Hello and happy Monday, I hope you had a great weekend! We're just 1 week away from Barcelona's biggest tech event of the year.

How are you spending your MWC week?

I'll be at the OneCoWork pop-up coworking stand @4YFN. Come find me in the Startup Area and take a break from the networking madness in our chill out zone.

VC Night after Mobile World Congress

Secure your place for the hottest MWC events and parties before they sell-out. A definitive can't-miss event this year is the VC Night after Mobile World Congress organised by Startup Grind, which will take place on Tuesday, 26th of February at 19.00 in the Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm. Secure your ticket at a 40% discount with the code: BarcinnoRocks

Ironhack: The Future Of Tech Education

Barcinno is proud to announce a half-year partnership with Ironhack, the leading UX Design & Tech School. To find out more about Ironhack and how they are changing the way we learn about technology in Barcelona and beyond, read our latest article here.

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

Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona startup Datumize raises €1.8M Series A funding to unlock the smart data market

• Catalan biotech startup Aromics secures a €1M investment

• Catalan gym chain Clubs DiR raised €550K on Crowdcube

• Barcelona startup Onebox becomes exclusive ticketing partner for the Davis Cup 2019 & 2020

• Catalan medtech startup SmartSalus now offers over 400K medical services via its platform

• Barcelona startup Cooltra closes 2018 with a 70% increase in revenues

• A couple of Barcelona startups suffered security breaches:

• - Glovo has apparantly suffered a security breach with a dozen users reporting that their credit cards were used for unauthorized purchases

• - Glovo denies the news of a security breach, points to Facebook account theft & promises to reimburse all users affected

• - Holaluz was also affected by a data breach as private data (CUPS) of thousands of consumers were exposed

• 15 Spanish startups are nominated for European Startup Prize for Mobility, one third comes from Barcelona

• ACCIO launches the #RoadToBarcelona program

• Legaltech startup accelerator Cuatrecasas Acelera celebrated demo day in Barcelona; meet the participating startups here

• Several Barcelona-based talents were listed in Forbes 30 under 30 list:

• - Badi co-founder & CEO Carlos Piere was featured on the 'Big Money' cagegory

• - FB Ads expert Patrick Wind made it into the 'Media & Marketing' category

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• - Heura: the 'vegetarian meat' that everyone talks about

• - Neurafy: developing tailored AI assistants that adjust 100% to what users need

• - Demium Startups: "We're going to be a firm worth €16M in the next 10 years.", Jaime Vázquez, Incubation Program Director

Tech News

• Barcelona is crowned one of the six fastest tech cities in Europe

• Barcelona reinvents 3D printing in Europe

• Booking.com plans to create 100 new jobs in Barcelona over the next three months

• Indian biopharmaceutical company Intas Group doubles its workforce in Barcelona in three years

• Port of Barcelona boosts revenues by 4% to €173M and hits new record with 68M tons transported

• SEAT to test 5G connected car in Barcelona

• Catalan bank CaixaBank becomes first bank in the world to let customers withdraw money from ATMs via facial recognition

• More than 19M foreign tourists visited Catalonia in 2018

• Carlos Mateo, the president of the Spanish Startup Association, discusses what is needed from politics to support entrepreneurs in Spain

• How much does it cost to charge an electric vehicle in Spain?

Good Reads

• Ironhack: The Future Of Tech Education

• 100 Best Barcelona Startups to Watch in 2019

• 10 oustanding women in science & entrepreneruship in Spain

• Hiring tech talent for a startup in Spain?

• MWC19: The Four Keys To Intelligent Connectivity

Great Events This Week

• Tue, 19 Feb @8:30: Breakfast financing: Key aspects in the evaluation of international investments

• Tue, 19 Feb @10:00: Mobile technology in the business world: a look into the future

• Wed, 20 Feb @17:30: MASTEAM Talks: Where is the Ethernet port? From the IoT laboratory to the real world

• Thu, 21 Feb @9:00: SaaS & B2B Sales Bootcamp

• Thu, 21 Feb @9:30: GoNano Innovation and Co-Creation Workshop: Nanotechnology for Energy

• Thu, 21 Feb @18:00: DataCity: When data becomes a key resource to tackle urban challenges

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Stuart is recruiting a Front-end Engineer

• Sage Corps is hiring a Barcelona City Manager (English/Spanish)

• Iomob is looking for a:

• - Blockchain Engineer

• - Software Engineer - Backend

• - React Native Mobile Software Engineer

• Touchstream is hiring a Python Developer

See the full job board here.