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...]
Barcelona Startup Getupcode Takes on 2016 With €200.000 in Funding
The Barcelona-based startup Getupcode recently closed a round of €200,000 through the Lanzadera acceleration program located in Valencia. Getupcode was founded in 2013, and is a private marketplace to find and hire new programmers for your company or your project. The business model is performance-based, only charging 15% of the base salary after the successful hire of a new … [Read more...]
Crowdcube in Spain: €3 Million in Funding for 20 Startups
Looking back at their numbers after only one and a half years in business, Crowdcube Spain has already managed to fund 20 companies through their crowdfunding platform. These 20 investments equal a total of €2,973,130. Their largest single crowdfunding event included 73 investors over three days investing over €450.000 in Hemav Drones located in Barcelona in late … [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...]
Cabify and Hailo Are Not Afraid of the Return of UBER in Spain
UBER recently announced that they'll shut down UberEats in Barcelona and move over to the VTC-model (private transportation with a driver). Exactly when they will start driving with this new model is unclear, but in an interview with El Español the general manager of UBER in Spain, Carles Loret admitted that they had moved too fast in the spanish market. The biggest player … [Read more...]
Barcelona Gaming Startup TutoTOONS Celebrates 50 Million Downloads
TutuTOONS, the drag-and-drop game-builder can finally announce that they have crossed 50 million games downloads the last 10 months, an impressing number looking at last years download-numbers, which were ten times as low. Based in Lithuania and Barcelona, TutoTOONS started its activities in early 2014. Since then, the team has released over 150 games, available on App … [Read more...]
Spain’s Fintech Startups Kantox and NoviCap To Join Forces
Monday, two Barcelona-based fintech startups Kantox and NoviCap announced that they will unite in a partnership to be able to offer their customers a stronger financial service. Kantox is a currency management company which offers companies an integrated solution based on transparency, efficiency and savings. With a total volume of $2B exchanged via their platform since … [Read more...]