Good morning & happy Monday! We hope you had a nice weekend!

We're taking a little hiatus the next few weeks to get some much needed R&R. Have a great summer holiday and we'll see you right back here in September!

Speaking of September here are some amazing events to add to your fall agenda:

BASE Conference 2020 - September 17-18th

Startups and scaleups around the world can tap into international business expertise and thrive despite the global downturn, as the BASE 2020 conference goes digital:

• Strategic workshops with business experts from the USA and Europe

• Talks by policymakers on how they envision the future of work

• Networking with scaleups that ‘humanized business beyond profit’ during the pandemic

Get a 10% discount with the code: BC10

European Blockchain Convention Virtual - September 21-22nd

European Blockchain Convention Virtual becomes the meeting point of the blockchain industry this year in Europe. Learn from 100 world-class speakers and connect with 1.500 attendees. Save 30% with the code BARCINNOEBC (valid until 25th August)

WIRED Health:Tech - September 22nd

WIRED Health: Tech is designed to cover some of the most compelling technological advances driving the future of patient care. This virtual conference will gather ten fascinating disruptors in health, medicine & science to explore the tech, innovation & trends that are set to change how we interact with and provide care for patients. Get 10% off your ticket with the code: BARCINNO10

Have a great summer and take care of yourselves!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Barcelona-based fintech startup SeQura gets a €50M credit facility from British investment firm Chenavari

• Barcelona startup Rokubun raises €550K via The Crowd Angel

• Catalan startup Methinks raised an undisclosed amount

Barcelona Startup news

• Barcelona-based firm Touchstream featured in Streaming Media's list of '50 companies that matter most in online video'

Spanish investment news

• Madrid startup GeoDB completes €1.6M crowdfunding round

• Madrid-based startup ProfesorCBD lands €250K

• Madrid regtech startup Pibisi gets €140K

• Madrid-based startup POiN receives €134K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Nina Capital, a VC firm focused on health tech, opens office in Barcelona

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• mentorDay opens calls for digital startups; apply until 31st Aug

• Kaspersky iHub pens call for Open Innovation Program; apply until 13th Sep

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Sycai Technologies: Covid-19 diagnostics in seconds

• Mitiga Solutions: application to predict when and where a new Covid-19 outbreak could occur

• Cuideo: home care startup making €30M in revenues per year

Tech News

• Catalan government launches accelerator for fashion companies in the region

• Cellnex Telecom & Masmovil Group to carry out 5G pilot in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

• Barcelona telco firm Cellnex concludes €4B rights issue to fund further M&A opportunities

• Catalan bank CaixaBank launches a program to develop business projects together with startups

Tech news in Spain:

• Spanish robo-advisor Indexa eclipses €500M in managed assets

• Just Eat prepares "important" investments in Spain and will update its labor model

• BBVA defends real portability of data in Europe to become more competitive

• Spain’s Indra gets a key role in new Eurofighter radar development

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Business creation in Spain rebounded in June by almost 78%; 2nd most new firms were established in Barcelona

Good Reads

• Catalonia, land of business mentoring

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Bernardo Hernandez, CEO at Verse co-founder at idealista, and ex-manager a Google, Yahoo & more

• Interview with Mauricio Prieto, co-founder at eDreams

• Interview with Juan Rodríguez, CEO at Camaloon

Great Events

Upcoming:

• Wed, 26 Aug @23:30: Brad Feld (Co-Founder @ Techstars) at Startup Grind Barcelona

• Tue, 8 Sep @17:00: Ask me Anything” Q&A Session with with Alvaro Moya, Seasoned CTO

• Thu-Fri, 17-18 Sep: BASE Conference 2020

• Mon-Tue, 21-22 Sep: European Blockchain Convention Virtual

• Tue, 22 Sep @08:30: WIRED Health:Tech 

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