These are very hard times for everyone, and the startup world is facing major changes. At Itnig, we want to highlight the most important news and updates on all the resources for companies to fight COVID-19 impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
This Google Sheets outlines what the potential ramifications of COVID-19 on European tech.<\/a> It narrows down broad behavioral changes all the way to specific companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Factorial<\/a> is posting a lot of content to help companies, managers, and employees understand and deal with the crisis<\/a> like pros. They continue to update news on the new Royal Decree-Law 8\/2020 of March 17 that incorporates extraordinary urgent measures to face the economic and social impact of COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Facebook is announced a $100 million grant program for small businesses <\/a>impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The social media company says that more than 140 million businesses<\/a> use their apps every month. In addition to that, they estimated that over 200 million people visit an Instagram Business Profile<\/em> every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s a country-by-country roundup of government-backed resources for entrepreneurs<\/a> dealing with the consequences of the current crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This month, we had very interesting guests and topics on Itnig’s weekly podcast.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n We invited Juan Pablo Tejela, CEO and founder of Metricool<\/a>, a platform for social media analytics, a key tool in digital marketing. Metricool has grown to become a Saas used by thousands of users without raising capital. Juan Pablo gives us social media insight and explains the relevant metrics that a company has to take into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oriol Vila, CEO, and co-founder of green energy company Holaluz<\/strong> visited our podcast<\/a> again! Oriol explains the process of creating the company, its growth, future plans, and its initial public offering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We interviewed Bruno Cuevas, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO of MediQuo, a chat platform aiming to simplify the communication between health professionals and patients. Bruno comes from the corporate world, he explains his transition and what are the future plans for MediQuo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a special edition with Bernat Farrero (CEO, Itnig), Jordi Romero (CEO, Factorial), Juan Rodr\u00edguez (CEO, Camaloon), Oriol Vinzia (CEO, Andjoy), and Carina Szpilka (GP, KFund).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We talked about COVID-19 and what the situation for startups and funds looks like. <\/a>We discussed the need for creativity and adaptation; possible action plans post-crisis. There is huge uncertainty about fundraising. As CEOs and executives, we share how to deal with communication with teams, remote work, productivity, digitization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this podcast, we talk with Jordi Altimira<\/a>, CEO of UpBizor and General Partner of L\u00e1nzame Capital. Jordi is a consultant, professor, investor, and entrepreneur. Jordi is the founder of Altirnergy, BMF Business School, and UpBizor. He explains what it is like to work in investment banking. He explained what kind of investments are important now, what to expect, and what actions to take post-crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Subscribe to our YouTube channel. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Other resources for companies to fight COVID-19 impact and important news in the startup world this month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Challenger bank Revolut<\/a> announced a new raise of around \u20ac460 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised to \u20ac769M. These fresh funds set Revolut as one of the highest valued fintech<\/a> currently in the world, at approximately \u20ac5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indico Capital Partners<\/a>, the Portuguese investment firm closed \u20ac54M in financing to back more early-stage startups in Portugal and Spain. The firm says it will invest between \u20ac150,000 and \u20ac5 million in Iberian startups.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many tech startups pioneering health projects to really help fight COVID19. Read about these six tech startups fighting coronavirus.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Takeaway.com<\/a> has won the battle for <\/a>Just Eat<\/a> with a \u20ac6.9 billion all-share offer.<\/a> The merged Takeaway \u2013 Just Eat will create one of the world\u2019s largest meal delivery companies. Not a threat for Glovo, which launched in Poland and acquired Pizza Portal for \u20ac35 million.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital Single Market: EU negotiators agree to set up new European rules to improve the <\/a>fairness of online platforms’ trading practices. The new Regulation will create a more predictable and transparent trading environment online and will offer new possibilities for resolving disputes and complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a post titled Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020<\/a>, Sequoia Capital confirmed it is already seeing a drop in business activity, disruption of the supply chain and travel curtailment. Read all about it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fox Corporation will acquire streaming startup Tubi for $440M<\/a>. Tubi is a streaming service with over 250 content partners, including major studios like Paramount and Lionsgate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fintech unicorns could see $76bn wiped off their valuations.<\/a> Fintech startups have enjoyed booming valuations in the past 5 years. However, the fintech bubble looks fragile with public stocks threatened by Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a busy month with everyone trying to find and offer resources for companies to fight COVID-19 impact<\/p>\n\n\n\n The whole world is focused on how to survive the crisis caused by the pandemic. At Itnig, we want to highlight the resources for companies to fight COVID-19 impact. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n At Itnig, we write a weekly newsletter<\/a> where we keep our community updated on everything related to startups, tech news, fundings, and we share our weekly podcast<\/a>! These are very hard times for everyone, and the startup world is facing major changes. 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