Coowry raises €1m funding from Swanlaab Venture Factory and French V.C Breega Capital Coowry the Spanish micro-payments platform that enables mobile users to user their phone credit (both for prepaid and contract plans) as exchangeable digital currency, has just closed a EUR 1m funding round to ensure their global expansion in the digital transactions market. … Read more →

After some years of tremendous activity and growth, J21 is finally moving to a new and bigger office on 1st December 2015.  After a careful selection processs, J21 closed a deal with the Technology and Science Business Park of Madrid, a modern and well located building with a complete entreprenurial ecosystem, very well communicated with the … Read more →

The whole team of Senior Partners and Senior Consultants of J21 met to celebrate our annual offsite meeting in a nice Hotel near Madrid this past June 26th. A total of 15 people gathered in what became not only an intense work-day, but also a pleasant Summer kick-off (see photos). It is impressive to see … Read more →

Nokia Networks to acquire Eden Rock to enhance its SON portfolio   Acquisition aimed at further strengthening Nokia Networks’ expertise in multivendor Self-Organizing Networks (“SON”) Espoo, Finland – 27 May 2015 Nokia Networks has signed an agreement to acquire Eden Rock Communications, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Eden Rock”), a pioneer in SON and creator … Read more →

J21Partners  were invited to hold meetings with Irish companies specialized in the IoT (Internet Of Things). We were able to analyse hardware manufacturers,  Integrators, IoT platforms and awesome vertical solutions. We had occasion to attend 3 inspiring speeches: Laura Ros Vinent – Business Development Manager, Orange M2M Competence Centre Kevin Abosch – Founder and CEO of … Read more →

We are  managing the project of Video streaming in mobile devices using Opanga Networks technology in Telefonica. Press Release Opanga Networks Begins Consumer Trials with Telefonica Spain MADRID, SPAIN–(Market wire – April 20th 2015) – Opanga Networks, an industry leading innovator of mobile video delivery solutions, today announced an agreement with Telefonica Spain to pilot … Read more →

  J21 has had a terrific Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, last March 2-5th, by far the biggest and most intense industry show around the globe for mobile and internet.   In our third year-in-a-row MWC, J21 enjoyed this time a fantastic location in a unique corner of the Spanish Pavillion, right next to emblematic … Read more →

The year 2014 has been VERY intense for J21 – If I had to summarize it, I would use the word “consolidation”:  in terms of the business projections, the team, the key clients … And more importantly, the perception by all that form part of J21 that we are doing something unique, creating a solid … Read more →

Startup academy is an ambitious program focused in professional training for startup people. We cover three main roles: Business: How to develop and implementing lean startup strategies. Improving entrepeneur skills. Code: What software techology adopt? How to develop backend and frontend startup systems?. Learn how to use agile development Traction: Growth hacking, traffic adquisition, marketing … Read more →

What’s New in j21partners While we hope all our friends and colleagues had a good Summer holidays, we at J21 have been preparing for an intense return to school in September with new and exciting projects. We are therefore happy to announce that J21 has started to work with the following new technology partners: KDPOF’s … Read more →

ASAVIE & AVVASI No, this is not some kind of strange word game. These are our two new partners who happen to have almost mirrored names. We met both at the MWC in Barcelona back in February and we chose to work together because they possess absolutely disruptive products that fit perfectly within our portfolio. … Read more →

Posted by JAL21 in Sin categoría On December 20th, the second meeting of the Advisory Board of JAL21 took place in our offices in Arbea Campus Empresarial. Again, it was a unique occasion for every member of the team to share ideas, and to contribute to JAL21′s strategy, so as to maintain the company in … Read more →

On January 13, 2014, the President of Spain, Mariano Rajoy met Obama, President of US, at the White House, in order to discuss promoting economic growth, new jobs, and investment partnership. As a result of this meeting, it was clearly established the fact that Spain is currently going through a suitable situation for investments, that … Read more →

On January 15, 2014, ThingWorx’s CEO & Co-Founder Russell Fadel and the Head of EMEA Ken Forster visited Madrid to meet JAL21. This visit is particularly relevant given that Thingworx was recently acquired by PTC (seehttp://www.ptc.com/company/thingworx/). We had very successful meetings with key executives in important Spanish Corporations in EU and Latam, such as Telefónica … Read more →

2013 has been an intense year for JAL21. We invite you to see the summary of our activity, captured in the following video.

On January 15, 2014, ThingWorx’s CEO & Co-Founder Russell Fadel and the Head of EMEA Ken Forster visited Madrid to meet JAL21. This visit is particularly relevant given that Thingworx was recently acquired by PTC  (seehttp://www.ptc.com/company/thingworx/). We had very successful meetings with key executives in important Spanish Corporations in EU and Latam, such as Telefónica … Read more →

On December 20th, the second meeting of the Advisory Board of JAL21 took place in our offices in Arbea Campus Empresarial. Again, it was a unique occasion for every member of the team to share ideas, and to contribute to JAL21’s  strategy, so as to maintain the company in the steady path of growth in … Read more →

For the first time since the creation of the company, the founding group of Senior Partners of JAL21 Consulting got together for our first “Strategy Off-Site”, which took place in a beautiful country hotel at El Escorial (Madrid), last October 8th. The picture below shows the full team of Senior Partners at the entrance of … Read more →

Last July, the CEO of JAL21, Juan A. Latasa, was appointed to a new Advisory Board of AMETIC, the Spanish Association of Telecom and IT  Companies, which is the official industry management organization in Spain. This advisory board´s mission will be to consult and offer advice to AMETIC´s President and member companies, as well as … Read more →

JAL21 attended, together with some of its partners and customers, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last February 25-28th. This is considered by many the n.1 event in the mobile industry, and this year´s event attracted according to the organizers +70,000 executives and visitors from around the planet. It was a great event for JAL21 since we … Read more →

Last February 1st, 2013, JAL21 has signed a new contract to do business development for EDEN ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, a US West Coast high-growth Telco company. By this agreement, Eden Rock Comms becomes another trusted partner of JAl21 to be successful in Europe and Latam. Eden Rock Communications is dedicated to enhancing the value of Self … Read more →

JAL21 has signed an agreement in January 2013 with Optiva Media to partner in the Media and Internet industry in Europe. Founded more than 10 years ago (in 2002), Optiva Media is an independent services company with key experience in multiscreen digital content and media. Optiva strives to meet its client needs, offering our business, … Read more →

Sponsored by a top Investment Bank in London, JAL21 met again  recently for a working lunch with key institutional investors in Telecoms. This was the second time this event took place, given the good feedback of the first, in May (see earlier post). The conversation was lively and very interactive, with many questions about the current … Read more →

Hello, Today I had lunch with an important Investment Bank in London and some of its largest worldwide institutional investors in Telecom, in a very nice Restaurant in the City (The Delaunay, see photo), to discuss key trends in the Video & Internet TV Industry… Due to confidentiality, I cannot reveal neither who was at … Read more →