Hello and happy Tuesday,

We hope you had a relaxing holiday weekend here in Spain and are ready for a big week! Plenty to cover today so let's dive right in.

Have a great week and take care of yourselves!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Orthodontics startup Impress raises €5M from TA Ventures, Bynd VC and Sabadell VC

• Tech startup Picker closes €1.3M funding round

• Proptech startup Kasaz raises €1.1M in funding

• AllRead MLT closes an investment round of €700K

• Fashion company Tropicfeel raises €680K in funding via Kickstarter

Barcelona Startup news

• Wallbox announces Supernova, a next generation fast public charger that offers greater efficiency and higher performance at half the cost

• Heura launches its products in the UK, with an estimated growth rate of 460% last year, the company is Europe's fastest growing plant-based company

• Ecommerce company Tradeinn grows sales by 40% in the past month

• Wallapop grew revenues by 20% to reach €16.5M in 2019, but recorded a loss of €6.3M

• Barcelona Building Construmat launches Tech Estate: a new platform to promote Real Estate and construction startups

Spanish investment news

• Madrid medtech startup Medlumics closes €14M funding round

• Madrid edtech startup Lingokids gets €8.5M

• Malaga-based AI startup Predictiva raises €2.4 in funding round from Swanlaab, CDTI and Banco Sabadell

• Galicia-based e-mobility startup Efimob gets €750K

• Biotech firm Universal DX launches a new financing round to raise €20M for groundbreaking early-stage cancer detection technology

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Enzo Ventures launches in Barcelona with the aim of widening access to early-stage seed funding for European startups

• Inveready liquidates its first investment fund with fantastic returns. A €15.5 million fund investing in 35 companies was launched in 2009, which has since generated 6.4 X ROI, which amounts to in excess of €100M

• U.S.-based Kibo Ventures launches a new AI and Big Data fund and are looking to invest up to €100M in health tech, education and fintech startups

• Miura Private Equity enters the health sector with investment in Catalan company Terrats Medical

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Acciona launches a contest for disruptive storage technologies for integration with renewables; apply until 31 Oct 2020

• Enel extends registration period for ReShape call to 30 Nov 2020 and includes two new challenges

• Revyoo a leading aggregator in the short-term rental industry wins 2020 VRTech award

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• BCN3D: democratizing 3D printing

• Whisbi: the SaaS tool that transforms the sales experience

• Gracia Catallina Piñero discusses the importance of accelerators in guiding entrepreneurs in the coming years.

• Carlota Pi, co-founder of Holaluz, discusses corporate culture, taking her company public, and the future of renewables.

Tech News

• Barcelona Tech City to launch new logistics & mobility-themed startup hub at Correo's old building

• SEAT begins construction on battery lab in Catalonia

• Catalonia becomes a hub for foreign investment, with the presence of international companies rising by 3% since 2018

• The European Blockchain Convention managed 2,500 interpersonal virtual interviews during a greatly successful virtual conference

Tech news in Spain:

• Netflix has a 50% market share in the Spanish VOD market according to estimates by Telefónica and Atresmedia

• MasMovil's growth is expected to slow down to 5% CAGR in the near future amidst fear of telco price wars according to PwC report

• Telefonica in talks to raise €5B for German fibre expansion

• New heights for renewable energy generation in Spain as solar leads growth

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Spain imposes a state of emergency on Madrid

• New taxes on big tech in Spain

Good Reads

• The 5 Spanish startups that have become a "unicorn"

• Characteristics that successful startups share

• Gonzalo Pérez del Arco of ​​American Express in EMEA discusses the faster payments industry's growth trajectory in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with James Bloodworth about the state of the gig economy, and conditions working undercover in a low-wage role at Amazon

• Interview with Mireia Vila about the management of international projects with leadership and empathy (ES)

Great Events

Upcoming:

• Wed, 14 Oct @ 16:00: F10 Spain Launch Event – Join the disruption

• Wed, 14 Oct @ 18:30: CodeOp Product Talks: A 101 Guide to Product Management with Quynh Phan, Product Manager @ Lyft

• Tue, 20 Oct @13:00: IQS Tech Factory Talk Series with Amnon Levav, Co-Founder, CIO & Innovation Facilitator at SIT

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