Hello and happy Monday,

Today's main headlines:

• BCN startups raise €10M+ across 5 operations 💰

• FC Barcelona launches NFT ⚽

• French fintech Qonto expands BCN HQ 🏢

BCN FinTech - The new home for the FinTech community in Catalonia 🏠

BCN FinTech, which organizes the regular BCN FinTech Afterwork event series, launches a new Linkedin page to unite the local fintech ecosystem. Their aim is to foster the Barcelona FinTech community to showcase the leading players and key trends driving the sector.

Join the community now here.

Have a great week and stay cool 🌬

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Medtech Newborn Solutions gets €5.6M after making first cut of the 2022 EIC Accelerator call

• Travel tech Caravelo receives €3M to strengthen its competitiveness and develop new functions

• Travel tech startup 51Trips lands €642K to boost growth

• AtG Therapeutics bags €556K 

• Deep tech startup Process Talks get €250K from Grow VP

• Fashion brand Brava Fabrics launch €500K crowdfunding round on La Bolsa Social 

Barcelona startup news

• Reverse logistics startup Rever has joined the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator programme (S 22) after just four months in existence

• Fintech Unnax launches the reportedly first Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform in Spain

• Manina Medtech develop instant test using AI algorithms to increase the chances of in-vitro pregnancy

• Wallbox wins Empresas con Aura prize for pushing the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the labour market

• IGP Poma de Girona, Applus IDIADA & Elem Biotech win Catalunya Impacta awards

• MetaSoccer, from the Catalan studio Champion Games, becomes a top 3 Polygon-blockchain-based game in the world based on transaction volume

• Eleva Desk, a direct to consumer flex-desk, is the latest company born out of Ecommerce AddVentures

Spanish investment news

• Madrid food tech startup Cuyana closes €3M seed round

• Galician startup Libera Bio closes a €1.3M seed round

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Biohub launches Biozell Ventures, a new Spanish investment company that focuses on Life Science projects

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Mahou San Miguel’s Barlab Ventures project open RethinkYourDrink, a challenge to find the drink of the future; apply until Sept 5

• ICT accelerator SeedRocket is relaunching its Campus for Entrepreneurs program; apple until Sept 12

• EU launches 2nd edition of Women TechEU with €10M for 130 women-led deeptech startups; apply until Oct 4 

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Metrickal: New digital consulting concept for startups & companies by ex-Mox directors

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• FC Barcelona has announced the launch of its first standalone NFT. Collaborating with BCN Visuals

• French fintech Qonto will expand its Barcelona HQ and invest €100M in Spain

• Catalan grocery store Ametller Origen invests in "seed" startup to develope new type of tomato

• Barcelona-based firm Enerside Energy lands €6M from inveready to accelerate their growth

Tech & big company news in Spain:

• Telefonica and Ericsson pioneer end-to-end automated network slicing in 5G

• Dutch 'High-Tech' reforestation company starts wildfire in Spain

Politics, legal & economics

• Spain’s government to present a draft law as soon as next week for its new tax on banks

Good Reads

• 10 young founders taking Europe’s startup scene by storm

• Sifted’s list of the European tech companies still hiring in the downturn

• 3 Ukrainian entrepreneurs launch VC firm to boost the country’s tech scene

• 10 super fast-growing Barcelona startups to watch in 2022 and beyond 

• Logistics in e-commerce: the core competence that drives your business

Good Videos & Podcasts

• How to build a billion-dollar travel platform with TravelPerk’s Avi Meir (EN)

• Frictionless development at scale, with Pau Minoves, CTO at Typeform (EN)

• From Airbnb to BCN-based Zazume: digitizing residential rental with Jeroen Merchiers (ES)

• Using AI to care for patients with Tucuvi’s María González (ES)

• ​​Starting a business “almost unintentionally” in Australia, with Marta Caparrós, CEO & Founder at YouTOOProject (ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Thu, 28 Jul @18:30: Pitch to Investors by Itnig + Networking

Upcoming:

• Tue, 23 Aug @19:00: Open Coffee Startup Networking. Open conversations about startup life & fun

• Wed, 28 Sept @18:30: BCN FinTech Afterwork #003

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

Jobs

• Bourbon Creative is hiring Freelance Content Writers (Native English, 100% remote)

• OneCoWork is looking for a Junior Accountant

• Unnax is hiring a Marketing Intern

• inbestMe is recruiting a Digital Marketing Specialist

• Netcentric is looking to fill several IT positions

• Novicap is recruiting an Associate Legal Counsel

• Prestalo is hiring a: Fullstack Developer

• Riverbed Technology is hiring a Digital Sales Representative - UK&I