Updated on Jul 7, 2023
1. Threads is already a reality: Meta launches new app and they are already calling it The Twitter Killer 🐦⬛.
We recently talked about Threads📢, the app that Meta was finalising to fill the space left vacant by Twitter after being bought by Elon Musk 🚽.
Threads went public this week and the reactions have not parado🗣️. As we have told you during this time, there have been other apps that have wanted to position themselves 🚩 as a social network for content and open conversations, taking over the space left by Twitter🙋🏻♂️.
Mastodon🐘, for example, reinforced this positioning as the "new Twitter" thanks to the mess-ups of Musk🤦🏻♀️**, achieving a much higher popularity than would have been expected had it not been for the changes, layoffs and instability of Twitter🫨.
In addition to competitors, Twitter has ex-employees who hold a grudge 😠 against the company (especially its new owner). Hence several ex-Twitters, founded Spill ☕️🫖, which has already been nº1 in downloads. Revenge is served cold in the Stores🥶.
Now Meta is launching Threads, but unlike Mastodon or Spill, it has all the power that Zuckerberg wanted to give it🫡. In addition to virtually unlimited funds, it has a monthly active user database of 2 billion🔋.
In fact, Threads will be closely tied to Instagram; registration associated with the IG account and ability to import all content📚. This allows creators to not have to start from scratch when joining a new channel, speeding up expansión⏱️.
For now, it's available for iOS and Android in over 20 countries, of course at USA🇺🇸, but not in Europe yet due to regulatorias🙅🏻♂️, although it won't take long to land, but we leave you with an alternative way to try it out if you have an Android📲.
👉🏻 Here is the news about the launch of Threads and see what it looks like inside👀.
👉🏻 Here to try the app on your Android before it arrives at Europa🥷🏼.
👉🏻 Here about the rise of Spill just before Threads eats it all (or not!)🎢.
2. Colvin closes €6M round and seeks new CEO to cross the threshold of profitability 🌸.
Colvin is the company that managed to digitise and simplify the purchase of flowers 🌺 and plants 🪴 worldwide. Something that seems simple, but not es☝🏼.
The Catalan startup, a candidate to become a Unicorn 🦄 for some time now, managed to raise €45M in 2021. The results have accompanied them, but not in the expected forecasts. Even so, the overall balance is positive 👏🏼 **and now they want to stabilise growth and enter a stage of madurez👨🏻.** For this, the founders and CEOs, Sergi Bastardas and Andrés Cester, have begun to **implement actions that pursue profitability and balance ⚖️, reducing fixed costs and focusing on the customer final🛍️. **Aware that their profile is that of a founder, they are now looking for a new CEO 🧑🏻💼 (without haste) to lead the path to profitability that is already underway💰.This new €6M investment round will allow them to strengthen the B2C customer and continue with a growth that is now sustainable and rentable👌🏼.
👉🏻 Here is the news of the €6M round and an excellent summary of Colvin's track record over the years💐.
3. Airbnb will implement AI to offer you your perfect accommodation🤖🧳.
November and May. Following its usual policy of launching 2 new features per year, Airbnb has marked these two months to launch something that changes everything 🌬️. For November there is talk of small changes in Airbnb, but for May, its CEO talks about profound changes focused on AI💥.
Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, retains a close relationship with Sam Altman, CEO of Openai from his time at Y Combinator🧢**. Now, Chesky has explained his plans for implementing AI at Airbnb, for example, helping 📞 customer service agents locate the best response in the shortest possible time 👓.
But the jewel in the crown 👑, in terms of value for usuario👩🏻💻, is to implement a concierge service 💁🏻 (concierge/assistant/butler) that helps the user to locate the ideal destination and accommodation by answering a few questions🤖😍.
We'll have to wait until May 2024, but the announcement of a completely different Airbnb, with AI at the heart of the experience🤖, sounds so good that we've marked it on our calendar 📆 so we don't miss it.
👉🏻 Here is the news with Brian Chesky's statements on AI x Airbnb 🙌🏼 (in English).
4. The 100 B2B SaaS that are growing in Europe and that you should know about 🤩.
This report by Sifted is gold if you are interested in B2B models. They have selected the 100 companies in Europe and Israel with the Soonicorns label 🦄🧒🏼 and offer it to us sorted and interpreted.
Soonicorns are those companies that are close 🏁 to being unicorns (valuations of $1,000M or more) and therefore deserve intense monitoring to analyse their performance🔎.
The report, in addition to a cool design 🆒 that helps reading, reviews each company in a single line, country, sector and business model🤗. A short, concise and well curated report that helps to get an overview of the landscape in Europe 🇪🇺 and gives an idea of what the next unicorn will be before it is proclaimed.
👉🏻 Download the Rising 100 The ultimate B2B SaaS startup report here list⚡️.
👉🏻 If you are creating a new online business or have a startup idea that you want to get off the ground (and you're not going to make it past this summer 🫷🏼), click here to access our calendar and schedule an appointment 📲 with one of our business experts digital👩🏼💼.
5. Eholo raises €200,000 for growth and expansión👩🏼⚕️ .
The reality is that before reaching a round of millions of euros, there are more contained investments 😌. **Eholo has been able to recognise a growing sector, Psychologists and Health Mental🧘🏻♀️, and detect an unmet need for these professionals 🛋️. Eholo is a platform dedicated to psychology professionals and practices🏥, from where they can offer 🗓️ calendars and appointment management, payment gateway 💳, clinical history and a general activity performance dashboard📊.** This €200,000 round provided by Business Angels is the first step towards an expansion in product and improvement of the advertising strategy📣. This round is backed by a monthly increase in subscribers of 15-20% 📈 and the integration of AI for patient history 📁 summary. We will follow them from cerca🕵🏻
👉🏻 Here is the news of the round for Eholo 💸.
👉🏻 Here you can learn about Eholo and its SaaS product for psychologists 🖥️.
