Hello & happy Monday!

Today you'll find:

• Alzheimers detection tech startup mjn-neuro gets €2.1M

• Swiss tech firm Also opens new office in Barcelona

• New low-cost bullet train between BCN-MAD has been launched

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Healthtech startup mjn-neuro raises €2.1M to tackle Alzheimers detection

• Biotech startup The Sampling Solutions closes its €260K funding round

• LegalTech firm Derecho.com acquires a 13% stake in Legal Piegon for €200K

Barcelona Startup news

• Deporvillage has apparantly hired Arcano as an M&A advisor to prepare the firm for an M&A transaction

• Glovo reiterates once more they won't sell to DeliverHero; set sights on an IPO instead

• Novameat 3D prints the ‘world’s biggest cell-based meat prototype

• Consentio reports a 713% increase in transactions in 2020

• Gocoworker announces largest liquidity mining program

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based crypto trading FinTech 2gether startup raises €1.5M in crowdfunding

• Asturian data consultancy startup Bedrock Intelligence gets €600K

• Navarra-based biotech startup committed to tackling diabetes Genbioma Aplicaciones gets €400K

• Madrid-based Cannabis e-commerce startup Yamnaya closes a €350K funding round

• Valencian cloud-based software startup Internxt closes a €250K funding round

• Three Navarra-based startups secure €144K in participatory loans

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Insurance firm MAPFRE and asset manager Abante raise €300M for their infrastructure fund

• ENISA handed out 506 loans worth €83M last year, an 11% increase compared to 2019

• The CDTI commits €83M to science and innovation projects

• Q-Impact increases the size of its first impact investment fund to €50M in a bid to become Spain’s leading impact investor

• Seaya ventures participates the the french fintech Alma’s €49M funding round

• VC firm BeAble Capital is using its €35M AUM to drive an investment boom in Spanish industrial scientific ventures

• 4Founders Capital raises €27M with its 2nd fund for investment in Catalan startups

• BStartup invests €600K in 6 early-stage healthcare startups

• Startupxplore launches a new investment vertical in E-Sports and gaming

• Axon Partners divests its shareholding in the Indian cloud-based data storage business NxtGen 

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• FinTech accelerator Zone2Boost invests €800K in 8 promising ventures

• Ship2B’s B-Value opens its 5th call; apply here

• Global university entrepreneurship initiative 3 Day Startup arrives in Barcelona

• Accelerator Program Impact Call 2020 is looking for next generation entrepreneurs with innovative and disruptive ideas that are intent on launching a business with social impact; apply here

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• APFtech: the consulting business that uses data and AI to measure employee wellbeing

• Beeasy: the delivery startup with a focus on sustainability

• Inveready: one of the oldest local VC firms with more than €500m of assets under management & 40 exits

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Swiss technology company Also opens new office in Barcelona Tech City

• INFiLED opens new showroom and office in Barcelona

• MWC 2021, which has been scheduled for Jun 28-Jul 1 this year, at mercy of Spain's Covid situation

• Barcelona Port Authority to continue development of its LNG refuelling operations during 2021

• Spain launches low-cost bullet train between Barcelona and Madrid

Tech news in Spain:

• Uniphore acquires Spain-based Emotion Research Lab

• IBM and Telefónica double down on tech partnership in enterprise hybrid cloud push

• Solar for self-consumption keeps growing in Spain

• Spain to pore over IFM's 5 billion euro bid for stake in Naturgy

• Spain’s first hydrogen train to feature Hexagon Purus technology

• Repsol joins international consortium to develop cutting-edge renewable hydrogen technology

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Spain outstrips gloomy economic forecasts in Q4 2020 with 0.4% growth

• Spanish unemployment rate reaches 16.13% at end of 2020

• Spain still divided over making FFP2 masks mandatory

Good Reads

• 5 reasons why Catalonia is Southern Europe’s connected vehicle hub

• “Barcelona holds all the cards to be a major player in the mobility of the future”, Carlos Buenosvinos, Head of SEAT:CODE

• How Inditex is refashioning its business model

• The Trials of Being a Young Start-up Founder

• The Gamestop Saga Exposes Wall Street’s Inefficiencies

• Inspiring 1 million travellers monthly: eDreams Content Marketing approach

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit, CEO at MarsBased

• Interview with Jaime Jimenez of typs

Great Events

This week:

• Tue, 2 Feb @09:15: The power of micro influencers (ES)

• Wed, 3 Feb @09:00: How your tech ecosystem can be successful in attracting tomorrows unicorns

• Wed, 3 Feb @18:30: An Introduction to D3.js with CodeOp

• Thu, 4 Feb @18:00: StartupTalk: Crowdfunding success stories for your financing strategy (ES)

Upcoming:

• Wed, 10 Feb @18:00: Conector Talks with Albert Colmenero, COO at Kompyte 

• Wed, 10 Feb @18:30: An Introduction to Coding with CodeOp: HTML & CSS

• Mon-Fri, 12-16 Apr: 5th European Blockchain Convention 

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

Jobs

• Landbot is looking for a VP of Marketing

• Amenitiz is hiring a Sales Operations Manager

• Robotics is recruiting a Marketing Department Manager

• QMENTA is looking for a Commercial Operations Manager

• Signaturit is hiring a Head Of Partnerships

• Typeform is recruiting a Head of SEO

• Mr.Wonderful is looking for a CMO

• The Crowd Angel is hiring a Marketing Director

• Unnax is recruiting a:

• - Product Owner

• - Client Support Engineer

• - Deputy Technology Director