| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.05.2025 | Barcelona's Masia Fund: Igniting the Tech Revolution | Barcelona is on the brink of a tech renaissance. The launch of the Masia angel fund marks a pivotal moment in this vibrant city’s journey to becoming a European tech powerhouse. Founded by Carlos Trenchs and Pepe Borrell, Masia aims to inje... |
| 26.05.2025 | New angel fund ‘Masia’ aims to cement Barcelona’s tech hub status | A new angel fund, Masia, has launched in Barcelona. Founded by VC Carlos Trenchs and Pepe Borrell, former co-founder of Crowdcube Europe, Masia aims to accelerate the city’s ascent as a premier European tech hub.
The fund, which has operate... |
| 29.06.2023 | 10 Top Barcelona Fintech Startups To Watch | Financial technology, better known as fintech, is an emerging industry that uses technology to provide powerful and exciting financial services. Billions are being invested in this emerging sector every year, with fintech startups even now ... |
| 12.10.2022 | BNP Paribas acquires UK fintech Kantox for €120 million | London headquartered currency management automation software firm Kantox has announced its acquisition by BNP Paribas after a three year partnership.
Kantox, which helps companies manage their FX workflow and leverage currencies for growth ... |
| 12.10.2022 | BNP Paribas acuerda la compra de Kantox. Desinvierten VCs y business angels | 11/10/2022
Nota de prensa
BNP PARIBAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF KANTOX
BNP Paribas is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement for the acquisition of Kantox, a leading leading fintech for automation of currency ... |
| 22.04.2019 | Kantox obtiene un préstamo de €5 millones venture debt de la estadounidense Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) | 22/04/2019
KANTOX OBTIENE UN PRÉSTAMO DE €5 MILLONES VENTURE DEBT DE LA ESTADOUNIDENSE SILICON VALLEY BANK (SVB).
Kantox ha acudido de nuevo a la financiación de la entidad estadounidense Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) con la concesión de un p... |
| 17.04.2019 | Kantox completes second debt financing with €5m | Kantox, provider of FX management solutions for businesses, has just closed its second venture debt financing deal with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a €5 million loan package.
“This investment will contribute to our ongoing growth trajectory”... |
| 19.11.2018 | Deliveroo rides to victory, winning Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 for the second year in a row | Deliveroo rides to victory, winning Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 for the second year in a row
19-11-2018
Deloitte has announced the winners of the 2018 UK Technology Fast 50 awards. The awards recognise and rank the 50 fastest-growing technology c... |
| 28.06.2018 | 12 Stunning Tech, Research & Innovation Hubs In Barcelona | Not only does Barcelona host leading European universities such EADA, ESADE and IESE, but it’s also becoming one of the biggest tech hubs in Europe – bringing together successful researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all over the w... |
| 27.12.2017 | Kantox cierra un acuerdo venture debt con Silicon Valley Bank | 27/12/2017
Nota de prensa
KANTOX CIERRA UN ACUERDO VENTURE DEBT CON SILICON VALLEY BANK.
Kantox acaba de cerrar un acuerdo de financiación “venture debt” con Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), el banco líder en inversión en proyectos de rápido c... |
| 07.08.2017 | Kantox, participada por Partech, Idinvest, Mundi Ventures y Cabiedes, completa la ronda de €5M iniciada en 2016 | 07/08/2017
KANTOX, PARTICIPADA POR PARTECH, IDINVEST, MUNDI VENTURES Y CABIEDES, COMPLETA LA RONDA DE €5 MILLONES INICIADA EN 2016.
Kantox ha completado la ronda de €5 millones iniciada en 2016 con la participación de os actuales inversor... |
| 05.08.2017 | Idinvest portfolio company, Kantox, raises £4.6m from investors as it targets profitability | Foreign exchange fintech company Kantox has raised £4.6 million from its existing investors as it aims for profitability. CEO and founder Philippe Gelis stated that the company raised the money from existing investors Partech Ventures, Idin... |
| 06.02.2017 | Barcelona Weekly Tech & Startup News – February 06, 2017 – Barcinno | Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend!
