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Percentil - Supplying clothes that grow with your kids

start-ups, madrid, funding, fashion

By Mark Nessfield

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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Beebrite - Brain training via online games!

start-ups, gaming, madrid, funding

By Mark Nessfield

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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Investment of 2.9 million Euros announced for Social Point

start-ups, barcelona, funding, gaming

By Mark Nessfield

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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Medical advice portal Saluspot closes 1 Million euro round

start-ups, social, funding

By Mark Nessfield

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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uSpeak Languages close 500,000 funding deal

language, madrid, start-ups, funding

By Mark Nessfield

The Spanish start-up uSpeak, that builds game-based language learning apps for the iPhone and iPad, has recently raised 500,000 euros in seed funding in order to attack the language learning market. Currently the languages involved are Spanish and English,...

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Indisys, provider of Intelligent Dialogue Systems, close $5 million funding round.

funding, seville, spain

By Mark Nessfield

Intel's first investment in Spain arrived when they led a $5 million funding round with Indisys in late 2012. Indisys, short for "Intelligent Dialogue Systems", are world leaders in providing natural language virtual assistants and telephone operators....

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Training on demand platform Floqq gains 405,000 euro investment.

education, funding, start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

At a time of high unemployment, there are still sectors that are crying out for people with the right skills and indeed there are job profiles with an effective zero unemployment rate. Floqq aims to address this issue, by finding real world experts to...

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Online Pet Products company Miscota excel and gain a million Euros in funding.

barcelona, start-ups, ecommerce, funding

By Mark Nessfield

The surge in eCommerce in countries, including Spain, has opened up various marketing niches, and the supply of pet products (food, collars, cat flaps etc) has been the successful route for Miscota. Founded by two young entrepreneurs, Albert Costa and...

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Social shopping site Moodyo close funding deal of 450,000 euros

Seville, start-ups, entrepreneur, funding

By Mark Nessfield

Moodyo the social shopping start-up from Seville has just closed a funding round that will enable further development of their platform and increase worldwide coverage. The funding has come from diverse sources such as the IDEA agency, 3dsignia, and the...

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Tourist Eye travel guide wins 250,000 Euro investment

start-ups, funding, travel

By Mark Nessfield

Tourist Eye which provides an app orientated at travellers, has just announced a funding round of 250,000 Euros. The service has over 200,000 registered users, and over 5,000 travellers access the app each day, Parties that have participated in the funding...

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