Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott from Barcinno • Issue #451

Barcinno Media
January 16, 2023

Hello from the other side,

This week’s main headlines:

Biel & Panasonic make life-changing smart specs 🥽
BCN startups earn record turnovers 📈
Over 1K Catalans have Estonian e-residency 🇪🇪

Our Newsletter got a new home! Bye Elon & Hello Bees 🐝!

As you may notice, we've finally made the switch to a different newsletter platform. And if you're new here, welcome 👋

With Elon Musk's Twitter deciding to shut down our previous tool Revue (which they acquired just two years ago), we had to scramble to find and migrate to a new one. After lots of great recommendations from various Barcinno readers, we've ultimately decided as a team to go ahead with Beehiiv. Main reason: it offer the same clean design you've been used to and looks good on both mobile and desktop.

But since this weekly roundup is curated for you, our community, we'd love to know your thoughts 💭 on the new delivery. Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise anyway – because now we have lots of fun tools at our disposal, such as in-newsletter polls! Like the following one.📊 Poll incoming:

Do you like the new design?

Have a great week, keep doing cool things, and remember, there's no scientific data behind Blue Monday 😉 (which is today). But apparently, it's the most popular day to look for a new job 🤷

European Blockchain Convention is only a month away ⛓️🤩

European Blockchain Convention – aka the most influential blockchain event in Europe – is just a month away!

Grab your tickets before it's too late and join 3,000+ attendees in the annual 3-day event where you can network with the startups, investors, corporates, and developers shaping the future of Web 3.0.

Better still, use the code BARCINNO25 to unlock a 25% discount on all ticket types here!

Startup & Investment News

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

Gencat is offering aid via EU-funded grants for SMEs to digitize & become more sustainable; apply until Jan 19
Mercabarna and Barcelona Activa’s INNOFOOD program supports new companies improving any part of the food sector value chain; deadline now extended until Jan 29
Jump Startup Women is a mentorship, acceleration & training program with top US entrepreneurs and investors helping to scale tech startups; apply until Jan 29
ProgramaPrimer’s 2023 pre-accelerator, subsidized by the DEMT & co-financed by the EU, promotes creation of new companies in Catalonia; apply until Jan 31
Applications for Demium’s 6-month acceleration programme are open; apply now

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

Q&A with Belvo founders: A year in review & what to expect for 2023
Diego Fernández, CEO of GELLIFY Iberia: "We must work to democratize access to innovation"
Keybotic: Revolutionizing robotics with its autonomous dog robots, Keyper
Matcha Jeans: Loungewear-comfy jeans born in the pandemic
Waiis: New app to price compare and book taxis & other VTCs

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona

Tech & big company news in Spain

Politics, legal & economics

Good Reads

Spain's top 100 entrepreneurs (Emprendedores)
2023: The year that cements Malaga as a tech hub
What’s next in space for 2023 (MIT Tech Review)
How China is building a parallel generative AI universe (TC)
Chat GPT is already changing work at startups. Here's how (Sifted)
Venture capital red flag checklist (Bill Gurley)

Good Videos & Podcasts

Review of 2022 & looking towards 2023 at Mars Based (Life on Mars podcast, ES)
Chat with Jordi Torrent (Open Innovation Manager @ Damm) at Startup Grind Mataró (ES)
The Dark Kitchen Dilemma, with Alberto Bonhomme, founder of Instamaki (Itnig Podcast)

Great Events

This week:

Wed, 18 Jan @18:00: Tech Barcelona: Tech Up Nights Vol. 5
Thu, 19 Jan @18:00: Digital Marketing and Growth Day
Thu, 19 Jan @19:00: Ironhack Panel: Tech Recruitment Scene 2023
Mon, 23 Jan @18:30: Tech Dating BCN - Meet hiring technical teams & engineers

Upcoming:

Tue, 31 Jan–Fri, 3 Feb: Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2023
Wed, 8 Feb @18:30: #005 BCN FinTech: FinTech Winter (registration link TBC)
Wed, 15 Feb–Fri, 17 Feb: European Blockchain Convention
Mon, 27 Feb–Thu, 2 Mar: Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023

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

Startup Jobs:

Qonto is hiring a Head of Business Intelligence
eDreams is recruiting a SEO Content Marketing Specialist
Heura Foods is hiring a International Accounts Payable and Receivable Technician
Opticks is looking for a:
- Frontend Developer
- Head of Customer Success
Eurosearch Consulting is recruiting a Startup fundraising consultant
Bourbon Creative is hiring:
- Freelance Content Writers and/or Project Managers (German, 100% remote)
- Freelance Content Writers (English, 100% remote)
Cognizant Netcentric has various open Tech roles