Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

🔥 This week, BCN funding is flying with over €53M for startups covering everything from glamping to fintech and AI travel. There’s also product launches, awards, expansions, and a €329M fine making headlines (any guesses?) – and an absolutely packed event calendar if you’re looking to network in the city.

Enjoy the issue and have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Glamping startup HolaCamp raises €21M debt from Banco Santander after signing €10M capital increase in March 

• Wallbox announces €13M in private placement financings

• Employee fintech Payflow raises €10M, its 2nd round in under a year

• Aistech Space closes €8.5M as part of its €30M Series B

• AI travel booking platform Drimer closes €1.3M

Barcelona startup news

• Delivery Hero and Glovo fined €329M by European Commission for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector

• Three BCN winners at South Summit: Renumer (Future of Work & Talent), NeuralTrust (Trust Tech & Data), Trailing (Health)

• Healthtech Holo launches huge product update for its HealthOS (wearables, biomarkers, AI)

Spanish investment news

• Louis Vuitton fund & the owner of the New York Mets invest $100M in Fever

• Web3 developer platform Dedge Security gets €4M

• Startup investment platform Akka raises €2.2M

• AI-automated sales tool Willbe gets investment from Angels after rejecting over 30 European funds

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• ENISA activates its biggest fund over 15 months for Spanish startups & SMEs at €303M

• Main Capital Partners closes €520M continuation fund to help grow European software companies

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Pitch competition applications open for the FutureTravel Summit 2025 in Barcelona; deadline 29 June

• Google Startups Growth Academy, AI for GovTech: a hybrid program for EMEA startups; deadline 30 June

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Dinamo: The new startup connecting impact, technology & public strategy

• Eulix: Emotion-based app revolutionizing how we watch series & movies

Tech & Business News in Barcelona

• Revolut launches its first ATMs worldwide in Barcelona, also issues debit cards on the spot

• Danish AI startup Deepdots, co-founded by Catalan Fran Arias, opens new BCN HQ

• UNESCO chooses Barcelona for its global hub to promote the blue economy

• IESE, ESADE, and EADA are again ranked top global business schools by The Financial Times

Good Reads & Watches

• Interesting interview with Jaume Boada, Founder & CEO of Business Process Outsourcing startup Metrickal

• Days-Long ‘Dark Retreats’ Are the Newest Spiritual Conquest for Tech Elites

• Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages

• Life on Mars 5th Anniversary: Top 10 podcast moments (EN)

Great Events

This week:

• Tue, 10 June @18:30: Discovering Angel Investing: What It Is and Why It Matters

• Tue, 10 June @18:30: Norrsken Session #5: The truth after the Deporvillage exit, with Co-founder Xavier Pladellorens

• Wed, 11 Jun @13:00: Women Investors' Lunch by SIA

• Thu, 12 Jun @10:00: Barcelona CoWorking Days at La Fabrica & Co

• Thu, 12 Jun @10:00: 22@ Innovation Day

• Thu, 12 Jun @12:00: Trans Atlantic Angel Conference (TAAC) #7 Final Demo Day Event

• Thu, 12 Jun @18:30: Fintech Vermut & Networking by BCN FinTech (Tech edition)

Upcoming:

• Tue, 17 June: Automate without ERP integration: Learn how to export CSVs and see immediate ROI (webinar)

• Wed, 9 July @18:30: Fuckup Nights Barcelona July 2025

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Startup Jobs

• Ship2B Ventures is looking for a Climate Tech VC

• Refruiting offers a Tech Project Manager Internship

• THEKER Robotics needs a Chief of Staff

• Cooltra is hiring a CMO