Barcinno Guest Post: Data Collection and Personalisation by Jonathan Fletcher of Vreasy. Why Personalisation Trumps Choice Every Time Choice was once the pinnacle of consumerism. Variety, modifications, and optional extras were seen as final touches being added to a society moving toward consumerist perfection. The ultimate freedom to choose meant that everyone had the … [Read more...]
Behind The Deal: Olapic acquired by Monotype for $130M
Last week news broke of the $130 million acquisition of Spanish-founded Olapic by Monotype, an American font mogul. This comes just a few months after Olapic announced their acquisition of Piqora and one month after the relaunching of their brand, website, and company focus. Olapic has continuously climbed the ladder to success since the 3 Spanish founders (Jose de Cabo, Pau … [Read more...]
Uber EATS Seems To Be Launching In Barcelona – Again
Uber has more than often been connected with controversy and trouble in Barcelona. Even though most people, at least in the startup ecosystem, most are waiting for the black cars to return. Now, eight months after Uber EATS was shut down in Barcelona, it looks like they're trying again. Right now, the company has five vacant positions in the city, and they're all by … [Read more...]
JobsBCN Merges With Jobfluent To Help Startups Hire Developers
As most startups have already experienced, hiring developers is hard. And the better the developer you need, the harder they are to find. JobsBCN.com has grown massively within the startup jobs arena in Spain over the last year trying to solve that exact problem, and they are now expanding even further as they're merging with Jobfluent. The two companies will join … [Read more...]
Job App Wars: Cornerjob Raises $25M To Go All In Against Jobandtalent and JobToday
The blue collar jobs app, Cornerjob, closed another round of funding recently, this time they received €22.5 million led by VC firm Northzone. In addition, E.ventures and previous investors in the startup also participated in the latest funding round. Only few months ago, Cornerjob boxed €9 million in their series A, making their total funding this year €31.5 … [Read more...]
From Cassettes To Cutting Edge Technology – ABA English Raises €10.5 Mil And Goes To China
In Barcelona you can easily survive only speaking English, or at least Spanglish, but if you move out of the big cities your life will suddenly get a bit harder. ABA English wants to change this through their interactive language learning app, where they combine videos, personal teachers, and listen-record-compare technology, so everybody can connect through English. They … [Read more...]
Barcelona Tech Investments Recap: Q2 2016 – more than €30 million over 18 companies
The second quarter of tech investments in Barcelona was overshadowed by the merger between Wallapop and Letgo in the US market that resulted in Letgo raising a round of €90 million. However, there have been other encouraging examples from Barcelona, such as ABA English which raised 12 million from Nauta Capital and Kennet Partners. Other multimillion startup rounds include … [Read more...]
Crowdcube Is Raising Its Biggest Round So Far – £5 Million From Its Members
The crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, located in London, Exeter and Barcelona, is raising a new round of funding to help facilitate crowdfunding for more startups in Spain and the UK. So far Crowdcube has raised £12.8 million, including £1.2 million from their members in 2014. The platform has helped over 400 startups get funded and over 290,000 investors have participated … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Barcelona Startups Should Be On Snapchat
If you’ve ever been at a concert, national monument, grand opening, or any popular event in a large crowd, chances are you’ve been featured on someone’s Snapchat story. When hop on hop off tour buses cruise the streets, the top deck is filled to the brim with anxious tourists Snapchatting the first glimpse of the Gothic Quarter, Barceloneta beach and Sagrada Familia. Snapchat … [Read more...]
Bigle Legal Wants Your Startup To Stop Worrying About Legal Forms
The legal industry is one of the markets that is yet to be disrupted by technology. Even though many companies have made the effort to make lawyers' work more digital and easier through technology, it's still very traditional in its operations. For startups, legal service is expensive and many can't afford a lawyer the first years. Bigle Legal is a Barcelona legaltech … [Read more...]