Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had (another) nice, long holiday weekend! A couple of items to mention before we dive in:

First, there are a couple spots left for the hottest coding contest in Barcelona this Thursday: Code In The Dark (Star Wars Edition) hosted by itnig. Showcase your skills and be crowned BCN's best front-ender!

Next, Barcinno has partnered with OneCoWork and Harbour.Space on a series of high-level monthly events. We start next Thursday, May 11th with Design as a Language with Matthew Waldman, founder of Nooka.

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Ok, let's see what's new in Barcelona's startup scene this week!

Startup & Investment News

• Spanish entrepreneurs sell PetCoach for $10M to Petco

• Barcelona medtech firm Top Doctors raises €3M to expand

• Banco Sabadell sells their shares in Top Doctors as Russian VC takes stake in the startup in latest funding round

• BBVA has bought Mexican fintech startup Openpay

• Barcelona's TravelPerk formed a partnership with Expensify

• Catalan fintech firm Dunforce joins Plug and Play accelerator

• Wallapop launches payment service, looks to add delivery too

• Norte Ventures Capital is Spain's newest VC, rumoured to target proptech companies in Spain & EU

• Privalia co-founder launches real estate venture in Barcelona

• Catalan entrepreneur launches accelerator 'IdeasCamp'

• How two of Spain's media companies accelerate startups through media for equity deals

• A look into Spain's legaltech sector

• Tech.eu releases EU Tech Funding & Exits Report for Q1 2017

• Interview with CEO & founder for Barcelona startup Housfy

Tech News

• Amazon to add 800 jobs in Catalonia for robotics integration

• A look at Amazon's first robotic logistic center in Catalonia

• Spain is becoming a new hotspot for biotech in Europe

• 10 Catalan startups to feature at Europe's leading tech festival

• Catalonia celebrated books & love in Smart City Barcelona

• TECNIOspring PLUS, an international mobility fellowship programme, opens a new call this June

• German tech firm Aklamio has hired the former Head of Global Sales at Telefonica to lead sales in Spain & LATAM

• CNMC fined Telefónica €3M for violating price regulations

• Renfe sold 25.000 AVE tickets for €25, but website crashed

Good Reads

• Finding our Product Market Fit – An honest Startup story

• Why Tapp Water chose to launch its startup in Barcelona

• First rule of talking to VC's — Show metrics that support the story you're telling

• Why Companies Are Not Startups

Great Events This Week

• Wed, 3 May @ 19:00: Talento femenino en el mundo tech

• Thu, 4 May @ 18:00: Startup my Rooftop

• Thu, 4 May @ 19:00: Data Discovery with Tableau

• Thu, 4 May @ 20:00: Code In The Dark (Star Wars Edition)

• Thu, 4 May @ 20:30: Rockstart Answers Barcelona #5

• Sat, 6 May @ 10:00: Free Workshops to Get into Tech

See the full event calendar here

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

• Xing is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team

• OneCoWork is recruiting a:

• ElectricFeel is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to change the way people move in cities

• Online media company LoveToKnow is looking for a:

• Research design and tech firm L&R is hiring a:

• Digital marketing agency Bourbon Creative is recruiting a Marketing Editor

• AI SaaS Startup Cien is looking for a Node.JS Full Stack Developer to join their team

• Platformable is recruiting a Research Assistant / Jr. Business Development Officer

• Kompyte is hiring a Front-end Developer for its competitor tracking software

See the full job board here