https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Authorities in Biscay in Spain's Basque Country will allow its citizens to invest in state handpicked start-ups, the first local government to do so on the planet. https://www.thelocal.es/20180315/spanish-province-launches-worlds-first-state-run-crowdfunding-bizkaia Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:35:12 +0100 spanish-province-launches-worlds-first-state-run-crowdfunding-bizkaia 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20160602/the-spanish-gum-that-boosts-sex-drive-and-cures-hangovers Thu, 02 Jun 2016 08:58:01 +0200 the-spanish-gum-that-boosts-sex-drive-and-cures-hangovers 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20151203/meet-the-startup-looking-to-revolutionize-the-spanish-banking-experience Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:32:48 +0100 meet-the-startup-looking-to-revolutionize-the-spanish-banking-experience Rival Spanish startup hubs Madrid and Barcelona have crept into the top 15 cities of a new European startup ranking. https://www.thelocal.es/20151021/madrid-and-barcelona-rank-among-top-15-startup-cities-in-europe Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:31:45 +0200 madrid-and-barcelona-rank-among-top-15-startup-cities-in-europe Spaniards are some of the world's top smartphone users and love buying through mobile apps, according to a new study by a Madrid startup. https://www.thelocal.es/20151021/tech-savvy-spaniards-some-of-the-top-app-buyers-in-the-world-report Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:09:37 +0200 tech-savvy-spaniards-some-of-the-top-app-buyers-in-the-world-report As one of the most important startup conferences gets underway in Madrid, The Local chats to organizer Liz Fleming on how venture capital investment in Spain has doubled within two years. https://www.thelocal.es/20151005/south-summit-startups-spain Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:37:50 +0200 south-summit-startups-spain Seven years after Spain's property bubble spectacularly burst, a Madrid startup is helping to get the Spanish real estate market back on its feet, using crowdfunding from everyday people. https://www.thelocal.es/20150922/the-startup-making-everyday-spaniards-into-real-estate-moguls Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:09:34 +0200 the-startup-making-everyday-spaniards-into-real-estate-moguls A start-up in the Canary Islands is selling a unique product – time. Customers can buy exclusive rights to a birth date, anniversary or even the September 11th attacks. https://www.thelocal.es/20150312/company-lets-customers-buy-time-literally Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:30:01 +0100 company-lets-customers-buy-time-literally Spain Startup Map, an online startup and investor community, has created an infographic showing that of 1568 fast-growing Spanish companies in their early stages 435 are in Catalonia and 399 are in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20140207/catalonia-is-spains-most-entrepreneurial-region Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:53:00 +0100 catalonia-is-spains-most-entrepreneurial-region