Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a relaxing weekend!

Just one more week (hopefully) until we can all enjoy and support our favorite restraurants, bars and gyms again. Until then, hang tough and take care of yourselves!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Legal tech startup Pridatect closes a €2.2M funding round

• Fintech startup Proppos lands €750K from Wayra and BStartup

• Proptech startup Clickalia receives an undisclosed investment from Mouro Capital

• Medtech startup Cebiotex opens a €600K funding round with Capital Cell

• Biopsy startup Flomics Biotech launches a €500K seed investment round

• Sportswear e-commerce retailer Fittest Freakest opens a €300K financing round through The Crowd Angel

• Agri-tech startup Rawdata opens an investment round on StartupXplore

• 9 Catalan clusters raise over €500K each from the European Commission in a drive for internationalization projects 

Barcelona Startup news

• Typs gets acquired by English fintech Hastee for an undisclosed fee

• Glovo launches Q-Commerce to ‘deliver anything’ in 30 minutes or less

• Crypto-converter and fintech startup Nebeus seeks funding through Seedrs crowdfunding platform in a bid for expansion

• AI manufacturing startup Bimetrics wins the 2020 Investment Forum

• Former executive chef at the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona launches Bentto, the world’s first virtual restaurant

Spanish investment news

• Galician online identity verification startup Alice Biometrics lands a €1.5M financing round

• San Sebastián-based biomedical software startup Naru Intelligence closes a €1M funding round managed by Clave Capital

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• VC firm Think Bigger Capital launches its first €30M fund

• VC firm ABAC Solutions launches Nuzoa - a venture in the animal health sector

• Portuguese VC firm Faber launches a €30M fund to invest in Iberian data software startups

• Ysios Capital announces the IPO of biotech firm Galecto Inc on the NASDAQ

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• F10's Barcelona incubation program opens call

• Enisa and Caixabank launch new edition of Premios EmprendedorXXI; apply until 4 Dec

• BerriUp launches 12th call of its acceleration program; apply until 13 Dec

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• mjn Neuro: an earpiece that assesses the risk of epileptic seizures

• Clubcontrol: sports club management app

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• A mix of public-private financing consolidates Barcelona’s position as a leading digital hu

• The Port of Barcelona sees a 21% drop in revenues and a 75% fall in profits this year as a result of the pandemic 

Tech news in Spain:

• Telefonica and Asti sign connected mobile robotics deal

• Digi, the low-cost Romanian telco operator wins 113,000 new contracts and boosts revenues by 41%, threatening their Spanish competitors

• French private equity fund Eurazeo is negotiating the sale of Spanish chemical company Iberchem for €800M

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Catalonia will de-escalate Coronavirus restrictions from 23rd November, but curfews will remain in place for months to come

• Government divided on what Coronavirus restrictions are necessary

Good Reads

• 26-Year-Old Programmer Built a $1B App In 2 Years

• The Essential Nature of In-Person Work For Early-Stage Startups

• How Great Founders Present Their Vision

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Inés Arroyo, entrepreneur and influencer

• Interview with Pedro Cámara, CEO & Co-Founder of TravelgateX

Great Events

This Week:

• Tue-Wed, 17-18 Nov: Smart City Live

• Wed, 18 Nov @18:00: BCN Startup Grind with Luis Martín Cabiedes of Cabiedes & Partners SCR

• Thu, 19 Nov @10:00: Circular Economy Hotspot Catalonia

• Thu, 19 Nov @17:00: B-Talks: Casos de Éxito Emprendedor · Adrià Munné

• Fri, 20 Nov @09:30: Women StartUp Challenge

• Sat, 21 Nov @10:30: Free CodeOp Workshop: Learn How to Code Part IV

Upcoming:

• Wed, 25 Nov @ 19:00: CodeOp Fireside Chat: Tech & Activism with Erin McElroy

• Thu, 3 Dec: Open Innovation Forum

• Tue-Thu, 8-10 Dec: IBTM World Virtual

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

Jobs

• Factorial is hiring a Head Of Marketing

• Unnax is looking for a Consultant Developer

• Microsoft is recruiting a Project Director

• Harbour Space University is hiring a Marketing Specialist

• Revolut is looking for a Growth Partnership Manager

• ElectricFeel is recruiting a Head Of Marketing (remote)