The buyer is the French e-commerce giant Vente-Privee, which has taken full control of the Barcelona-based ecommerce giant Privalia. The rumors have been spinning for some time, but according to Novobrief, the employees of Privalia got the official news of the acquisition this week. It’s not known how much Venter-Privee had to put on the table, and rumors were swirling … [Read more...]
Time Out Acquires Barcelona Startup HallStreet And Shuts It Down
It's time out for HallStreet. The deal is an acquisition -for-hire, according to Reuters. Founder and CEO of HallStreet Alfredo Ouro Villaraviz has been appointed Time Out's senior vice president of product. Also the former CTO Antonio Rodríguez de la Torre will join Time Out as senior vice president of product and director of technology for travel. The size of the … [Read more...]
Glovo Has Opened Up Shop In Italy And Acquired Foodinho
The on demand delivery garden has been growing constantly over the last years, with Glovo as one of the biggest players in Barcelona, promising to deliver anything to your doorstep within an hour. The last time we talked about Glovo, they had just picked up €2 million in funding, and now they're expanding. According to Techcrunch, Glovo acquired Italian food-delivery … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startups Kigo and Hotel Ninjas Get Acquired On The Same Day
Yesterday was payday in Barcelona for two homegrown startups in the fast-paced vacation rental and hotel management software space. The rumors were swirling two weeks ago of a Kigo acquisition by RealPage, the US software company that also recently snatched up Instamanager. The announcement was made official yesterday when RealPages dropped $32 million to become the proud new … [Read more...]