The Barcelona-based crowd-funding platform Crowdcube has helped the restaurant Burrets Barcelona close a round of €182,000. This was the second round of funding for the company that wants to launch a tex-mex restaurant-chain with healthy and ecological food. In their first round in August they raised € 77,100. Through crowd-funding, a total of 50 private investors, with an … [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...]
Glovo Picks Up €2 Million in Funding While The Secret’s Out On Stuart
Glovo, the Barcelona-based urban delivery marketplace that promises to connect you with ANYTHING you want in 60 minutes or less, has picked up funding. The relatively new startup was founded in january 2015 and began taking orders in march. Glovo has recently gone through the Conector acceleration program and with €2 millions in funding, they are ready to compete with … [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...]
Meet the 11 New Startups Ready for Startupbootcamp Barcelona
It has taken five months, but this week it got clear which teams that´s ready for Startupbootcamp´s next IoT & Data program in Barcelona. After taking a good look at around 300 startups from a base of 1500 businesses, the experts at Startupbootcamp narrowed it down to the 19 best teams which have sacrificed blood, sweat and tears at the "Selection days" this … [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...]
10 Barcelona Adventures to Boost Morale at Your Startup
The summer is over, the days are going by faster, and it's getting darker earlier and earlier. Autumn can be a little somber, but luckily you are living in Barcelona - a city full of activities to boost your autumn-mood and the morale at your startup. Together with Trip4real, we found 10 great Barcelona adventures to do if the autumn-gloom of dark clouds hits the offices of … [Read more...]