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Hello and happy Monday,

Tons of Barcelona-based investment to celebrate this week, from funding stalwart healthtech to fast-growing industries here in BCN like musictech and Web3. Plus, three local startups win awards, reports of two new Barcelona VC funds, and lots more. Let’s get into it!

Have a great week 🌰 🍠

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Gene therapy spinoff Biointaxis receives €2.7M

• Muscular therapy app Rimbarlat gets investment from Barça Innovation Hub 

• Musictech Sonosuite welcomes international music firm Dinastía INC as minority investor 

• Virtual identity startup Union Avatars gets investment from CDTI & Inveready 

• Catalan music promoter TheProject acquired by Warner Music

Barcelona startup news

• Wallbox reaches 1 million chargers sold 

• Last-mile locker system Smart Point wins VDS Startup Competition 

• Healthtech Doctomatic among winners of the Santander X Spain Award 

• Energy startup Atom H2 crowned national winner of the Dyson Award

Spanish investment news

• Valencian cleantech Matteco secures €15M 

• Málagan influencer payment solution Zexel closes €850K

• Atresmedia sells 2.7% of Fever for €59M, valuing it at over €2B

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Naturitas founder and ex-Deliveroo CMO launch Real Ventures, a BCN fund with €30M for early-stage consumer startups

• Barcelona & the Catalan Gov in talks to create a joint VC fund for local emerging companies

• Ship2B Ventures invests in Berlin healthtech ViViRA

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Barcelona Music Lab’s Energy Challenge 2024: Open call for innovative solutions accelerating the energy transition in music festivals in Catalonia; deadline 24 Nov

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Enkitek: Agritech bringing AI to the campo  

• Galtea: New BSC spinoff helping firms comply with EU AI law

• Natulim: Biodegradable laundry detergent strips

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Vall d'Hebron named best smart hospital in Spain & 5th in Europe in worldwide ranking 

• Catalonia is home to 9602 foreign companies, a record high & a 68% increase over the past decade

• Dutch fund manager LUMO Labs lands in Barcelona; chooses Norrsken House as its hub for Spain & Portugal ops

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Workers’ union UGT & Uber Eats sign a memorandum to improve the conditions of delivery workers

• Revolut leads in Spain, beating all the big banks with almost 20% of new customer acquisitions 

• BBVA to launch Visa-backed stablecoin on Ethereum in 2025

Good Videos & Podcasts

• The confusing state of Apple Intelligence (EN)

• Spotify Founder: How a 23-year-old introvert built a $31B business (EN)

Great Events

This week:

• Mon, 28 Oct @18:30: Techfems TechTribe Networking

• Tue, 29 Oct @18:30: Free Coding Workshop at Factorial

• Wed, 30 Oct @19:00: Fintech Vermut & Networking by BCN FinTech (🎃 Halloween edition)

• Thu, 31 Oct @18:00: Afterwork Pier01 - Tech Barcelona

Upcoming:

• Wed, 6–Thu, 7 Nov: Impact Week 2024 at Norrsken 

• Wed, 6–Thu, 7 Nov: Ship2B Impact Forum

• Thu, 7 Nov @09:00: Sifted Breakfast: Which areas of impact tech can Spain win at?

• Thu, 7 Nov @18:00: ORGANIC: The App Party by PICKASO

Startup Jobs:

• M47 Labs is hiring a Senior AI Solution Sales Manager

• yard[hub] needs a Head of Growth (Web3)

• EU-Startups is hiring a News Editor

• Lexidy is looking for an Administrative Tech Paralegal (French)

• Napptilus Tech Labs needs a Senior ML Engineer