No doubt about it, Mobile World Congress (MWC) is one of the most highly anticipated events in Barcelona’s (if not the planet’s) tech calendar, drawing thousands of industry pros and enthusiasts to Catalonia each year. As the city gears up to host the 2023 edition, locals and visitors alike can look forward to dozens of exciting parties and networking opportunities taking place … [Read more...]
‘You Feel Barcelona; You Make Barcelona’: International Community Day 2022
A major event for the city’s business-minded expat community, Barcelona International Community Day returns this month for its 9th edition. For anyone within Barcelona’s talent ecosystem and especially for those looking to make breakthroughs and get connected, this free event is absolutely unmissable. Barcelona International Community Day 2022 will take place on Saturday … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Carts Guru Raises €900K
Barcelona based startup Carts Guru raised €900K in a new funding round in April 2019, raising the total seed funding amount to €2.15M this year. The objective of the last round was to accelerate growth, develop the product, build a dynamic work environment, and attract new talent to the team. The new investment round will enable Carts Guru to further establish themselves as … [Read more...]
Barcelona-Based TravelPerk Announces $21m Series B Funding to Disrupt Business Travel Industry
Today, Barcelona-based business travel booking and management platform TravelPerk are announcing they’ve raised a massive $21m (£15m) in a Series B funding round. This latest announcement brings the disruptive SaaS travel platform’s Series B round to a total of $30m. The funding will be used to rapidly scale the business that’s already making waves in the ever-growing industry … [Read more...]
A Call For Americans Abroad to Vote on March 1st
Wonderfully awesome, fellow American's living in Spain, To make sure the voice of Americans living abroad is heard loud and clear, we want to help get out the vote on March 1! And we need your help! Step One: Vote on March 1! MADRID IN-PERSON: March 1, 2016, 7:00pm to 11:00pm Tempo Club, Calle Duque Osuna, 8, Madrid 28015 BARCELONA IN-PERSON: March 1, 2016, … [Read more...]
Barcinno & BTV: Live from 4YFN at The Mobile World Congress
Together with Barcelona Television, Barcinno will be broadcasting live from the 2016 4 Years From Now Event inside the Mobile World Congress. Tune into Barcinno at 15:00 CET each day (February 22th-24th) to watch live action from the 4YFN event! … [Read more...]
Talent Garden – Europe’s Largest Network of Coworking Spaces – Arrives in Barcelona
“The evolution of coworking - from a desk and a chair, to a collaborative workspace, to a highly productive, curated community - will only continue to evolve as companies and professionals adapt to the changes in how, when and where we work.” -- Matt Cooper, VP of oDesk Talent Garden - the first international network of coworking campuses with a focus on digital, tech and … [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...]
Live From Dublin: Web Summit 2014 Day 1 Coverage
In case you weren't able to attend this year's Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland, here's the skinny on Day 1. In what's being dubbed, "The Greatest Tech Conference on Earth" the first thing we learned upon arrival was that there would be no WIFI. We had to ask if this was joke. It was not. Fear not! There was enough dial-up modems for all, well at least for the press. With more … [Read more...]
Barcelona Wins Bloomberg’s Innovation Challenge Award and The €5M Bounty That Comes With It
Another innovation prize? Just throw it over there with the others. Seriously though, Barcelona is starting to get a reputation as a world-leading innovative city, and we have the hardware to prove it. In March, Barcelona took home the iCapital Award, the first-ever European Commission prize that was awarded to Barcelona “for introducing the use of new technologies to bring the … [Read more...]