Category Archives: Spain-Startups

Rakuten acquires Spanish video startup Wuaki.tv

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten today announced it acquired the Spanish streaming and video on demand startup, Wuaki.tv. Founded in 2009, Wuaki.tv is headquartered in sunny Barcelona and offers premium content over the Internet directly to Smart TVs. The young company … Continue reading →

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E3 Union brought the Silicon Valley to Barcelona

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Earlier this year, the E3 Union organized an event called “Silicon Valley comes to Barcelona” which was designed to bring together and inspire students, entrepreneurs, and investors from Spain and the Silicon Valley. During the event, the speakers discussed topics like … Continue reading →

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Smithfield Case raises funds to tailor online shopping for men

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

During my visit to Barcelona in the summer of 2011, I had the chance to talk to Alex Valls and Jose Ojeda who told me about their plans to launch a new personalised clothing service for men. I was fascinated … Continue reading →

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Spanish Betabeers network venture into London

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Mark Nessfield

Earlier this month, the Spanish social network for web and app developers, Betabeers , met for the first time in London. I was privileged enough to be able to attend, and I came away with some new conclusions about this … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: Blink Booking, Badoo, Archify, HeyCrowd

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading →

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busuu launches an interactive app for learning languages

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

busuu.com, a Madrid based startup that created the leading language-learning community, just launched the first language-learning app in the world that allows you to interact with native speakers. Whether you are waiting for the train or for your girlfriend to finish … Continue reading →

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Spanish startups are changing the way the world uses the web

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Mark Nessfield

Every day 100s of new enterprises launch their web journey, and millions of users find new ways to utilise the power of the web. Spanish startups are playing their part in changing the way that people use the internet in … Continue reading →

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Spanish accelerator: Mola.com secures €1.2 million

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Mola.com, a Palma de Mallorca based startup accelerator, has just completed a €1.2 million round of financing. The fresh capital will partly be used to invest in 7 brand new Spanish startups (WannaTaxi.com, Myntmarket.com, Mutant-Games.com, Matchball.com, Divescover.com, ReviewsReporting.com and TriaVIP.com. This … Continue reading →

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Spain isn’t just Madrid & Barcelona – startups are launching everywhere

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Mark Nessfield

It’s easy to assume that Spanish start-ups come from either Madrid or Barcelona. Barely a day goes by without hearing of new web ventures or funding rounds taking place in those magnificent cities. They each even have websites devoted to … Continue reading →

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busuu.com launched Japanese as 11th language

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

busuu.com, the Madrid based language learning community which recently won a TechCrunch Europas Award, has just launched a new language – Japanese. This means, that busuu.com is now offering its users 11 languages in total. Like with every other language on busuu.com … Continue reading →

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