Amazon has put €30 million on the table and bought a 150,000 m2 property in the industrial area of Mas Blau II of El Prat de Llobregat in Barcelona. According to LaVanguardia, this property will become the tech giant's largest logistics center for southern Europe. The center will be approximately 210.000 square meters and create around 2.000 jobs in Barcelona. Amazon already … [Read more...]
GSMA CEO: “The Barcelona Startup Ecosystem is On The Right Path, But They Need to Embrace Failure”
As the 2016 Mobile World Congress creeps ever closer, Barcelona readies itself for the busiest time of the year. During an intimate event organized by Barcleona Tech City, general manager of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Aleix Valls sat down with John Hoffman, the CEO and Director of GSMA Ltd, to talk about the state of the Barcelona startup ecosystem and its future. For … [Read more...]
The Future of Software Analytics at New Relic’s FutureStack Conference
There was a time when software performance and business decisions belonged to different worlds. There was nothing tangible that connected them and brought them together. That is no longer the situation in software business. New Relic is what is changing the tides. In 2008, a former Apple employee, set out to change how software performance was tracked. Looking at the … [Read more...]
Cabify and Hailo Are Not Afraid of the Return of UBER in Spain
UBER recently announced that they'll shut down UberEats in Barcelona and move over to the VTC-model (private transportation with a driver). Exactly when they will start driving with this new model is unclear, but in an interview with El Español the general manager of UBER in Spain, Carles Loret admitted that they had moved too fast in the spanish market. The biggest player … [Read more...]
Spain’s Fintech Startups Kantox and NoviCap To Join Forces
Monday, two Barcelona-based fintech startups Kantox and NoviCap announced that they will unite in a partnership to be able to offer their customers a stronger financial service. Kantox is a currency management company which offers companies an integrated solution based on transparency, efficiency and savings. With a total volume of $2B exchanged via their platform since … [Read more...]
Get To Know Barcelona’s Newest Fund: mVenturesBCN And The Man Behind It
This week the news about the Mobile World Capital latest initiative - mVenturesBCN - was officially announced. Their goal is to draw international talent to Barcelona and to promote the creation of technology-based companies. They will also allocate €15 million into the launching of 110 startups over the next three years. Aleix Valls is the man in charge of the ambitious … [Read more...]
mVenturesBCN: Mobile World Capital’s New €15M Fund
mVenturesBCN is a Mobile World Captial-led initiative to draw international talent to Barcelona and to promote the creation of technology-based companies. They will also allocate €15 million into the launching of 110 startups over the next three years. The program has the support of the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Barcelona's city council, the … [Read more...]
Next Bank & BBVA Bring Europe’s Finest Fintech Startups To Barcelona
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Barcelona will host the European stop of the Next Bank world tour. In partnership with BBVA Open Talent, Next Bank is scouring the planet for the most promising and disruptive fintech startups to compete for cash prizes and long-term partnerships with the global banking giant. Next Tuesday, they arrive in Barcelona along with Europe's foremost … [Read more...]
Why An International Team Chose A Spanish Startup Accelerator
For some young startups, the opportunity to join a leading, promising accelerator that will help get their ideas off the ground and achieve our goals is a dream come true. I wrote an article for Barcinno a few months back describing the benefits of choosing Barcelona as a base for your startup, and mentioned some of the great accelerators in the Barcelona startup ecosystem. For … [Read more...]
Medtep’s $2M Funding Is Good News For Barcelona’s E-Health Sector
Medtep, a cutting-edge online platform utilizing digital therapeutics for disease prevention along with advanced solutions for treatment and wellness, closed a $2,000,000 investment round today led by Mexican Investment Fund Stella Maris Partners with the participation of other American and Spanish investors such as Iñigo Juantegui (Co-Founder of neveraroja.com), Pablo … [Read more...]