Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend!

Barcinno's latest guest article by Spencer Coon, co-founder of Hibox, showcases why one American entrepreneur chose BCN for his company HQ: Why Barcelona Is One Of The Best Cities For Startups Right Now

In case you missed Joshua Davis' amazing presentation on Painting With Sound last Thursday, you can re-watch it here.

Finally, if you're looking for a great party before you set out on summer break, don't miss Startup My Rooftop this Wednesday!

Ok, let's get into it! Have a great week and we'll see you out there!

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Startup & Investment News

• Ironhack raises $3M for its coding bootcamp

• Catalan fims SMALLE Technologies & Carinsa get over €2.5m in EU funding

• Barcelona startup Cliventa closes €375k investment round

• Catalonia-based startup Socialwibox secures €160k funding

• Catalan firm Glovo is negotiating a €20M investment round

• Catalan startup Zero 2 Infinity presents the final design of a pressurized pod that will bring humans to the edge of space

• EasyTravel wins 1st Airbnb Travel Tech Award in Barcelona

• Datumize takes home 3rd place at E-Qube Startup Challenge

• Barcelona firm CogniCor crowned 4th best chatbot provider

• GymForLess from Barcelona raises revenues by 145% in 2017

• Barcelona startup eFootball.Pro hires ex-MotoGP director

• Verse looks for 3 new directors for expansion to UK, FR & IT

• HUSK ventures decides to set up HQ in Barcelona, not UK

• An overview of the Barcelona Blockchain sector

• ACCIÓ to provide €1,5M in loans for Catalan tech startups

• Catalonia is Spain’s most attractive region for investors

• Private capital investment in startups in Spain fell by 18% in the first half of the year

• Spanish entrepreneurs cite elevated taxes as biggest challenge

• Barcelona startup profiles & interviews:

Tech News

• Barcelona Tech City celebrated 1-year anniversary of Pier01

• Rakuten closing in on details to open 500-1000 employee office in Barcelona

• Multinational payments collaborative sets up shop in Barcelona

• Barcelona: One of the best smart cities in Europe

• US fund invests €50M in Catalan dentist chain Institutos Odontológicos

• CDTI to invest €20M through NEOTEC program into technology and science projects in Spain

• Spanish project Smart Floating Farms aims to introduce the future of food production

• Shoppers at El Corte Inglés can now purchase goods with Samsung Pay

• Google Glass return to Spain, albeit for corporate under the name Glass Enterprise

• How Inditex is leveraging R&D to improve its products

• Outside Barcelona but still interesting: Elon Musk gets verbal approval for 30min Hyperloop between NY & Washington

Good Reads

• Why Barcelona Is One Of The Best Cities For Startups Right Now

• Want to see what having 40 different shareholders is like? The secrets of Jobandtalent Holding Limited

• What happens in the Barcelona startup ecosystem and why?

• Watch out Silicon Valley: Barcelona is here to Stay

• Barcelona isn’t the new Silicon Valley – and that’s a good thing

• Inbound marketing with Restb.ai head of growth Tim Cakir: How to change your B2B/B2C mindset (Video)

• Catalonia plans an independence vote whether Spain lets it or not (The Economist)

• Rajoy is cutting it fine with his Catalonian intervention (Financial Times)

Great Events This Week

• Mon, 24 July @ 18:30: Beyond Teams: Organizational Maturity (Agile-Barcelona-Meetup)

• Tue, 25 July @ 09:30: Machine Learning, AI

• Wed, 26 July @ 15:30: Dragon Dreaming

• Wed, 26 July @ 18:00: Startup my Rooftop

• Wed, 26 July @ 18:30: Dribbble BCN Summer Meetup

• Thu, 27 July @ 18:30: Introducción al Machine Learning

• Thu, 27 July @ 19:00: Law for entrepreneurs, Teimour Agaev

• Fri, 28 July @ 19:00: Developing an Engaging Culture

See the full event calendar here

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Typeform is looking for a Paid Search Specialist (PPC/SEM)

• TravelPerk is recruiting a Content Marketer (native English)

• Wide Eyes Technologies is hiring a Business Developer

• The Barcelona Code School is looking for a:

See the full job board here