"La Communitat" receives funding round
The Community is a digital newspaper with 12 interactive magazines on different topics, which had a turnover of €75,000 in 2014, when it only had one magazine. This figure is 30% higher than in 2013.
The funding round was used to finance the launch of its new interactive magazines, which were launched in January.
In addition to Civet Investment and Microwave have also participated in the round with private investors such as Carlos Calve, Quim Filgueras, founder of Delta Partners and Joan Ignasi Cifré.
""The Community"has just closed its first round but is already planning to close another in June with the aim of entering Mexico and expanding into the US and Latin America," says Diego Gutiérrez from ABRA-INVEST.
"We Know" attracts €2M in investment
"We know' has received €2M from private investors who did not want to disclose their identity".SabemosDigital"is a digital newspaper led by Gimeno de Priede, co-founder of A3 media. It was launched in April 2015 and aims to position itself as a second reading after the mainstream media with "different stories".
The new digital will be directed by Miguel Ángel Uriondo, who has worked for Actualidad Económica, La Gaceta de los Negocios and Europa Press. He will be accompanied on the editorial staff by other journalists, such as José Luis Lorente, David Page, Raul Masa, Ana Tudela and Eduardo González.
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