Eye-tracking tech startup Braingaze (the Mind Tracking Company) announced the mobilization of €336,000 of public and private money in the firm's first pre-seed round of funding since its inception in September 2013. This latest injection will be used primarily for R&D, product development, patent expansion, product regulatory compliance, and the development of the firm's … [Read more...]
Barcelona Accelerator Conector Welcomes 15 New Startups Into The Program
Barcelona Accelerator Conector has just selected the next 15 startups to enter into the mentoring program of training and advice. This will be the second class of startups for the newest Barcelona accelerator program, as the first four graduated in Conector's first Demo Day in May. Conector searches for the best projects in the mobile and Internet sectors, typically those less … [Read more...]
Barcelona VC Active Venture Partners Injects €1M Into Madrid Startup Percentil
The Barcelona venture capital firm Active Venture Partners has confirmed a €1.000.000 investment in the Madrid startup Percentil that brings the age-old trend of "hand-me-down" clothing to scale. The platform is on pace for €800k in revenue for 2014 across Spain, Germany and France and will undoubtedly continue to expand operations throughout Europe. Active Venture Partners … [Read more...]
Teambox Founder Pablo Villalba’s New Startup 8fit Raises $200k
If you’re anything like me, you want to work out, you want to be in shape, but you aren’t quite out of shape enough to convince yourself you need major lifestyle changes. After all, that bag of chips is right next to you, but the gym is so very far. People like us inspired Barcelona local Pablo Villalba’s mobile app, 8fit, which just raised $200,000 in seed funding from … [Read more...]
Meet The 10 Barcelona Startups That Pitched At Pirates On Shore
World Cup be damned. Uruguay takes down England? No thanks. It was pitch night in Barcelona as Pirates on Shore arrived and friends from Wellington Partners, Nauta Capital and Active Venture Partners came out for the deal flow. Wayra Barcelona sponsored our shindig at the MediaTIC Cibernarium and the call went out for Barcelona’s best to test their merit. We were not … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startups Kigo and Hotel Ninjas Get Acquired On The Same Day
Yesterday was payday in Barcelona for two homegrown startups in the fast-paced vacation rental and hotel management software space. The rumors were swirling two weeks ago of a Kigo acquisition by RealPage, the US software company that also recently snatched up Instamanager. The announcement was made official yesterday when RealPages dropped $32 million to become the proud new … [Read more...]
Barcelona Ventures Wants To Take Your Startup Stateside
It's no secret that the most successful location for launching tech startups is Silicon Valley. For international companies, the idea of taking their own ideas and attempting to compete with the Silicon success can be daunting. However, thanks to this exact booming success in Silicon Valley, there's an over-abundance of investors eager to finance the next great … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Trip4Real Announces €1M Investment from Caixa Capital Risc and Kibo Ventures
Our good friends at Trip4real officially closed an investment round of €1.000.000 led by Spanish VCs Kibo Ventures and Caixa Capital Risc. The young startup has barely been in operation for a year, but has proven their model and established global partnerships with the likes of Airbnb and celebrity chef/endorsor Ferran Adriá. In Spain, Trip4real has become an … [Read more...]
Pirates on Shore Brings International VC’s To BaRRRcelona
Picture a junk yard - scrap metal, beat-up old cars and abandoned heaps of unwanted machinery. Now, light it on fire and make entrepreneurs walk the plank after pitching their startup in front of Europe's most successful investors. This Burning Man-esque startup events goes down every summer in Cologne and it's called the Pirate Summit. For the last four years, the Pirate … [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...]