What a weekend! The Patriots won Super Bowl 51, Barcelona got a BIG EXIT success story thanks to Social Point and the city is heating up…at least in terms of the Mobile World Cong... |
| 08.04.2016 | Subasta de Ocio Is Spain’s Fastest Growing Startup | Subasta de Ocio, the company that lets you bid on the over-capacity of hotels, restaurants, and other leisure activities, was awarded last night as the fastest growing company in Spain.
For the past 3 years Ayden and The Next web have part... |
| 10.11.2015 | Spain’s Fintech Startups Kantox and NoviCap To Join Forces | Monday, two Barcelona-based fintech startups Kantox and NoviCap announced that they will unite in a partnership to be able to offer their customers a stronger financial service.
NoviCap founders from the left: Marc Antoni Macia, Federico T... |
| 09.11.2015 | Kantox and NoviCap Team up to Offer Wider Portfolio of Financial Services | Two venture capital backed fintech companies, which have both offices in Spain and UK, have signed a strategic alliance.
Kantox, a currency exchange management company, and NoviCap, an invoice discounting marketplace, have teamed up to offe... |
| 03.11.2015 | This Wall Street bank is minting startup founders | Zillow CEO and Goldman Sachs alum Spencer Rascoff. Courtesy of Zillow
Goldman Sachs mints millionaires, but some of the bank's employees achieve career highs only once they've left Wall Street.
Just ask Spencer Rascoff: the former Goldman b... |
| 29.05.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 5/29/15 | DocuSig, Flywheel, Enervee, Notion, VitalFields, jobandtalent, EverCompliant, Tegile Systems, Ubimo
Seed stage
Home sensor startup Notion raised a $2 million seed round from Draper Nexus Ventures, Gabriel Investments, Galvanize Ventures, Fo... |
| 27.05.2015 | Business Currency Exchange Startup Kantox Raises $11M Series B | Another London-headquartered fintech startup, albeit one with a development and marketing team in Spain, has raised more capital of its own. This time it’s the turn of Kantox. The currency exchange marketplace for SMEs right up to ‘mid cap’... |
| 27.05.2015 | Kantox Raises €10M in Funding | Kantox, a London, UK-based provider of foreign exchange services for SMEs and mid-cap companies, raised €10m (approx. US$10.9m) in funding.
The round was led by Partech Ventures with participation from IDinvest Partners. In addition, Patric... |
| 27.05.2015 | Kantox cierra una ronda de $11 millones, acuden Partech Ventures, Idinvest Partners y Cabiedes | 27/05/2015
KANTOX CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $11 MILLONES, ACUDEN PARTECH VENTURES, IDINVEST PARTNERS Y CABIEDES.
La startup catalana de servicios de cobertura de cambio de divisas entre grandes y pequeñas empresas Kantox, ha cerrado una ronda d... |
| 27.05.2015 | Barcelona’s FOREX Startup Kantox Raises $11M Series B | Another London-headquartered fintech startup, albeit one with a development and marketing team in Spain, has raised more capital of its own. This time it’s the turn of Kantox. The currency exchange marketplace for SMEs right up to ‘mid cap’... |
| 10.02.2015 | A Million Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? A Billion Dollars – Kantox Soars To New Heights | Barcelona’s darling fintech startup Kantox has hit an incredible new milestone this week as they surpassed the $1 billion mark of funds traded on their foreign exchange platform. A billion. That’s a 1 with 9 zeroes after it: 1.000.000.000. ... |
| 13.01.2015 | Get Your Game On at Startup Weekend Barcelona 2015 | It’s that time of year again! Back by popular demand after last year’s successful edition, where more than 100 people from Spain, UK, France, Germany and Portugal came together to build new companies, Startup Weekend Barcelona will host its... |
