Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a great Sant Joan weekend!

I've officially returned from the baby break - Luca James Mackin arrived healthy and happy in May and we couldn't be happier! I'm back in the saddle, ready to deliver the latest news in Barcelona tech & startups again! Let's go:

First up, Catalunya Emprèn is organizing the Barcelona Startup City Seminar next week (July 2nd-5th). This can't-miss event will bring together the main players from our local ecosystem and offer a great forum to connect in a casual atmosphere. You can find more information here or book your free ticket here.

For anyone searching for a new project, Techstars is teaming up with Google for Entrepreneurs to host Startup Weekend Barcelona Social Impact from July 6th-8th at Pier01. Barcinno readers enjoy 20% discount with the code: BARCINNO.

Lastly, our friends at OneCoWork are opening their new Plaça Catalunya location in just a few days! Barcinno readers get a 30% discount on membership, so if you want a sneak peak at Barcelona's new 5-star coworking space, book a free tour here.

They're also seeking an experienced Social Media Manager for their rapid expansion plans - please spread the word!

Have a great week and we'll see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

• Spanish HR firm Jobandtalent receives a €10M loan

• Barcelona startup Science Bits secures a €2,5M investment

• Barcelona startup Carethy gets €500K for 10% of equity

• Spanish firm Plan&go closes a €150K investment round

• Barcelona fintech Instant Credit acquired by InnoCells, Banco Sabadell's hub for digital ventures

• Barcelona startup Signaturit signs agreements with Axa and DAS and is looking for €5M in funding

• Catalan startup Parlem opens €750K investment round

• With the World Cup in full swing, Catalan football players & their startups are making headlines:

• Barcelona startup BROOMX wins first prize at Sonar+D

• Spanish startup Cabify considers eventually going public

• Catalan startup Glovo continues its rapid expansion, opens new markets in four continents in less than two months

• Ulabox' project with Mercat del Ninot in Barcelona receives an award from AECOC at VII Premios Shopper Marketing

• Kantox is looking into opening its capital to banks

• Barcelona blockchain-based energy platform FlexiDao joins ACCIONA's accelerator program

• Paris fintech Payfit opens a 300m² office in Barcelona

• 10 industrial startups join local accelerator IQS Next Tech to get their prototypes production-ready in six months

• Spanish crowdfunding platform The Crowd Angel and KPGM form a partnership to boost startup growth

• The first edition of AI Saturdays in Spain arrives in Barcelona

• Barcelona and Kyoto exchange startups to improve the connections between the two ecosystems

• The Fòrum d’Inversió 2018 took place last week, and here's a round up of all 50 startups selected to participate

• There are currently 12 open calls for startups in Spain

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

Tech News

• Barcelona ranked amongst the top 5 global cities for workers

• Barcelona IT & tech talents earn the highest salary in Spain

• Spain loses further ground and falls to number 32 of 63 in latest digital competitiveness ranking

• Telefónica is 'without coverage' in the center of Barcelona

• Catalan trade marketing service firm Caher has a new investor as Suma Capital acquires 30% of stakes

• Biomedical companies in Catalonia attracted €102M in investment in 2017

• Siemens, Lufthansa & Glaxo to participate in third edition of IN(3D)USTRY in October in Barcelona

• Spanish economy slows to 0.7% growth rate in Q2 of2018

• After a statement and ongoing strikes, Amazon has reopened negotiations with workers' unions in Spain

• Google launches several new products & features in Spain:

• Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service launch in Spain

• LaLiga strengthens its fight against piracy and founds its own technology company

Good Reads

• Barcelona Startup City Seminar Unites Barcelona’s Startup Ecosystem

• The 7 most advanced Spanish startups of the moment

• Overview of active neobanks and challenger banks in Spain

Great Events This Week

• Wed, 27 Jun @ 16:00: LABs Demo Day Ship2B

• Wed, 27 Jun @ 18:30: Startup Grind BCN with Len Shneyder

• Thu, 28 Jun @ 19:00: AI for your business, with Alessandro Pregnolato, Director of Analytics at Typeform

• Thu, 28 Jun @ 19:30: Levantando rondas de financiación con Lavin Luis

• Fri, 29 Jun @ 19:00: Conferencia de iniciación a las Criptomonedas, Inversiones y Blockchain

See the full event calendar

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Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Mondo is looking for a Full-stack developer

• Toucan Toco is recruiting a Business Developer

• Reactivation Group is hiring a Technical Project Manager

• OneCoWork is seeking a:

• Ideal Credit is looking for a Jr. PhP developer

See the full job board here.