Startups
Latest news and information on technology startups, innovative new businesses, and job opportunities in the startup scene.
CHECKLIST: Everything digital nomads moving to Spain need to consider
Spain’s Startups Law is 100 percent going ahead after its very last ratification by the Senate and Parliament. If you’re a remote worker who’s now planning to come to Spain, there’s a lot more apart from the enticing law to consider beforehand, from costs to location.
The requirements for Spain's new Startups Law
Foreign entrepreneurs waiting for Spain's highly anticipated Startups Law to come into force should know that the legislation comes with some requirements. The Local has outlined the major ones here.
EXPLAINED: What you need to know before hiring a worker in Spain
If you’re setting up a business in Spain and need to hire staff, you’ll need to know all the legalities involved. Here’s what you need to know when you employ someone in Spain.
Tax cuts and visas: Spain's new law for startups, investors and digital nomads
The Spanish government approved its Startups Law on Friday, which aims to attract startups, foreign investors, and remote workers with special visas and tax incentives. Here's everything you need to know.
Why you'll soon be able to set up a company in Spain with just €1 rather than €3,000
The Spanish government has approved a new draft law that will allow companies to start up with just €1 and for the process to be carried out quickly and entirely online.
Spanish team invents hands-free 'penis bidet'
Three Spaniards have come up with an idea that is poised to revolutionize male toilet habits and leave men’s privates smelling sweet after every trip to the "little boy's room".
The Spanish gum that cures hangovers AND boosts libido
Spanish company WUG Functional Gum claims it can boost your sex drive, cure your hangover and even give you a really nice tan - one stick of gum at a time.
'Magical mystery tours' among top Spanish startups to watch
A company that organizes surprise trips for people who don’t find out where they are going until 48 hours before departure could be one of Spain’s most interesting new startups.
'I wanted to give homeless people a voice so they won't be invisible'
In this week's instalment of My Spanish Career, we talk to Barcelona-based Andrew Funk, an entrepreneur empowering the homeless to get off the streets and add value to society.
'I wanted to change the narrative of what it's like to be black in Spain'
In the latest instalment of My Spanish Career The Local talks to Sienna Brown, founder of Las Morenas de España, a community that is redefining the Black experience in Spain.
The startup revolutionizing the Spanish banking experience
A German startup is offering Spaniards the chance to avoid the hassle of long queues and awkward opening hours of Spanish banks and do everything on a smartphone - and in English.
Spain has most inflexible working conditions in the European Union
Spain, along with Portugal, has the most rigid working conditions in the European Union, says a new report, which encourages the country to embrace more flexible ways of working.
A Spanish startup delivery service is changing the way people shop
If you haven't yet heard of Glovo, you will soon and when you do, you may decide never to do your own shopping again.
'I’m trying to capture how people would cook if no-one was watching'
For this week's My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Joel Serra, a former Masterchef contestant whose crowdfunded cookbook is set to shake up Spanish cuisine.
Uber to start from scratch in Spain in bid to overturn car-sharing ban
The car-sharing app was banned in December 2014 but is hoping to make a comeback in Spain.
Northern Spain sees launch of world’s first ‘poo powered’ home
A startup based in northern Spain has developed the first house in the world to be entirely heated by its own waste products. The Local talks to Meghan Sapp, the woman behind the innovative project.
Rotating houses on Costa del Sol promise new spin on solar power
A startup in Marbella is developing solar-powered houses that will spin 360 degrees to follow the sun's light - the first of their kind on the European market.
Cabify insists 'we are not cabs' as startup fights to avoid ban in Spain
The Spanish startup is embroiled in a legal battle against taxi drivers, who want the service to be banned, much like rival app Uber.
'All budding entrepreneurs should intern to learn startup ins and outs'
In this week's instalment of My Spanish career we talk to Milwaukee-born Carly Mattefs, co-founder of VIVA Innovation Academy, which organizes internship programmes within Madrid's startup ecosystem.
Spain ranks among worst nations to start a business despite reforms
Spanish entrepreneurs face regularity complexity and red tape according to a report by the World Bank which ranks Spain fifth from the bottom of OECD countries when it comes to starting a new business.
Barcelona ranked among top ten most reputable cities in the world
A new study placed Barcelona among the top ten "most reputable" cities in the world, ahead of fellow European tourist traps London and Paris.
The end of the expat? Europe's cities fight for 'Inpats'
Mention expats and many minds are drawn to stereotypes of workers sent abroad for three years to live in a compound and sip gin. But today’s mobile professionals aren't posted overseas – they just get up and go, writes The Local's Managing Editor James Savage.
Madrid and Barcelona rank among top 15 startup cities across Europe
Rival Spanish startup hubs Madrid and Barcelona have crept into the top 15 cities of a new European startup ranking.