The NGO called Hope Projects is looking for new startups for its program in Barcelona. It's a relatively new program started in 2013 with it's main focus on creating jobs for people with all kinds of backgrounds, either you hold a Phd, or holding a hammer, your the kind of person their aiming on helping. They already have four startups in their program, and Mireia Castaner, … [Read more...]
4YFN 2016 – Barcelona’s Biggest Startup Event Of The Year
The annual highlight for all techies and entrepreneurs in Barcelona is closing in. 4 Years From Now (4YFN) 2016 arrives in just six weeks, from the 22-25 of February. In a room full of Mazdas (Mazda's showroom in the Born), Esteban Redolfi and his team presented this years event, which includes over 450 startups, 500 investors, 400 exhibitors and 235 speakers. It's the … [Read more...]
IESE Venture Fund Plans to Invest €1 million Into 10 Startups
A group of students from the IESE Business School plan to invest between €800.000 and €1 million in 10 startups over the next two years. These are not your typical students living with their parents, but students within the IESE General Management Program, where many are directors and executives in larger companies, according to Expansion. The program requires 15 years of … [Read more...]
Recapping The Third Edition of the Google Launchpad Program for Startups in Barcelona
For the third time, Google Launchpad hosted a successful program for entrepreneurs and startups in Barcelona. Together with local incubators and accelerators, 13 startups have been developed to launch or have been pre-accelerated in the famous global event. This year was different as Incubio was the main partner of the event, last time in april Itnig had that role. The … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Caravelo is Recruiting With Free Beer To Test Team Chemistry
Caravelo recently switched out their office with a microbrewery, and pen and paper with beers in the hunt for new employees. Barcinno tagged along on Caravelos first beercruit in Barcelona. Many companies struggle to find good people (especially engineers and developers) through the normal channels of employment, and they wanted to try something … [Read more...]
GSMA CEO: “The Barcelona Startup Ecosystem is On The Right Path, But They Need to Embrace Failure”
As the 2016 Mobile World Congress creeps ever closer, Barcelona readies itself for the busiest time of the year. During an intimate event organized by Barcleona Tech City, general manager of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Aleix Valls sat down with John Hoffman, the CEO and Director of GSMA Ltd, to talk about the state of the Barcelona startup ecosystem and its future. For … [Read more...]
Barcelona Funding News: Burret opens shop thanks to Crowdcube; Vudoir closes its first round
The Barcelona-based crowd-funding platform Crowdcube has helped the restaurant Burrets Barcelona close a round of €182,000. This was the second round of funding for the company that wants to launch a tex-mex restaurant-chain with healthy and ecological food. In their first round in August they raised € 77,100. Through crowd-funding, a total of 50 private investors, with an … [Read more...]
Conector is Looking for New Startups for Their 2016 Program
The startup accelerator Conector is looking for new startups for their 2016 program. With 12 startups in their accelerator right now, Conector is not wasting time, and is looking for early stage startups to enter the 6 months program in the beginning of 2016. The startups have to fall under Conector's TIME classification of projects (Telecommunications, Internet, Media and … [Read more...]
Why You Should Launch Your Sharing Economy Startup From Barcelona
For the first time ever, Barcelona was host to Ouishare Fest, the global event dedicated exclusively to the sharing economy. Companies and global sectors such as mobility, tourism, education, finance and health were all present and accounted for to promote this emerging model of doing business and adding value. As the world has embraced sharing economy startups like Airbnb, … [Read more...]
Meet the 10 Barcelona Startups That Pitched Investors At #YachtPitch
Sunshine, the ocean, a huge yacht, several of Barcelona's most influential investors and 10 hopeful startups. That was the recipie for Conector's newest and most creative pitching platform of 2015. It all started around the lunch table, as it often does in Spain. The Conector team had lunch with the company Charter&Dreams, and the idea of doing a startup-related … [Read more...]