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  • Acquisitions

Nonabox acquired by eShop Ventures: how aggressive international expansion plans can hurt startup

Madrid-based Nonabox has been acquired by eShop Ventures, as a result of Nonabox's bad financial…

  • Investments

Banco Santander InnoVentures Fund invests $5 million in mobile payments startup MyCheck

Traditional banks continue to back startups in the fintech space: Banco Santander announces a $5…

  • News

ForceManager: “It’s easy to make product more complicated. It’s much harder to make it simpler”

Oscar Maciá talks very clearly about the main challenge they’ve faced in the process of…

  • News

What can traditional Spanish companies learn from sharing economy startups?

The sharing economy is more than a fad—it’s a reality that businesses must adapt to.…

  • News

Dog sitting platform Gudog launches mobile apps, claims to be first European player to do so

Madrid-based Gudog is one of them, and the young startup founded by Loly Garrido and…

  • Investments

Galdana Ventures: key parts of Barcelona’s ecosystem join forces to launch new -and different- investment fund

Nauta's original co-founders and Inspirit's current leadership team join forces to launch Galdana Ventures, a…

  • Investments

Dog sitting platform DogBuddy raises €1.9 million from Caixa Capital Risc and others

MyDogBuddy and Bibulu officially announc that both companies are merging and that the resulting company…

  • Investments

P2P car sharing platform SocialCar raises €800,000 from Cabiedes & Partners

Barcelona-based SocialCar has closed its first round funding, €800,000 from Cabiedes & Partners. Started in…

  • Acquisitions

Spanish live shopping site Oooferton acquired by struggling Pixmania

More acquisitions in the ecommerce space in Spain: live shopping site Oooferton has been acquired…

  • Accelerators
  • News

FIWARE: how the EU and giants like Telefonica or IBM are wasting €100 million and entrepreneurs’ time

Private and publicly funded FIWARE has become a waste of entrepreneurs' time, creating more headaches…