by RJ Shara | Sep 5, 2021 | Fundings and Exit
Barcelona-based gaming video platform Gamestry has actually snatched up $ 5 million in seed financing, led by Goodwater Capital, Target Global and Kibo Ventures — — turning investors’ heads with a 175x growth rate over the previous 12 months. While the (for now) Spanish-language video gaming video platform launched a couple of years back, in 2018, last year the creators […] The switch looks to have actually paid off as a growth technique. The startup also claims to present viewers with much better info about a video to help them choose whether or not to click on it (aka, tools to assist them find “quality instead of clickbait”), beyond essentials like title, thumbnail and videos. (Albeit to my undoubtedly unseasoned eye for evaluating the calibre of games video content, there is no lack of clickbaity-looking stuff on Gamestry.”The problem Gamestry is addressing is that the large majority of creators do not make much cash on those platforms since they are ads/eyeball driven services,” she told TechCrunch. “Gamestry offers an area where creators, regardless of audience size, can discover brand-new ways to engage with their audience and make a living….
by RJ Shara | Jun 1, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Belvo, a Latin American start-up which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding. A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based VC firms and angels participated in the financing consisting of Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Kaszek, MAYA Capital, Venture Friends, […] Mentioning Crunchbase data, Belvo believes the round represents the biggest series A ever raised by a Latin American fintech. Belvo aims intends work with leading fintechs in Latin America, spanning covering throughout like the neobanks, credit providers service providers personal finance financing Items Americans use utilize day. Belvo’s goal is to link all sorts of accounts together. Particularly, Belvo plans to hire more than 50 engineers in Mexico and Brazil by year’s end. 
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by RJ Shara | May 26, 2021 | Fundings and Exit
The high stakes game of chess (or, well, consolidation chicken) that is on-demand food delivery rolls on today with a little more territorial swapping in Europe: Barcelona-based Glovo has agreed to buy three of Berlin-based Delivery Hero’s food delivery brands in Central and Eastern Europe — with deals that it said are worth a total […] …
by RJ Shara | May 18, 2021 | Startups
While Madrid and Barcelona tend to bring in the buzz when it comes to tech start-ups in Spain, Valencia is gradually and definitely going far for itself as a growing tech ecosystem. What are the tech financiers like in Valencia? What are the tech investors like in Valencia? Valencia’s tech environment is strong on supplying tech talent. What are the tech financiers like in Valencia? What are the tech financiers like in Valencia?…
by RJ Shara | May 12, 2021 | Startups
As the well-known phrase goes, “software is eating the world” — and now software application is eating dentistry. Or, possibly more accurately, the arena of orthodontics– the specialty of dentistry that deals with things like braces– is gradually however surely being digitalized. To whit, Impress, a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised […] , a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised a$ 50 million Series A funding round led by CareCapital (a dental division of Hillhouse Capital in Asia ), along with Nickleby Capital, UNIQA Ventures and investors consisting of Michael Linse, Valentin Pitarque, Peter Schiff, Elliot Dornbusch and others. As things stand, most of the timeMany consumers can usually only access cosmetic generally alignment treatments or orthodontic positioning treatments in conventional clinics. Andreas Nemeth, handling partner of UNIQA Ventures GmbH commented: “Impress’s customer-centric focus, as well as its shown ability to blitzscale, attracted us to the business. — TechCrunch “src =”https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/06/3-views-on-the-future-of-the-funding-round-story/embed/#?secret=H3PFj1YEd0” data-secret=”H3PFj1YEd0″width =”800″height =”450 “frameborder =”0″marginwidth =”0″marginheight =”0 “scrolling =” no” — > 
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by RJ Shara | Apr 29, 2021 | Fundings and Exit
The pandemic has hammered the travel sector over the past 12 months so you’d be forgiven for feeling a bit of pre-COVID-19 déjà vu at this news: Business trip booking platform TravelPerk is announcing a $160M Series D. The round, which is a mix of equity and debt funding, is led by London-based growth equity […] …
by RJ Shara | Apr 8, 2021 | Startups
There’s an “Uber for everything” these days, and now there are “Ubers for personal chefs”. Just take a look at PopTop or 100 Pleats for instance. Now in London, there is Yhangry (which brands itself as the appropriately shouty YHANGRY). This is a “private chef parties at home” website, and no doubt an app at […] …
by RJ Shara | Jan 20, 2021 | Startups
Ironhack, a business providing shows bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its newest round of financing. The Miami-based company (with areas in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Paris and São Paulo) said it will use the money to develop out more virtual offerings to match […] Over the next 5 years, 13 million jobs will be added to the tech industry in the U.S., according to Ironhack co-founder Ariel Quiñones. Ironhack isn’t the only bootcamp to benefit from this growth. Prices for the company’s classes differ by country. …
by RJ Shara | Jan 20, 2021 | Fundings and Exit
Barcelona-based Landbot, a ‘ no-code ‘chatbot builder, has actually bagged a$8M
Series A led by the Spanish-Israeli VC firm Swanlaab, along with assistance from Spain’s innovation-focused public agency, CDTI. Previous financiers Nauta Capital, Encomenda and Bankinter likewise took part in the round. When it raised a $2.2 M seed and had [we last talked to Landbot back in 2018 …]
Landbot’s clients range from SMEs to particular teams and items within bigger organisations, with the startup name-checking the likes of Nestlé, MediaMarkt, CocaCola, Cepsa, PcComponentes and Prudential amongst its customer lineup. The brand-new financing will be utilized to double Landbot’s team during 2021( currently it uses 40 people )– with employing prepared throughout sales, marketing and engineering. The pandemic has merely put more fuel on this fire– and low-friction tools like Landbot are plainly enjoying the rewards., Landbot says it’s seeing traction from clients who are seeking to change web forms with more interesting chat interfaces. Commenting on the Series A in a declaration, Juan Revuelta, general partner of Swanlaab, stated:”The beauty of Landbot is in the drag and drop solution of the item….
by RJ Shara | Oct 6, 2020 | Startups
Picker, an app that lets you discover and buy items recommended by individuals you follow, has actually raised EUR1.3 million in seed funding. Backing the Barcelona-based startup is Berlin’s Btov. The company has received EUR2 million in funding to date, primarily from different angel financiers. Established in 2018 by Daniel Ramos, Conan Moriarty and Enric Gabarró, […] , an app that lets you discover and buy products suggested by individuals you follow, has actually raised EUR1.3 million in seed funding. More broadly, Gabarró believes that “empowering good items” by sharing them with our good friends, family and communities is the finest way to save money and the planet, while likewise “supporting great and responsible producers and helping our enjoyed ones”. With that stated, Picker users appear to be buying rather a lot of things, regardless, with the start-up revealing that it is on track to create over EUR2 million in sales internationally this year. “We are 100% lined up with the users, we want them to get in the app, discover the item they want to purchase or share and then leave the platform. …
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