world’s largest online platform for children’s books, for both the physical and digital landscapes. Acting as a bridge between the content and the buyers, Boolino brings both content creators and parents closer together by providing a marketing platform for publishers and a … [Read more...]
Better Know A #Barcelona #Startup: Runator (@runator)
The start of this tale goes back to a wintery day during Christmas of 2013. A team of keen Spanish runners had just signed up for the 2014 New York Marathon and were planning their training to make sure they were in ship-shape for race day. Understandably as the team began to get together to prepare for the coming months, questions started to arise such as; how do you train? … [Read more...]
Better Know A #Barcelona #Startup: Hubbl (@hubblme)
You’ve just ordered that awesome item you’ve been wanting for as long as you can remember. All you want is to get the package in the post, tear it open and start the fun times. You want nothing else, not even sleep. But then you get home from work and find that dreaded slip in the mailbox (or you don’t find it ever). Then that ecstasy rapidly dissipates. You commence the … [Read more...]