Hello & happy Monday!

Today's main headlines:

• Travel brand Tropicfeel gets €2M

• TravelPerk acquires UK firm Click Travel

• Kantox expands to the USA

F10 Demo Day - Wed, 22 July @10:00

F10 Spain Incubation Batch I is officially graduating, and we all know what this means… Demo Day!

The event will be streamed online so you can easily join. What's more, you'll be able to be an investor for a day! You'll receive a specific amount of F10 coins that you can use to invest in your favorite startups. The startup that receives the largest investment from the audience will be announced at the end of the event.

Register now by clicking here.

Have a great week and see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Clothing and accessory brand Tropicfeel raises €2M in a round led by Bolsa Social fund

• The first online delegated mobility platform Cafler launches with an €800K investment round

Barcelona startup news

• TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase

• Kantox breaks into the US with an expansion of the Silicon Valley Bank partnership

• N+1 is the first marketplace specialized in cycling and will raise a €1M seed round in September

• Novameat is using its 3D printing technology to manufacture vegetarian "steaks" that it hopes will reach the mass market next year

• Glovo chooses digital voice solutions from Orange Business Services to help expand customer experience globally

• Glovo-owned Foodinho fined by Italian data protection watchdog over gig algorithms - And Glovo is already considering an appeal

Spanish startup news

• Madrid health start-up Corify Sare secures a €2.33M investment

• Madrid-based vacation rental start-up Transparent raises €2.3M

• Madrid automotive start-up Velca gets €2.1M

• Pamplona tech startup MainRail nets €1.1M

• Spanish food tech startup Ketonico lands €1.1M

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest & SIX FinTech Ventures contribute to €8M seed round for UK fintech platform Toqio

• Asabys closes its first fund at €90M

• Spanish consulting firm FI Group doubles its bet on startups with a fund that will invest up to €300K a year 

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Dozen Investments (previously called The Crowd Angel) surpasses 22K registered investors on its platform

• Aena Ventures launches acceleration program at Barcelona-El Prat Airport with 5 selected startups to promote innovation and technology

• Fundación Repsol presents the seven startups that join its business accelerator

• 65 large companies seek disruptive startups in the sixth edition of BIND 4.0

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Bound4blue: reinventing sails to save the seas

• Valerdat: SaaS for procurement analytics and optimization 

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Swedish firm Paradox Interactive opens videogame studio in Catalonia & plans to hire up to 30 people this year

• GSMA celebrates the return of MWC Barcelona

• MWC 2021 had only 5K visitors from outside Spain

• Mobile World Congress 2021 announces Huawei’s commitment to Barcelona-Catalonia

• Social and environmental impact startups are increasingly present at MWC & 4YFN

Tech news in Spain:

• Spain is already the sixth-largest Fintech ecosystem in the world

• Telefonica plans to sell a minority stake in tech unit, which includes cybersecurity, IoT & cloud computing operations, to raise €500M

• New Spanish offensive against online piracy

• Spanish hemp tech project begins with basics: Calling the cops

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Changes in Spain's VAT regime mean that imports of less than €22 will pay VAT

• Luis Planas announces that the government will promote the digitalization of agri-food SMEs with a specific line of credits (ENISA)

• Spain's high court puts Repsol, Caixabank under formal investigation for alleged industrial espionage

Good Reads

• Discover Barcelona-Catalonia, Southern Europe’s hub for the gaming industry

• Parenthood vs. Startup Life: Interviews with founders

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Martí Manent, CEO & Founder at Derecho.com & elAbogado.com (Startup Grind Mataró)

• Interview with Oriol Amat, economics expert and Rector of the Pompeu Fabra University

• Panel discussion on “Understanding Institutional-Grade Crypto Custody” (EBC)

Great Events

This week:

• 8-18 Jul: Automobile Barcelona

• Wed, 14 July @ 9:30: CambrAccelera: Open Innovation & Investment

• Wed, 14 July @ 18:30: Women who have Transitioned to Tech

Upcoming:

• 22 Jul: F10 Spain: Demo Day

• 16-18 Nov: Smart City Expo World Congress

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

Jobs

• Netcentric is hiring several IT positions

• N26 is looking for a Product Manager - Digital Payments

• Verse is hiring a Product Manager

• BCG Digital Ventures is looking for a Digital Marketing Manager

• Bax & Company is recruiting an Innovation Consultant Industry 4.0

• Nextory is hiring a Head of Growth

• Opinno is looking for a Strategy & Innovation Project Leader

• PayRetailers are hiring a COO

• Gorillas is recruiting a Partnerships Manager

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