Today, the startup coined as “Evernote for creative minds” has rolled out Icebergs 2 in public beta with brand new features, team collaboration and premium plans. Until now, Icebergs was offering a unique solution for creative professionals around the world but with the new version they’ve opened up the doors for entire teams and creative departments to make organizing their … [Read more...]
Startup Teams Can Now Travel For Free Thanks To Knok
We wrote about Knok’s home sharing platform just before the summer and now to get you jiving ready for fall, Knok is taking things to a new level by offering a one-year free membership to startup teams around the globe (for teams of up to 20 people). To activate the offer, just one team member has to purchase an annual subscription and the rest of the team receives free … [Read more...]
Google Glass Arrives in Barcelona At The Mobile World Centre
This morning Barcinno had the opportunity to test drive the future as the new Google Glass Explorer made it's Barcelona debut at the Mobile World Centre in Plaça Catalunya. The highly anticipated Google Glass Project is currently only available to software developers in the United States. While Google is aiming for a December 2013 public launch date, for proprietary reasons, … [Read more...]
CL3VER Closes €625k Seed Round From Wayra, Caixa Capital Risc And Angels
CL3VER, the Barcelona startup dedicated to real-time 3D technology for mobile and web design, has closed a €625k seed round investment with Wayra, Caixa Capital Risc and a group of Business Angels including Jordi Priu, Robert Vilaseca, 101 Startups, John Mark, and Narcis Griful, and Jordi Clavell. Part of Wayra's summer 2012 startup class, CL3VER aims to democratize … [Read more...]
Smadex Raises €1 Million From Cabiedes, Trovit, 101 Startups & Various Biz Angels
Smadex, the innvotaive platform that uses artificial intelligence to optimize the way that advertisers and agencies create and distribute rich media advertising on smartphones or tablets, has just raised a €1 Million round from Cabiedes, Trovit, 101 Startups, various Business Angels and public funds. This follows the previous round of €600.000 euros from Highgrowth in … [Read more...]
Lanzadera, The Mercadona-backed Incubator, Announces The First 15 Projects
Back in January, Juan Roig Alfonso, owner of the Valencia retail giant Mercadona, announced his plans to launch a new incubator and investment fund for Spanish startups. Over the last 5 months, the program, titled “Lanzadera”, received more than 4,200 applications from entrepreneurs and innovators across the country. Applicants had to submit an innovative business project … [Read more...]
The Australian Fund Barwon Partners Acquires 11.8% of Dinamia
The Australian fund Barwon Investment Partners specialized in investing in alternative investments, headquartered in Sydney, has acquired 11.78% of Dinamia, the Spanish Venture Capital Fund managed by the N+1 that is quoted on the “Mercado Continuo” in Madrid. The investment from the Australian firm, that now controls close to 2 million shares of Dinamia, represents a cost … [Read more...]
BrandCont Raises Funding from 500 Startups, Inception Capital and Angels
500 Startups, Inception Capital and a bunch of well known business angels have invested into BrandCont, the innovative marketplace for native advertising. The Spanish startup, based out of Bilbao and Madrid, has just arrived to California where the online publicity platform will offer an innovative solution to brands and media channels to develop native … [Read more...]
8 Mistakes Your Startup Is Making With The Press
On a windy and rainy Wednesday night, 55 Barcelona entrepreneurs gathered at the Dango Lounge to hear Robin Wauters, European Editor of The Next Web, share insider knowledge on how to get the press to cover your startup. However, Robin had another idea in mind. Instead, he chose to attack the topic from another angle: "How to piss off journalists and have them never write … [Read more...]
Better Know A Startup: Infantium (@InfantiumTeam)
We live in a world where children are born with tablets and smartphones integrated into their daily lives from a very early age. The way that youngsters interact with technology has completely evolved to the point that a 3 year old can work their way around a tablet more easily than their parents. Take the example of One Laptop Per Child in Ethiopia where kids hacked tablet … [Read more...]