Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

The ecosystem keeps moving as always, with international acquisitions, partnerships, and rising revenue forecasts on the agenda this week. 👀 The BCN startup profiles are particularly interesting in this issue, too, along with reports and some great podcasts.

Let’s get into it – and as always, have a great week! 🐥

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Catalan-founded Krea raises $83M to be the one-stop shop for GenAI creatives

• Logistics SaaS Vonzu gets acquired by Argentian firm Moova, owned by Telefónica and Toyota

• Licensed figurine startup Banbotoys raises €600K after opening its first physical store last December

Barcelona startup news

• Nora Real Food expects €10M turnover for 2025 & consolidates its shift to physical canteens

• Zunder joins Electromaps to facilitate access to electric vehicle charging in Europe

• Musictech SonoSuite appoints Henriette Heimdal as its new Chief Commercial Officer

• Hike & Foxter expects €1M this year & plans expansion thanks to its new AI agent

Spanish investment news

• Job&Talent raises €92M Series F

• Barcelona Innovation Hub acquires €10M stake in Ibiza-based startup ADmefy

• Property investment app Inversiva closes €1.2M

• Rural tourism bike startup Turicleta raises €500K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• “A true Founder’s Fund”: DIG Ventures closes €90M Fund for early-stage European B2B SaaS, AI & cloud infrastructure startups

• Bullnet Capital launches a €25M fund to continue boosting its startups

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Second edition of the Barcelona Innovation Awards, showcasing startups that contribute to the city & its business/tech network; nominate by 30 April

• Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Summer 2025 Batch funding cycle; deadline 13 May

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Arkeo: Humanoid robot representing the future of social interaction for seniors

• Plesh: New healthy snack bars that won over Marc Gasol & Gerard Piqué

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Barcelona Impulsa presents its new economic plan, with €890M to promote innovation, green circular industry, and entrepreneurship projects in Sant Martí

• The Catalan Gov & BCN Council join forces to promote Catalan fashion worldwide

• Remote work in Catalonia increases again (15.8%, +1.1 pp) but is still far from the European average (24.1%)

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Myinvestor launches a mortgage broker service, including loan searches and financing options

• 75% of Spanish companies struggle to find talent, according to ManpowerGroup’s survey

• The Government mobilizes over €13M to strengthen tourism financing from the ICO

Good Reads & Watches

• The top 25 companies in Spain to develop your career, according to LinkedIn

• Dost financial digital maturity test: A tool to help you understand where you stand on your way to digitalization

• YC’s Dalton & Michael: This Is What Young Founders Should Focus On (EN)

• How a developer built a language business from scratch and came back as a client – Dreaming Languages (Life on Mars, ES)

Great Events

Upcoming:

• Thu, 24 Apr @18:00: Women Tech Talks by Talent-R

• Tue, 29 Apr @18:30: BCN FinTech & SIA Investor Networking: Investment Strategies, Market Fit, and Regulatory Challenges in FinTech

• Thu, 1 May @18:00: THE Product Marketers Meetup Barcelona

• Thu, 8 May: Future Finance Day 2025

• Wed, 14 May @18:30: DeepTech Stories #1: Jonathan Hayes (Founder @Dinube)

• May 21–22: SaaS on the Beach

• Fri, 23 May @16:00: Fuckup Nights Barcelona 7th Anniversary | Failure, Psychological Safety & Growth

• Wed, 28 May @18:00: StartupMat Tech Summit 2025

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