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Today's main headlines:

• Barcelona ranked 7th EU tech city of the future

• Shotl gets acquired by Dubai-startup

• Wallbox explores battery factory project with VW

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Digital Platform Biboss task marketplace obtains €200K to start its expansion

• Shotl, an uber-like service for bus and van operators, to be bought by Dubai-based transport startup Swvl

Barcelona startup news

• Logistics startup Paack on track to hit €100M in sales this year & eyes European expansion

• Fitness startup Volava wants to raise around €10m towards the end of this year

• OneMind Technologies' OneMind smart city platform to be deployed by Orange in Dubai & Dell in Singapore

• Sensory bioengineering firm Onalabs opens three investment channels to raise funding for last phase of clinical validation and certification of its non-invasive wearables, which extract data from skin and sweat

• Durcal launches the first low-cost telecare wearable for the elderly and children

• Events social app Sharify teams up with Ticketmaster

• Wallbox is exploring with Volkswagen how to participate in the Spanish battery factory project

• Wallbox Chargers and Lightsource Labs team up to further optimize home renewable energy consumption

• Glovo’s new price bidding algorithm for riders sees backlash amongst delivery personnel

Spanish investment news

• Madrid gaming startup UnusuAll raised €3M in seed funding

• Valladolid-based firm Biocross receives a total of €950K from CRB Inverbio & CDTI

• Asturian startup Lovelybikes receives a capital injection of €200K

• Madrid-based Urbaser purchased by Platinum Equity for €3,575M

• Madrid-based urban mobility platforms ElParking and Imbric get acquired by Mutua Madrileña and Portobello Capital

• Madrid-based biometric platform Revelock gets acquired by Feedzai after raising $200M

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• BIC Euronova is looking for two Malaga startups to participate in an acceleration program in the US

• Porcinnova PILOT selects two projects for its first call

• Andalucía Open Future accelerated over 200 startups since 2014

• Navarra launches the DIGITECH program to promote the growth of 10 Navarran companies

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Bamboo Energy: the technological solutions that the energy transition needs for an emission-free system

• ByHours: the first online platform to book accommodation by the hour

• Circles.house: the global boutique co-living platform for entrepreneurial and conscious digital nomads

• Doctoralia: the firm that merged with DocPlanner to create the world's largest online healthcare platform

• Eos Connectivity: next-generation connected mobility platform

• Spathios: reserve the best spaces in your city by the hour

• Typeform: the online survey SaaS with €60M sales & over 120K paying customers 

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Barcelona placed 7th in fDi x TNW [European] Tech Cities of the Future 2021 ranking; one spot behind Madrid; top three are London, Paris & Dublin

• Barcelona places ten start-ups among the 100 most promising in Europe

• Lanzadera opens office in Barcelona, its first one outside of Valencia

• Abu Dhabi is building a quantum computer in collaboration with Barcelona-based Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

Tech news in Spain:

• Spanish entrepreneurship rate recovers and already exceeds pre-COVID levels by 8.6%

• Comcast, ViacomCBS to launch streaming service SkyShowtime in Spain and other European countries

• Telefonica and Aerial launch Remote Care pilot

• Agile Content acquires the TV business of Euskaltel from the company’s new-owner MásMóvil for a reported €32M

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Spain fines engineering firms €61M for rigging road work tenders

Good Reads

• 20 Spanish startups in the energy sector to look out for

• Who are the investors behind the leading investment rounds by Spanish startups this year?

• 100+ Female angel investors in Europe

• How to hire a venture partner and how much to pay?

• SpaceX buys Swarm to make microsatellites

• Borja Aranguen: What to do when your startup raises €14M in a Series A round

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Podcast with Miguel Carranza, Growing subscriptions and in-app purchases

• Interview with Marta Gaia, co-founder of Barcelona-based biotech firm Nina Capital

Great Events

This week:

• Summer ☀️

Upcoming:

• 31 Aug: Let’s help each other – Open mic online party! (Startup Grind)

• 1 Sep: Le Wagon Barcelona – Coding Bootcamp Open Day

• 16-18 Nov: Smart City Expo World Congress

• 24-26 Nov: VIII S2B Impact Forum

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

Jobs

• Bourbon Creative is hiring a Digital Marketing Intern/Trainee - Paid (Native English)

• Amenitiz is looking for a Product Marketing Manager

• Ethikos 3.0 is hiring a Marketing Director

• Colvin is recruiting a Product Manager - B2B Marketplace

• Red Points is hiring a Product Marketing Manager

• Netcentric is recruiting several IT positions