Not just Sand, Sea and Sangria
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The network group for women, Womenalia, recently in March held a start-up competition in Barcelona at the eShow feria. They've produced a video that includes interviews of the top ten taking part, and for those who speak Spanish, it's very interesting...
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Way back in 2009, Daniel Bezares and Lourdes Ferrer, after becoming parents of twin daughters, launched a web store for parents of twins called TOT-a-LOT It seems as though the success of that venture, encouraged them to undertake greater things, and...
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A start-up that promises to make you smarter whilst you play games, has hit the headlines in the Spanish start-up scene. Beebrite, a project developed by two entrepreneurs Alejandro Durán and Amparo Casamayo, is available in both Spanish and English,...
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The US firm Greylock Partners has announced a funding injectiom of 2.9 million euros in Social Point, the online social gaming outfit. This latest injection takes funding in Social Point to 11 million euros over the last 12 months. Like Zynga, they produce...
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Saluspot, an online community that brings sufferers and medical advisors together, has just closed a funding round of 1 million Euros, financed by investors such as Cabiedes & Partners, the Fundación José Manuel Entrecanales and Vitamin K. The platform...
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An engineer from Gijon, Asturias, Lola Palacio, has helped create a re-design of the blackboard in Pontevedra, Galicia, that is being used both in Spain and abroad. The project, called The Glass Project, has designed and manufactured glass boards with...
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The growth of eCommerce worldwide has been dramatic, and Spain has shown to be no exception, despite its previous reputation for an aversion to items delivered by post. Indeed according to this Europapress article, eCommerce sales increased by 20% in...
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One of the snags of visiting or travelling to a new city, is the cost of getting connected to a WiFi service. Indeed I had to fork out some precious pounds lately when travelling by train to Glasgow. Often hotels will charge for the privilege, and other...
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The Canary Islands Regional Government have implemented new computer systems, that will save 70% of license costs over three years, through the use of open source software and cloud virtualization. This is the feedback from Roberto Moreno, the DG of Telecomms...
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Last year I wrote an article on 5 Spanish start-ups to look out for in 2012 for EU_startups and it became quite popular. It's always hard to make 100% accurate predictions, and the first one on that list, Youzee, didn't quite succeed as planned - although...
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