Hello & happy Monday!

Today's main headlines:

• Glovo buys DeliveryHero's Balkan business for €170M

• 2 UK firms to open Southern European HQ in Catalonia

• Spain to create its own Space Agency

Barcinno Special: Are incubators worth it? - Part III: Design Thinking & Co-Founder alignment

Ever wondered what it takes to build an incredible startup. Find out more about Elliott Locke’s experience of going through the F10 incubator in Barcelona as he grows his wealth-tech firm abroaden.

In this 3rd part of the series, he talks about how design thinking helped him ensure the startup is on the right track. He also discusses the importance of checking there is an alignment with co-founders early on to avoid any potential bad breakups later down the line. Find out more here.

For previous editions, use the links below:

• Part I: Great Expectations)

• Part II: Back to School).

Have a great week and see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Sleep therapy startup Moonoa raises a €1.54M funding round

• Software & engineering startup Saalg lands €500K

• Biotech startup Telomere Therapeutics gets investment from CDTI and Invivio Capital

Barcelona Startup news

• Glovo to buy Delivery Hero's Balkans units for €170M

• Glovo’s CEO also states they want to remain independent & announces that revenue grow in triple digits

• Devicare expands to Kenya, its third African market after Morocco and Algeria

• The Predictive Company wins BBVA innovation environment award

• TravelPerk’s CEO explains why his team won’t go fully remote post-pandemic

• eSea revolutionizes water sports, launches a portable electric propeller

• Neobank bnc10 is shutting down

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based automotive startup Revel raises a €30M debt financing round

• Sevilla-based energy management startup HessTech raises a €2.3M funding round

• Madrid-based cardiology startup Idoven raises a €2M funding round

• Navarr-based fiber optic monitoring startup Uptech Sensing raises a €760K funding round

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Barcelona-based venture capital firm Ysios Capital’s closes 3rd fund with €216M

• Cuatrecasas Acelera teams up with Gellify to launch its 6th edition & extends its call to Latin America

• Galicia’s venture capital fund Sodiga sells 3 of its portfolio companies

• Madrid-based venture capital firm BeAble Capital launches the ‘Science Equity’ initiative to invest in the technology transfer in deep science

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Scaleup Spain launches with the aim of promoting the Spanish startup ecosystem

• CEEI Castellón celebrates the success of the record-breaking 4th edition of its accelerator 

• The 10 finalist companies of the Sustainable SME Program promoted by APlanet and Entrecanales Foundation have now been selected

• Iberdrola launches international solar and agricultural startup challenge

• OrizonT opens its 6th call to connect startups in the agrifood sector

• Positive POLO opens call for SMEs in Burgos

• Wayra promotes blockchain use cases in startups through the Wayra Activation Program

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Albert Castells & José López: iSalud.com founders  discuss uncertainty as a driver of growth

• Becadvisor: advisory for people looking for internships

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• British healthcare company Lightpoint Medical sets up Southern European headquarters in Catalonia

• British cloud payment company Checkout.com establishes Southern European base in Catalonia

• Barcelona City Council and Barça to jointly promote the BCN Sports Tech Hub

Tech news in Spain:

• Spanish government aims to create its own Space Agency

• Cryptocurrency : Bank of Spain analyzes the advantages of a digital euro with Bitcoin technology

• CaixaBank named "Outstanding Financial Innovator in Western Europe 2021"

• Telefónica promotes the smart road with the deployment of 5G coverage and sensorisation in the Cereixal tunnel to assist driving

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Cash payments of over €1000 to be banned in Spain

• Spain eyes Latin America and Mercosur for its new international economy strategy

Good Reads

• The Startup Classroom – Abroaden’s Incubator Journey - Part III: Design Thinking

• Barcelona’s thriving audiovisual sector

• Who's who: a list of active business angels, seed and Series A VC firms in Spain

• Spain’s most active angel investors in 2021

• The dangers of using cryptocurrencies to generate profits

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Raúl Marcos and Edu Sáez (Crypto Talk!)

• Interview with Juan Ignacio Solera, founder at iVoox

• Video recap of BBVA innovation environment awards

• Mike Blackman Managing Director of ISE praises Barcelona’s high energy tech culture

• Ventura Barba CEO of Advanced Music believes its digital content could compete with Netflix’s in the next few years

Great Events

This week:

• Tue, 1 Jun @18:00: Community building around a VC, with Samuel Gil (Partner @ JME Ventures)

• Wed, 2 Jun @19:00: Create a portal for your VC portfolio with Yohei Nakajima from Untapped Capital

• Thu, 3 Jun @16:00: Women in Media

• Thu, 3 Jun @18:30: IMAGINE IF!: Start-up Competition

Upcoming:

• 28 Jun - 1 Jul: MWC 2021

• 7-8 Jul: Affiliate World Europe

• 8-18 Jul: Automobile Barcelona

• 16-18 Nov: Smart City Expo World Congress

See the full event calendar here & add your event here.

Jobs

• Touchstream is hiring a Marketing Lead

• Homelike is looking for a Key Account Manager Supply Spain

• Algofy is looking for a Paid Ads Specialist

• Riverbed Technology is hiring a Senior Inside Sales Representative - META

• Outbound People is looking for a Senior Account Executive- German Market