Spanish tech news: 21/4/2017

Startup funding news ?
  • According to Kippel01, Cabify is in the process of raising a €500 million round and has already closed half of the amount
Startup news ?
  • 21 Buttons has a new board of directors, which includes Jose del Barrio (Samaipata Ventures) and Nader Sabbaghian (360 Capital Partners)
  • Take Two takes control of Social Point and will mantain its brand, at least for now
  • E-commerce news profiled Shoppiday, a loyalty e-commerce startup
  • Doctoralia reached more than 140 million users in 2016
  • InstaVets, an on-demand vet service, is now live in Barcelona
  • Madrid-based location intelligence startup Geoblink has launched in France
Tech and policy ??
  • eBay and PayPal paid €720,000 in taxes in more than 10 years in Spain
Jaime Novoa: Jaime Novoa is the Founder of Novobrief. He is a technology writer turned investor at Madrid's K Fund. He was also a data analyst at Tech.eu.