Augmented Reality seems like a world of wizards and nonsense, like some trivial and ephemeral fireworks but there is more. Can you give it some sense beyond 3D artifice? In reality yes, the a great challenge is to take the mystique away while making it useful, simple, common, democratic, fun,and accessible to all. Emotions AR democratizes the use of augmented reality providing … [Read more...]
5 Things We Learned From 4YFN 2015
The word is out about 4 Years From Now. The startup-focused sister event to the Mobile World Congress finished its second edition this week, making its presence felt by stealing significant attention away from the main attraction across town. To say that the 2015 edition was successful would be an understatement: 4YFN 2015 ROCKED! Barcinno has collaborated with Mobile … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup moCycl Is Ready To Roll
Those of us who were lucky enough have grown up watching Back To The Future , will never be truly happy until we have a flying hover board, and not one of pure mockery. We are slowly getting there with works in progress such as the Hendo Hover however the limitations are clear. As that miraculous day is still a fair way off, Barcelona startup, moCycl, has come up with with … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup AVUXI Wants To Rank The Popularity of Every Place On Earth
There's nothing worse when you're on vacation than to realize that you spent way too much money on a hotel that's subpar and in a bad location. Those that have an unending FOMO - fear of missing out - while traveling can now relax. Enter AVUXI - the next big thing when it comes to online travel booking services. It provides users the ability to make quicker and better … [Read more...]
A Million Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? A Billion Dollars – Kantox Soars To New Heights
Barcelona's darling fintech startup Kantox has hit an incredible new milestone this week as they surpassed the $1 billion mark of funds traded on their foreign exchange platform. A billion. That's a 1 with 9 zeroes after it: 1.000.000.000. Not too shabby for a startup that was founded in a 54-hour Startup Weekend challenge back in 2010. The headline capturing figure is … [Read more...]
5 Reasons WHY Tech Startups Should Choose Barcelona
5 Reasons WHY Tech Startups Should Choose Barcelona For Their Headquarters Many factors go into consideration when a startup chooses its working location; type of product, target market, available resources and the list goes on. These factors are exclusive to each startup and every renown startup-hub, such as London and Berlin, have a unique combination of what they have to … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Natural Machines Wants To Print Your Dinner
Remember that mind-blowing microwave styled device from Star Trek that turned small capsules into food? Well remember no more as Barcelona startup Natural Machines has just launched Foodini, a device that does pretty much that. The simple fact of the matter is that they are not from the future, but from Spain, and have applied the same technology used in 3D printing to make … [Read more...]
Meet The 11 Newest Startups To Enter The Conector Barcelona Accelerator Program
This week marks the official start of Conector Barcelona's 3rd acceleration program for Spanish startups since they launched in December 2013. The 2015 class will welcome 11 new projects into the program, although only 7 will actually reside in Barcelona. The remaining 4 will be mentored and monitored virtually across Spain. There's been a lot of buzz around the Conector … [Read more...]
Breaking News in Barcelona Startups & Tech: Mid-Week Update
Startups, Accelerators and Crowdfunding OH MY! Here's Barcinno's hump day update for Barcelona startups, tech and innovation during the week of January 19, 2015. With January back in full swing and everyone moving at light speed on their 2015 ventures, it's easy to put the blinders on and forget to take a look around. When you come up for air - here are 3 headlines making … [Read more...]
Meet The First 10 Teams Of Startupbootcamp IoT & Data Barcelona
The future of the Internet is emerging in Barcelona. It's like a movie but in real time. Located in the Growth Center mStartup floor the ten startup teams that have been selected are getting ready for the start of Startupbootcamp IoT & Data. The protagonists are fifty entrepreneurs with a "high level of motivation, dedication, willingness to work hard and the ability … [Read more...]