Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Get ready for Barcelona’s biggest week in tech at 4YFN 🪩

With just a week to go, the final countdown to #4YFN25 is well and truly on. Don’t miss Europe's most influential event connecting startups, investors, and industry leaders during MWC Barcelona!

Get all the event info and register here.

Want to meet us there? Contact Scott, Clemens, or Tasha 🤝

Lots of news this week, so enjoy and have a great one!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Solar management platform Wattwin gets €3M

• Biotech Zymvol raises €3M seed funding

• RepScan closes €3M Series A for its platform that removes negative online content

• Travel-insurtech Heymondo acquired by fintech investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co

Barcelona startup news

• Vacation rental tool Lodgify appoints new CEO Shaun Shirazian to lead its next phase of growth and innovation

• Climbing startup Lizcore will present its new AI tech at MWC, including the first CRM for climbing gyms & an autobelay 

• Used vehicle marketplace MundiCars expects €15M turnover & 1K cars sold

• Wallbox risks NYSE delisting as shares fall after Trump halts U.S. EV charging program

Spanish investment news

• Valencian infrared sensor firm Sensia raises €19M 

• Property investment platform PropHero secures €16M 

• MOA Foodtech gets €14.8M to scale AI-powered fermentation

• Zubi Labs’ greentech initiative Devera closes €650K

• The Startup CFO buys Startups' Oasis

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• BCN-based 4Founders Capital secures €44M in first close of new €65M tech fund

• Sam Eshrati joins identity.vc as Venture Partner, Europe’s first LGBTQ+ Venture Fund

• Banco Sabadell doubles BStartup's budget in 2025 to €2M

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Caixa Bank’s Imagin launches an incubator to accelerate sustainable entrepreneurship projects

• Foodtech Innovations Awards: For innovative business models or tech changing the food sector; deadline 4 April

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Napptilus Tech Labs: A new milestone in AI consulting with its NappAI platform

• TravelPerk President Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo on what's next after raising $200M

Tech & business news in Barcelona

• Catalonia’s tech hub count is up 9% from last year at 160, with a €2.8B impact

  • Almost half are in 22@

  • The latest is global CX firm Foundever’s AI lab

  • Belgian data collection platform Qualifio also expands into BCN

• SIA (Indra Group) signs an agreement with UAB to train future cybersecurity experts

Good Reads & Watches

• Some networking tips ahead of BCN’s peak event season

• UK neobank Monzo made its app writing system open to UX writers, designers & engineers

• What to expect at MWC 2025 from Samsung, TCL, and more

• InnoHyve podcast interview Tanya Van Gastel on growing her startup The Multiverse AI

Great Events

This week:

• Wed, 26 Feb @17:00: Dost free Webinar: Process invoices 10x faster with AI

• Thu, 27 Feb @18:30: Attico/BFH: Create your viral B2C brand and dominate the Social Networks

• Fri, 28 Feb @18:00: AI for Connectivity Hackathon II: Building Resilient Networks

Upcoming:

• Mon, 3 Mar: BCN Fintech: Fintech Networking Event - Presented by Draivi (link includes 50% Barcinno discount)

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

• Tue, 11 Mar @17:00: Dost webinar: How to create a financial roadmap for scaleups 

• Thu, 6 Apr @18:00: Barcelona Tech Job Fair Spring 2025

• Tue, 8 Apr @09:30: Founders Fundamentals: The Power of Networking

+Even more events added to our MWC & 4YFN guide

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Startup Jobs:

• Swan is hiring an Account Exec, Country Lead & more 

• Brickken is looking for a QA Engineer

• +865 Barcelona job openings in the fintech sector