MyTwinPlace is a global community of home owners who exchange nights with other members of the community. There is no money exchanged between the home-owners, but you get points for renting your home to others, which you later use to rent other homes around the globe. The startup recently closed a round of €750.000 from big VC's such as Inveready and Sabadell Venture … [Read more...]
The Crowded Boat Rental Market – CEO: “someone will die”
A market that has been growing more and more crowded the last years in is the on demand marketplace for boat-rentals. There is a long history for yacht rentals in southern Spain, and there are hundreds of small companies controlling a small amount of boats. However, the last years there has been big changes in the sector, and startups as Boatbureau and Nautal has totally … [Read more...]
4YFN is expanding to Asia with Mobile World Congress Shanghai
After a record-breaking 3rd edition, 4YFN is expanding its boundaries with a new adventure, now in Asia at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai from June 29th to July 1st, the premier event for mobile industry leaders in Asia. Situated within the heart of Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the 4YFN area will house the latest startup innovations, networking areas, workshops, … [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...]
Datumize Closed A Round Of €1 Million – And Kampoos Got Crowdfunded
Datumize, the Barcelona startup that helps company analyze and process 99 percent of their dark operating data, recently closed a round of €1 million. The round was led by Inveready, and was participated by Caixa Capital Risc and other private investors. It's around a year since Datumize went through the Startupbootcamp IoT and Data program in Barcelona, and they've come … [Read more...]
Reimaging Barcelona Through Technology
Reimaging Barcelona Through Technology The travel apps that are ripping up the rule book Change in the travel industry is often vivid in retrospect, imperceptible in the moment. Mass tourism in the late 20th and early 21st century can be loosely grouped into three main periods: discovery, familiarity, and now boredom. Barcelona is heading towards the … [Read more...]
Barcelona AI Startup Inbenta To Close €10 Million Series B
Inbenta offers support features to businesses that want to make search better and smarter on their website. They do this through semantic search and artificial intelligence, and according to themselves decrease support costs and increase conversion rates. They will soon close a B-round between €9 and €11 million from American VC's, Chilean Inversur, and Amerigo Venture Fund … [Read more...]
Deliberry Has Raised €3 Million Since Launching In May
Deliberry, the online grocery store that delivers your food to your doorstep within one hour, have received €3 million in funding over the last ten months. The startup is part of the Antai Venture Builder based in Barcelona, which is known for companies like Wallapop, Glovo, Chicplace and latest Cornerjob, a blue-collar jobs marketplace which closed an A-round of $10 million … [Read more...]
Want Your Own Personal AI? Meet Hu:toma
One of the startups that impressed a lot of people at this years 4YFN was Hu:toma, who builds emotionally evolved artificial intelligence for both personal and business use. I don't think I saw any stands at the event as crowded as Hu:toma's, but luckily one of the two Italian brothers and co-founders Andrea Cibelli found time to chat with Barcinno. Also … [Read more...]
Barcelona-based Cornerjob Closes A $10 Million Series A
Barcelona-based Cornerjob is the startup that promises to get you in contact with an employer within 24 hours. They recently closed a series A-round of $10 million from several business angels and VC's, such as Antai Business Angels and Mediaset España (Ad4Ventures), La Caixa Capital Risc, Media Digital Ventures, Banc Sabadell Capital,Cube Investments, Ithaca Investment, … [Read more...]