Hello & happy MWC-week!

Today's main headlines:

• MWC is here & kicks off an in-person event today

• Heura gets €16M after raising €4M earlier this month

• Barcelona Tech City is now called Tech Barcelona

Have a great week and see you out there!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Foodtech start-up Heura lands € 16M; this comes after raising €4M via a crowdfunding round earlier this month

• X1 Wind has secured a €2.5M grant to launch its first commercial floating wind energy project

• Fintech startup TradEAsy opens €100K investment round via Startupxplore crowdfunding platform; at the time of writing it already secured 76% of its funding goal

Barcelona startup news

• Glovo signs a partnership with on-site tech-support platform TechBuddy

• Next-gen sports nutrition start-up SCOOP launches world’s first protein shake in compostable pods

• Moirai Biodesign creates a best-in-class synthetic RNA design software

• Wisar launches the first global academy to boost online freelancing skills

Spanish startup news

• Securitize, a US-startup launched by Spaniard & ex-manager of Telefonica Digital Carlos Domingo, closes a €40M series B funding round

• Madrid-based Energy Solar Tech lands €2M

• Pamplona-based Sodena grants a loan of €800K to event hotels

• Madrid startup LavanApp closes a €700K round to start its expansion through Barcelona and Seville

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Nina Capital launches a €40M fund aimed at early-stage health startups

• Seaya Ventures raises €137M for its third fund

• Miura partners publish its fourth ESG report with the focus on impact

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• SeedRocket seeks 10 startups for its 26th Entrepreneurs Campus; apply until 20 Sep

• Health 2.0 Basque opens call for startups and health institutions; apply until 20 Sep

• Valencia-based GoHub launches The Global Water Challenge with up to €3M investment per startup for the best water solutions; apply until 30 Sep

• Spanish Porcinnova accelerator celebrates its third InfoDay

• Tucuvi wins the third edition of La Nave's acceleration program

• VRTECH announces the prestigious judging panel & opens public voting for this year’s VRTECH Startup Competition

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• MySolarEnergy: an initiative to supply sustainable energy materials and solutions

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Barcelona Tech City rebrands into Tech Barcelona

• Oracle is committed to promoting services to startups and their hubs in Barcelona and Malaga this year

• Barcelona Digital Talent will award more than 700 scholarships to promote digital training

MWC Special

• Barcelona showcases Catalonia’s ICT sector at the 2021 edition of the Mobile World Congress

• CaixaBank is highly active at MWC and at 4YFN in its commitment to innovation

• Cellnex to present latest 5G projects at MWC21

• Samsung's MWC event will be about the future of smartwatches

• Telefónica will participate at MWC’s entrepreneurship event with more than 30 startups and a dozen meetings

Tech news in Spain:

• Sanitas launches Future Health, a space to share knowledge about digital health

• Ironhack announces partnership with UAX

• Telefonica set to try out a 4-day work week for 6 months

• Banco Sabadell is open to selling its British unit TSB

Politics, Legal & Economics

• The government approves €98.5M financing for SMEs and innovative entrepreneurship

• New VAT for e-commerce. Are you ready for changes starting 1st July?

Good Reads

• Report: The ICT sector in Barcelona-Catalonia, onwards and upwards

• How to hire senior developers: Give them more autonomy

• Establishing a Framework for European Digital Identity

• Guide to making an Investor Deck [ES]

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Rebeca Pérez, CEO & Founder at Inviertis at Startup Grind Mataró [ES]

• Interview with François Derbaix, cofounder & CEO of Indexa Capital [ES]

• Podcast: Seven years of MarsBased - Q&A with the founders

Great Events

This week:

• Mon, 28 Jun - Thu, 1 Jul: MWC 2021

• Wed, 30 Jun @15:00: Blockchain beyond the hype – BlockStart startups 2nd Demo Day

• Thu, 1 Jul @15:00: Female Founders Startup Accelerator – Grow F Demo Day #5

Upcoming:

• 7 Jul: Startup Grind: Adjusting your business to the post-pandemic world

• 7-8 Jul: Affiliate World Europe

• 8-18 Jul: Automobile Barcelona

• 16-18 Nov: Smart City Expo World Congress

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

Jobs

• Camelia Beauty is recruiting an Account Manager

• PayRetailers are hiring a COO

• BMAT Music Innovators are looking for a CTO

• Netcentric is recruiting a UX Strategist

• Samaipata is hiring an Associate

• Domestika is recruiting a Director of SEO

• Doctoralia is hiring an Operations Analyst

• Gorillas is recruiting a Partnerships Manager

• Outbound People is looking for a Senior Account Executive- German Market