As we disclosed a couple of weeks ago, the new tech hub in Barcelona located in Palau De Mar, is planned to open in July. The contractors are working day and night to paint, tear down walls, and wire the place up. All so 80 tech companies can house the 10.000m2 building at the beautiful waterfront in Barcelona. We asked the CEO Miquel Marti if we could give you a … [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...]
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 Tech Factory: Our Own Version of the Cambridge Innovation Center
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...]