Who predicted the Spanish economic miracle 2013-17?

Spain, economy

By Mark Nessfield

When people in the future look back over the "Spanish economic miracle 2013-17" they will ask, how did (nearly) everyone miss the signs? Everyone concentrated on the bad news, of which there certainly was plenty – of high unemployment figures, a depressed...

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uSpeak Languages close 500,000 funding deal

language, madrid, start-ups, funding

By Mark Nessfield

The Spanish start-up uSpeak, that builds game-based language learning apps for the iPhone and iPad, has recently raised 500,000 euros in seed funding in order to attack the language learning market. Currently the languages involved are Spanish and English,...

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Social networking..for dogs!

start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

What must be one of the most original start-ups in the social networking field, Doggy Talky has been described as a "WhatsApp" for dogs. Of course the idea is that people join a social network for dog owners, and then they make friends and acquaintances...

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The site that discovers the world's talents - MeTheOne

start-ups, Basque Country, music

By Mark Nessfield

Even if you don't watch programmes such as "X-factor", "Pop Idol" or "Russia's got talent" there is no denying the audience for this type of entertainment is huge. The start-up from the Basque Country, MeTheOne, has adapted this to a web format and are...

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Indisys, provider of Intelligent Dialogue Systems, close $5 million funding round.

funding, seville, spain

By Mark Nessfield

Intel's first investment in Spain arrived when they led a $5 million funding round with Indisys in late 2012. Indisys, short for "Intelligent Dialogue Systems", are world leaders in providing natural language virtual assistants and telephone operators....

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