Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

BCN FinTech X Barcinno #022: PropTech - Building the Future of Real Estate 🏡

Join us on Wednesday, 17 September, for the next BCN FinTech X Barcinno networking event, a proptech panel talk with fintech leaders.

📍 Location: Barcelona Finance Hub by Aticco (in the Barcelona Stock Exchange Building)

Expect a panel talk with Eduardo Aznar, CEO at Lystos, Anthony Pérez, CEO & Co-Founder at Payli (plus one more TBA), an audience Q&A, and of course – networking, drinks, snacks and plenty of opportunities to connect.

Get tickets here with a 50% Barcinno community discount already applied.

Hope to see you there. Have a great week! 🙌

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Launched out of stealth: Supersonik (by serial entrepreneur Daniel Carmona Serrat, former Typeform CEO Joaquim Lechà & Pol Ruiz) raises €4.2M from a16z for AI sales agent

• Syra Coffee acquired by one of Colombia's largest conglomerates, Grupo Lux

• Bioo, the startup that generates clean electricity from the ground, is crowdfunding

Barcelona startup news

• Pets & Vets becomes the first Spanish startup to offer paid leave for pet adoption, animal grief & veterinary visits, while also adopting a 4-day workweek

• Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech to open Europe's first quantum data center in Barcelona this fall

• Flanks announces Sebastian Henrichs as COO to prepare for DACH expansion

• GCO Ventures launches Musky, a startup revolutionizing pet care

Spanish investment news

• AI workforce platform HappyRobot raises €37.7M

• Madrid’s Green Bunkers launches with €5M to clean up maritime emissions

• Pet funeral service DEPET gets €4.4M

• AI customer support agent platform Rauda raises €2.4M

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Alantra’s Energy Transition fund, Klima, leads €9M Series B in Netherlands-based maxwell+spark

• Seaya acquires stake in digital marketing firm Adsmurai

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• The Ministry of Industry and Tourism launches €5M aid project for innovative companies solving challenges (smart cities, affordable housing, mobility, etc); deadline 11 Sep

• DKV Desafío 2025: Disruptive Digital Screening Innovation Call for health projects; deadline 12 Sep

• Build the future of school connectivity with Giga’s accelerator programme; deadline 21 Sep

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• From Glovo to Bizum: the startup generation that changed your life turns 10 

• Beyond the AI buzz: Nina Capital’s critical view on healthtech hype

• 4 Catalan startups that have revolutionized mobility

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Fira’s Zero Pavilion opening delayed until 2028, affecting the 2027 editions of MWC & ISE

• Barcelona opens doors to key public transport sites during European Mobility Week

• Catalonia secures €5.2M for EU projects on sustainability and women’s business leadership

• Barcelona channels tourist tax to climate-control 30 schools with €17M investment

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Ryanair closes bases and slashes flights in Spain due to AENA’s "excessive and uncompetitive" fares

• The Government launches €87M plan to boost AI in cities

• Klarna locks in €1.4B warehouse financing deal with Santander

Good Reads & Watches

• SEO 2.0: How to Optimize for Google AND Generative Engines – by Clemens

• Stoic CEO: What ancient philosophy taught me about leading through crisis

• From surreal layoffs to CTO at SeQura: the story of Francesc Pla (Life on Mars, ES)

• Dylan Field: Scaling Figma and the Future of Design (YC, EN)

Great Events

This week:

• Mon, 8 Sep @18:30: Don't Pitch, Connect - Impulse4Women Networking Meetup

• Through 25 Sep: Tech Barcelona’s TechBcn4Women Days

Upcoming:

• Tue, 16 Sep @18:30: Angel Investing Made Simple: Why It’s Worth It and How to Begin

• Wed, 17 Sep @18:30: BCN FinTech X Barcinno #022: PropTech - Building the Future of Real Estate – Barcinno discount applied 🎟️ 

• Thu, 18 – Fri, 19 Sep: Fin- & RegTech Mission to Barcelona

• Fri, 3 Oct @09:30: Free FinTech B2B Marketing Leaders Breakfast

• Thu, 2 Oct @18:00: Barcelona Tech Job Fair Autumn 2025

• Wed, 15 – Thu, 16 Oct: Women in Tech Job Fair and Career Summit

• Thu, 16 – Fri, 17 Oct: European Blockchain Convention 2025

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Startup Jobs

• Lodgify is hiring across Product & Design

• Supersonik is looking for a Software Engineer & a Customer Solutions Architect 

• Scopely is recruiting a Senior Data Analyst