Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

As we’re nearing the end of Q3, it’s full steam ahead 🚂 with a BCN alt. protein startup raising a massive €17.4M, big new features from N26 and Revolut in Spain, and Y Combinator announcing it will double its cohorts to “be more responsive to founders and fund them right when they start”, says President Garry Tan. 

👇️ Check out the latest below and have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Plant-based meat startup Novameat raises €17.4M oversubscribed Series A 

• Dost, a solution that automates financial departments, closes €1.5M co-led by Juan Roig's Angels 
  

Barcelona startup news

• Kave Home expands into Paris with a new store

• Heura celebrates 63% growth in international sales

• Udon expands in the US & lands in Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile to reach 100 restaurants in 2026

• Doctomatic named finalists in the e-Dea Salud 2024 Challenge, a competition organized by the Pfizer Foundation Spain to promote healthcare innovation

Spanish investment news

• Seville-based biotech Vaxdyn receives €14.5M from the EIC Accelerator Program

• Madrid-based AI customer service platform Rauda AI raises €520K from big investors & angels

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Y Combinator doubles its cohorts from 2 to 4, making its accelerator in session almost the entire year

• Skype founder’s VC firm Atomico raises $1.24B to back European tech startups, its most capital yet

• Santander and Atitlan launch Atgro, a platform for investing over €500M in agricultural projects

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Santander X Spain Award: Helping startups & scaleups grow and offering 6 prizes; deadline 23 Sep 

• Impulsa Startup 2024: Subsidized by the Sabadell Chamber of Commerce & European Social Fund, entrepreneurs and startups with an MVP can learn how to scale their business model & present it to investors; form here & deadline 30 Sep

• Banco Sabadell launches 7th edition of BStartup Health, raising investment per startup to €200K; deadline 30 Sep

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• FlyKube: All-inclusive surprise trip planner 

• Interview with Quino Fernández (Director of Barcelona Finance Hub & CEO of Aticco Lab) on the office vs coworking situation in BCN

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Foment & the U.S. Consulate lead a mission with 20 women entrepreneurs to unite two of the world’s major healthtech hubs: Barcelona and Boston

• ACCIÓ appoints a new CEO, Jaume Baró Torres

• The European Financial Planners Association joins the Barcelona Finance Hub to share content on financial innovation and boost connections

Tech & big company news in Spain

• N26 launches its stock and ETF broker in Spain

• Revolut finally integrates Bizum 

• Odilo, one of Spain’s largest edtech platforms, faces shareholder complaints for alleged accounting & tax fraud

Good Reads

• Take US News’ quiz to find out your ideal country to live in

• According to a CaixaBank & IESE study, this is the profile of a Spanish startup: 7 workers, in Madrid or Barcelona, ​​founded by men, and with their own technology

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Payflow Co-Founder Avinash Sukhwani: I regret the size of the first round (Nova, ES)

• 1 in every 3 apps in the world uses Revenuecat (Itnig, ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Mon, 16 Sep @17:00: Prompting Europe Barcelona: How you become the next tech titan 

• Tue, 17 Sep @17:00: Barcelona Global 11th Hola Barcelona! Cocktail

• Wed, 18 Sep @18:00: Tech Barcelona Tech Up Nights – Vol.14

• Wed, 18 Sep @18:30: Le Wagon Tech & Connect | Learn new skills and meet our community!

• Thu, 19 Sep @18:30: Startup Grind Mataró with Edgar Pons Forn (Founder @ NutriBrain & Tech Influencer)

Upcoming:

• Wed, 25 Sep @19:00: BCN FinTech X Barcinno #016: Blockchain in FinTech → Discount code already applied 🤠 

• Wed, 25 Sep @18:30: ​​SaaStock Local Barcelona: How to Fund and Grow a SaaS Business in 2024

• Wed, 25 – Thu, 26 Sep: European Blockchain Convention 10 → use code 15BARCINNO for 15% off 🔥 

  • Plus many side events!

• Wed, 25 Sep @19:00: Beer2Business EBC10 Networking Event

• Thu, 26 Sep @18:00: Tech Barcelona Pier01 Afterwork 

• Fri, 27 – Sun, 29 Sep: IndieDevDay

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

Startup Jobs:

• Pack2Earth is hiring an Advanced Materials Researcher

• REMY Robotics wants an Office Manager Intern

• Holded is looking for a Tech Lead

• Dogfy Diet is hiring a Filmmaker & Video Editor