Life on Mars
marsbased
A podcast about technology, entrepreneurship and innovation from MarsBased. Listen to stories of the best founders, investors, experts and celebrities from all around the galaxy.
As a development consultancy specialized in Ruby, JavaScript and Python, we go beyond the code to share our real-world experience running a lifestyle business, remote work, company culture and digital transformation. From Barcelona to the world, bringing value to the global tech and business community.
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Episode 059
Factorial, Kantox and the third wave of Barcelona startups
Breaking news: Factorial raised 123.5MM in a series C funding round led by Atomico and Tiger Global, and Kantox has sold to BNP Paribas for 120MM.
Both companies are built with Ruby on Rails, which might sound as irrelevant, but it's also great news for the technology and for its ecosystem.
In this episode, Àlex rambles on for 20 minutes about how these companies are showing the potential of B2B in Barcelona and how they should spearhead the third wave of startups in the city. Àlex also talks at length about the previous two waves and how they differed from one another.
Yeah, we also didn't have a speaker for this week. You guessed right!