Novobrief By Jaime Novoa This is a weekly summary of the ins and outs of the Spanish startup ecosystem, curated by Jaime Novoa 4146 subscribers 91 issues Subscribe to my list This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Are you a robot? 🤖
Novobrief #135: TravelPerk raised $44m, Samsung acquired Spanish startup Zhilabs, WeblogsSL acquired by French company and much more #91 Oct 22, 2018
Novobrief #134: Colvin raises €6m, Mysphera gets €2.5m, Verse starts to monetise, ING owns 15% of Fintonic and much more #90 Oct 15, 2018
Novobrief #133: Lingokids raised $6m, Factorial picked up €2.8m, three acquisitions of Spanish startups, new laws to help (?) startups and much more #89 Oct 8, 2018
#88 Oct 1, 2018 Novobrief #132: Stratio raises €13m, the story behind Aplazame's €20m exit, VTC regulation and much more
#87 Sep 24, 2018 Novobrief #131: Captio acquired for €25m, Copado raised €7.5m Series A from Insight Venture Partners, the new Wayra, Glovo's riders are not falsos autonomos and much more
#86 Sep 17, 2018 Novobrief #130: the story of AlienVault told by one of its investors, Antai Venture Builder raises €20m, Keat'z ghost restaurants, the launch of Finizens Premium and much more
#85 Sep 10, 2018 Novobrief #129: eCooltra raises €10m, scooters get banned all around Spain, Wallapop has a new CEO and much more
#84 Sep 3, 2018 Novobrief #128: Repsol to launch a €85m venture fund, Promofarma got acquired for €40m, Chicfy's founders are out of the company and much more
#83 Aug 27, 2018 Novobrief #127: Delivery Hero is Glovo's largest shareholder, details of Ticketea's exit emerge, Facebook to pay €90 million to stream La Liga in Asia and much more
#82 Aug 13, 2018 Novobrief #126: Letgo raised $500m at a $1.5b valuation, Amadeus buys TravelClick for $1.5b, the exits of Promofarma, Uvinum, Acumbamail and Aplazame and much more
#81 Jul 30, 2018 Novobrief #125: Flywire raises $100m at close to a $1b valuation, Inveready about to close its new €40m fund, Netflix to open first production center in Europe in Madrid and much more
#80 Jul 23, 2018 Novobrief #124: Glovo raised a big €125m Series C, Telefonica suffers data breach, more labour issues for Deliveroo and Glovo and much more
#79 Jul 16, 2018 Novobrief #123: Lyft to buy Cabify?, AlienVault acquired by AT&T for reportedly $500m, Lodgify raised $5m and much more
#78 Jul 9, 2018 Novobrief #122: Fever raised $20m, 21buttons closed a $17m Series B, Seaya Ventures announced final close of €102m fund and much more
#77 Jul 2, 2018 Novobrief #121: Nextail raised $10m, Lookiero raised €4m, IronHack's expansion plans, Samaipata invests in French startup Totem and much more
#76 Jun 25, 2018 Novobrief #120: Jobandtalent picks up €10m in additional funding, Citibox aims to close €6.2m round, Nauta leads €6m in German startup and much more
#75 Jun 18, 2018 Novobrief #119: Aerospace startup PLD closes €17m Series A, N26 to hire up to 100 people in Barcelona, Cabify sues Podemos and much more
#74 Jun 11, 2018 Novobrief #118: Spotahome raised $40m from Kleiner Perkins, Logtrust bagged $25m, Exoticca raised $4.1m and much more
#73 Jun 4, 2018 Novobrief #117: OnTruck raised €25m Series B, Inveready is preparing a €25m biotech fund for biotech companies, Telefonica relaunches Fotolog and much more
#72 May 28, 2018 Novobrief #116: Mercadona unveils new ecommerce site, Netflix and Telefonica sign partnership, Santander makes $22m with iZettle exit and much more
#71 May 21, 2018 Novobrief #115: Qashops acquired by Vente Privee, Kibo Ventures invests in Paack, HolaLuz reaches 133,000 customers and much more
#70 May 14, 2018 Novobrief #114: Mitula acquired for €120m, Red Points raised an additional $12m from Eight Roads, BBVA invests in UK online mortgage startup and much more
#69 May 7, 2018 Novobrief #113: BBVA invests in a Brazilian neobank, Amadeus posts €305m profit, Nauta invests €4.2m in Finnish startup and much more
#68 Apr 30, 2018 Novobrief #112: Glovo closing in on a massive round of funding, Ulabox's financials, Telefonica posts Q1 earnings and much more
#67 Apr 23, 2018 Novobrief #111: Eventbrite acquired Ticketea, Glovo prepares an €80m round, BBVA invests in Chinese AI investment firm, new VTC regulation and much more
#66 Apr 16, 2018 Novobrief #110: Travelperk raises $21m, Geoblink gets €5m, the story of Nexium's €70m exit and much more
#65 Apr 9, 2018 Novobrief #109: The Hotels Network raised $3.7m, Jenaro Garcia (Gowex) gives first interview, Just Eat reaches 1m orders in one month and much more
#64 Apr 2, 2018 Novobrief #108: PayPro's ICO goes wrong, Galdana Ventures to launch a new €350m fund of funds, PcComponentes' reaches sales of €312m in 2017 and much more
