Hello and happy...Tuesday! We hope you enjoyed a great La Mercé holiday weekend!

It's a big week if you're into the brave new world of blockchain technology:

First, don't miss "The Future of Blockchain" event tonight at Valkiria Hub.

Then on Wednesday, Startup Grind hosts Alex Puig of Caelum Labs and founder of the annual Digital Currency Summit.

Lastly, you can still save 25% on your EU Blockchain Convention passes with the code BARCINNO-MEMBERS

Ok, that's it for me. Have a great week and we'll see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

• US firm Certify acquires Catalan startup Captio for €25M

• Spanish startup Copado secures a €7.5M investment round

• Barcelona startup Tapp Water lands a €2M investment

• Spanish cybersecurity startup Hdiv Security raises €850K

• Barcelona startup Eelp! closes a €550K investment round

• Legaltech startup Bigle Legal secures a €400K investment

• Barcelona startup & new beer brand La Pirata lands €150K

• Catalan startup MusicList secures a €135K funding round

• Barcelona CRM startup ForceManager acquires Sellf

• Barcelona startup ABA English expands to China

• Catalan startup Verse announces new product called Groups

• Spanish courts rule that Glovo's distributors are not "fake self-employed" workers

• Italian courts also ruled in favour of Glovo over workers issue

• Uber is exploring buying one of Glovo's main competitors, Deliveroo, for $2B

• La Salle-URL and the Zona Franca Consortium create a new accelerator program for logistics startups

• New VC fund Base10 Partners, launched by Spanish entrepreneur Adeyemi Ajao, raises $137M

• Iñaki Echave and Mateo Pániker launch new VC fund 'Ventura Equity Partners' and want to raise €500M

• InnoEnergy launches a call for electrical storage startups

• Five Spanish startups among the best in the world in edtech innovation

• ASICS announces the first 5 sports startups joining their new accelerator program in Barcelona

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

- VadeBike: tech that will stop your bike from being stolen

- SocialDiabetes: the best app for better diabetes care

- iGrid: making grid automation easy with smart solutions

Tech News

• 17% of Spanish startups obtain a positive ebitda

• The director of innovation of Team USA chooses Barcelona to open a technology consultancy

• Wayra wants to focus on more mature startups and on firms that align closer to Telefónica's business strategy in the future

• Andrés Saborido, Director of Spain, gives more information about Wayra's new strategy

• 4YFN just held its first edition in Los Angeles

• BBVA and La Caixa crowned the best ranked mobile apps amongst Spanish banks

• One out of ten Spanish companies analyzes 'big data' and employs robots

• Indra is strengthens its 'smart mobility' focus with the creation of a new business department

• Banco Santander partners with Garmin to enable mobile payments through their 'smartwatch'

• Drivy collaborates with Bicing to offer people who share their car with others a free annual Bicing membership

Good Reads

• The Pros and Cons of Basing Your Company in Barcelona (article on Entrepeneur about local startup TravelPerk)

• Why Barcelona has become the Mecca of technology startups

Great Events This Week

• Tue, 25 Sep @ 18:00: Unlocking creativity. Design thinking for innovation

• Tue, 25 Sep @ 18:30: The Future of Blockchain

• Wed, 26 Sep @ 18:30: Startup Grind BCN hosts Alex Puig

• Wed, 26 Sep @ 19:00: Infosession: IMPACT Connected Car

• Thu, 27 Sep @ 17:00: eSalud. Retos y necesidades actuales de los profesionales

• Thu, 27 Sep @ 18:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs #31

• Thu, 27 Sep @ 19:00: SRE/DevOps: a tech journey to Rancher+Kubernetes

• Sat, 29 Sep @ 10:00: We Play: Barcelona’s Festival of Playful Digital Installations

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Xing is looking for a Senior Backend Developer

• Santiago Ways is recruiting an SEO Specialist

• OneCoWork is looking for a:

- People & Happiness Officer

- Interior & 3D Designer

- IT Technician

• Reloadly is hiring a Front-end Web Developer

• Prestalo is recruiting a Lead Developer

• Coinweb is looking for Blockchain Engineers

• My1Min is hiring a Front- and Back-End Web Developer

• IoMob is recruiting a Backend & Blockchain Engineer

See the full job board here.