Spain to invest 12.25 billion Euros on microchip industry
A plan to spend 12.25 billion Euros ($13.12 billion) on the semi-conductor and the microchip industry by 2027 has been approved by the government of Spain.
The program, which primarily consists of the European Pandemic Relief Fund, will be directed toward the growth of the Digital Economy and wi... Read more
Telefonica invests in Israel’s high-tech sector for further expansion
According to a senior executive, Telefonica, Europe's third-largest telecoms operator, plans to invest more in Israel's high-tech industry this year, particularly in e-health and other consumer-facing businesses.
Luisa Rubio, the CEO of Telefonica's innovation arm, WayraX, has already made one i... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap throughout Europe: IBM study
As per IBM research, the technology sector across Spain, Germany, and the UK struggle to find workers having adequate AI experience or skills.
The AI experience or skills gap throughout Europe endangers digital innovation and curbs economic growth. More than 20% (a quarter) of technology recruit... Read more
Spanish scale-ups are coming together to alter the technology policy memo
Spanish scale-ups have been teaming up to lobby legislators and push their economic/business case for a high-growth and high-tech business model.
The lobby group, known as “EsTech,” was launched recently with nine members as its founders ranging from industries like B2B software, health tech... Read more
Spain will spend 11 billion euros on chip industry
Spain joins other EU countries in trying to lure chip makers to build factories in their country. The country's prime minister announced a multi-billion euro investment.
Spain will spend 11 billion euros on a plan to boost the semiconductor and microchip industry, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez s... Read more
Meta plans new 2,000 staff Meta Labs to be developed in Madrid
Meta announces huge investments in Spain's evolving tech sector, Madrid, to increase its EU presence and develop Meta Labs employing 2,000 people.
Spain is set to become a key development hub across the Metaverse shift as the forefront of European tech. Meta has announced developing new 2,000 st... Read more
Backed By Sofina and others, Typeform raises a record funding of $135m
Codeless form specialist “Typeform” takes $135 million in the latest funding rounds.
Typeform – a Barcelona-based startup that enables business users to create forms – announced it raised approximately $135M in the latest funding rounds.
Sofina – an investment firm – led this fund... Read more
Spain spearheads Europe’s mobile market consolidation
The number of Spanish operators will decline if a giant deal goes through.
Spain is leading a fresh round of consolidation of the fragmented EU telecoms marke. According to reporting in the Financial Times, Orange and MasMovil said this week that they were in exclusive talks to combine their Spa... Read more
Launch of BigCommerce in Spain, Mexico, and Germany
US-based ecommerce platform, BigCommerce has started its global expansion. They have now launched in Spain, Mexico, and Germany.
Texas-based ecommerce platform BigCommerce has officially launched in Spain, Germany, and Mexico. However, this is just the start of their global expansion. The compan... Read more
Google Cloud and Minsait to offer trusted cloud solutions in Spain
The initiative has the support of the Spanish government and will serve organizations in both the public and private sectors
This week Google Cloud and Minsait announced an expanded strategic alliance. The companies will jointly offer Spanish public and private sector organizations sovereign clo... Read more