The buyer is the French e-commerce giant Vente-Privee, which has taken full control of the Barcelona-based ecommerce giant Privalia. The rumors have been spinning for some time, but according to Novobrief, the employees of Privalia got the official news of the acquisition this week. It’s not known how much Venter-Privee had to put on the table, and rumors were swirling … [Read more...]
Time Out Acquires Barcelona Startup HallStreet And Shuts It Down
It's time out for HallStreet. The deal is an acquisition -for-hire, according to Reuters. Founder and CEO of HallStreet Alfredo Ouro Villaraviz has been appointed Time Out's senior vice president of product. Also the former CTO Antonio Rodríguez de la Torre will join Time Out as senior vice president of product and director of technology for travel. The size of the … [Read more...]
Datumize Closed A Round Of €1 Million – And Kampoos Got Crowdfunded
Datumize, the Barcelona startup that helps company analyze and process 99 percent of their dark operating data, recently closed a round of €1 million. The round was led by Inveready, and was participated by Caixa Capital Risc and other private investors. It's around a year since Datumize went through the Startupbootcamp IoT and Data program in Barcelona, and they've come … [Read more...]
Subasta de Ocio Is Spain’s Fastest Growing Startup
Subasta de Ocio, the company that lets you bid on the over-capacity of hotels, restaurants, and other leisure activities, was awarded last night as the fastest growing company in Spain. For the past 3 years Ayden and The Next web have partnered up to make one of the most secretive but interesting events in Europe. The Tech5 event that celebrates the fastest growing companies … [Read more...]
Barcelona AI Startup Inbenta To Close €10 Million Series B
Inbenta offers support features to businesses that want to make search better and smarter on their website. They do this through semantic search and artificial intelligence, and according to themselves decrease support costs and increase conversion rates. They will soon close a B-round between €9 and €11 million from American VC's, Chilean Inversur, and Amerigo Venture Fund … [Read more...]
Glovo Has Opened Up Shop In Italy And Acquired Foodinho
The on demand delivery garden has been growing constantly over the last years, with Glovo as one of the biggest players in Barcelona, promising to deliver anything to your doorstep within an hour. The last time we talked about Glovo, they had just picked up €2 million in funding, and now they're expanding. According to Techcrunch, Glovo acquired Italian food-delivery … [Read more...]
Meet the 9 Newest Startups To Enter Conector Accelerator in Spain
Gearing up for their sixth edition, Conector accelerator in Spain is presenting the newest members of their startup class. The nine startups were chosen from more than 120 nominations according to Conector. Dating back to their launch in 2014, several well-known and now well-funded startups have graduated from the program, such as Glovo, Heygo, Kompyte and … [Read more...]
Will Barcelona-Based Verse Be The Whatsapp Of Transactions?
As the banking industry is undergoing dramatic changes, and new Fintech and banking startups is providing us with smarter and better solutions every month, three young founders from Barcelona are doing their part by making transactions as easy as it could be. Verse is a free real time payment app that lets you send and receive money from your friends through the app, no … [Read more...]
Deliberry Has Raised €3 Million Since Launching In May
Deliberry, the online grocery store that delivers your food to your doorstep within one hour, have received €3 million in funding over the last ten months. The startup is part of the Antai Venture Builder based in Barcelona, which is known for companies like Wallapop, Glovo, Chicplace and latest Cornerjob, a blue-collar jobs marketplace which closed an A-round of $10 million … [Read more...]
Want Your Own Personal AI? Meet Hu:toma
One of the startups that impressed a lot of people at this years 4YFN was Hu:toma, who builds emotionally evolved artificial intelligence for both personal and business use. I don't think I saw any stands at the event as crowded as Hu:toma's, but luckily one of the two Italian brothers and co-founders Andrea Cibelli found time to chat with Barcinno. Also … [Read more...]