barcelona

Kantox - the cost effective way to hedge corporate FX risk

barcelona, start-ups, funding, finance

By Mark Nessfield

One of the many innovative start-ups to receive funding in September (in this case €1 million) was Kantox - a venture that provides a company-to-company FX solution. Kantox originates from Barcelona, but has since moved its headquarters to London to be...

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Social fashion e-Shop TheFabShoes gains funding deal

start-ups, funding, barcelona, fashion

By Mark Nessfield

It's not often that a new eCommerce venture gets to be successful so soon, but it appears to be the case with The Fab shoes, who launched a curated social fashion e-shop earlier in 2012, and have now gained major funding. The eFashion site The Fab Shoes...

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Key players in Start-ups vi) Didac Lee

start-ups, entrepreneur, spain, barcelona

By Mark Nessfield

Serial founder and keen Barcelona FC supporter (he’s their director for New Technologies ) Didac Lee is a famous Catalan with Taiwanese parents, in the Spanish start-up scene. He started his work career in humble origins as a washer-up at his parents’...

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Barcelona start-up addFleet raises $3 million funding deal

start-ups, funding, barcelona

By Mark Nessfield

addFleet has recently announced a 3 million funding deal that will allow it to expand worldwide - the backers include Telefonica Ventures and Caixa Capital TIC. The Barcelona start-up provides intelligent systems for transportation using a cloud-based...

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theEtailers.com - eCommerce services, gain funding

eCommerce, Spain, funding, start-ups, Barcelona

By Mark Nessfield

Running an internet shop nowadays is not just finding the right product and displaying them on a website. There are a multitude of factors to consider, including marketing, SEO and customer services. theEtailers.com aim to provide professional services...

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