Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, part of the European accelerator program, invites you to join their Pitch Day on June 18th in Barcelona. Startupbootcamp just launched the first E- & Mcommerce accelerator program worldwide, and wants to attract the ten most promising start-ups in the world in the E- & Mcommerce industry. "We see the world of retail changing", says Jonas de … [Read more...]
Meet The Four Startups From The First Conector Accelerator Demo Day
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...]
Fest-UP Photos, Videos and Press!
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 on one … [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...]
‘Founders’ Meetup: Tech meets Bizz @ ESADE
ESADE is hosting the 'Founders' Meetup: Tech meets Bizz" for people wanting to start their ventures. If you are a developer you can meet co-founders with a business background. If you have a business background you can find developers to get started. If you have no business idea, but like to join a new venture, you can join in, too. … [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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FestUp! Talks About Creative Technologies, Music and Business @ Itnig
Perhaps because creativity is always intrigued by new toys to play with, the music industry has been one of the firsts to be entirely disrupted by technology. Suddenly everyone became a DJ - and a photographer -, Justin Bieber could start up thanks to YouTube and Napster has changed how we think about the ownership and value of music forever. Volatile times such as this mean … [Read more...]
FestUp! Poker Night @ MOB
Do you think you are lucky? Or that you have a great poker face? Maybe in true startup fashion you don’t mind losing as long as you enjoy the game? Wednesday evening the basement of MOB opens up for a night of gambling in true prohibition style. Charleston and swing, silent movies and cigars and, of course, chips clinging together and the sound of shuffling cards. Apart … [Read more...]