Hello and happy Monday!

After a slow start to the year in terms of fundraising, Barcelona startups came roaring back last week - announcing over €38M of funding across 5 investment rounds.

Startup Grind Tech Conference 2019 is finally here!

Startup Grind Tech Conference, one of the best startup events in the city and that you can't miss, is finally kicking off. Today starts with the opening night and then tomorrow we have a full day of interesting panels and fireside chats (including the CEO of Red Points who just raised €32M; more on this below) before finishing off with some good-old fashioned networking. Only a few tickets are left, but you can save 40% with our exclusive code BarcinnoRocks

OneCoWork Gotic launches next week!

For anyone in the market for a new office in a 5-star coworking space, OneCoWork is launching their 3rd location next week in the Gothic Quarter. Book a tour and mention "Barcinno" for an exclusive discount.

Ok, that's it from me. Have a great week and we'll see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona SaaS startup Red Points closes €34M series C round

• Catalan flower delivery startup Colvin raises €2M

• Barcelona startup MyPoppins secures a €1M investment round

• Catalan startup Mr Noow receives a €900K investment

• Bacelona biotech startup RheoDX and Spanish firm Derma Innovate raise €350K and €367K respectively via Capital Cell

• Catalan startup Fleksy’s AI keyboard is getting a store to put mini apps at chatters’ fingertips

• Nuclio had a busy week:

• - Launched Prohipotecas, a mortgage services platform aimed at professionals

• - Launched Typs, an HR app that helps employees to get access to their monthly salaries faster

• VC & investment news:

• - Nestlé Spain joins Ship2B and launches an innovative Corporate Impact Venturing program focused at social startups

• - Barcelona-based Nauta Capital closes a new fund at €55M

• - Spanish VC Ysios Capital takes part in US-based Aura Biosciences's €35M series D financing round

• - GED Capital raises €100M for its new private equity vehicle GED VI Spain

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• - Atrápalo: "We did not want to admit partners who would not let us sleep", Nacho Sala, Co-founder & Marketing Director

• - Kibus Petcare: a machine that automatically cooks natural food for dogs and cats

• - Reby: revolutionizing urban mobility

• - Landbot: chatbot platform for your lead generation strategies

Tech News

• Spain's four largest political parties discussed their plans for entrepreneurship in a debate ahead of the general elections

• Mango opens its digital innovation center in 22 @ in Barcelona

• Enisa to approve its financing lines for SMEs and start-ups before general elections in April in Spain

• Taxi Wars Episode IX:

• - Cabify aquires more than 2,000 new Spanish VTC licenses

• - However, most of these VTC licenses are being used in Madrid whilst the number in Barcelona falls by 11%

• - Uber & Cabify could lose 12,000 VTC licenses if Podemos reaches the government as they vow to 'recover' them

• - Meanwhile, Social Car launches its first VTC service in Barcelona

• Barcelona metro strikes:

• - Metro workers in Barcelona carry out partial stoppages on Monday in protest of the asbestos crisis

• - Check the minimum services of the Barcelona metro strike

• The new shuttle train to the El Prat Airport forces a modification of Rodalies lines

• Netflix open its first production headquarters in Europe in Madrid

• - Netflix' CEO expects this will generate 25K direct & indirect jobs in the country

• PlayVisit and Advanced Leisure Services develop a virtual game to rediscover the stories, anecdotes and attractions of La Rambla

• Spanish telco MásMóvil reshuffles its capital structure with several transactions valued at a total of €1,800M

Good Reads

• Watch out Silicon Valley: Barcelona is here to stay

• 10 great tech startups to work for in Barcelona in 2019 (according to Silicon Canals)

• "Engineers in Spain cost five times less than in Silicon Valley", Interview with Nicolás Goulet, CEO of Adara Ventures

• Spain outperforms Europe by gender diversity in tech startups

• 10 things you’ll learn at this year’s EU-Startups Summit

Great Events This Week

• Mon, 8 Apr @18:00: Startup Grind Tech Opening Night

• Tue, 9 Apr: Startup Grind BCN Tech Conference 2019

• Wed, 10 Apr @17:30: MASTEAM talks: The Collider @MWC: from the laboratory to the market

• Thu, 11 Apr @18:30: Int. HR Strategy with the Retail People Director of Mango

• Thu-Fri, 11-12 Apr: Innov-ex 2019

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• L+R is looking for a Mobile Engineer

• Tropicfeel is recruiting a Head of Digital Growth

• Bourbon Creative is hiring a Junior Digital Marketer

• Zinc is looking for an Office Manager

• Stuart is recruiting a Front-end Engineer

See the full job board here.