Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

GM & happy Monday,

Poll results & end of summer events 🌞

Summer news is taking it easy 😌 and happily, so are the majority of Barcinno readers—in last week’s poll asking how you stay productive during the summer months, “Just enjoy the slower pace” stormed ahead (peacefully, of course) with 69.2% of the votes.

Otherwise, we have two great events to share: BCN FinTech x Barcinno’s August Vermut & Networking:

And one of our favorite yearly conferences to attend 👇

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Women-led clean energy investment startup Climatize raises €1.6M pre-seed 

• Cooltra acquires its 3rd company this year, BCN mobility platform Eos Connectivity

  • Cooltra also made a strategic agreement with Sixt to expand sustainable mobility options in Spain & France

• Language services provider Intertext acquired by US-based Translate.One

• Nutraceutical company Entema Laboratorios acquired by Italian firm Labomar

Barcelona startup news

• GoodNews teams up with Bumble to create a pop-up coffee shop in Paris with dating events 

• Catalan startup Polarimètrics creates a unique system to increase agricultural productivity

• New startup Rendair reaches 20K users in a few months with its tool to create instant virtual images for architectural and design projects

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Inveready reaches €52M in the first closing of its new fund; says it remains generally sector-agnostic 

• Springwater changes name to DVC Partners and plans to launch new €150M fund

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• The 7th AEVI grant program: Up to €10K for the most innovative Spanish game projects; deadline 30 Aug 

• Registration for BNEW (Barcelona New Economy Week) Startup Hub Innovation 2024 is open; deadline 2 Sep

• Closing the Gap 7th edition: Call for 10 scholarships (100% financed) for women who aspire to lead digital transformation projects; deadline 4 Sep

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Lobelia: Climate risk calculation & prevention 

• Lorena Canals: From home garage to earning €10M with washable rugs

• Happy Scribe: From student project to revolutionizing transcription & subtitling with AI in 7 years

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Local startup ConstruNext to build an innovation and circular economy hub in Barcelona, inaugurated this winter 

• Deeplabs has already invested €200M in Barcelona & Madrid tech hubs in 2024

• EAE Business School launches a postgraduate degree in entrepreneurship

• The Catalan Government & FC Barcelona position Catalonia in the United States as an investment destination

Tech & big company news in Spain

• TikTok Shop’s arrival in Spain now has a date: freelancers and small businesses can sell from October

• Krispy Kreme will debut on the Spanish market in new expansion plan

• Madrid startup Halo Space’s “space balloon” for tourists is set for a test flight in Saudi Arabia this September, costing around €150K a ticket

Good Reads

• Digital nomads in Spain 'bullied' as anti-tourism sentiment swells - so what's the solution?

• Crunchbase: Top Trends to Watch in H2 2024 — From Chips to AI Funds

Good Videos & Podcasts

• An honest conversation with the CEO of Instagram (EN)

• How To Price For B2B | Y Combinator Startup School (EN)

• €6M investment: How PC Componentes works from the inside (ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Wed, 14 Aug @18:30: Ask Me Anything - New Business Angels Information Session

Upcoming:

• Tue, 20 Aug @10:30: Startup/Investor Open Coffee. Let’s talk Startups, Growth and Investing!

• Tue, 20 Aug @18:30: Startup Pitch Deconstruction: Polish your pitch with angel investors

• Wed, 21 Aug @18:30: BCN FinTech: Fintech Vermut & Networking

• Tue, 27 Aug @18:30: SIA: Should I be Investing Globally or Locally?

• Thu, 29 Aug @18:30: Summer Party - Fuckup Nights BCN & Startup Grind BCN  → 30% discount code: SGBCN30

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

Startup Jobs:

• Cognizant Netcentric is hiring developers & engineers

• Unnax is recruiting a Chief Information Security Officer

• Scopely is looking for a Creative Lead - Monopoly GO!

• Fever needs a Pen Tester

• Merlin Digital Partner is hiring for lots of roles