Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Corporate Innovation Summit 2025: The event for CIOs during MWC

CIS is the event for innovators, CIOs, technological experts, and heads of innovation. Now in its 4th edition, this post-Mobile World Congress 2025 afterwork is a can’t miss.

At MarsBased’s Corporate Innovation Summit 2025, you'll have the chance to connect with industry leaders, explore the latest trends, and gain actionable insights to drive innovation within your organization. Details:

• Date: March 4th

• Time: Doors 18:30, event starts 19:00

• Location: Auditorium Torre Glòries, Avenida Diagonal 211, 08018 Barcelona

• Language: English

🏃‍♀️ CIS is a sell-out every year (and currently on a limited 2-for-1 deal!), so secure your ticket ASAP here.

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Aquaculture firm KOA Biotech closes €2M

• Gourmet burger brand Deleito secures €3M & plans 4 new restaurants

• Proptech Nester raises €1.5M

• Chemistry firm Enantia acquired by Inveready’s Invanco

• E-signature software Signaturit acquires fellow BCN firm Validated ID

Barcelona startup news

• Filmin awarded best digital cultural initiative in Spain for the 3rd year

• Parental control app Qustodio reaches 180 countries & 7M families

• Fintech Kantox named Best Risk Management Solution 2025 

• Recycled car part specialist Recomotor strengthens its presence in Spain with 2 new scrapyards

Spanish investment news

• Madrid B2B travel tech Mygocu closes €463K first round 

• Breakevent, the first AI platform that predicts the success of live music events, closes €876K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Seaya Andromeda invests in agritech company Nax to scale in Brazil

• The Cleantech sector in Spain raised record investment in 2024 at €426M, +37% from 2023

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• B-STEP by Barcelona Activa: For tech startups in prototype or validation phases related to sport or physical activity; deadline 16 Feb

• Advanced Factories new call: For startups with automation & greentech solutions in the industrial sector; deadline 4 March

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Floox: The Catalan family competing with electric car charger giants

• Genesis Biomed interviews Maite Fibla, Co-founder of Ship2B Foundation & Co-Founder/Managing Partner of Ship2B Ventures

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Palo Alto BCN XRLAB to open in spring, the city’s first audiovisual hub for Extended Reality tech

• Areas opens the first AI-powered robotic restaurant in Barcelona Airport

• BSC has now presented the first quantum computer in Spain developed with 100% European technology

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Uber buys 30% of Madrid-based Auro for €220M, increasing competition with Cabify 

• MediaMarkt grows at its fastest pace in the last decade and breaks sales records

• SEAT says 1.5K Spanish jobs at risk if China-made EV tariff is not lowered

Politics, legal & economics

• Spain takes first step towards reducing the working week to 37.5 hours

Good Reads

• Forbes: Women around the globe are now running high-growth startups in record numbers

• Meta is studying how humans and robots can collaborate on housework

Great Events

This week:

• Wed, 12 Feb @13:00: Women Investors' Lunch (WIL) 

• Wed, 12 Feb @18:30: VC Investors & Founders Meetup: Tax & Legal for Startups

• Thu, 13 Feb @09:30: Free FinTech Marketing Leaders Breakfast

Upcoming:

• Tue, 18 Feb @17:30: Crafting Your Investment Thesis: Identifying Startups Worth Investing In

• Tue, 18 – Wed, 19 Feb: Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Summit 

• Wed, 19 Feb @20:00: Angels & Beers (For Investors)

• Thu, 20 Feb @09:00: Tech Spirit Barcelona Health Edition

• Thu, 6 Mar @18:30: Corporate Innovation Summit 2025

+More events added to our MWC & 4YFN guide ☺️

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Startup Jobs:

• Mercats City is hiring a Senior Data Analyst

• BSC needs an ML developer for Language Technologies (RE1)

• Qonto is looking for a Senior SEO Project Manager

• Novicap needs a B2B Payment Solutions - Account Manager