The first quarter of 2016 was not a crazy period of investment for Barcelona (nor for Spain), but there were some highlights making the winter months a bit warmer as we're heading into Spring. The big winner was Aelix Therapeutics - an innovative Catalan drug development company which is known for their advanced HIV medicine. They closed an A-series of €12.500.000 from … [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...]
IESE Venture Fund Plans to Invest €1 million Into 10 Startups
A group of students from the IESE Business School plan to invest between €800.000 and €1 million in 10 startups over the next two years. These are not your typical students living with their parents, but students within the IESE General Management Program, where many are directors and executives in larger companies, according to Expansion. The program requires 15 years of … [Read more...]
Teambox Founder Pablo Villalba’s New Startup 8fit Raises $200k
If you’re anything like me, you want to work out, you want to be in shape, but you aren’t quite out of shape enough to convince yourself you need major lifestyle changes. After all, that bag of chips is right next to you, but the gym is so very far. People like us inspired Barcelona local Pablo Villalba’s mobile app, 8fit, which just raised $200,000 in seed funding from … [Read more...]
Meet The 10 Barcelona Startups That Pitched At Pirates On Shore
World Cup be damned. Uruguay takes down England? No thanks. It was pitch night in Barcelona as Pirates on Shore arrived and friends from Wellington Partners, Nauta Capital and Active Venture Partners came out for the deal flow. Wayra Barcelona sponsored our shindig at the MediaTIC Cibernarium and the call went out for Barcelona’s best to test their merit. We were not … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Trip4Real Announces €1M Investment from Caixa Capital Risc and Kibo Ventures
Our good friends at Trip4real officially closed an investment round of €1.000.000 led by Spanish VCs Kibo Ventures and Caixa Capital Risc. The young startup has barely been in operation for a year, but has proven their model and established global partnerships with the likes of Airbnb and celebrity chef/endorsor Ferran Adriá. In Spain, Trip4real has become an … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Principal Imran Akram From DN Capital
Give us a brief introduction, what do you do at DN Capital and how it is that you define yourself? I’m the father of two daughters and godfather to multiple European growth companies. For DN I look for very interesting startups with a lot of growth potential. Tell us more about DN and your new fund DN has been doing the same thing since we started 13 years ago and that is … [Read more...]
Taking a different approach to financing: Revolving Funds
Money makes the world go round, and even the brightest ideas need investment. One way is finding a venture capitalist, business angels or incubator to generate seed fund for your enterprise in the make. Another less practiced option is taking part in a revolving fund. Well, it's time to pay extra attention to this last mechanism. In these times of fewer options for subsidy, … [Read more...]