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Today we're keeping it short so let's get right into it.

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Digital mental healthcare startup Telefónica Alpha raises €14M & becomes Koa Health

• United Gamers closes a €150K funding round

• MedTech startup Inbrain Neuroelectrics receives investment from Banco Sabadell’s BSTARTUP

Barcelona Startup news

• Petcare startup Mascoteros featured in a list of Europe’s most promising petcare startups

• Sharify introduces online events and safe offline events in response to pandemic and latest confinement rules in Spain

• Valy Cosmetics expands to UAE

Spanish investment news

• Seville-based startup Galgus closes a €2,5M funding round

• Elche startup Emxys lands €2M

• Vigo startup ALiCE Biometrics gets €1.5M

• San Sebastian-based biomedical tech startup Naru Intelligence Solutions receives €1M

• Madrid crowdfunding platform WECITY raises € 700K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Madrid firm Fanemotional launches new €6M investment vehicle to invest in sports tech and fan engagement projects

• Venture capital fund: K Fund opens an office in Barcelona

• All Iron Ventures launches Spain’s largest debut fund at €66.5M

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• IBM and Lanazdera team up to help startups scale up their tech

• Tecniospring INDUSTRY is looking for tech-based firms; apply until 16 Nov

• EADA is looking for projects for their Market Assessment Programme; apply until 25 Nov

• Enel opens call for ReShape, a new challenge aimed at improving the automation of the operation and management of renewable energy plants; apply until 30 Nov

• The Danish biotech startup Kaffe Bueno, incubated in La Salle Technova (Barcelona), closes an investment round of  €1M

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Freshly Cosmetics: natural and healthy cosmetics

• Onna: centralizing data from your favorite apps to deliver a streamlined, simplified search & management experience in one place

• Red Points: the online counterfeits detector that conquered Silicon Valley

• Vilynx: the firm Apple bought for €42M

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Flying taxis set to make their Barcelona debut in 2022

• DigitalPA establishes office in Barcelona to expand its whistleblowing software

• German company G+D creates 60 jobs in Catalonia to boost its R+D center for 5G projects

• Catalonia aims to construct the most important digital port in the Mediterranean 

Tech news in Spain:

• The fintech sandbox has finally been approved by Spain

• Spanish banking sector plans to lay off more than 15,000 people amidst low profitability and mergers

• Renault to cut production in Spain as crisis impacts on demand

• Vodafone Spain, Cellnex launch 5G-based smart agriculture trial

• The Spanish government introduces law to regulate the activity of delivery drivers for companies like Glovo and Deliveroo

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Spain's property prices to see Europe's biggest drop and then rise in just one year

Good Reads

• Why does Barcelona’s startup ecosystem continue growing?

• How can the Spanish public sector digitize and modernize?

• Benchmarking the Pricing Strategy of 100+ Subscription Based Mobile Apps

• Time for a new social contract for the gig economy?

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Flo Broderick, VP of marketing at CARTO

• Interview with Anna Gener, CEO at Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona, about 'Collaboration with large corporations and the future of the real estate sector' (ES)

• Interview with Julien Truchan, Co-founder at Benighted about the present and future of the music industry

• What are the differences between investing in Spain and in LATAM? 

Great Events

This Week:

• Mon-Fr, 9-13 Nov: VII S2B Impact Forum

• Tue-Thu, 10-12 Nov: Formnext – Where ideas take shape

• Wed, 11 Nov @19:00: CodeOp Fireside Chats: Rural Innovation with Sote Hub Entrepreneurs

Upcoming:

• Tue-Wed, 17-18 Nov: Smart City Live

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

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

• 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

• 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)

• itnig is hiring for a Digital Marketing Manager LATAM