Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

This week’s main headlines:

• Over €16M BCN funding raised 🚀

• Caixabank launches wallet 📱

• Tesla factory in ES not going ahead 🙅

Sending thanks to the Barcinno community 🙏

A big thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response to our poll last week. It’s great to know that compiling the funding reports pays off and provides value for you all (well, minus one 😉)

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Let's talk fintech before the summer break ☀️

July’s BCN FinTech has come up fast – but don’t worry, the drinks are already chilling, the pizzas are ordered, and the panelist lineup for this Wednesday’s event is now complete.

🎤 Experts from Unnax, ID Finance, and Swan will all be there to discuss this edition’s theme: Open & Embedded Finance.

Tickets are almost sold out, so don’t miss this great fintech event and the chance to network before everyone heads off on summer break.

🏃 You can still secure one if you're quick! Click here to get your ticket (50% Barcinno community discount code already applied).

Have a great week 👌

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• ICFO spinoff Quside extends Series A with €10M new funding

• Floriculture scaleup Colvin raises €6M downround with valuation plummeting 50% amid new strategic shift

• Mental health SaaS Eholo closes €200K

• Digital identity platform Union Avatars selected for Mango’s StartUp Studio accelerator & receives an undisclosed investment from Mango

Barcelona startup news

• Travel startup Oasis Hunters eyes €500K round and PT, DE & FR expansion

• Fintech Heymondo expands to France

• Herbal tea startup Theriac Wellness launches in the UK

• Wallbox reaches sales of +1,000 Supernova DC Fast Chargers, with customer commitments of +12K units

• OneCoWork teams with Oliva to offer all its members mental health & well-being support

• Filmin teams with Windowsight to display famous artwork on subscribers’ TVs

• Domestika begins its third round of layoffs in a year, affecting 52% of the remaining 87 employees

Spanish investment news

• Basque-cofounded gen AI startup Reka raises €53M after ‘coming out of stealth’

• Madrid FMCG firm Algori lands €3.3M

• Tenerife cleantech EAVE gets €3M from Banco Santander

• Granada smart building startup DEBOS closes €1.5M

• Madrid used car platform Motoreto raises €1.4M

• Basque RTLS SafeLoc Systems secures €1M

• Andalucian cosmetics brand Lico gets €1M

• Madrid-based Zerintia HealthTech closes €1M

• Galician biopharma Oncostellae gets €500K

• Spanish fintech Indexa Capital finalizes its IPO for mid-July

• Madrid fintech Rebellion Pay acquired by Turkish firm Papara, with the latter becoming a unicorn

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Notion Capital closes €300M 5th fund to back early-stage SaaS & fintech companies across Europe

• Diana Capital achieves first closing of its third fund for high-growth Spanish startups at €150M

• Greek investor Uni.Fund raises €50M of new fund for university spinouts in Europe

• Abac Capital announces new 2nd fund for various tech startups, with ticket sizes of €50-500K

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Open Innovation 2023 call is open for startups, SMEs & project leaders shaping the future of perfumery/cosmetics; until July 31

• Ferrer4Future’s program is open for startups developing digital health solutions; apply now

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Fregata Space: AI satellite images to detect sea pollution

• Bronze Technologies: the big brother of kitchens

Tech News

Tech news in Barcelona

• CaixaBank becomes first bank in Spain to launch FXWallet, a wallet service for international payments

• Port of Barcelona & Tech Barcelona inaugurate BlueTechPort, a new maritime innovation space

• US firm Dynatrace expands R&D center, creating 180 new engineering jobs

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Tesla ‘very angry’ by leaked Valencia project & reportedly killed factory

• Madrid-NYC fintech Capchase announces $100M funding initiative for female & underrepresented minority founders

• Last-mile logistics startup Revoolt expands into 6 Spanish cities

Politics, legal & economics

• Spain pushes EU countries to reach power market deal in coming weeks

Good Reads

• Google DeepMind’s CEO on how its next algorithm will eclipse ChatGPT

• The Ultimate Guide to Running a Startup Ethically

• Climate Tech down to earth – Telefónica Ventures’ Perspective on Challenges, Opportunities and the VC play

• Is there an expiration date for the role of Product Manager?

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Undertaking away from the spotlight, with Alberto Bonhomme, CEO @Berto's (Life on Mars, ES)

• Strategy & Growth in N26: Pablo Reboiro, CEO of N26 Spain & Portugal (Product Hackers, ES)

• From bankruptcy to €1.B+ in 6 years: Jordi Romero, Factorial & Itnig (SeedRocket, ES)

• The biggest round in insurtech in Spain: with Guillermo Alén from Life5 (Itnig Podcast, ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Wed, 12 Jul @18:30: BCN FinTech #009 → This link gets you a 50% Barcinno community discount 🔥 

• Thu, 13 Jul @18:30: 3rd Aniv3rsario LIDR

Upcoming:

• Wed, 19 Jul @18:30: Startup Grind BCN w/ Ross McNairn, CPTO @TravelPerk → This link gets you a 40% Barcinno community discount 😃 

• Thu, 27 Jul @19:00: No Bullshit Talk #11: Elisabeth Martinez, COO & Partner @Nuclio

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

Startup Jobs:

• Amenitiz is looking for a Head of Performance Marketing

• Aflorithmic is hiring a Product Owner 

• Preply is recruiting a Revenue Strategy & Operations Manager

• Impress wants a CFO

• Immfly needs a CFO

• Qurv is looking for a Product Manager - Image Sensors

• Brickken is looking for Marketing Intern