Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Your most-read stories so far this year 👀 

With startup funding and other news still taking it easy on vacation, we thought it would be fun to round up your 10 most-read Barcinno newsletter stories from the first half of the year. 🔥 Check them out (in order): 

1. 8 startups you should send your CV to, according to investors

2. Barcinno’s MWC & 4YFN 2024 parties and events guide (thanks!)

3. Factorial ‘poaches’ the general director of Glovo as its vice president

4. Tech.eu’s 10 Spanish startups to watch in 2024 (still not that surprising)

5. Revolut opens innovation center in Barcelona

6. When Leo DiCaprio invested in BCN-based SolarMente 

7. The 100 Catalan companies that received the most money from Next Gen funds

8. Barcelona ranks in world's top 10 most attractive cities to work

9. Soho House to open new Pool House for creatives in Barcelona, centered around food and wellness

10. Itnig to open its first coliving space and restaurant in Poblenou

Have a great week and hope to see some of you at BCN FinTech X Barcinno’s Vermut & Networking on Wednesday! 🍸

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona startup news

• Technology hub Napptilus Tech Labs launches Catalan startup Tracks CO2 to help companies monitor carbon offset projects & sell carbon credits

• Exoticca sets sights on LATAM & targets 2024 as the year it will start to make a profit

• Spacetech Sateliot launches (and live streams) 4 satellites as part of SpaceX's Transporter-11 mission

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Barcelona Activa will allocate €2.6M to projects that boost the economy of local neighborhoods

• Boston-based Flint Capital (investor in Flo Health who recently became the first FemTech unicorn) closes $160M third fund to help early-stage startups enter the US 

• London VC Balderton announces $1.3B in new funds (split between early & growth stage) to back Europe’s top entrepreneurs

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Informa has reopened the Fi Europe Startup Challenge for 2024, for young companies providing innovations to the functional food industry; deadline 6 Sep

• Vivaces seeks impact projects contributing to development & entrepreneurship in rural areas; deadline 16 Sep

• Women Startup Awards: Enter or nominate a female CEO or member of startup founding teams that inspire new generations; deadline 22 Sep

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Homter: Unique startup combining mortgage broker and property hunter services 

• Jotavirtual: How to convert real spaces into virtual ones to save time & costs

• Taljual: Combating food waste by selling ‘imperfect’ fruit

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• The University of Barcelona (UB) is once again among the best 200 universities in the world & the only Spanish 

• Barcelona has concentrated all its real estate investment in student residences so far this year

• Multinational tech firm Wings Mobile has apparently swiftly left Barcelona under ‘strange circumstances’

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Revolut says Spain is one of its fastest-growing markets & is working on launching more credit products, with a focus on mortgages

• Cero secures financing for 5 solar projects in Spain backed by Banco Sabadell, Rabobank & ING

• Iberdrola partners with Amazon to improve energy production with AI

• Fortnite returns to iPhone and Android in EU after antitrust fight

Good Reads

• Lessons from a trip creator: How to run an offsite for your team

• The Objective wrote a comparison piece on TravelPerk and Exoticca: two ways to build a Spanish traveltech startup

• BCN FinTech’s summer fintech roundup

• 10 things you absolutely need for your workation

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Heura’s Marc Coloma on their big future plans (ES)

• EU-Startups Podcast: Pablo Pedrejon, Partner at Seaya (EN)

Great Events

This week:

• 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

Upcoming:

• 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

• Tue, 3 Sep @13:00: Women Investors' Lunch

• Wed, 4 Sep @18:30: SIA & Nuclio: How to manage your portfolio

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

Startup Jobs:

• KOSMOS/Kings League is hiring a Communications Manager

• Flying Cat is looking for an SEO Specialist

• Benevity needs a Community Relations & Engagement (Nonprofits) Manager

• Antai Ventures is looking for a CEO & Co-Founder in Digital Health

• Venuu is hiring a Danish-speaking Growth Enthusiast (Entry-level)