Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott From Barcinno • Issue #553

Barcinno Media
January 20, 2025

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

AI sales startup Genesy secures €5M, marking the largest Gen-AI native company round led by Spanish venture capital to date
RWA tokenisation startup Brickken raises €2.4M
Sales commission software startup Peimi gets €415K
Nazca Capital puts Filmin up for sale

Barcelona startup news

Ecommerce returns startup Rever sees 700% growth & big plans for further internationalization
Delivery Hero CEO buys €1.6M Glovo shares after stock market adjustment
Tradeinn remains unstoppable, closing 2024 with a record turnover of €555M
Robopedics nears market launch for its device to help stroke patients walk again

Spanish investment news

Bizkaia-based hydrogen tech startup H2SITE secures €36M
Madrid semiconductor spinoff Wooptix closes €10M
AI marketing startup Caleida raises €500K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

New reports show a quarter of European VC capital was invested in AI in 2024
Terassa-based Leitat launches new entity Leitat Ventures to accelerate deeptech startups

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

ICEX open call for Desafía Canada, a 2-week immersion program for Spanish AI and deeptech startups & scaleups; deadline 23 Jan
Apply to Norrsken’s Impact Pitch; 4 chosen impact startups will take center stage in front of top investors from Ship2B, Creas, Zubi Labs & Asabys on 13 Feb

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

Directo: Chrome extension to save money on hotels & apartments
TB Interview with Andrea Inglés of Illumo Robotics: a robotic arm capable of identifying & handling more than 1K order items an hour