Barcelona's entrepreneurial ecosystem is growing, and it's growing fast. The city attracts talent from all over the world and new accelerator-programs and investment vehicles are popping up all over the city. Barcelona is home to some of Europe's best business schools and graduate hundreds of talented professionals each year. The city also hosts a growing number of … [Read more...]
5 New Startups Join the 4th Edition of Banco Sabadell’s BStartup Program
This is the fourth edition of the BStartup program that Banco Sabadell has supported since their launch in November 2013. The BStartup initiative aims to support early-stave Spanish tech companies with capital and mentoring as they develop their innovative projects and enter the market. Each startup that joins the program receives €100.000 to boost development and … [Read more...]
Despite Our Ranking – It’s Getting Better For Startups In Spain
Once again Spain ranked as one of the worst countries in OECD on which to start a business. A report by the World Bank Group states that Spain is among the bottom five counties of the 34 OECD countries, with only Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland with a worse place to start a company. The report state that entrepreneurs in Spain often face complexity in setting … [Read more...]
Get To Know Barcelona’s Newest Fund: mVenturesBCN And The Man Behind It
This week the news about the Mobile World Capital latest initiative - mVenturesBCN - was officially announced. Their goal is to draw international talent to Barcelona and to promote the creation of technology-based companies. They will also allocate €15 million into the launching of 110 startups over the next three years. Aleix Valls is the man in charge of the ambitious … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Quipu Plans Expansion After €340K Seed Round
Last year we got to know Quipu, the Barcelona-based company that want to cure your billing and accounting-headaches with their simple and affordable online management tools. This week they closed their second investment round which raised 340.000 euros from a group of business angels, Loogic reported. Their new funds will be used to keep growing its expansion in Europe … [Read more...]
Conector Celebrates Its Second Anniversary – See What They Have Accomplished
After two years in business and 5.3 million euros raised in funding to its entrepreneurs, Conector has already accelerated more than 50 start-ups in six different programs. In spite of being new as an accelerator in Spain, they have worked with start-ups in eight different sectors, including SaaS, IoT, e-commerce, Apps, Marketplace, Sharing economy, B2B and gaming. Last week … [Read more...]
Percentil Makes The Final Round Of The EmprendorXXI Program
Thursday, La Caixa's executive growth program EmprendorXXI, announced that Percentil would be one of the finalists in their program, which has a goal of identifying the start-ups with the greatest potential for growth in Spain. The program is run by ESADE and IESE and has 22 companies contending. It is also in collaboration with the Industry, Energy and Tourism … [Read more...]
Meet The 8 Newest Startups To Enter The Conector Barcelona Accelerator Program
As Barcelona continues its metamorphosis into a global technology hub, it's hard to keep up with all of the change and activity happening around the city. Just a few years ago, Barcelona didn't have any accelerator programs. Now, there are at least 6 and more on the way. One which we have been following closely since their launch in late 2013 is Conector Startup Accelerator, an … [Read more...]
Competitive Intelligence Startup Kompyte Sets Its Sights On The US Market
After several months developing their technology, Kompyte, a Barcelona-based company providing software to track and analyze competitors in real-time, has taken a big step in their international expansion by officially launching in the United States. Backed by NYC-based VC Rose Tech Ventures, Kompyte aims to capitalize on the world's largest and most mature tech … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Events and Tech Conferences Q4 2015
The kids are back in school, there's a nip in the air (sorta) and the September hangover - aka the Monday of the year - is through...it must be Q4. Three months until the end of the year to put your head down and sprint to the finish line. In the midst of closing new deals and crushing code, it's easy to forget that Barcelona is one of the top destinations in the world for … [Read more...]