Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you enjoyed a great Sonar weekend! Congratulations to the winners and all the innovative projects that presented at the Sonar+D Startup Garden! Also a big congratulations to our friends at Trybe for their official launch in Barcelona last week! After a successful 3-month beta, Trybe now offers 15 unique and independent chefs that deliver … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup News June 12, 2017
Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend! We’re very excited to announce that Online Geniuses has arrived in Barcelona! This global network of digital experts is launching the Barcelona chapter this Wednesday with Tracking & Hacking featuring the CMOs of Verse and Wallapop. Don’t miss it! Sonar kicks off in Barcelona this week and along with it the … [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 News June 6, 2017
Hello and happy…Tuesday. We hope you had a great holiday weekend and enjoyed some good music at Primavera Sound (or Primavera Unexpected). This Thursday, Techstars is in town to promote their new hospitality accelerator and interview some of Barcelona’s most accomplished entrepreneurs in the sector. If you happen to be in the Bay Area, there will be wine & tapas at … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup News May 29, 2017
Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend and got some rest for the big summer events coming up! But first some big news: Our friends at TravelPerk - the Barcelona startup disrupting the business travel industry - just took home 1st place at The Next Web’s 2017 Startup Competition! Here’s the recap and you can watch Gideon Pridor, VP of Marketing, pitch on … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup News May 22, 2017
Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend! Our humble startup ecosystem got a BIG capital injection last week as Verse announced a $20M Series B round to expand their P2P payments platform AND Aragon raised a record $25M in 15 minutes validating the worldwide demand for decentralized company creation and enterprise management tools. Ok, technically Aragon is … [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...]
SEAT Accelerator by Conector: The First Batch
Last week we followed the theme of Automobile Barcelona and took a closer look at the urban transport tech industry in Barcelona. Today we continue this trend by giving you an insight on SEAT Accelerator by Conector and their latest automobile startup graduates. Many Barcinno readers will probably have noticed that SEAT has been quite active in the Catalan startup and tech … [Read more...]
Automobile Barcelona – A Look At The City’s Urban Transport Tech Landscape
With the car exhibition Automobile Barcelona arriving in town, Cabify closing a $100M investment round a few days ago, and Uber awaiting it's EU fate this week, it’s a good moment to step back and take a look at the major urban transport tech players in the city. Locals, 'Barcelonian’s by Choice' and attentive visitors are probably familiar with the uptick of … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup News May 8, 2017
Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend! This Thursday, a series of high-level monthly events kicks off at OneCoWork. Don’t miss Design as a Language with Matthew Waldman, founder of Nooka. Don’t forget to complete Barcelona Global’s International Talent Monitor to make Barcelona even better for Barcelonian’sby choice. Please complete this survey to make … [Read more...]