Hello and happy Monday! It's September and we're here to welcome you back with a healthy dose of no-deal Brexit anxiety, sensational hurricane coverage and a monster inbox of unread emails. Just kidding - here's the skinny on Barcelona startup news this week:

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

Startup & Investment News

Investment news

• Barcelona startup Polaroo secures a €500K funding

• August closes with €13.5M of investment in startups

M&A news

• Eurofirms to acquire Barcelona recruitment app CornerJob

Startups news

• Barcelona projected VR company Broomx featured in The New York Times

• Catalan startup Unlimited Engineering selected for Techstar Detroit's mobility startup accelerator program

• Barcelona startup ABLE selected as finalist for Premio Everis Espana

• Catalan firm eDreams grows revenues by 5% to reach €141,5M

• Barcelona startup Tappx records almost €20M in sales in spite of having raised just €600K

• Catalan startup Glovo is rolling-out "dark-supermarkets" - delivery-only convenience stores - from Tbilisi to Lisbon

• Barcelona fintech Kantox will activate its licenses as payment entity of the Bank of Spain in case of a no-deal Brexit

• Interesting overview of the "kicksharing" market in Europe, Spain and Barcelona

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• Spanish VC Asabys Partners boosts its life-science-focused fund with a €4.8M capital extension

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• Applications are now open for the 2020 cohort of Acumen Follows in Spain; you can apply until the 20th of October

• Lanzadera & Facsa from a partnership to promote entrepreneurs with innovative water management projects

• Lanzadera & Ribera Salud team up to accelerate entrepreneurial health projects

Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:

• Akiles: manage your accesses intelligently and use your mobile to open the door of your home or business

• Glovo: "In Spain, we tend to 'kill' the companies that succeed", Oscar Pierre, CEO of Glovo

• Goin: the fintech that helps you save money easily and automatically

• Reby: your on demand, pay-per-ride electric scooter

• Verse: how did the fintech fare after throwing out its founders?

Tech News

• Barcelona was featured in Startup Genome's Top 30 Global Startup Ecosystems for the first time

• One of Amazon’s distribution centres in Barcelona will be the first in Europe to use its Pegasus Drive robots

• Barcelona plans to start eliminating garbage containers in 2021 and replacing them with more effective systems

• IOTSWC (IOT Solutions World Congress) comes to Barcelona in October and will bring together 400 leading companies

Mobility & Tourism in Barcelona

• Cabify teams up with Movo to launch its motosharing service in Barcelona

• Barcelona reaches new July tourism record, 825K people visited the capital - a 5% increase

Newsworthy tech stories affecting all of Spain:

• Apple’s R&D budget has now reached the same level as Spain’s

• EU data reveals that Spain is the European country with the highest number of people working for digital platforms

• Spanish people have accumulated pension rights that reach 270% of Spain's GDP; this rate is lower than the EU average, with countries like Austria & France reaching figures of 350%+

• Airbnb has not made rentals in Spain more expensive

• The Spanish Government wants to install a security system to shield the main institutions from the threat of drones

• The European insurance sector is set to lose up to a third of its premiums by 2025 due to the arrival of autonomous cars, according to BBVA Research

• El Corte Ingles is set to launch its mobile app this year

Good Reads

• What has been done right in Spain to help the local startup ecosystem?

• The explosion of start-ups in Spain: from apartments and cars to weddings and trips

• The digital transformation of Valencia CF: “Whatever the club offers, you will have it in your pocket”

Good Videos

• Barcelona Tech City featured on TV (skip to: 22:35)

Great Events

This Week

• Tue, 3 Sep @18:00: The future of sport goes through technology

• Tue, 3 Sep @18:30: Facebook & Instagram Ads MasterClass with Patrick Wind

• Thu, 5 Sep @09:15: Marketplace of the Solutions Industry 4.0

• Thu, 5 Sep @18:00: IndieHackers Barcelona #2 with Mathilde Leo

• Thu, 5 Sep @19:00: Agile for Product Manager: How to constantly deliver value

Next Week

• Tue, 10 Sep @19:00: #OpenUXER: Service Design Executive Barcelona

• Wed-Fri, 11-13 Sep: future music forum

• Thu, 12 Sep @18:30: Proven strategies to get customers for your startup

• Thu, 12 Sep @19:00: Fuckup Nights Barcelona | September 2019 (Vol. XXII)

• Thu-Fri, 12-13 Sep: API Days Barcelona

See the full event calendar here.

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Global Elite Pay is recruiting a Personal Assistant (Bilingual)

• Chimpy is hiring a Business Developer

• Marfeel is looking for a Front End Jedi

• Bourbon Creative is hiring a Digital Marketer

See the full job board here.