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...]
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...]
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...]
Geenapp Closed €500K To Keep Giving You Money For Trying New Apps
Barcelona-based Geenapp recently closed a round of €500.000 from investors such as Kima Ventures, Caixa Capital and Wayra. The startup connects your apps and your ad-campaigns with users, and gives you the tools to analyze the traffic from 4000 different sources. As a publisher or a network, Geenapp lets you earn money, while using and sharing apps in your network. This … [Read more...]
Agroptima Closed €700.000 To Develop Their Farm-Management App
It's not the most mainstream app, but Agroptima has developed a service that help farmers manage their work easier. The app records the farmers daily work like planting, apply pesticides, harvesting, etc, and does this without the need for coverage. The Barcelona startup hopes to reach a nationwide customer base with this recent funding of €700.000 from investors like … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Thingthing Keyboard App Closed €350.000
Thingthing is the keyboard app that wants to boost your productivity, letting you attach documents, photos, calendar availabilities and more while chatting and emailing - all of it inside your keyboard. The company just closed a round of €350.000 from VC's such as Saatchinvest, Pioneers Ventures, Seedcamp and Simile Venture Partners, but also from several angel … [Read more...]
MyTwinPlace Closes €750.000 From BlaBlaCar Founder And Other VC’s
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...]
Barcelona Startup Lodgify Closes A Round Of €1.4 Million
Lodgify, the Vacation Rental Startup that offers a software solution that drives direct bookings for vacation rental, just recently closed a round of 1.4 million. The round was led by local VC Nauta Capital, but investors from prior rounds, including Chris Hitchen, HOWZAT Partners and Roland Zeller, also participated. The last time we wrote about Lodgify was back in … [Read more...]
Watly Is Crowdfunding To Put Europe On The Global Tech Map
Watly is the Barcelona startup that (among several features) creates electricity, purifies water and connects you to the internet, all through their solar powered Watly computer. Just months before they start selling the first Watly's, they’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo. The founder and CEO of Watly, Marco Attisani explains to Barcinno that 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...]