Hello and happy Monday! A few quick items to note on this short week heading into Semana Santa:

OneCoWork Gótic launches today!

Looking for a new workspace? OneCoWork opened a brand new 5-star coworking space today in the Gothic Quarter. Book a tour today!

How do you get around Barcelona?

From Bicing to MEEP to YEGO - get an overview of all the major mobility options in Barcelona in our latest post about The Mobility Ecosystem In Barcelona

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

Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona startup Glovo is negotiating a new €100M+ investment round and could be eying an IPO

• Spanish startup Movo closes a €20M investment round

• Spain-based fintech startup Fintonic raises €19M

• Spanish startup Clicpiso receives a €8M investment

• Catalan travel startup Exoticca lands a €2M funding round

• - Exoticca is also looking for an additional €15-20M investment round

• Barcelona startup Wado has sold over 15K of its sustainable shoes across 67 countries in one year

• Catalan startup Silence launches Silence S01, a high performance electric scooter

• Barcelona startup Kantox, which has their official HQ in the UK, is seeking a Spanish license in case of a hard Brexit

• Catalan startup JobFluent is up of sale as they look for a buyer for their data-driven recruitment marketplace in the Software Engineering niche in Europe 

• The proptech sector enters the consolidation phase in Spain

• Antai Venture Builder launches Catalan startup Singular Cover, its first insurtech project

• VC & investment news:

• - Conector launches Archipélago Next, a private investment fund focused on the tech startups in the Canaries

• - CNP Partners opens the call for their CNP Start program

• - The Spanish Ministry of industry, trade and tourism to invest €98.5M into SMEs & entrepreneurs through Enisa loans

• - The ICF invested a total of €3.16M into 19 Catalan startups in 2018

• - The ICF and EIF sign an agreement to invest €15M in companies located in Catalonia

• - Axis invests €5M into Creas Impacto, a Spanish-based social impact fund

• Accelerator programs & open calls:

• - Conector opens the call for their accelerator program in the Canaries

• - Asics opens the call for Tenkan-Ten, the second edition of its accelerator program aimed at sports and wellness startups

• - EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator incorporates 16 new startups in its sixth edition

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• - Classlife Education: the first all-in-one platform for the management and administration of educational centers

• - Foods for Tomorrow: the vegan startup aiming to reinvent the future of chicken

• - Marsbased: video interview with founder Àlex Rodríguez

• - Santafixie: the ecommerce selling bycicles & related accessoires

Tech News

• VMware opens a global sales center in Barcelona, creates up to 250 jobs

• Barcelona-based car manufactuer SEAT to launch six electric and plug-in hybrid models

• - SEAT teams up with UFO to take 530 of its electric scooters to Madrid

• Catalonia releases "Verificat", its own platform aimed at fighting "Fake News"

• UK VC firm Apax Partners is looking to sell Catalan-based company Electro Stocks for €80M

• Gowe is a new VTC player in Barcelona that vows to comply with the VTC regulations in Catalonia

• 35% of young Spaniards want to become entrepreneurs

• Brain Drain in Spain: 87K highly skilled workers left the country in the last decade according to the think tank CEPS

• If you're travelling to or from Spain during the Easter week, you might want to check this overview of the different strikes taking place in the country (airports, airlines, trains, ...)

• The Spanish pension system is under major pressure as demographic trends show an unfavourable picture

Good Reads

• The Mobility Ecosystem In Barcelona: A Deep Dive Into The Major Players

• Overview of a few selected HR tech startups in Spain

Great Events This Week

• Mon, 15 Apr @18:30: Workshop for the creation of social impact startups

• Tue, 16 Apr: Wayra Open Day Barcelona

• Tue, 16 Apr @8:30: Esmorzar de finançament: Enlaira’t!

• Wed, 17 Apr @19:00: Founders Meet Developers

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• OneCoWork is hiring a Full Stack Ruby On Rails Developer

• 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

See the full job board here.