Hello and happy Monday!

Today's main headlines:

• Colvin lands €45M

• Exottica gets €25M

• IMIDomics nets €13.9

Barcinno Special: 10 exciting Barcelona food-tech startups

As you may know, the food-tech startup industry is growing faster than ever in Barcelona. The buzzing ecosystem of cuisine, culture, and lifestyle calls for an environment where food-tech and innovation can sprout and thrive. With so many new tricks and trends, it may be hard to keep up with what’s new and noteworthy. Check out 10 of the most notable companies that are changing the game of how we eat and what we eat in our latest article here: 10 Barcelona Food-Tech Startups You Don’t Want To Miss. 

Now, it’s time to get cooking - have a great week and see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Florist startup Colvin raises €45M series C to grow in Europe

• Traveltech startup Exoticca closes a Series C round of €25.23M

• Biotech startup IMIDomics, a Vall d'Hebron spin-off, gets €13.9M 

Barcelona startup news

• TravelPerk grows June revenue 5.4x year over year compared to June 2019

• Fintech startup Payflow to commence expansion to Chile 

• Solar self-consumption startup SolarMente enters Y Combinator program 

• Tech startup TeamEQ sets up in Asturias with the support of sociedad regional de promoción

• Local startups Corgee, Atravo, Nuwe and Podder are amongst 9 startups included for Demium’s incubator program

• Renewable Energy startup Bamboo Energy launches aggregation platform for small scale distribution

• MediQuo amongst those mentioned as potential ‘startup of the year’ presented by HackerNoon

Spanish startup news

• Madrid employee benefits platform Cobee raises €14M

• Madrid capital-as-a-service platform Ritmo lands €13.8M

• Bilbao-based edtech platform Ludus Global raises €2M

• Pamplona startup MainRail gets €1,1M

• Sevilla-based smart energy startup Solum closes a €750K round led by social stock fund

• Asturian startup Plexigrid closes a round of €300K

• Madrid startup iCloudCompliance closes a financing round of €200K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• AXIS, the VC arm of ICO, to invest €17.15M in Extension Fund, a VC fund aimed a Spanish tech startups

• Madrid based MundiVentures leads a funding round of US firm Agentero

• Private Equity firm Cinven becomes shareholder at restaurant brands Iberia

• Health tech VC firm Nina Capital announces 5 new investments

• Startup Capital to grant €75K to new tech startups

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• EIT Digital Accelerator is looking for firms developing innovative solutions that make Europe more sustainable and inclusive, improving citizens’ quality of life; apply until 6 Aug

• Startup accelerator program FI Boost selects five technology startups for the fourth edition of its accelerator

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Travelperk: the business travel manager

• Monika Mikac: CBO of Barcelona-based QEV Technologies 

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Barcelona innovation event BIZBARCELONA 2021 to promote innovation and talent

• Caixabank experience loss in 2Q due to reconstruction charges

• Banco Sabadell beats predicted Q2 net profit forecasts

Tech news in Spain:

• Deliveroo consider ending Spain operations amid high costs

• Telefonica acquires UK firm Cancom for €398M

• Orange takes €3.7B writedown on tough Spanish market

• El Corte Inglés enter negotiations to acquire Scalpers, El Ganso and Álvaro Moreno

• BBVA sees profits of €2.33B in first half of 2021

• 5G broadcast progresses in Spain

• Iberdrola secure €6M loan to finance Spain’s first public green hydrogen station

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Main players in the digital economy and innovative entrepreneurship sector present joint response on the recently announced startup law

• Unemployment in Spain fell by 15.26 per cent in the second quarter

Good Reads

• 10 Barcelona Food-Tech Startups You Don’t Want To Miss

• Catalonia, leader in connectivity within the European Union

• Barcelona: the European startup hub

• What’s it like to be a startup founder in Barcelona?

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Jesús Monleón, Business Angel and co-founder at Seedrocket

• Interview with Roberto Gallardo, CEO at Sana Digital Clinic

• Roche Diagnostics and ABB discuss why they chose Barcelona for their tech hubs

Great Events

This week:

• Summer ☀️

Upcoming:

• 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

• Bigle Legal is looking for a Marketing Manager

• Ethikos 3.0 is hiring a Marketing Director

• Colvin is recruiting a Product Manager - B2B Marketplace

• Housfy is looking for a Digital Marketing Manager

• Red Points is hiring a Product Marketing Manager

• Factorial HR is looking for an SEO Growth Hacker - Latam Market

• algofy is looking for a Google Ads Specialist

• CodeOp is recruiting a Head of Growth

• Netcentric is hiring several IT positions

• Verse is hiring a Product Manager