| 22.09.2014 | Heard@ Next Bank Europe: Disrupting The Banking Industry | Recently Temenos, one of the sponsors of the Next Bank Europe Conference, released a white paper on industry disruption in the banking sector. Their introduction depicts clearly the urgency to come up with new business models and value prop... |
| 18.07.2014 | Kantox and Novertur join forces | |
| 28.04.2014 | Meet The 5 Fastest Growing Spanish Startups | Last week, The Next Web announced the results of their Tech5 online competition including the 5 fastest growing Spanish startups. High-growth startups that make it to the highly visible and prestigious Tech5 list in their country receive pr... |
| 22.04.2014 | Kantox, Interview with Philippe Gelis | Fintech is very hot right now. Among other startups, another example is given by London and Barcelona-based Kantox, an FX firm that offers SMEs and mid-caps a foreign currency exchange solution via a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform. The... |
| 15.04.2014 | The Currency Cloud, An API-Based Money Mover, Raises Another $10M | With the news that Facebook has been talking to financial services startups in the UK about launching e-money services, one of the companies that powers payments for those startups has raised a round of funding. The Currency Cloud, which pr... |
| 31.03.2014 | Startup Weekend Barcelona 2014: How It Went Down | Startup Weekend is a 54-hour beast designed to offer a hands-on, experimental education to technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. It starts on a Friday night with brainstorming, recruiting and splitting up into teams. The rest of the we... |
| 12.02.2014 | Startup Weekend Barcelona: 54 Hours To Feed Your Inner-Entrepreneur! | What can you possibly learn in 54 hours? Have you ever dreamed of stepping into the shoes an entrepreneur? Maybe you have a million dollar idea and you want to validate it? Or possibly you’re searching for a cofounder to make your product c... |
| 10.02.2014 | Kantox Raises €6.5M in Series A Funding | Kantox, a London, UK- and Barcelona, Spain-based FX firm providing SMEs and mid-caps with a foreign currency exchange solution via a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform, raised €6.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Partech Venture... |
| 10.02.2014 | Kantox Raises 6.5M EURO |
LONDON, ENGLAND, Kantox has received 6.5 million euro in Series A funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Kantox
>> To export Kantox funding data to PDF and Excel, click here
An online direct foreign currency exch... |
| 10.02.2014 | Kantox, The London-Based P2P Currency Exchange For Businesses, Raises €6.5M Series A | More fintech news coming out of London. Kantox, a peer-to-peer foreign currency exchange for businesses, has raised €6.5 million in a series A investment. The round was led by Partech Ventures and Idinvest Partners, with participation from ... |
| 10.02.2014 | Kantox recibe €6,4M. en una ronda liderada por Partech VC e Idinvest. Acude Cabiedes y otros | 10/02/2014
KANTOX RECIBE €6,4 MILLONES EN UNA RONDA LIDERADA POR PARTECH VENTURES E IDINVEST. ACUDE CABIEDES Y OTROS.
Kantox, la startup catalana de servicios de cobertura de cambio de divisas entre grandes y pequeñas empresas, ha ampliad... |
| 27.01.2014 | Part 1: Innovation In Barcelona | This article is based on interviews with changemakers, influencers and innovation practitioners: Joan Marti Estevez (Acc1o), Jorge Juan Fernandez (Biocat & Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Sonia Mulero (Fundacion INLEA), Jesus Purroy (Parc C... |
| 17.05.2013 | Peter Thiel aterriza en Europa. Otros fondos USA ya invirtieron en startups españolas | 17/05/2013
PETER THIEL ATERRIZA EN EUROPA. OTROS FONDOS USA YA INVIRTIERON EN STARTUPS ESPAÑOLAS.
