Hello & happy Monday!

Today's main headlines:

• Habemus unicorn: Wallbox valued at €1.25B

• New transport & distribution hub opens in Barcelona

• La Marmota gets acquired

Have a great week and see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• EV charger producer Wallbox to go public in NY amidst SPAC deal & raise €270M at a business valuation of €1.25B

• Video platform Watchity receives €500K

• Insurtech startup Vitaance raises €370K

• Digital content startup Linkvids bags €250K

• Mattress e-commerce firm La Marmota gets acquired by the group Flex

• Motorbike sharing platform Cooltra sold a 20% stake to Gestamp president

Barcelona startup news

• Barcelona startup Wavveup and Blackhawke announce a partnership 

• US firm Qrypt is partnering with Barcelona-based private company Quside Technologies for quantum-based random number generation

• Tech startup Dan*na launches a pilot plant for bioplastic production for the biomedical & technological sector in the Barcelona Science Park

• Glovo’s micro fulfillment center welcome SMBs, and a new feature for consumers

• Prenomics wins first prize at Industry Startup Forum 2021

• Spathios, which allows users to book and rent rooms by the hour, expands to Madrid

• Camaleonic Analytics creates a system to measure the impact of advertising on sports

• TravelPerk eyes deals after funding, acquisition

• Durcal: a family platform that connects loved ones to their elderly relatives

Spanish startup news

• Madrid-based tech startup Fracttal lands €4.38M

• Valencia-based MESbook raises €2M

• San Sebastian-based company Beseif lands €300K

• Madrid food marketplace HarBest Market receives €250K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Spanish VC Mundi Ventures takes part in €8M funding round of Urban Jungle launched by former Google developer

• Inveready and Adara ventures invest €2.9M in Intelx Vision

• Madrid-based VC firm Conexo ventures close its investments in Galgus & Simple Cloud

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Port of Barcelona will support three projects from its program Ports 4.0

• Meet Impulsa Vision RTVE: the accelerator of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation 

• Bankinter, Wayra, and Endeavor launch Scaleup Spain Network

• Lanzadera and Nestlé Purina announce the opening of their joint program Purina Pet Challenge

• Tech Tour Space 2021 opens call; apply until 27 Jun

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Oasis Hunters: surprise rural getaways to secret places in Catalonia

• Typeform: Barcelona’s next unicorn?

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• We Open Tech, a new cyber community that supports non-binary and trans security pros; will open local chapters in Barcelona, London & USA

• XPO Logistics opens new transport and distribution hub in Barcelona

• The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona improves its communications with Logitech

• Samsung could tease new Wear OS during its MWC 2021

• 4YFN moves to the heart of MWC putting startups in the center of the mobile ecosystem

Tech news in Spain:

• Amazon to invest €2.5B to open data centers in the north of Spain in 2022

• Masmovil’s 5G network reaches 340 Spanish cities

• BBVA to cut 3,000 jobs in Spain as digital technology transforms industry

• China Three Gorges to enter in Spain electricity retail market

• Amazon invests €1M into Spanish Twitch division

• Ryanair plans to hire 50 engineers and developers in Spain

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Congress approves the ‘rider’ law

• Government set to approve new decree to distribute €7B in EU funding for home improvements in Spain; people can get up to €24K per person

• Cost per hour worked in Spain increased by 2.4% in the first quarter

• EU orders Spain to recover aid given to TV broadcasters for digital rollout

• Andalusia approves General Entrepreneurship Plan to promote business creation and competitiveness in the region

• €25B European Guarantee Fund will help businesses recover from the pandemic, hire employees and grow

Good Reads

• Wallbox's energy for Barcelona [ES]

• 10 promising Spanish travel tech startups [ES]

• Map & overview of the insurance tech sector in Spain [ES]

• Bitcoin, Opportunity or Threat? [ES]

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Closing a company: the case of Antfluence, with Bernat Llana and Laura Gascón [ES]

• Interview with Rafael Juan, founder & CEO at Vicky Foods [ES]

• Interview with Jiaqi Pan, co-founder & CEO at Landbot

Great Events

This week:

• Tue-Thu, 14-17 Jun: camino al impacto [ES]

• Tue, 15 Jun @18:00: Shots The Valley: The keys to profitable ecommerce [ES]

• Thu, 17 Jun @09:30: The Valley Open Day – Rooftop Edition

• Thu, 17 Jun @12:00: Víctor López: Entrepreneurship & Learning [ES]

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

• Samaipata is hiring an Associate

• Hotjar is looking for a Social Media Marketing & Community Manager

• Domestika is recruiting a Director of SEO

• Factorial is hiring a Head of People

• Amadeus is looking for a Strategic Account Manager

• Gorillas is recruiting a Partnerships Manager

• Touchstream is hiring a Marketing Lead

• Algofy is looking for a Paid Ads Specialist

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