Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott From Barcinno • Issue #554

Barcinno Media
January 27, 2025

Hello and happy Monday,

Yep, it’s still January, but not for much longer. This week, Barcelona startup funding is still going strong, with over €13M raised 🚀 from this week’s reports alone. There’s growth and success for sustainability-led firms like Heura and Solfy, while Glovo’s in trouble… again. Barcinno published a new article about a Demo Day in Sabadell too, so don’t miss that.

As always, keep building and have a great week! 💥

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Startup & Investment News

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

Fundación ONCE X Talento Challenge: A contest for young people aged 14–21 promoting projects that generate a positive social impact; deadline 21 Feb
Mobile World Capital Awards: For humanistic tech-based ESG projects; deadline 13 March

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

Blindstairs: Using AI to eliminate hiring biases like appearance or gender
Bnka: First finance platform for immigrants moving to first world economies

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

Tech & big company news in Spain

Spain plans a €150M subsidy programme to advance the use of AI within businesses
N26 announces free stocks & ETF trading for all customers, the only fintech in Europe to do so

Good Reads

New Barcinno blog: Sabadell’s Startup Ecosystem Shines at Impulsa Startup Demo Day 🚀
LinkedIn's 2025 list reveals the fastest-growing jobs by EU country: In Spain, the top 3 are Travel advisor, Software specialist & Aircraft maintenance technician
Opinion: Is any founder truly happy with their exit?

Good Videos & Podcasts

Giuseppe Scionti, founder of NovaMeat: The BCN startup that created the first 3D-printed steak & now collabs with Disfrutar (Itnig, ES)
The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel Investors (My First Million, EN)

Great Events

This week:

Tue, 28 Jan @09:00: Speed Dating: Take your digital career to the next level!
Tue, 28 Jan @18:30: Pitch Deconstruction for Startups with Investors advice and support
Wed, 29 Jan @18:30: Fuckup Nights Barcelona | Jan. 2025
Thu, 30 Jan @18:00: Tech Barcelona Pier01 Afterwork
Thu, 30 Jan @18:30: Entrepreneurship through science: the new opportunity of the deeptech ecosystem

Upcoming:

Wed, 5 Feb @18:30: BCN FinTech X Barcinno #018: Fundraising Insights – link includes a discount 🎁
Thu, 13 Feb @09:30: Free FinTech Marketing Leaders Breakfast

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