It's not the most mainstream app, but Agroptima has developed a service that help farmers manage their work easier. The app records the farmers daily work like planting, apply pesticides, harvesting, etc, and does this without the need for coverage. The Barcelona startup hopes to reach a nationwide customer base with this recent funding of €700.000 from investors like … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Thingthing Keyboard App Closed €350.000
Thingthing is the keyboard app that wants to boost your productivity, letting you attach documents, photos, calendar availabilities and more while chatting and emailing - all of it inside your keyboard. The company just closed a round of €350.000 from VC's such as Saatchinvest, Pioneers Ventures, Seedcamp and Simile Venture Partners, but also from several angel … [Read more...]
Bootstrapping TutoTOONS Has 100 Million Reasons To Be Happy
The Barcelona-based game house TutoTOONS has reached their biggest milestone so far - 100 million downloads of their games. The startup has bootstrapped its way from the start in Lithuania, where they launched (and have their HQ), and now two and half years later, they're still without funding, but still going strong. Since early 2014 the game house has released over 200 … [Read more...]
Why This Vice President Left J.P. Morgan To Build Fluttr: “LinkedIn With A Heart”
Most of us have dreams or adventures we hope to carry out during our lifetime, but often times the responsibilities of our daily life and current career track gets in our way. But some ideas are just too good to let go, too exciting to put off doing any longer. Amleto Montinari had an idea like this, and left his jet-setting life as Vice President of Strategy at J.P. … [Read more...]
Virtual Personal Trainer – Mammoth Hunters Closed A Round Of €324,210
The round was closed through the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, and went better than the founders expected. The startups goal was to raise €300.000. Mammoth Hunters offers a personal trainer through their app, which is especially designed for people that have little or no time to go to the gym. This last round is the second of two funding rounds for the startup, … [Read more...]
MyTwinPlace Closes €750.000 From BlaBlaCar Founder And Other VC’s
MyTwinPlace is a global community of home owners who exchange nights with other members of the community. There is no money exchanged between the home-owners, but you get points for renting your home to others, which you later use to rent other homes around the globe. The startup recently closed a round of €750.000 from big VC's such as Inveready and Sabadell Venture … [Read more...]
The Crowded Boat Rental Market – CEO: “someone will die”
A market that has been growing more and more crowded the last years in is the on demand marketplace for boat-rentals. There is a long history for yacht rentals in southern Spain, and there are hundreds of small companies controlling a small amount of boats. However, the last years there has been big changes in the sector, and startups as Boatbureau and Nautal has totally … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Lodgify Closes A Round Of €1.4 Million
Lodgify, the Vacation Rental Startup that offers a software solution that drives direct bookings for vacation rental, just recently closed a round of 1.4 million. The round was led by local VC Nauta Capital, but investors from prior rounds, including Chris Hitchen, HOWZAT Partners and Roland Zeller, also participated. The last time we wrote about Lodgify was back in … [Read more...]
4YFN is expanding to Asia with Mobile World Congress Shanghai
After a record-breaking 3rd edition, 4YFN is expanding its boundaries with a new adventure, now in Asia at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai from June 29th to July 1st, the premier event for mobile industry leaders in Asia. Situated within the heart of Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the 4YFN area will house the latest startup innovations, networking areas, workshops, … [Read more...]
Watly Is Crowdfunding To Put Europe On The Global Tech Map
Watly is the Barcelona startup that (among several features) creates electricity, purifies water and connects you to the internet, all through their solar powered Watly computer. Just months before they start selling the first Watly's, they’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo. The founder and CEO of Watly, Marco Attisani explains to Barcinno that the … [Read more...]