Barcelona is about to take a major step towards becoming one of Europe's main startup-cities, with the new tech-cluster space initiated by Barcelona Tech City (BTC). Barcelona Tech City is about to get their first major milestone, as LaVanguardia reported earlier this week. After negotiating for a long time, they now reveal that their new headquarters most likely will be at … [Read more...]
Why Barcelona Talent Often Grows Away (and Why They Should Stay)
Barcelona's entrepreneurial ecosystem is growing, and it's growing fast. The city attracts talent from all over the world and new accelerator-programs and investment vehicles are popping up all over the city. Barcelona is home to some of Europe's best business schools and graduate hundreds of talented professionals each year. The city also hosts a growing number of … [Read more...]
5 New Startups Join the 4th Edition of Banco Sabadell’s BStartup Program
This is the fourth edition of the BStartup program that Banco Sabadell has supported since their launch in November 2013. The BStartup initiative aims to support early-stave Spanish tech companies with capital and mentoring as they develop their innovative projects and enter the market. Each startup that joins the program receives €100.000 to boost development and … [Read more...]
Despite Our Ranking – It’s Getting Better For Startups In Spain
Once again Spain ranked as one of the worst countries in OECD on which to start a business. A report by the World Bank Group states that Spain is among the bottom five counties of the 34 OECD countries, with only Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland with a worse place to start a company. The report state that entrepreneurs in Spain often face complexity in setting … [Read more...]
Get To Know Barcelona’s Newest Fund: mVenturesBCN And The Man Behind It
This week the news about the Mobile World Capital latest initiative - mVenturesBCN - was officially announced. Their goal is to draw international talent to Barcelona and to promote the creation of technology-based companies. They will also allocate €15 million into the launching of 110 startups over the next three years. Aleix Valls is the man in charge of the ambitious … [Read more...]
5 Startup Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter, Better and Brave
Music is a dear friend while traveling to work, whether you drive, take the subway, bicycles or use your legs. But what if I told you, that I could make that route to work even better with a podcast? The podcast industry (if you can call it a industry) is growing rapidly, and there is tons of great podcast related to startups, entrepreneurs and innovation. So instead of … [Read more...]
mVenturesBCN: Mobile World Capital’s New €15M Fund
mVenturesBCN is a Mobile World Captial-led initiative to draw international talent to Barcelona and to promote the creation of technology-based companies. They will also allocate €15 million into the launching of 110 startups over the next three years. The program has the support of the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Barcelona's city council, the … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Startup With Management 3.0
At my first job after university, the boss had a strict policy that we must not arrive after 9:00am. If we were more than 10 minutes late we needed a doctor note or valid explanation. I was a young professional who wanted to excel in the company and get promoted. The strict policies left me with a lot of anxiety about being compliant. Arriving late was a concern when there … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Quipu Plans Expansion After €340K Seed Round
Last year we got to know Quipu, the Barcelona-based company that want to cure your billing and accounting-headaches with their simple and affordable online management tools. This week they closed their second investment round which raised 340.000 euros from a group of business angels, Loogic reported. Their new funds will be used to keep growing its expansion in Europe … [Read more...]
Conector Celebrates Its Second Anniversary – See What They Have Accomplished
After two years in business and 5.3 million euros raised in funding to its entrepreneurs, Conector has already accelerated more than 50 start-ups in six different programs. In spite of being new as an accelerator in Spain, they have worked with start-ups in eight different sectors, including SaaS, IoT, e-commerce, Apps, Marketplace, Sharing economy, B2B and gaming. Last week … [Read more...]