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We hope you had a great weekend! We've got loads of news to cover this week, so let's get right to it.

Have a great week and take care of yourselves!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Biotech firm Ability Pharma secures a €1.6M investment

• Fintech startup bnc10 gets €600K via equity crowdfunding

• Pet food startup Kibus Petcare lands €350K

• Cleantech startup SIARQ raises €250K via Sociosinversores.com to launch SOLAR HUB and URBAN BRAIN

• Catalan public entity Avançsa allocates €15M to finance inovation projects

Barcelona Startup news

• Struggling e-voting startup Scytl was acquired by Service Point, part of Paragon Group

• AmRest sells its 7.5% stake in Glovo to German firm Delivery Hero for €76,15M (€1B valuation of Glovo)

• Fintech NoviCap finances more than €100M in invoices to more than 500 companies since the start of the pandemic

• Fintech Belvo expands to Brazil

• PURSANG launches 120km/h electric motorcycles with 3 batteries

• Badi introduces a deposit-free rental product

• Flower delivery startup Colvin is looking to include interior plants to its product offering

• Sports tech startup A-Champs launch official player development partnership with Sporting KC

• Bioo wins 2020 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge; the startup developed a unique way of generating electricity from plants’ photosynthesis that doesn’t damage them & is 100% renewable

• Moirai Biodesign develops a 'kit' to detect sepsis in three hours

Spanish investment news

• Valencian edtech startup Kokoro Kids gets €550K

• Madrid startup Heritae closes a €250K seed round

• Valencian venure management software startup Disocil lands €250K

• Madrid firm PINKs secures a €160K investment

• Madrid startup SamyRoad acquires UK firm Share Creative

VC, investment & crowdfunding news:

• VC Samaipata launches €100M fund to invest in seed-stage European platforms and marketplaces

• Barcelona VC Ysios Capital takes part in €44.5M investment round of Paris startup SparingVision

• Enzo Ventures secures a €300K investment and plans it first investments in early-stage startups led by young entrepreneurs

• Catalan VC THCap prepares the launch of a new fund to invest in startups

• Telefonica launches Telefonica Tech Ventures, a new investment vehicle focused on cybersecurity

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories:

• IMPACT EdTech announces the 25 startup & SMEs selected for its acceleration program

• Viladecans launches Airport 4.0, a program to encourage the creation of innovative companies in the airport sector

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews:

• Aniz: turning scraps from the bridal industry into trendy tops

• Millor Battery: modular batteries for electric buses and trucks

• Kontrak: contract drafting platform for anyone without legal knowledge

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona:

• Catalonia begins a six-month race to secure €30B grant from EU

• Sabadell, KPMG, Cuatrecasas, Deloitte & Red Points join forces to launch Europe's first global 'legaltech' hub in Europe (based Barcelona) to transform the legal sector

• SCEWCFira Barcelona ready for SmartCityLive, this year’s urban innovation event

• Catalan telco Cellnex enters the Polish market with an investment of €800M

• Barcelona port authority uses blockchain for its remote elections

Tech news in Spain:

• Spain's Labour Inspection forces Amazon to hire 4.000 Amazon Flex drivers as employees

• LaLiga launches virtual watch parties with LiveLike

• Repsol plans to construct advanced biofuels plant in Spain

• Europcar Mobility Group is strengthening its alliance with Telefonica and Geotab for rolling out its Connected Cars program

Politics, Legal & Economics

• Fintech sandbox law in Spain has finally been approved and will come into affect next year

Good Reads

• "My experience as a Glovo rider", by José A del Moral

• => CEO & Co-Founder replied to José's article above via a series of Tweets

• Europe’s startups battle Airbnb for digital nomad market

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Podcast with Rafael Fontana, President of Cuatrecasas (ES)

• Podcast with Miguel Anton, CEO of Elma Care (ES)

Great Events

This Week:

• Wed, 28 Oct @18:00: StartupGrind BCN: Reshaping the Real Estate Industry, with Carlos Pierre (CEO & Founder @ Badi)

• Wed, 28 Oct @18:30: Online Barcelona Recruitment Pitch Day

• Wed, 28 Oct @19:00: CodeOp Fireside Chats: Rural Innovation with Sote Hub Entrepreneurs

• Thu, 29 Oct @09:00: Barcelona Health Hub Summit

• Thu, 29 Oct @10:30: Fundraising During & Post Covid-19

• Thu, 29 Oct @18:30: Startup Funding: Cómo Obtener Capital en Barcelona (online)

Upcoming:

• Tue, 3 Nov @19:00: Female Founders: Ask me Anything with Aimie-Sarah Carstensen

• Thu, 5 Nov @17:00: B-Talks: Casos de Éxito Emprendedor · Xavier Casajoana

• Thu, 5 Nov @18:30: Sesión Informativa del Founder Institute Barcelona (online)

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

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

Jobs

• 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 looking for a Digital Marketing Manager LATAM

• Factorial is recruiting a Head of Marketing

• Wallbox is hiring a Head of Digital Marketing B2B