Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a massive Q4! Here are a few key events to make sure you finish the year strong:

This Wednesday, social media ads pro Patrick Wind is hosting a special FB ads masterclass to prepare your eCommerce business for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Save 50% with the code: barcinno

STARTUP GRIND BCN!

The 2nd edition of the Startup Grind Barcelona Conference returns on November 14th. Secure your ticket now at a 50% discount using the exclusive Barcinno members code: BarcinnoRocks

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

Lastly, TechCrunch Disrupt arrives in Berlin at the end of November. Find out what makes it a must-attend event for Spanish entrepreneurs, startups and investors.

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

Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona biotech startup Minoryx Therapeutics raises €21.3M

• Catalan startup Talent Clue lands a €4M investment round

• Barcelona startup Nautal secures a €2,2M funding round

• Catalan startup Parlem raises €750K through crowdfunding

• Spanish startup BebedeParís receives a €520K investment

• Spanish firm ValueCar lands a €320K investment round

• Catalan startup Travelperk sets sights on UK & Germany expansion before entering the US market in the long-run

• Barcelona startup Tappx appoints Fernando Saiz as new CMO

• Spanish startups have already raised over €1,2B this year

• 22% of Spanish startup founders are women

• Capital Cell to invest €4,3M in health & biotech startups in 2018

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• - bnc10: Barcelona's first local neobank

• - AllWomen.tech: AI education center for women

• - OhMyBox!: rentable storage rooms next to your flat

• - thebluedots: AI device to monitor agricultural lands

• - Greencustomers: reducing energy usage in hotels by 23%

Tech News

• Telefónica and 5GBarcelona to invest €2M/year into new open laboratory to turn the city into a 5G innovation hub

• New VTC regulations have been approved, but neither the taxi industry nor Cabify, Uber & co seem entirely supportive

• Ada Colau and the Chamber of Commerce bet on Pedro Fontana to become the new president of the Fira Barcelona

• The Spanish Ministry of Labor is investigating whether Amazon's usage of freelancers for deliveries is legal

• Amazon is trying to sell their logistics center in El Prat

• El Corte Inglés to offer its 2-hour online deliveries nationwide

• German fintech company N26 plans to have 1 million clients in Spain and strike their first commercial partnerships by 2020

• Insights into the best-paid digital jobs in Spain

• Public entity Red.es aims to invest €10M over the next four years to explore 'multicloud' systems to improve operations

Good Reads

• Why TechCrunch’s Disrupt 2018 Is the Place to Be For Spanish Startups

• "Hypergrowth without focusing too much on revenues", interview with Bad0's CMO & co-founder Álvaro Córdoba

• Insights into the conditions of Amazon's corporate jobs in Spain

Great Events This Week

• Wed, 3 Oct @ 19:00: BlackFriday Facebook Ads - eCommerce 

• Wed, 3 Oct @ 18:45: Dos and Don’ts of Data Visualization

• Thu, 4 Oct @ 18:30: Espresso: Present and Future of the Android Automation

• Thu, 4 Oct @ 18:30: How to get the media to talk about your startup

• Fri, 5 Oct @ 8:00: International HR Conference Barcelona

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

See the full job board here.