Wired UK – September 2019

‘WITH THE SPANISH

LANGUAGE, ONE

GETS THE CHANCE

TO R A PIDLY

PENETRATE A VERY

BIG MARKET –

L AT I N A M E R I C A’

CLEMENS RYCHLIK,

BARCINNO

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BARCELONA

Ty p e f o r m

TravelPerk Glovo

Ver se Housfy

Companies needing

customised, specifically

designed online

forms for conducting

surveys, polls, quizzes,

subscription campaigns

or application processes

turn to Typeform. The

company, launched in

2012 by designers David

Okuniev and Robert

Muñoz, prides itself

on helping companies

ask for information in a

more empathetic way.

The service is free,

but premium versions

add functions such as

integrating payments via

Stripe. The company has

secured over £40 million

in investment since its

inception. typeform.com

A payment app launched

in 2016, Verse enables

mobile payments by text,

and to connect users

with friends to split

bills, share expenses

and create events –

integrating typical

fintech features with

social media elements.

In May 2019, Verse raised

over £4 million from

Greycroft VC. verse.me

With a platform for

selling property without

commissions or

intermediaries, Housfy,

founded in early 2016,

claims to be the fastest-

growing real estate

company in Spain, and

operates in more than 80

cities across the country.

The startup has secured

more than £8 million in

investment. housfy.com

A software-as-a service-

company, TravelPerk is

developing a platform

for booking, budgeting

and managing travel,

tailored specifically to

companies organising

business trips. Its

product is free to use in

its basic version, but the

company also provides

two tiers of for-pay

software for premium or

enterprise users. So far

the company, founded in

2015, has raised over £50

million in investment.

travelperk.com

The Glovo app connects

users with independent

couriers – aka “glovers”

• to acquire food or other
  goods from restaurants
  and shops, or to deliver
  packages. Glovers can
  be geolocated to track
  deliveries in real time.
  Founded in 2015, the
  company operates in
  124 cities across 21
  countries, and claims
  to complete four
  million orders a month,
  employing almost 1,200
  people. Glovo has raised
  £260m in funding – most
  recently in April 2019,
  when the company
  received £132m in Series
  D investment from
  Lakestar. glovoapp.com

WHERE TO VISIT

Museu del Disseny, Plaça de les Glòries

Catalanes, 37, 08018

Barcelona’s Design Museum is both an exhibition

space and a lab for the city’s design buffs. macba.cat

Sacha Michaud,

co-founder of delivery

platform, Glovo

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