funding

Social games provider Akamon continues to expand and gain funding

funding, gaming, barcelona, Carlos Blanco

By Mark Nessfield

Akamon, a fast growing start-up from Barcelona and co-founded by Carlos Blanco, offers social games online and has been admired for its expansionary success across markets in southern Europe and Latin America. This expansion has meant it's been able to...

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TheMadVideo - Video will never be the same

Madrid, USA, funding, awards, overseas

By Mark Nessfield

Spanish company TheMadVideo has had an excellent start to summer 2013 - earlier it was announced they'd gained $585,000 in funding, and it's now won an award as the hottest showcase at Tech Cocktail's Mixer Event, thanks to its easy tagging and promotion...

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Etece, the platform for solution-providers, gains 450,000 euro funding deal

madrid, funding, start-ups, Francois Derbaix, Jesus Encinar, Carlos Munoz

By Mark Nessfield

Billed as the Spanish equivalent to the American Taskrabbit, Etece has raised € 450,000 to expand to 4 more cities - it already operates in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. The Madrid start-up, originally backed by Jesús Encinar (idealista.com), Carlos...

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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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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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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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