Peter Thiel, co-fundador de PayPal y uno de los primeros inversores en Facebook, fue noticia recientemente por su inversión ($6 millones a t... |
| 02.05.2013 | Last Chance To Apply For SeedRocket E-Campus IX | SeedRocket’s most important event of the year is less than 4 weeks away and entrepreneurs who want to be considered for the investment strategy crash course only have 3 days left to apply. The SeedRocket Campus has evolved over the years an... |
| 11.04.2013 | IE Venture Network Enters The Barcelona Ecosystem | The IE Venture Network is a forum for early stage entrepreneurs to engage with the local startup ecosystem, test their projects, and introduce themselves to local investors and advisors. At Venture Lab’s headquarters, in the basement of the... |
| 15.03.2013 | Investor Heads Up: SeedRocket Hosts Their 6th Investors Day On March 19th | Since 2008, SeedRocket has been incubating some of the most successful startups in the Spanish Ecosystem. Co-founded by Vicente Arias and Jesus Monleón and run by the talented Jane-of-all-trades, Pamela de la Munoza, SeedRocket follows the ... |
| 07.03.2013 | TECTEC Kicks Off Tonight To Unite Barcelona’s Digital Makers | Starting tonight, there will be a new quarterly forum to bring together Barcelona’s tech professionals for an evening of casual networking and inspirational speakers. The event is organized by Creative HotHouse, Barcelona’s early stage incu... |
| 19.09.2012 | Kantox Raises €1M in Funding | Kantox, a London, UK- and Barcelona, Spain-based provider of a solution to exchange currencies corporate-to-corporate, has raised €1m in funding.
Backers include Cabiedes & Partners, FXstreet, Mola, Lanzame and business angels including... |
| 05.09.2012 | Mola invierte €200.000 en seis nuevas startups de Internet | 05/09/2012
MOLA INVIERTE €200.000 EN SEIS NUEVAS STARTUPS DE INTERNET.
Mola.com, incubadora y aceleradora de empresas de Internet, ha anunciado su tercera ronda de inversiones del año en la que ha destinado €200.000 en seis nuevas startup... |
| 04.09.2012 | Kantox capta €1M en una ronda liderada por Cabiedes y que atrae a Mola, Lánzame y Fxstreet | 04/09/2012
KANTOX CAPTA €1M EN UNA RONDA LIDERADA POR CABIEDES Y QUE ATRAE A MOLA, LÁNZAME Y FXSTREET.
Kantox, compañía catalana de servicios de cobertura de cambio de divisas entre grandes y pequeñas empresas, ha cerrado una ronda de fin... |
| 23.11.2011 | Ganadores de linktoStart 2011: Hitsbook, Iristrace, Kantox, Lacambra y Medtep | 23/11/2011
GANADORES DE LINKTOSTART2011: HITSBOOK, IRISTRACE, KANTOX, LACAMBRA Y MEDTEP.
Ya se conocen los proyectos de base tecnológica ganadores de la edición del programa linktoStart 2011, elegidos de entre los 200 proyectos inicialmen... |
| 20.07.2011 | Kantox launches beta for peer to peer FX hedge transactions | Imagine you’re a company operating out of France, getting paid for a US-based contract in dollars. Your payment isn’t due in months. By the time you get paid, the exchange rate may well take a bite out of the money you’ll actually pocket. I... |
| 25.05.2011 | SeedRocket invierte €105.000 en DeporVillage, Palbin y Kantox | 25/05/2011
SEEDROCKET INVIERTE €105.000 EN DEPORVILLAGE, PALBIN Y KANTOX.
SeedRocket ha invertido €105.000 euros en las startups DeporVillage, Palbin y Kantox, que resultaron ganadoras del V Campus de Emprendedores que organiza la platafo... |
| 11.05.2011 | 9 Startups finalistas del V Campus de Emprendedores de Seedrocket | 11/05/2011
9 STARTUPS FINALISTAS DEL V CAMPUS DE EMPRENDEDORES DE SEEDROCKET.
Hoy da comienzo la quinta edición del Campus de Emprendedores SeedRocket, un evento por el que han pasado ya más de 100 emprendedores y más de 50 startups que s... |
| 24.03.2011 | Kantox gana el OMExpo Investor Day | 24/03/2011
Nota de Prensa
KANTOX GANA EL OMEXPO INVESTOR DAY.
En el marco de OMExpo Madrid (con más de 8.000 visitantes) se ha celebrado por primera vez el OMExpo Investor Day, evento que reunió a inversores de capital riesgo (venture ca... |
