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busuu.com raises €3.5m and moves its headquarters to London

busuu.com, the world’s largest social network for language learning, has just closed a Series A investment round of €3.5 million from PROfounders Capital and private investors. PROfounders Capital investment partner Brent Hoberman (lastminute.com co-founder and serial entrepreneur) will join the … Continue reading

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busuu.com apps reach landmark of 10m downloads

The Madrid-based language learning startup busuu.com just announced that it has reached 10 million downloads of its Android and iOS apps. Every day, busuu.com registers more than 20,000 downloads of its app by language learners from all over the world. … Continue reading

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busuu launches an interactive app for learning languages

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

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

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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busuu has more than one reason to celebrate

busuu.com, one of the leading online communities for learning languages in the world, has more than one reason to celebrate: First of all, the Madrid based startup has currently won the renowned Europas Award in London and is now officially … Continue reading

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Mobivery’s new mobile app platform, Malcom

Mobivery, a leading mobile-app developer in Spain, is a one-stop-shop for any company who wants to have a strong presence in the mobile-app market. They do everything from strategy and design, to implementation, distribution, and monitoring. On October 18th, they … Continue reading

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Startupbootcamp – Madrid Investor Day

Startupbootcamp, affíliate member of the Techstars network, held its first investor day in Madrid at the Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo on September 22nd. Ten teams had been selected after three months of working around the clock (though only nine completed … Continue reading

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24symbols lets you read and share eBooks

The Wall Street Journal has named it “Spotify for books”, the Guardian has called it “The digital reading revolution”. The Spanish startup 24symbols describes itself as a platform that has been created to read and share books. In the beginning, … Continue reading

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busuu.com launches Android apps for 9 languages

Since their launch, the iPhone apps of busuu.com, which is a Madrid based language learning community, have been downloaded more than 2 million times. As the startup announced today, busuu.com apps are now also available for Android phones. The young company … Continue reading

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