#63 Mar 26, 2018 Novobrief #107: Countercraft raises €2m, the story of Erasmusu's acquisition, bq posted revenues of €190m in 2017 and much more
#62 Mar 19, 2018 Novobrief #106: Gestoos raised €2m, Spotahome acquired Erasmusu, more details of Inditex and Mercadona's online strategy and much more
#61 Mar 12, 2018 Novobrief #105: Cooltra raises €5m, BBVA leads $206m round in Atom Bank and also invests in solarisBank, Scytl has a new CEO and much more
#60 Mar 5, 2018 Novobrief #104: Adman acquired for €14m, Amazon Spain workers to go on strike, Amadeus posts €1.1b in profit, Spain wants to make life easier for fintech startups and much more
#59 Feb 26, 2018 Novobrief #103: Fever, Blueliv and Holded raise funding, Telefonica has news from MWC, Inditex hires Carto co-founder, more restrictions on Uber and Cabify and much more
#58 Feb 19, 2018 Novobrief #102: is Hawkers in trouble?, Tiendanimal gets €60M, Seat acquires Respiro, Typeform launches v2, Spain's plans to tax tech and much more
#57 Feb 12, 2018 Novobrief #101: biotech company Universal DX raised €20M, the acquisitions of GymForLess and TransferZero and much more
#56 Feb 5, 2018 Novobrief #100: Biotech startup Stat-Dx acquired for $191M, iSalud acquired for €50M, big changes at Telefonica and much more
#55 Jan 29, 2018 Novobrief #99: Cabify raises $160M at unicorn valuation, Tiendanimal expects €100M in sales this year and much more
#54 Jan 22, 2018 Novobrief #98: Indra acquired Paradigma Digital for €70M, SamyRoad raises €3M and expects €13M in revenue, Barcelona moves away from proprietary software and much more
#53 Jan 15, 2018 Novobrief #97: Red Points raised $12M, Samaipata Ventures' first exit, the startup investment landscape in Spain in 2017 and much more
#52 Jan 8, 2018 Novobrief #96: Klikin acquired by Repsol, Startcaps Ventures has a huge exit with 99Taxi, Airbnb and Cabify regulation and much more
#51 Dec 26, 2017 Novobrief #95: Colvin raised €2M, more competition in the car sharing sector, how to regulate the gig economy and much more
#50 Dec 18, 2017 Novobrief #94: PcComponentes booming business, Sonae now owns 40% of Ulabox, Deliveroo riders should be employees and much more
#48 Dec 4, 2017 Novobrief #92: Cabify activates surge pricing, Telefonica and Pallete had a big week, Amazon and Deliveroo feel pressure over worker conditions and much more
#47 Nov 27, 2017 Novobrief #91: Verse's co-founders are no longer at the company, Glovo to reach €10m in sales in 2017, Miguel Arias to leave Carto and join Telefonica, and much more
#46 Nov 20, 2017 Novobrief #90: WeWork acquired a significant stake in WaveGarden, Wallapop's latest valuation, Chicfy to reach €4m in sales in 2017, VTC licenses to flood the Spanish market and much more
#45 Nov 13, 2017 Novobrief #89: Colonial acquired majority stake in Utopic_us, Glovo starts Latam expansion and much more – A big and better Novobrief - I've sold Novobrief.com, but I'm going to continue publishing this newsl
#44 Nov 6, 2017 Novobrief #88: eDreams on sale, Hawkers searching for a CEO, how to hire well and much more
#43 Oct 30, 2017 Novobrief #87: an update on Cabify's large round, Kantox's 2016 figures, Telefonica financial results and much more
#42 Oct 23, 2017 Novobrief #86: Spotahome raises €13.6M, Jobandtalent back on track, Inditex tops €1.1B in online sales and much more
#41 Oct 16, 2017 Novobrief #85: Freepik's booming bootstrapped business, Hundredroom's troubles, changes at Carto and much more
#40 Oct 9, 2017 Novobrief #84: 21buttons raises $10M, Coverfy gets €3.5M, Catalonia's referendum impact on tech and much more
#39 Oct 2, 2017 Novobrief #83: Letgo raises $100M at a $1B+ valuation, LogTrust raises $35M, Glovo gets $30M and much more
#38 Sep 25, 2017 Novobrief #82: 8fit raises $7M, Wallapop valued at €615M, Carlos Domingo announces SPiCE VC and much more
#37 Sep 18, 2017 Novobrief #81: Typeform raised €35M, Itconic sold by Carlyle for €215M and much more
#36 Sep 11, 2017 Novobrief #80: Wework to launch in Madrid, Spain seeks tax on digital giants' revenues and much more
#35 Sep 4, 2017 Novobrief #79: Hello Media Group's booming business, Qualitas VC exit with Jobandtalent and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter to reach more than 2,900 relevant people in the Spanish tech
#34 Aug 28, 2017 Novobrief #78: eDreams posts €6.8M loss, the largest ecommerce sites in Spain, what a good COO does and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter to reach more than 2,800 relevant people in the Spanish tech
#33 Aug 21, 2017 Novobrief #77: Seedtag raised €2M, who made money in Social Point's exit, trouble at Jinn and much more
#32 Aug 7, 2017 Novobrief #76: Kantox raised £4.6M, Typeform's booming business (+$10M ARR), the story of Acumbamail and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter to reach more than 2,800 relevant people in the Spanish tech
