06 Oct 2016

Spain, the next tech-hub?

When you hear Madrid you may think primarily of culture, football, nightlife, but not necessarily the tech industry. But over the past three years much has changed and the tech industry is booming thanks to startups and agile ways of thinking.

Spanish startup funding is up 83% in 2015, according to a report by ASCRI (Spanish Association for Capital, Growth and Investment) and with 78% of that investment going into ICT and digital projects, Madrid is fast becoming the new tech-hub of Europe.

The Spanish economy has been hit hard by the economic downturn but the fast paced, agile thinking of the tech industry has come out stronger than ever and shows a great future ahead of it.

Tech leaders such as Google and Amazon are embracing the potential of Madrid. In 2015 Google opened Google Campus, and summer 2016 saw Amazon opening their tech-hub, one of only 3 in Europe. There are several other impressively backed incubator and startup hubs too.

“Tech talent in Spain is abundant and of high quality, but most importantly it is available.”

Adam Sedó, Amazon Spain

Earlier this year (2016) Catch opened its Madrid offices, expanding its services into the Spanish market and to access the tech talent pool Madrid has to offer.

This is exciting news for Catch and the future growth of Madrid as a cornerstone of the European tech scene. With the recent launch of Catch Studios and opening of our office in Madrid Catch are in a great position to capitalise on the burgeoning tech scene in Madrid.

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Just launched: ZSL London Zoo lemurs

Have you been “In With The Lemurs” yet? You may have seen advertising around and about the London Underground in the past month promoting ZSL London Zoo’s latest exhibit.

We’ve been working with our client Zoological Society London to help launch a brand new walk-through exhibit at ZSL London Zoo, where visitors can get closer than ever before to 15 ring-tail lemurs and one black and white ruffed lemur.

We’ve had great fun developing destination content for zsl.org (their award winning site we built last year) to excite users about the exhibit, fitting within a larger scale social strategy piece we’ve also produced.

Check out our HTML5 In With The Lemurs game and journey through the Madagascan shrub forest with these evolutionarily unique primates.