Barcelona’s first-ever, crowdsourced startup festival – an open platform for the entire Barcelona Startup Ecosystem to share their knowledge, showcase their projects and make new connections within our vibrant entrepreneurial community. All in all, more than 3.000 people attended at least one of the 45 events held in 22 locations across Barcelona – all focused on one … [Read more...]
Fest-UP Service Jam Day 1: First Impressions
Each year, more than 262,000 tons of food goes to waste in Catalonia. Swapsee, the community marketplace for talent, along with Claro Partners, a Barcelona-based business innovation and service design firm, in collaboration with EatWith and le18 have organized a Service Jam to tackle this issue head-on during Fest-UP. Yesterday, on Monday, May 5th the first-ever session of … [Read more...]
Calling All Barcelona Startups: Register NOW for the FEST-UP Startup Expo!
In less than two weeks, Barcelona will host its first-ever crowd-sourced startup festival: Fest-UP! With more than 45 confirmed events taking place the week of May 5th – 10th, Fest-UP is a platform for the change-makers of the Barcelona Startup Ecosystem to showcase their projects, share their knowledge, and get to know one another a little bit better. In order to truly … [Read more...]
Foundum and White Bull Join Forces To Connect Global Startup Ecosystems
Foundum, the first online platform that matches innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs with relevant investors, advisors and startup supporters; and White Bull Summits, renowned for its intimate, high-caliber events, connecting top entrepreneurs with global investment have announced their partnership. The mission: to create the world’s most comprehensive platform for global … [Read more...]
Creator Street Challenge – Join The Social Startup Movement
Social start-ups are popping up everywhere and proposing new ways to tackle society's biggest challenges like: fostering social engagement, creating new social and digital currencies, developing new ways of learning, collaborating and connecting with people. However it is not easy for these startups to gain critical mass and keep up with evolving needs of the people they aim to … [Read more...]
Announcing Fest-UP! BCN’s Startup Festival
Building a sustainable startup ecosystem is not an accidental occurrence. It takes hard work and requires the right mix of philosophy, leadership and dedication over a long period of time. It is also not created by entrepreneurs alone. A vibrant startup community requires the deliberate participation of universities, governments, investors, mentors, service providers and large … [Read more...]
Barcelona Accelerator Conector Announces 2nd Call For Startups
The Barcelona Accelerator Conector has announced a new call for startups to enter the second edition of their program. The startups accepted into the second class will receive mentorship, workspace and access to investors from June to November 2014. Applications are being accepted through May 4th and entrepreneurs who wish to present their projects must register … [Read more...]
Trip4Real: From Barcelona To Silicon Valley
As Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream, you can do it”. Many entrepreneurs live by these wise words, which inspire and motivate us during troublesome times. Remember, the man created an empire based on a mouse, so listen up! Barcelona startup Trip4real, which just celebrated its 1st birthday, is eating that motto for breakfast and going back for seconds. In just one … [Read more...]
Powered by Google For Entrepreneurs: NEXT is Coming to Barcelona!
Exciting news for the Barcelona startup community; itnig - the hacker accelerator will be home to the upcoming NEXT program. Powered by Google Entrepreneurs, NEXT is the #1 pre-accelerator program that helps committed early stage startup teams to get into accelerators or find seed investment. The program consists of 3 hour weekly sessions for five weeks and participating teams … [Read more...]
4YFN Kicks Off At The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
4 Years From Now, the entrepreneur-centric event within the Mobile World Congress, kicked off yesterday with amazing keynote speakers, workshops and panel discussions. Hosted by Mobile World Capital in Plaça Espanya, 4YFN gives startups the home they deserve in the middle of the MWC chaos. "Last year, we spent most of our time trying to connect and meetup with other … [Read more...]