The third installment in the ‘Ask the VC’ series goes to Charles-Antoine Morand, Partner at Newfund. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Newfund and how would you describe yourself? I joined Newfund in 2009 as the third man in the team. The fund had been founded a year earlier by F. Véron and P. Malka. I have a financial background and have been working … [Read more...]
The Benefits of an Owner Buy-Out For Digital Entrepreneurs
This is a guest post by Pierre Martini, Managing Partner at ISAI who is in charge of the of the Growth/LBO fund. Pierre started his career in the private equity industry at the Financière de Brienne. He then worked for the Corporate Advisory team at Deloitte before joigning 3i Group Plc in Paris where he managed several investments including EVE (acquired by Synopsys), Dibcom … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Boris Golden From Partech Ventures
We are reviving the 'Ask the VC' series with the first installment going to Principal Boris Golden from Partech Ventures. Thanks for your time Boris! 1. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Partech Ventures and how would you describe yourself? That’s a long & random path that brought me to the VC world and to Partech! Here goes the reasonably short … [Read more...]
Behind The Deal: Olapic acquired by Monotype for $130M
Last week news broke of the $130 million acquisition of Spanish-founded Olapic by Monotype, an American font mogul. This comes just a few months after Olapic announced their acquisition of Piqora and one month after the relaunching of their brand, website, and company focus. Olapic has continuously climbed the ladder to success since the 3 Spanish founders (Jose de Cabo, Pau … [Read more...]
Job App Wars: Cornerjob Raises $25M To Go All In Against Jobandtalent and JobToday
The blue collar jobs app, Cornerjob, closed another round of funding recently, this time they received €22.5 million led by VC firm Northzone. In addition, E.ventures and previous investors in the startup also participated in the latest funding round. Only few months ago, Cornerjob boxed €9 million in their series A, making their total funding this year €31.5 … [Read more...]
Crowdcube Is Raising Its Biggest Round So Far – £5 Million From Its Members
The crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, located in London, Exeter and Barcelona, is raising a new round of funding to help facilitate crowdfunding for more startups in Spain and the UK. So far Crowdcube has raised £12.8 million, including £1.2 million from their members in 2014. The platform has helped over 400 startups get funded and over 290,000 investors have participated … [Read more...]
Bidaway Closed 1.5 Million To Take Their Bids Out Of Spain
Barcelona based Bidaway, a bidding startup that offers untraditional prizes such as signed Messi football shoes or what they call unrepeatable experiences, just closed a round of 1.5 million. The latest round was led by Mundi Ventures. Several business angels invested in this last round including ex-basketball player gone investor Ferrán Martínez. Bidaway started out … [Read more...]
Jobandtalent Raises €37 Million Series B To Take Mobile Recruiting to SMEs
Jobandtalent, the Spanish recruiting startup promising technological-driven employer-employee matchmaking, just raised a series B of €42 million. They closed their second series A of €23 million just last year, but after pivoting from enterprise recruitment to SME's this year they raised another round to compete directly with the big recruitment companies, such as Adecco and … [Read more...]
Barcelona-based Travelperk Closes $7 Million To Reinvent Corporate Travel
The fairly young startup Travelperk, founded last year, have closed an A-round of 7 million led by Spark capital. "The problems associated with business travel management are both longstanding and universal," says Alex Finkelstein, Spark Capital General Partner. The Barcelona-based company lets you book, budget and manage your business travel, all in one platform. … [Read more...]
iContainers – The Southwest Airlines Of The Freight Transporting Closed €6 Million
The Barcelona-based startup iContainers just closed one of the biggest rounds in Barcelona this year, with a total of €6 million led by Serena Capital. The company has been called a lot of different names, the Uber, the Expedia, or the Southwest Airlines of freight transport. But all names aside, iContainer wants to make easier than ever to move a container of goods … [Read more...]