Good morning and happy Monday! Let's hope we're turning the corner on this thing and can start looking beyond the gigantic pause in the global economy.

If you're in search of financial relief, the Finance Team at OneCoWork published a guide on how the Spanish government is supporting SMEs and freelancers during the crisis. They're also making themselves available to anyone that has any questions, whether you're a member of OneCoWork or not. It's free - contact them directly: [email protected]

As many of us have a little more time on their hands now, we're opening a call for sharing interesting news, articles, activities and online events. So please add any interesting:

• News, good reads and virtual activities here

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Catalan video gaming firm Lince Works gets €1.5M

• Barcelona & London-based Quality Clouds gets €1.13M

Barcelona Startup news

• Barcelona startup ForceManager teams up with Carto, Medeselaltaren, Telefonica & Google to create Spain's first public health app to combat COVID-19

• Catalan startup Wallbox to launch award-winning EV charger in the US this year

• Barcelona blockchain-based energy startup FlexiDao selected by the world's top 10 utilities among the best 15 startups

• Catalan fintech Flanks adds Ex-Banco Santander International CEO to the board & prepare second financing round

• Barcelona crowdfunding startup Stockcrowd helps raise over €265K to support coronavirus fight

• Catalan startup Sharify changes its map of live events to plans for home activities

• eDreams announces ERTE (temporary lay-offs) for 90% of its staff

• Glovo announces temporary lay-off of 340 workers

• Local impact startups respond to the coronavirus crisis

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based startup Eurobit has been acquired by Swedish startup Tink for €15.5M

• Palencia-based EV charging firm EasyChager raises €625K via equity crowdfunding

• Valencian digital diagnosis startup eKuore gets €560K

• Digital bank, launched by two Spaniards, Saurus raises €550K

• Madrid-based cybersecurity startup Kymatio lands €500K

• Murcia-based startup WeFish closes a €150K investment round

• Spanish startups raised only €10.7M in March according to ElReferente, the worst figure in 4 years

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Spanish VC All Iron Ventures takes part in €9.3M funding round of Preply, which has offices in Barcelona

• Zubi Labs creates Zubi Capital to support companies with liquidity problems to to prevent loss of labour

• How coronavirus will impact startup fundraising

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Rezinkers4Impact selects four impact projects to participate in its first edition

• Ship2B & Bolsa Socila open call for startups with solutions to alleviate coronavirus impact

• Spain-based FI Group launches third edition of its tech startup accelerator; apply until 31st of May

• mentorDay begins first online acceleration program begins for entrepreneurs that provide solutions to COVID-19 problems

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• iomob: making travel safer during COVID-19

• Netrivals: marketplace platform for brands to see who sells their products and where in real-time

• Plain: an intelligent shift planning program for SMEs

Tech News

• Hoteliers in Barcelona provide help to the city during COVID-19

• 5G augmented reality bus tour trialled in Barcelona

• Barça Innovation Hub sets up online courses to raise funds for the fight against Covid-19

Tech news in Spain:

• Iberdrola to boost investment to promote employment after the crisis & and plan to hire 5000 people this year

• Telefónica to pay May & June invoices, worth a total of €20M, early to support 200 Spanish providers

• Seat resumes respirator production after receiving approval from Spanish Agency of Medicines

• Adamo closes €250M funding to reach 1.5M underserved homes

• Bizum see user base grow by 24% since covid-19 outbreak

• Finutive launches #beatCOVID, an initiative where companies specialized in taxation, labor and financial management provide free support and resources for SMEs & self-employed 

Politics & Economics

• Spain to obtain low-interest EU loans to facilitate ERTE (temporary redundancy scheme) payments

• The coronavirus crisis destroys over 830K jobs in March with another 620K affected by ERTEs

• Spanish business owners call for possibility to continue ERTE in some industries even after emergency state is lifted to protect jobs as firms will try to recover from the current situation

• Spain to lose €50B this year due to the crisis in best-case scenario

Good Reads

• How startups are supporting Europe’s coronavirus efforts

• List of startups still hiring in Europe amid coronavirus

• How encouraging contactless payments can help fight the Coronavirus

• How startups can manage accounts to weather the storm (ESP)

• How will covid-19 affect investment in Spanish startups? (ESP)

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with several entrepreneurs & investors about the current covid-19 situation

• Interview with Pablo Postigo & Luis Herranz from Frontity

• Interview with Ismael Barros & Máximo Gavete from Soluble Studio

Great Events

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

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Vocdoni is hiring a remote Front-End Developer (Flutter Development)

• Wallbox is recruiting a Content Writer

• Hector Kitchen is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer

• Unnax is recruiting a Digital Designer

See the full job board here & add your job post here.