The young, but already well-known Barcelona brewer Garage Beer recently closed a round of €500.000. Even though crowdfunding by principle is a startups closing round of investment from a wide range of small-time investors, Garage Beer have taken it to the next level. In most crowdfunding rounds there are several angels or individuals behind an amount of large investments. … [Read more...]
Five Interesting Barcelona Startups Getting Crowdfunded Right Now
Crowdfunding is getting more and more accepted as good way to fund your startup, and now we have many praised products and companies funded this way, such as Pebble, Oculus Rift, Formlabs 3D printer, the list goes on. Also in Barcelona, many promising projects are currently undertaking crowdfunding campaigns, and we thought we would give you the chance to invest, or at least … [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...]
Barcelona Startup Chicplace Acquired By eShop Ventures
The Barcelona-based e-commerce startup Chicplace is acquired by eShop Ventures, often referred to as the Amazon of Spain. The amount of the acquisition is undisclosed. Chicplace is a marketplace selling products from small shops all over southern Europe, and is a product of the Barcelona Venture Builder Antai, known for companies such as Wallapop and … [Read more...]
Pier 01, Barcelona’s New Startup Headquarters, Will House 1000 People
The new entrepreneurial headquarters in Barcelona has a name: Pier 01. The building which until now has been home to the Historical Museum of Catalunya, will be filled with around 70 cutting edge startups - counting around 1000 workers in total. Well-known companies such as Holaluz, Letgo, Tiendeo and Byhours are already working inside the 10.000 square … [Read more...]
How Subasta de Ocio Became Spain’s Fastest Growing Startup (Almost) By Coincidence
Subasta de Ocio has taken the Spanish love for good bargains and the lottery, and made it into a rapid growing business, serving not only the people, but businesses in the country as well. The company was founded in Barcelona in 2012 by two Dutch guys, Marc Zinck Stagno and Mark Knapen, and the current board also include Julian Gardner and Roel Spee. Subasta de Ocio have … [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...]
Explosion In New Spanish Business Angels
A new report on the business angel environment in Spain was just released by The Spanish Association For Business Angels (AEBAN) and IESE business school. The report sheds new light on a group of people that gives life to the startup ecosystem in Barcelona and Spain. More than 200 business angels in the network participated, which for Spain may be a representative selection … [Read more...]
Barcelona Marketplace Merger: Wallapop + Letgo = Letgo
UPDATED: MAY 12, 2016 On Tuesday, we reported on rumors concerning a merger between Wallapop and Letgo, the Barcelona-based marketplaces. The merger is now a fact, and as the rumors said, its only for the US market. The two second-hand marketplaces will now go under Letgo's name. In addition to the merger, €100 million in funding will be injected by existing shareholders, … [Read more...]
Sneak Preview of Ironhack’s Brand New Bootcamp in Barcelona
If you asked a linguist what language to learn 10 years ago he might have said Chinese, Spanish or Arabic, but today that's all changing. Due to our digitalized world increasingly intertwined with rapidly advancing technology, the most effective way to truly communicate as broadly as possible is through the ability to both understand and write code. HTML, CSS, Javascript, … [Read more...]