Ticketea gains $4million funding deal.

start-ups, madrid, funding, Seaya Ventures

By Mark Nessfield

In the last couple of weeks there have been several funding deals for Madrid start-ups - a couple of them being "We Are Knitters" and Etece (article to follow). One of these funding deals has been for Ticketea, the leading social ticketing platform in...

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CoverTimes - display the world's front pages

start-ups, Malaga

By Mark Nessfield

Sometimes a start-up does not have the most original idea, yet its implementation of that idea is so good that users rave about it. This is a fascinating site that allows you to look at Newspaper front pages around the world. It's not the first aggregator...

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Another Spanish Fashion success story - El Ganso opening new stores

Madrid, fashion

By Mark Nessfield

The fashion company El Ganso (described by some as having a British style with a Spanish twist) has consolidated its expansion in Spain with the opening of stores in Gijón and Pamplona in May. It has also opened its fourth store in Paris. Created in 2004...

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Spanish eCommerce giant Privalia closes €25M funding deal

funding, barcelona, ecommerce

By Mark Nessfield

Privalia, the Spanish eCommerce giant that sells fashion brands in flash sales, has recently raised €25M from Sofina Belgium, Highland Capital, Insight partners, Index Ventures & others. Founded in 2006 by José Manuel Villanueva and Lucas Carné, the company...

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Footballers investing in start-ups shocker!

start-ups, funding

By Mark Nessfield

We've heard of footballers investing in bars, clubs and even fashion brands, but an interesting article published recently in ElConfidencial has highlighted the growing tendency for top footballers in La Liga to invest in start-ups. A good example is...

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eCommerce start-up "We Are Knitters" gain funding

ecommerce, Madrid, funding, start-ups, Francois Derbaix

By Mark Nessfield

It's fascinating to see how arts and crafts are gaining popularity, and "We Are Knitters" are riding this wave, having just won a funding round of 150,000 euros. As their name suggests they specialise in selling kits and material for those who like to...

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MashMe TV! to use 500k funding to hire new staff, expand business worldwide

madrid, funding, comms, start-ups, social

By Mark Nessfield

Described as the best way to brainstorm visually with friends or colleagues online, MashMe TV! has caught users' admiration for the way it allows groups of up to 10 people to communicate together, watch videos or presentations, or work together on a document....

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Funbox - Bringing the world of edutainment to schools world-wide

barcelona, extranjeros, education

By Mark Nessfield

Their aim is to prepare children for a future global, competitive workplace via the creation of interactive, engaging products that are connected to the real world. They are Funbox, a women-led start-up based in Barcelona that produces edutainment products...

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Whisbi continues international expansion by entering German market with O2

Whisbi, Madrid, start-ups, comms

By Mark Nessfield

We mentioned in an earlier entry that Whisbi, the video-conferencing start-up, had gained major funding from BDMI (the Bertelsmann group). Well they seem to be going from strength to strength, having reached already 100 staff spread across Barcelona,...

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Lessons from a start-up folding...

start-ups, closure

By Mark Nessfield

For obvious reasons we hear less about a start-up when it ceases trading, but the demise of Doocuments ( a start-up that provided secure ways of sharing documents on the cloud) has left us with some essential and valuable feedback. The statement that...

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