#31 Jul 31, 2017 Novobrief #75: WeWork to open in Barcelona, Easy Payment Gateway raises €6M, Telefonica's new COO and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,800 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#30 Jul 24, 2017 Novobrief #74: Glovo planning to raise €20M, Ironhack grabs €3M and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,814 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#29 Jul 17, 2017 Novobrief #73: Worldsensing raises €8.3M, Santander InnoVentures announces 3 new investments and much more
#28 Jul 10, 2017 Novobrief #72: Telefonica's M&A activity, Tequila Works talks about the Spanish videogame industry and much more
#27 Jul 3, 2017 Novobrief #71: Billy Mobile and Zed were apparently a huge scam, Deliveroo riders go on strike and much more
#26 Jun 26, 2017 Novobrief #70: Fintonic raises €25M, Mercadona gives more details about its ecommerce strategy and much more
#25 Jun 19, 2017 Novobrief #69: Cabify to raise at least $300m, Amovens sues BlaBlacar, Telefonica's Pallete gives first interview – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,700 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#24 Jun 12, 2017 Novobrief #68: TheCocktail exits, the uncertain future of Spanish accelerators & Glovo to deliver McDonald's – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,700 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#23 Jun 5, 2017 Novobrief #67: eRepublik Labs bought for €7.5M, taxi protests across Spain, Beonprice raises €1.4M and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,700 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#22 May 29, 2017 Novobrief #66: CornerJob gets $19M, HolaLuz to reach €130m in sales, Plug and Play changes focus and much more
#21 May 22, 2017 Novobrief #65: Verse raises $20m, Telecable sold for more than $700m, Wallapop increases valuation and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,600 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#20 May 15, 2017 Novobrief #64: Cabify raises $100m, Ontruck gets $10m, interviews with Iñaki Arrola and Luis Cabiedes and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,600 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#19 Apr 24, 2017 Novobrief #63: Nauta Capital closes $170m fund, Q1 2017 was the most active quarter in Spain’s young history and much more
#18 Apr 18, 2017 Novobrief #62: the Spanish startup labour market, BuyFresco's post mortem and much more
#17 Apr 10, 2017 Novobrief #61: Parclick raises €2M, Amazon shuts down BuyVIP, Billy Mobile investigated for fraud and much more
#16 Apr 3, 2017 Novobrief #60: Hundredrooms raised €4M, Upplication acquired by Mobusi and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,500 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#15 Mar 27, 2017 Novobrief #59: MedLunics raised €34M, SeedRocket 4Founders is ready to invest €12M and much more
#14 Mar 21, 2017 Novobrief #58: Cabify and Uber face ire from taxi drivers, Typeform debuts Chat and much more
#13 Mar 13, 2017 Novobrief #57: Odilo raises €6 million, Scytl postpones IPO plans and much more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching more than 2,400 people in the Spanish tech ecos
#12 Mar 6, 2017 Novobrief #56: Analysis of Spanish exits, BBVA invests €34 million in Atom Bank and much more
#11 Feb 27, 2017 Novobrief #55: Typeform's growth strategy, Diego Mariño and Javier Santana's must read posts and much more
#10 Feb 21, 2017 Novobrief #54: Digital Origin to raise €150m, Wallapop's valuation has dropped and lots of funding rounds
#9 Feb 13, 2017 Novobrief #53: BBVA cuts by 70% the value of its first startup acquisition, Fever raised €5m and more
#8 Feb 6, 2017 Novobrief #52: SocialPoint acquired for up to $278 million, BlaBlaCar wins legal battle in Spain and more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching the Spanish tech ecosystem? Send an email to ja
#7 Jan 30, 2017 Novobrief #50: the story of Olapic's exit, PcComponentes and Mr Wonderful's lucrative business and more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching the Spanish tech ecosystem? Send an email to ja
#5 Jan 16, 2017 Novobrief #50: Spanish investment landscape in 2016, Wallapop's monetisation plans and more – Interested in sponsoring this newsletter and reaching the Spanish tech ecosystem? Send an email to ja
#4 Jan 9, 2017 Novobrief #49: Telefonica releases Open Future figures, Airbnb numbers in Spain and more
#2 Dec 27, 2016 This week in Spain #47: Michelin acquires Restaurantes.com, changes at Telefonica and more
#1 Dec 19, 2016 This week in Spain #47: Trouble at Jobandtalent and Eshop Ventures, insurtech startup Coverfy raises €750K and more
