August is here and Barcelona has officially slowed to a halt. The startup and tech scene is on a month-long siesta escaping the heat and preparing for the fall. Those not on a holiday of their own are left hiding from tourists and squeezing in some quiet work while they can. If you're watching the August clock tick by like us, pull out your planner and map out the rest of the … [Read more...]
Barcelona-based 3scale Acquired By Open Source Giant Red Hat
The news of the acquisition came last Wednesday and Mike Piech, vice president and general manager of middleware at Red Hat, wrote this in a blog post last night: "Given the fundamental importance of API management, I am ecstatic to share the news today that Red Hat is acquiring 3scale, with whom we’ve had a very successful collaboration for more than a year. The 3scale … [Read more...]
Bidaway Closed 1.5 Million To Take Their Bids Out Of Spain
Barcelona based Bidaway, a bidding startup that offers untraditional prizes such as signed Messi football shoes or what they call unrepeatable experiences, just closed a round of 1.5 million. The latest round was led by Mundi Ventures. Several business angels invested in this last round including ex-basketball player gone investor Ferrán Martínez. Bidaway started out … [Read more...]
Julien Was Tired Of Bad Coffee And Founded Daysk, Co-Working By The Hour
Ever been in need of a good place to work for couple of hours, and even after trailing Google and TripAdvisor, not being able to find a suitable place? Two French founders in Barcelona had the same problem, and recently launched Daysk, the platform that lets you book a workspace by the hour. It also lets co-working spaces and cafés add free space on the platform, for … [Read more...]
Barcelona-based Travelperk Closes $7 Million To Reinvent Corporate Travel
The fairly young startup Travelperk, founded last year, have closed an A-round of 7 million led by Spark capital. "The problems associated with business travel management are both longstanding and universal," says Alex Finkelstein, Spark Capital General Partner. The Barcelona-based company lets you book, budget and manage your business travel, all in one platform. … [Read more...]
iContainers – The Southwest Airlines Of The Freight Transporting Closed €6 Million
The Barcelona-based startup iContainers just closed one of the biggest rounds in Barcelona this year, with a total of €6 million led by Serena Capital. The company has been called a lot of different names, the Uber, the Expedia, or the Southwest Airlines of freight transport. But all names aside, iContainer wants to make easier than ever to move a container of goods … [Read more...]
Doctoralia Doubles In Size After Merger With DocPlanner
The Barcelona-based startup Doctoralia, an online booking platform for healthcare appointments, has merged with the Warsaw-based company DocPlanner. The two startups provide more or less the same type of services through their solutions, which also includes asking anonymous questions to medical personal and reviews of different doctors. In Spain they're market leaders … [Read more...]
The Worlds First Medium Heeled Shoe Funded By Prominent Barcelona Business Angels
Ursulitas, the Barcelona e-commerce startup making the first medium heeled shoe, recently got funded. I got to admit that I've never worn a high-heeled shoe, and probably never will, but you don't need a PhD to understand that walking on high heeles every day from 09.00-18.00 is everything but comfortable. The company has gone through the Connector accelerator, and it is … [Read more...]
Barcelona Marketplace Merger: Wallapop + Letgo = Letgo
UPDATED: MAY 12, 2016 On Tuesday, we reported on rumors concerning a merger between Wallapop and Letgo, the Barcelona-based marketplaces. The merger is now a fact, and as the rumors said, its only for the US market. The two second-hand marketplaces will now go under Letgo's name. In addition to the merger, €100 million in funding will be injected by existing shareholders, … [Read more...]
Car Sharing Platform Drivy Raises €31 Million
Drivy, one of Europe's leading P2P car rental companies have closed a series C of €31 million. The fresh investment will go to further expansion in Europe and the rest of the world, but also to develop their technology. The latest round was mainly led by Cathay Innovation and Nokia Growth Partner, but also already existing shareholders have participated, such as Index … [Read more...]