Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend!

Finally some cash getting splashed around in 2018! Madrid's Cabify turned heads last week with a massive €160M injection, while Barcelona's Onna and Clintu announced new investments as well.

We're into the final week of January, which means the Mobile World Congress is just around the corner. As usual, Barcinno is putting together a list of the finest off-MWC Parties & Events for the 2018 edition.

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Startup & Investment News

• Cabify closes $160M investment round, at a $1.4B valuation

• Spanish sunglasses startup Hawkers receives €20M but loses one of its founders

• Barcelona legal tech startup Onna lands a $5M investment

• Spanish startup Playtomic secures €2,5M investment round

• Barcelona's digital house-cleaning platform Clintu gets €1M

• Catalan startup MJN Neuroserveis raises €750K for device that helps predict epileptic attacks

• Spanish startup Brubaker closes €700K investment round

• Barcelona video gaming startup Playstark lands €520K

• Barcelona boat-rental platform Nautal acquires British firm Incrediblue

• Barcelona fintech organization Kantox strikes up partnership with Bellin

• Crowdcube raised €7,1M for 21 startups in Spain in 2017

• Barcelona sports e-commerce firm Deporvillage grew revenue by 60% in 2017 to reach €35M

• Kenko Health Accelerator opens applications for digital health startups

Tech News

• Barcelona's position as Spain's main startup hub confirmed again: it hosts 34% of national startups & attracts 58% of investment

• ICF, the Catalan public financial entity, invested €2,5M in 16 startups in 2017

• 'Candy Crush' moves to Barcelona: Game developer King acquires office space in @22 building

• Uber Eats to launch in Barcelona in the coming weeks

• SEAT launches Connected Mobility Ventures, a new platform to foster digital innovation projects

• Mobile World Congress has contributed over €3,8B to Barcelona's GDP in 12 years

• 4YFN returns to Barcelona in February, bringing together international entrepreneurship talent

• Spain closes 2017 at a 16,55% unemployment rate after a slight increase in the last quarter

• Amazon reduces workforce in Barcelona after festive period ends

Good Reads

• Mobile World Congress Parties & Events Guide for 2018

• 9 biggest myths about content marketing for startups

• An overview of Spain's proptech industry

• A look at Spain's health industry: 'biotech' & disruptive models

Great Events This Week

• Mon, 29 Jan @ 18:30: VivaTour Barcelona – Empowering Innovation between leaders and startups

• Mon, 29 Jan @ 19:00: CEOtalks with Alex Puig, CEO of Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem

• Tue, 30 Jan @ 11:30: UPC TelecomBCN Deep Learning

• Tue, 30 Jan @ 19:00: Blockchain for Good

• Wed, 31 Jan @ 18:00: Crowdfunding Lab #LetsDoIt Barcelona

• Thu, 1 Feb @ 19:00: Talk with Jean-Sébastien Wallez, co-founder and CEO of Peter

• Fri, 2 Feb @ 19:00: E2I Barcelona: The Challenge Of Energy Storage

• See the full event calendar here.