Peter Cohan, Boston-based Venture Capitalist, professor, and author, will be in Barcelona this week for EADA Business School’s annual International Week. Peter has an extensive entrepreneurial background and currently writes weekly columns for both Forbes and Inc. His most recent book, Hungry Startup Strategy, focuses on creating a successful start-up with limited … [Read more...]
TECTEC Kicks Off Tonight To Unite Barcelona’s Digital Makers
Starting tonight, there will be a new quarterly forum to bring together Barcelona’s tech professionals for an evening of casual networking and inspirational speakers. The event is organized by Creative HotHouse, Barcelona’s early stage incubator specialized in developing creative software businesses. As stated on the invitation, this event is designed for you. “You are a … [Read more...]
Success! Wayra Barcelona Startups Collect €3.000.000 In Funding
Wayra recently announced that their most recent class of startups out of the Barcelona incubator have raised more than €3m from outside investors following their Demo Day last week. Acting as a prelude to the TechCrunch Mobile BCN event and taking advantage of the influx of industry leading investors in town for Mobile World Congress, Wayra successfully hosted their 2nd Demo … [Read more...]
Spain’s Top Financial Minds Head To Valencia To School Entrepreneurs At Forinvest 2.0
Some of the most recognized names in the finance game are in Valencia this week attending the 3-day Forinvest at the Feria Valencia. Forinvest is the annual financial convention showcasing the latest and greatest in financial products and services, investment vehicles, and insurance technology. This year’s Forinvest 2.0 is centered on entrepreneurship with Wednesday’s … [Read more...]
Softonic Receives €82 Million Investment From Partners Group
La Vanguardia reported yesterday that the Swiss investment management conglomerate Partners Group finalized the purchase of 30% equity in Catalan startup Softonic for €82 million. The deal gave a new current valuation of the Barcelona-based download giant of €275 million. Softonic is already a global force without the recent cash infusion. With more than 350 employees … [Read more...]
7 Barcelona Startups Complete Inlea’s linktoGrowUp Accelerator
linktoGrowUp, the growth stage accelerator powered by the Inlea Foundation, presented their recent entrepreneur graduates to a room full of investors on Friday. The program, 10 weeks in length, was completed by 7 Barcelona startups and is the older brother to Inlea's seed stage incubator linktoStart. The event took place on Friday, November 30th at Fabrica … [Read more...]
Keiretsu @ Gild Presents 4 Barcelona Startups to Local Business Angels
Keiretsu Forum, the international network of business angels, has been operating in Spain since 2007 and their members have invested more than €7 million into 24 startups. Keiretsu private investors et al. gathered at Gild International for an evening of networking and startup presentations. Those presenting included: InAtlas – a geolocated R&D mapping application … [Read more...]
Wayra Barcelona’s Fall 2012 Startups
Wayra is Telefonica's innovative startup accelerator with operations in 14 countries worldwide. The current program has 8 active startups: www.wayra.com Bevelity Design - realtime 3D in HTML5 Cognicor - automated complaint resolution Discreetic - discreetly making connections Edenes - (formerly MyBuyFriends) the origins of shopping EverybodyCar - social car … [Read more...]