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Thankfully our restaurants and bars are back in action this week. Whenever possible please do your best to support your friends and neighbors in the hospilitality sector. 

Ok, we've got lots of news today so I'll spare you a lengthy intro and get straight to the news.

Take care of yourself & have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• E-commerce delivery startup Paack lands a €44.7M Series C funding round

• Medtech startup Ability Pharma closes a €2M investment round with Capital Cell

• Proptech startup Finteca secures a €1M financing round

• HR-tech startup TestGorilla receives €1M

• Fintech startup Prestalo raises €500K 

Barcelona Startup news

• Mental health tech startup Psious wins Banco Sabadell’s Startup of the Year award

• Ashoka crowns Barcelon-based Gemma Galdon as the Social Entrepreneurs of Spain 2020

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based cybersecurity startup Smart Protection raises €10M

• Madrid-based infotech startup Bdeo closes a €5M investment round

• Navarra-based software startup Veridas lands a €4M financing round

• Sevilla startup Scoobic raises €2M

• San-Sebastian based software startup Multiverse Computing gets €1.5M

• Valencia-based prop-tech startup Homyspace raises €1.2M

• Madrid-based trucking startup Trucksters secures a €900K investment round 

• Soria-based Ecotech startup Clever Solar Devices lands €230K

• San-Sebastian sustainable fashion brand Twin & Chic gets €156K via La Bolsa Social

• Zaragoza-based leftover food broker Encantado de comerte nets €140K

• Madrid proptech startup Clikalia receives an undisclosed investment from Mouro Capital

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Think Bigger Capital launches its first fund with a target size of € 30M

• Spanish VC Nina Capital takes part in €10.2M investment round in US firm Subtle Medical

• The founders of Impulse to Grow have started a €5m fund investing in university AI startups

• Telefónica launches Wayra X as a global online hub investing in 5G, E-Health, mobility, the future of work, and e-learning among other digital products for mass consumption

• Spanish insurance firm Santa Lucia starts its own VC fund

• Spain’s public-private impact investor Cofides launches the Huruma Fund to aid sustainable development in agriculture in emerging markets

• Sara Sanz and Roger Piqué of Inveready join BerriUp’s team of mentors

• Madrid-based VC fund Axon consolidates its leadership in the life sciences sector with investments in Forbion and Sofinova Partners

• Investors remain bullish on startups with 77% of business angels that invested in 2019 re-investing this year

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Valencia-based accelerator Lanzadera and Facebook sign a strategic agreement to boost startup growth

• Cybersecurity Ventures opens call for its international acceleration program; apply until 31 Dec

• Bosch launches the 3rd edition of the Innovation Awards for Career Guidance; apply until 31 Dec

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Abarka Catering: delicious African food prepared by authentic chefs from Africa

• ADmit Therapeutics: leading the charge in early Alzheimer’s detection

• Genomcore: providing a collaborative framework for diagnostic providers, healthcare workers, and end consumers

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Barcelona City Council to invest €10M in venture capital to increase investment in entrepreneurship

• The Port of Barcelona launches a pioneering project to geolocate ships using 5G

• Catalonia’s Genomics sector is fighting Coronavirus on the frontline 

Tech news in Spain:

• Santander buys Wirecard’s tech platform and assets for €100M

• Accenture acquires Spanish engineering services firm Arca to boost 5G know-how

• Amazon launches its first solar project in Spain

• Lidl rolls out Lidl Smart Home, its first smart home automation system in Spain

• Inditex plans to invest €1B to boost its online sales

• Spain anticipates the concentration of the banking sector in Europe due to pandemic

Politics, Legal & Economics

• The coronavirus drives the urban exodus in Catalonia

• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez guarantees 13,000 nationwide vaccination points by January

• Misinformation campaigns drive vaccine fears; potentially halting recovery

Good Reads

• Report: The Genomics sector in Catalonia

• Overview of the Spanish energy ecosystem

• 20 female founders in Spain

• How to improve internal communication at your startup

Good Videos & Podcasts

• The founder of the Munich-based B2C startup Zapptales discusses their expansion into the Spanish market

• Sales manager at Factorial Marc Conesa discusses the future of recruitment

Great Events

This Week:

• Wed, 25 Nov @ 19:00: CodeOp Fireside Chat: Tech & Activism with Erin McElroy

• Thu, 26 Nov @ 15:00: Barcelona Innovation Day/London2020

Upcoming:

• Tue, 1 Dec @ 18:00: Mental health and work-related mental issues, with Javier Suárez & Sancar Sahin (Co-founders @ Oliva)

• Tue-Thu, 8-10 Dec: IBTM World Virtual

• Wed, 9 Dec @ 18:30: Women who have Transitioned to Tech

• Wed-Thu, 9-10 Dec: Future.Works Tech Conference

• Thu, 10 Dec @ 16:30: allWomen’s SheStartup III

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

Jobs

• Glovo is recruiting a Global Sales Manager

• Payfit is looking for a Head Of Marketing

• Factorial is hiring a Head Of Marketing

• Itnig is recruiting a Product Owner

• Harbour Space University is hiring a Marketing Specialist