Good morning, we hope you had a nice weekend.

While Barcelona hasn't officially made it to phase 3 of the lockdown relaxation yet, it's been a fairly active week for local startups with a total of €16M raised across 3 funding rounds. Read on for more.

Have a great week and take care of yourselves!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Catalan startup The Hotels Network closes a €10M Series B funding round

• Barcelona biotech Oxolife raises €5M for its phase II Clinical Trial (infertility treatment)

• Catalan firm Inbrain Neuroelectronics gets €1M

Barcelona Startup news

• Housfy expands services to enter into the home rental business

• Tradeinn to surpass €250M in sales this year, up from €188M million in 2019

• Red Points expands global reach with new Beijing office & releases advanced seller clustering technology

• SmartMonkey creates software that optimizes logistics routes with AI

Spanish investment news

• Madrid logistics startup Ontruck gets €17M

• Valencian fintech Declarando closes a €2M funding round

• Madrid startup BEWE.io secures a €2M investment

• Mallorca-based startup Essentialist lands €1.2M

• San Sebastián-based firm Beseif gets €250K

• Madrid startup Clupik closes a €200K investment

• Madrid-based wellness marketplace Fixme raised €145K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Overview of different measures offered by the Catalan government to alleviate the economic impact of COVID-19 on your business: credits, loans, etc

• Spanish biotech VC Ysios Capital announces its third fund, Ysios BioFund III, with a committed amount of €155M and a final target size of € 200M

• K Fund launches a new €70M fund to invest in early stage Spanish startups

• Sevilla-based business angel Tom Horsey plans to launch a €40M investment vehicle to support startups

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• TechnoCampus opens call for health startups; apply until 15th of June

• PIMEC and Diputació de Barcelona open call for personalized support program for SMEs; apply here until 6th of July

• Go: Hub is looking for deep tech startups in the water, industry 4.0 & smart city sector; apply here

• PIMEC and Diputació de Barcelona,

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Blaine Box: revolutionizing the world of decoration

• Marfeel: interview with co-founder Juan Margenat about how COVID-19 is affecting the company & the advertising market

• Reclamadatos: regain control of your personal data

Tech News

• Barcelona company Mecalux to sell a 10% stake to French fund Tikehau Capial for around €100M

• Catalonia to connect with world's second longest fiber optic submarine cable

• Barcelona awards 19 micromobility licenses — but not for e-scooters

• Barcelona firm Grifols takes part in Microsoft-backed project to use plasma in new Covid-19 therapies

• Catalan clusters work on specific projects to fight Covid-19

• Catalonia leads a pioneering research on how Covid-19 affects the elderly

Tech news in Spain:

• Spanish firms Amadeus and Gigas included in Gaia-X, a new European cloud project that seeks to get independence from AWS, Azure, Google & co

Politics & Economics

• Spain’s proposed Google tax has cleared its first hurdle

• Government aims to introduce law to regulate 'riders' as employees before the end of summer

• Spain’s $6T home market faces second crash in decade

Covid-19:

• Spain prepares for next phase change of coronavirus deescalation plan

• Is Spain heading towards second wave of COVID-19?

• Barcelona mayor voices displeasure with Catalan government not calling the city to move to phase 3 of the lockdown ease

• Catalonia says thank you to health workers with €140M coronavirus bonus

Good Reads

• Eurecat and Leitat: R&D made in Catalonia

• How do startup support initiatives in Spain, France, Germany, the UK and Israel stack up?

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with B2B sales expert Javier Llorden

• Interview with Lina Chong from Target Global

• SciDipTalks: Barcelona and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Global Cities

Great Events

This Week:

• Tue, 16 Jun @13:00: IQS Tech Factory TALK SERIES with Mounir Zok (N3XT Sports)

• Tue-Wed, 16-17 Jun: DeveloperWeek Global 2020: Digital Conference

• Tue, 16 Jun @19:30: PitchSLAP – Get your pitch checked!

• Wed, 17 Jun @15:00: Expanding your business to the New Nordic

• Wed, 17 Jun @18:00: Brand & marketing strategy, with Daniela Goicoechea (Goiko Grill)

• Thu, 18 Jun @18:30: Startup Grind BCN hosts Josep Ll. Sanfeliu (Asabys Partners)

• Thu-Fr, 18-19 Jun: 3rd World Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference

Next Week:

• Tue, 23 Jun @19:30: PitchSLAP – Get your pitch checked!

• Thu, 25 Jun @15:00: Expanding your business to CEE

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