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Every time it’s getting more difficult to do such selections as the majority of the really interesting projects in the hispanic web 2.0 have received funding during the course of 2007 or are about to get funded.

Summarizing a bit we can see that I haven’t erred much in my selections:

The prediction of end of 2006 has been realized in its entirety. Panoramio purchased by Google, Econozco purchased by Xing and Mobuzztv hasn’t disclosed any information but I’m almost certain that they have received investment.

In the summer of this year, I dared to do a second selection with Festuc, Trovit and eyeOS. The only one that has been confirmed has been Trovit just a few days ago. At Festuc they still haven’t gone for the first round of financing, but I’m sure that they will find the money as soon as they decide to get funded. And eyeOS doesn’t lack suitors, Martin Varsavsky was very close to investing but it seems that they couldn’t agree on the valuation of the project.

I didn’t want to end 2007 without making another selection of projects in which to invest, so here are those who I believe will receive funding during the course of 2008:

Catodicos: it’s a social network for aficionados of television series, created by Ivan San Martín and has the support of Fivelab. With a rage for television series these days and taking into account how well designed this social network is, I have no doubt that VCs will be interested in investing in this project.

Ebuga: is a social network about the world of cars and motor, founded by Edu Bayo and John Shaw. As far as I know, it hasn’t received investment although it’s founders have had to put a good amount of money as the development has been of a high standard. When they do receive external funding, I’m sure it will be of several million euros.

Escapada Rural: is a directory of rural cottages which is slowly incorporating social functionalities. For the moment, it’s a simple project but it has been designed with such care that it could become a huge hit amongst its users. My advice for its creators is to keep going on the same lines and to be seen at events where projects are presented to investors.

Other projects worth following which I believe haven’t received any investment are: Kroonos, 20palabras, RedKaraoke, Omemo and Adnstream.

With this I conclude, and all that’s left for me to do is to wish you a Happy 2008!

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Very interesting the new initiative of the rural tourism portal Escapada Rural, that of creating a series of options enabling the proprietors of rural accommodations to communicate amongst themselves, share information, consult the community, …

To understand how this new community functions, I recommend you see this video made by the creators of Escapada Rural. As the community is not open, you can view the images uploaded to Flickr to get a glimpse of how it is structured.

From what I’ve seen, the main functionality of the community is the communication between the proprietors of rural cottages with the main goal being to share experiences and useful information about all kinds of topics related to the business of rural tourism.

I think it’s the right strategy that will put Escapada Rural a step ahead of its competitors in a very competitive market.

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