Yesterday was payday in Barcelona for two homegrown startups in the fast-paced vacation rental and hotel management software space. The rumors were swirling two weeks ago of a Kigo acquisition by RealPage, the US software company that also recently snatched up Instamanager. The announcement was made official yesterday when RealPages dropped $32 million to become the proud new … [Read more...]
Barcelona Ventures Wants To Take Your Startup Stateside
It's no secret that the most successful location for launching tech startups is Silicon Valley. For international companies, the idea of taking their own ideas and attempting to compete with the Silicon success can be daunting. However, thanks to this exact booming success in Silicon Valley, there's an over-abundance of investors eager to finance the next great … [Read more...]
Understanding Spain’s War On Uber: Is it Progress or are they Cheating?
Uber is a P2P transport company that allows users to get in touch with drivers through an app in their phones and be picked up and dropped off just as a regular taxi would. No cash is exchanged in the actual transaction as everything is managed through Uber, and the company is the one who actually pays the driver afterwards. To some, it seems like a natural next step in … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Trip4Real Announces €1M Investment from Caixa Capital Risc and Kibo Ventures
Our good friends at Trip4real officially closed an investment round of €1.000.000 led by Spanish VCs Kibo Ventures and Caixa Capital Risc. The young startup has barely been in operation for a year, but has proven their model and established global partnerships with the likes of Airbnb and celebrity chef/endorsor Ferran Adriá. In Spain, Trip4real has become an … [Read more...]
Pirates on Shore Brings International VC’s To BaRRRcelona
Picture a junk yard - scrap metal, beat-up old cars and abandoned heaps of unwanted machinery. Now, light it on fire and make entrepreneurs walk the plank after pitching their startup in front of Europe's most successful investors. This Burning Man-esque startup events goes down every summer in Cologne and it's called the Pirate Summit. For the last four years, the Pirate … [Read more...]
After 3 False Starts, Impact Hub Barcelona Has Found Its Home
Today marks a historic date in Barcelona's social innovation timeline. Not only has Impact Hub arrived; it is finally here to stay. Coperfield for Social Good in Plaça Reial will transition into the Impact Hub Barcelona effective immediately. To understand the colossus of this moment, we need to take a look at the current, and expanding, success of the Impact Hub global … [Read more...]
Choose Wisely: How To Build A Healthy Startup Team
Xanthomonas axonopodis: a disease affecting citrus trees that can affect the vitality of the entire citrus grove, also known as citrus canker. Have you ever picked up an orange and noticed some discoloration on the peel but decided to eat it anyways? So you eat this orange, but you know you looked at the piece of fruit beforehand and questioned it, even if it was ever so … [Read more...]
Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Launches World’s First E- & Mcommerce Startup Accelerator Program
Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, part of the European accelerator program, invites you to join their Pitch Day on June 18th in Barcelona. Startupbootcamp just launched the first E- & Mcommerce accelerator program worldwide, and wants to attract the ten most promising start-ups in the world in the E- & Mcommerce industry. "We see the world of retail changing", says Jonas de … [Read more...]
Meet The Four Startups From The First Conector Accelerator Demo Day
Last week, Conector - Barcelona's newest startup accelerator, held their first-ever Demo Day at EADA business school. As accelerator programs of various shapes, sizes and business models are exploding across Europe's tech landscape, there's eager anticipation to see the results. For accelerators, the results come in the form of a Demo Day - an afternoon where the accelerator … [Read more...]
Spanish & International Investors: Who is Holding the Cards?
Picture this: Friday night, a casual get together with some mates, a couple of cigars, a couple of drinks, and some chips on the table… You know the deal right? It’s a friendly poker game, with some laughs, some tensions but all in the purpose of having fun and making some money (but gambling is illegal, so lets say we are playing for bragging rights). Typically, since we … [Read more...]