Hello and happy Monday! Let's jump right in:

Startup Grind BCN hosts Chad West (Revolut)

Tomorrow (Sept 17th) Startup Grind is featuring the CMO of one of Europe's hottest fintech startups - Revolut. Discover the secrets of their success during the fireside chat and take advantage of the open-mic & networking opportunities. Get 40% off your ticket with the code: barcinnorocks

The Future Of Work Is Coming To BCN

On September 26-27th, OuiShare is organizing the first edition of Reshaping Work - a meeting point to discuss the future, work, and a new social contract. Get your tickets here.

Ok, that's it from me. Have a great week and we'll see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Investment news

• Spanish startup Soto Solar receives over €100M

• US startup Ori, run by Spanish CEO Hasier Larrea, raises €18M

• Spanish pet care product marketplace Tiendanimal closes a €12.5M investment round

• Catalan biopharma company Ability Pharmaceuticals lands a €3.5M investment

• Spanish biotech startup Vivebiotech gets €3.5M

• Barcelona invoicing SaaS Quipu secures a €2M investment and appoints new CEO

• Spain-based firm Kenmei Technologies closes a €1M investment round

• Barcelona startup Vytrus Biotech raises €500K

• Spanish startup GreyHounders receives a €200K investment

• Barcelona energy and blockchain startup FlexiDAO secures funding from SET Ventures and opens HQ in Amsterdam

• Catalan proptech startup SmartFincas closes a seed round

Startups news

• Catalan fintech startup Kantox announces a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas

• Wallapop's valuation has been lowered to €200M according to latest figures

• Glovo is active in 26 countries and 200 cities with over 35K riders

• A detailed look at Glovo's latest numbers & risks by El Confidencial

• Catalan insurtech startup Brokoli is closing down

• Overview of Spanish pet tech startups

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Barcelona-based digital venture hub InnoCells co-leads €5M investment round in Israeli startup Kovrr

• Galdana Ventures and Altamar Capital Partners are closing in on new €400M fund of funds to invest in US, Asian and European VC firms

• InnoVentures, Banco Santander's VC fund, increases the value of its portfolio to €135M

• ENISA received 1,132 financing requests for a total of €255M so far this year, a 26% and 35% increase respectively compared to the same period last year

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Bind 4.0 is an acceleration program looking for startups developing Industry 4.0 solutions. Apply until 13th of Sep

Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• CreatSens: the health care platform spin-off from a local university

• Optimus Price: using AI to find the best price for your products

• Socourt: an app to relive the best plays of your sports matches

• Syna Therapeutics: the joint venture for the development of biopharmaceutical products

Tech News

• Barcelona is the gateway to Latin America for Europe's startups

• Barcelona could become one of the 10 innovation-leading cities worldwide, but needs a coordinated institutional & legislative framework to get there

• BCN3D Technologies and IED Barcelona bring additive manufacturing to over 1400 students

• Barcelona Activa appoints Félix Ortega as new General Director

PSD2 extension in Spain

• The Bank of Spain gives payment service providers more time to adapt to the requirements of the PSD2 regulation

• Here are more insights into why the move was to be expected

Telefónica in trouble?

• Telefónica share price hits the lowest rate in 22 years as internal level of concerns grows

• Telefónica to cut 5.000 jobs in Spain to lower costs

To tax (tech) or not to tax

• AMETIC, an association representing the digital technology industry in Spain, asks the Government to wait for an OECD decision on how to tax tech firms instead of imposing a tax on its own already

• El Mundo wrote a detailed article showing potential benefits and pitfalls of introducing a tech tax

More tech stories affecting all of Spain:

• President of the Spanish fintech association calls for more support for fintech startups and the launch of the sandbox

• Inditex is now the largest online fashion retailer in the world after reaching €3.1B in sales in 2018

• How Spanish online media are faring after starting to charge readers for access to their platforms

Good Reads

• "Silicon Valley is not the model we want for Spain", Francisco Polo, Spain's Secretary of State for Digital Advance

• The start-up bubble

• Analysis of car accidents in Barcelona using Pandas, Matplotlib, and Folium

• Do’s and don’ts when building early stage startups

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Juan Zamora, CEO of Signaturit

• Interview with Dan Kragt, new CEO of Quipu

• Interview with Marta Zanchi, PhD, Investor, Founder and Managing Partner at Barcelona VC Nina Capital

Great Events

This Week

• Tue, 17 Sep @08:30: Esmorzar de Finançament: El crowdequity a la pràctica. Estructuració, due diligence i governança

• Tue, 17 Sep @15:00: Hacking Health: Artificial Pancreas Meet-up in Barcelona

• Tue, 17 Sep @18:30: Startup Grind BCN hosts Chad West (Revolut)

• Wed, 18 Sep @09:00: European Funds And Programs For Social Enterprises

• Wed, 18 Sep @18:30: Barcelona Global 7th Hola Barcelona! Cocktail

• Thu, 19 Sep @19:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs #37 With Demium

• Thu-Fri, 19-20 Sep: Finance 4.0

Next Week

• Wed, 25 Sep @08:30: DiadaTic 2019: Technology Empowering People

• Thu, 26 Sep @18:30: [LGBT+Tech] Lightning talks!

• Thu, 26 Sep @19:00: H/F Barcelona - Let's talk about tech startups

• Thu, 26 Sep @20:00: Business Matching Party

• Thu, 26 Sep @09:30: Conference on Technological Innovation in the agricultural sector

• Thu-Fri, 26-27 Sep: Reshaping Work Barcelona

• Fri-Sat, 27-28 Sep: JAM Conference

• Fri-Sat, 27-28 Sep: Global Travel Hackathon – Barcelona edition

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Global Elite Pay is recruiting a Personal Assistant (Bilingual)

• Chimpy is hiring a Business Developer

• Marfeel is looking for a Front End Jedi

• Bourbon Creative is hiring a Digital Marketer

See the full job board here.