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...]
Recapping The Third Edition of the Google Launchpad Program for Startups in Barcelona
For the third time, Google Launchpad hosted a successful program for entrepreneurs and startups in Barcelona. Together with local incubators and accelerators, 13 startups have been developed to launch or have been pre-accelerated in the famous global event. This year was different as Incubio was the main partner of the event, last time in april Itnig had that role. The … [Read more...]
Amazon Is Building a New Logistics Center and Creating 2000 Jobs in Barcelona
Amazon has put €30 million on the table and bought a 150,000 m2 property in the industrial area of Mas Blau II of El Prat de Llobregat in Barcelona. According to LaVanguardia, this property will become the tech giant's largest logistics center for southern Europe. The center will be approximately 210.000 square meters and create around 2.000 jobs in Barcelona. Amazon already … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Caravelo is Recruiting With Free Beer To Test Team Chemistry
Caravelo recently switched out their office with a microbrewery, and pen and paper with beers in the hunt for new employees. Barcinno tagged along on Caravelos first beercruit in Barcelona. Many companies struggle to find good people (especially engineers and developers) through the normal channels of employment, and they wanted to try something … [Read more...]
The Crowd Angel Has Raised €2.8 Million for Spanish Startups
For three years The Crowd Angel (TCA) has made business angels out of ordinary people online, through their crowdfunding platform. This week they announced that they have raised a total of €2.8 million for Spanish startups, including the Barcelona-based startup Glovo, which also recently acquired Justbell. According to Eleconomista, their largest investment rounds came at … [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...]
On-Demand Delivery Startup Glovo Aquired Personal Assistant App Justbell
Glovo, the delivery app that promises to deliver anything (legal) you want in under an hour at, has acquired the personal assistant startup Justbell, writes Loogic. Justbell is one of many new startups focusing on personal assistant-services through apps or Whatsapp, and is founded by Miguel Vicente, Zaryn Dentzel, Gerard Olivé, all well-recognizable names in the Spanish … [Read more...]