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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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Key Players in Start-ups viii) Francois Derbaix

extranjeros, entrepreneur, madrid, Francois Derbaix

By Mark Nessfield

François Derbaix is a great example of a foreign entrepreneur who has thrived in Spain's start-up scene, and who now is a major investor in new internet ventures in that country. Born in Belgium, Francois moved to Madrid in 2000 when he founded TopRural...

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Lizarran restaurants expanding world-wide.

food, expansion

By Mark Nessfield

He probably didn't realise it at the time, in 1998, but when the entrepreneur from León, Mateo Ferrero, opened a restaurant called Lizarran in Sitges, he started something that would later help to spread Spanish tavernas selling pinchos all over the world....

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PromocionesFarma win €1.5 million investment round.

Kibo Ventures, funding, health

By Mark Nessfield

We read on the Spanish start-up news site Loogic, that the investment angels Kibo Ventures, have led a funding round of 1.5 million euros in PromocionesFarma. PromocionesFarma offers heavily discounted products on their website, but which customers arrange...

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Marfeel - funding and expansion..

funding, Barcelona, Wayra, Nauta

By Mark Nessfield

Marfeel provides touch publications on smart devices, that promises an immersive experience for the reader, the publisher and the advertiser. It's not the only start-up that are doing this (competitors include Flipboard, Pressly and OnSwipe), but as it's...

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