We sat down with entrepreneur and investor Roger Yee as he was in Barcelona last week to mentor Spanish founders and entrepreneurs. Yee is based in Washington D.C and has founded and been CEO of several cyber security and open source companies, but he has also mentored and helped hundreds of early stage startup CEO’s over the last 7 years through Founder’s Institute. He … [Read more...]
The 2017 Mobile World Congress Parties and Events Guide
👉 Click here for our latest guide: 2024 MWC & 4YFN Parties & Events Guide For the 4th year in a row, Barcinno is your guide to the Mobile World Congress after parties and events for 2017! In a few short weeks, over 110,000 mobile elites and enthusiasts will arrive in Barcelona for #MWC17 on February 27th, 2017. By day, we walk the halls of Fira Gran Via on the lookout … [Read more...]
What I Learned In Vegas: A Recap of CES 2017 (by Broomx Technologies)
The international CES Las Vegas, is one of these events which, as a tech passionate and as a member of the startup community, I always dreamed of attending. Finally, I made it into this massive, 100% all-American show, and what follows is my experience after 3 days of endless walks, a thousand “wowwwws” and even a few “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” moments… First … [Read more...]
What’s The Story With Barcelona’s Drone Startup HEMAV?
As you may have seen in the headlines the last few days, a Barcelona startup HEMAV closed a €3M funding round led by Scranton Enterprises from Amsterdam. HEMAV is a drone startup from Spain, but let’s take a closer look at what this team of engineers and innovators have built: What is HEMAV exactly, how did it start, where is it headed and what does it mean for Barcelona's … [Read more...]
How Startups Can Ride The Chatbot Wave At APIdays Mediterranea
APIdays Mediterranea returns to Barcelona for its 3rd annual event on November 22 & 23, at the Mobile World Centre at Plaça Catalunya. APIdays events — which take place in 7 cities around the world each year — are aimed at developers and businesses that make use of application programming interfaces (APIs) for internal integration or to build a developer community of … [Read more...]
Meet The 10 New Startups Selected For Startupbootcamp IoT & Data
In the wake of highly successful editions in 2014 and 2015, Startupbootcamp reopened their doors in Barcelona last week for its 3rd year and select the 10 winning startups to enter their data and internet of things acceleration program. After spending almost half a year reviewing hundreds of applications from IoT and Data Tech industry firms, only the 17 best startups made the … [Read more...]
Hello Again – Barcelona Startups Are Hiring!
While people are split on Apple’s latest “innovations” like the wireless headphones or the questionable new touch bar (just make a touchscreen macbook already!), Barcelona startups are on fire and continue making breakthrough innovations! With loads of events taking place all over Barcelona right now and plenty of sunlight blessing the city, things are looking great. In fact, … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Charles-Antoine Morand From Newfund
The third installment in the ‘Ask the VC’ series goes to Charles-Antoine Morand, Partner at Newfund. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Newfund and how would you describe yourself? I joined Newfund in 2009 as the third man in the team. The fund had been founded a year earlier by F. Véron and P. Malka. I have a financial background and have been working … [Read more...]
The Benefits of an Owner Buy-Out For Digital Entrepreneurs
This is a guest post by Pierre Martini, Managing Partner at ISAI who is in charge of the of the Growth/LBO fund. Pierre started his career in the private equity industry at the Financière de Brienne. He then worked for the Corporate Advisory team at Deloitte before joigning 3i Group Plc in Paris where he managed several investments including EVE (acquired by Synopsys), Dibcom … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Boris Golden From Partech Ventures
We are reviving the 'Ask the VC' series with the first installment going to Principal Boris Golden from Partech Ventures. Thanks for your time Boris! 1. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Partech Ventures and how would you describe yourself? That’s a long & random path that brought me to the VC world and to Partech! Here goes the reasonably short … [Read more...]