Hola i feliç Sant Jordi! We hope you're having a great day full of love, roses and books!

BIG-UPS:

First up, a big congratulations to our friends at Barcelona-born startup ClubKviar for their recent exit to US-based Resy! 

JOBS:

Don't miss these great new opportunities with local startups like Payfit, Scoot, Chilliprinting, LoveToKnow, ShoeSize.Me and more!

EVENTS:

The EU Startup Summit arrives tomorrow (Tuesday). You can see the final speaker line-up and attendee list here.

CALLS FOR STARTUPS:

MWC Barcelona is looking for 12 promising startups in the building industry for the upcoming BBTalks event in Barcelona. Apply until the 30th April here.

Barcelona Ventures is looking for 8 companies in Catalonia to accelerate in Silicon Valley between May and June. Apply by April 25th here.

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

Startup & Investment News

• US firm Resy acquires Barcelona startup ClubKviar

• Catalan startup Populetic closes €400K investment round

• Barcelona startup Dental Residency raises €300K

• Open Cosmos, a British space startup launched by an alumni of Polytechnic University of Catalonia raises €5,6M

• Barcelona-based startup Glovo prepares for fresh €80M investment round to boost their expansion plans

• Eventbrite acquires Spanish ticketing platform Ticketea

• Barcelona VC firm ABAC Capital acquires food chain Tommy Mel's for €10M

• Barcelona-based VC firm Inveready invests in VozTelecom

• Revolut introduces a new feature for saving money, with similar functionality to Barcelona startup Saveboost

• Barcelona Tech City forms yet another partnership, this time with social crowdfunding platform Migranodearena

• Kenko Health Accelerator launches its programme with 5 digital health startups from Catalonia

• Nuclio Weekend is launching its 4th edition in Barcelona at the end of May & is looking for entrepreneurs to join

• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

Tech News

• Spain was ranked amongst leading countries in terms of density of robot workers

• Smart roads could reduce accidents by 90%: Catalonia is set to run a pilot project on the AP-7 highway

• Spain continues its economic recovery, surpasses Italy in GDP per capita

• Where have Catalan companies moved their registered offices since the start of the political crisis?

• Tourism industry demands more governmental action to promote the city of Barcelona

• Catalan Cava producer Codorniu could be valued at around €225M as they consider opening up to external investors

• Might Barcelona lose its Formula 1 event after 2019?

• BBVA to invest $50M into Chinese venture capital fund focused on AI

• Infojobs now allows users to apply via Twitter using specific hashtags

• In anticipation of a possible Tribunal Supremo ruling that could favour Uber & co, the Government passes a new law to protect taxi industry

Good Reads

• How TravelPerk Raised $21M Round B

• How to find great content marketing writers for tech startups

• "We want to develop Madrid's entrepreneurship ecosystem to the same level as Barcelona's", J. Esteban, CEO of THECUBE

Great Events This Week

• Mon, 23 Apr @ 19:00: Scaling Your Data Architecture

• Tue, 24 Apr: EU Startups Summit 2018 

• Tue, 24 Apr @ 9:30: Hackathon #GoDesign Barcelona

• Wed, 25 Apr @ 18:30: Workshop on Elevator Pitch

• Thu, 26 Apr @ 19:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs

• Thu, 26 Apr @ 19:00: Mobile Perspectives

See the full event calendar

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Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Scoot Networks is recruiting a:

• LoveToKnow Media is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer

• PayFit Espana is hiring a:

• ShoeSize.Me is seeking a Content Marketing Manager

See the full job board here.