For ambitious entrepreneurs, getting a startup off the ground can be incredibly difficult. Having access to a platform that provides fundamental support and advice is crucial. This is why Programa Primer from Catalunya Emprèn, a public initiative that acts as a catalyst for startups in Catalonia during their first three years, is having such an impact on new … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Restb.ai Wins €1.7M In Funding Through EU Horizon 2020
Restb.ai, a startup from Barcelona that provides image recognition for real estate, wins the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, which is part of the Horizon 2020 programme, and lands a €1.7M investment. In a very strong competition, Restb.ai has been selected out of 1,658 proposals to be crowned as one of the 64 final winners. As a result, Restb.ai … [Read more...]
Barcelona-Based TravelPerk Announces $21m Series B Funding to Disrupt Business Travel Industry
Today, Barcelona-based business travel booking and management platform TravelPerk are announcing they’ve raised a massive $21m (£15m) in a Series B funding round. This latest announcement brings the disruptive SaaS travel platform’s Series B round to a total of $30m. The funding will be used to rapidly scale the business that’s already making waves in the ever-growing industry … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Verse Raises $20M Series B Just 6 Months After Their $8M Series A
Mobile payment platform Verse, which operates from Barcelona and San Francisco, just announced the closure of a $20M investment round. The Series B funding comes just half a year after the company raised over $8M. The fresh financing round was led by the Spark Capital, a venture capital group from the USA that has previously invested in high-growth companies such as Twitter, … [Read more...]
Barcelona AI startup Restb.ai closes €1,2M investment round for international expansion
Good news today! Our friends at Restb.ai, an image recognition AI startup from Barcelona, just announced that they have secured a €1,2M investment round. The funding comes from US-based investor Court Westcott LLC and Spanish VC’s Capitana Venture Partners, Lanta Capital, Athos Capital and Tandem Capital. Founded in the final months of 2015 and running through the … [Read more...]
What’s Next? The Uncertain Future Of Startupbootcamp Barcelona
Walk into the offices of Startupbootcamp Barcelona and you'll find little evidence that a leading global accelerator used to call the space home less than 3 weeks ago. Even during the final month of this year's program, the office felt eerily quiet and empty. It was a such drastic change from the excitement and clamour of the first year when mentor meetings and expert workshops … [Read more...]
4YFN 2017 Review: Bigger And More Corporate Than Ever Before
As the biggest startup event in Spain closed their doors this year, a total of 19,523 attendants were counted, which means the fastest growing tech event in Europe, grew more than 60% from last year’s event. What started as a small local event with a couple of thousand Spaniards, is now turning into something global, and that’s exciting. Trade show or tech show As 4YFN … [Read more...]
Barcelona’s Competitive Intelligence Startup Kompyte Is Spying On Every Company At The Mobile World Congress
Kompyte, a SaaS startup from Barcelona that enables marketers to gather competitor intelligence in real-time through an automated monitoring software, announced today that it will release the latest product version, Kompyte 3. The firm will official unveil the latest version at the 2017 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona next week by tracking every participating … [Read more...]
Roger Yee Thinks Spanish Entrepreneurs Should Focus On Europe, Not The US
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...]
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...]