Last week, Conector - Barcelona's newest startup accelerator, held their first-ever Demo Day at EADA business school. As accelerator programs of various shapes, sizes and business models are exploding across Europe's tech landscape, there's eager anticipation to see the results. For accelerators, the results come in the form of a Demo Day - an afternoon where the accelerator … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Fashion Pills Is Back With €520K In the Bank
Catalan startup Fashion Pills has re-opened following a fundraising round of more than half a million euros with the help of Barcelona accelerator Intelectium and a group of business angels from the IESE network. Founded in 2011 by Nuria Nicolás and Maxi Urnezius, Fashion Pills is no stranger to the e-commerce game. From June 2011 to July 2013, Fashion Pills grew a … [Read more...]
The Fest-UP Barcelona Hero Sponsors
Fest-UP was 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 … [Read more...]
The Jobfluent Startup Job Fair Is Back In Barcelona
It's that time of year again. The Jobfluent Startup Job Fair is back next week for their 5th edition in Barcelona. This edition features more than 150 jobs from over 30 organizations in Barcelona - mostly high-growth tech startups. It's a great opportunity to interact directly with the decision makers of these growing companies and entrance for job seekers is free. As … [Read more...]
Spanish Government Admits Error – Removes Limit On Crowdfunding Investments
Spain's growing, but delicate startup ecosystem can breathe a collective sigh of relief as the Spanish government has reversed it's decision to limit the amount of money a professional investor can invest on a crowd-funding platform in Spain. While the rest of the continent is experiencing explosive participation in crowdfunding activity, it seemed for a minute there that … [Read more...]
Fest-UP May 2014: Barcelona’s Startup Festival Press Coverage
Fest-UP Press Coverage 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 … [Read more...]
Giftry: Web Designer/Developer
Company: Giftry Area: E-Commerce Place: Barcelona Job type: Contract Employment Front-End Web Designer/Developer About Us Giftry is a start-up company focused on creating new and innovative ideas used by millions of people worldwide using the latest in mobile and cloud services, web and mobile technologies. We strive to redefine how people give and receive gifts with … [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...]
Meet The 40 Barcelona Startups Presenting at the 2014 Fest-UP Startup Expo
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Growth Hacker Internship at TutoTOONS
Area: Mobile GamesPlace: BarcelonaJob type: InternshipTitle: Growth Hacker Primary Job Responsibilities includes:- Increase number of users and games retention- Build, test, evaluate, implement, execute, measure, and pivot.- Creative growth initiatives and expand digital identityRequirements:- Innate interest in learning about customers behavior through bothnumbers and … [Read more...]