Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• NY-BCN startup Prosper AI raises $5M to improve the US healthcare system 

• Bookline, the AI ​​agent startup for restaurants, hotels & campsites, closes €3.5M Series A

• Construtech 011h gets investment from CDTI, Seaya & more for new building design platform

• Energy platform Solfy acquires Galician company Eficiencia Ecológica after recent €4M funding

Barcelona startup news

• Holo’s all-in-one health membership app is live

• Car services Cafler moves its base from BCN to the US to attract investors

• Data center firm Submer opens factory in India & aims to be BCN's next unicorn with upcoming funding round 

• Nora Real Food aims for €10M and prepares to expand to Madrid

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based e-commerce logistics firm Reveni secures €7.5M

• Orbio raises €6M+ for its AI-native HR system

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Barcelona’s 4Founders Capital reaches €70M final close for its third fund, aimed at ‘Spanish-linked’ startups 

• Ventech closes €175M Fund VI, the largest in its 26-year history

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Expansión Awards: Nominate your startup in sectors such as health, biotech, mobility, smart cities; deadline 12 Oct

• HackIAmm by Damm: 8-team hackathon with prizes up to €3K; deadline 15 Oct

• ABANCA launches 11th edition of its Startup Program for fintech, insurtech, regtech & cybersecurity innovators; deadline 7 Nov

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Interview with Tradeinn’s David Martín: setting a target of €2B with its ‘pure player’ model

• DonaTIC Awards: The winning Catalan women building the future of tech

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• ACCIÓ celebrates its 40th anniversary

• HIPRA opens new €500M Biotech campus in Catalonia

• Asabys Partners integrates Aliath Bioventures, the life sciences investment team of AltamarCAM Partners

• Ten female entrepreneurs participate in the Lagertha Project, which promotes & accelerates women-led blue economy projects

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Idealista abandons its acquisition of British real estate portal Kyero

• Luxury property giant Engel & Völkers hit with €16M ‘fake self-employed’ fine in Spain

• Meta defends advertising model in €550M trial in Spain over alleged breaches of EU data protection rules

Good Reads & Watches

• “Barceloní By Choice”: Why You Shouldn’t Miss International Community Day 2025

• Why is Idealista worth 20 times more than Fotocasa? Analysis by Joshua Novick, partner at Bondo Advisors

• Dost: Template for calculating financial forecasting

• Building Infrastructure for Hope with Rocío Alcocer, MD at Norrsken Barcelona (EU-Startups, EN)

• Sequoia VP talent Zoe Hewitt on what star talent looks like in 2025 (Sifted, EN)

Great Events

This week:

• Tue, 7 Oct @09:00: People Talks - Can you scale without losing your company's soul? by Alan

• Wed, 8 Oct @17:30: CEO Connection - Barcelona Edition by Qonto

• Fri, 10–Sun, 12 Oct: BCN Game Fest

Upcoming:

• Wed, 15 Oct: AI Summit Barcelona – use code AISUM20 for 20% off 🔥

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

• Thu, 16 Oct @18:15: BCN FinTech X Barcinno #023: Blockchain in Fintech: Real Use Cases – link includes 50% discount 🎉

• Thu, 16 – Fri, 17 Oct: European Blockchain Convention 2025 – use code tESqvcIv for 15% off 🌟

• Sat, 25 Oct: Barcelona International Community Day

• Thu, 30 Oct: FutureTravel Summit 

• Tue, 11 Nov @17:30: eWorks Accelerator 25 - Demo Day

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Startup Jobs

• MarsBased is looking for a Junior HR Operations

• Restb.ai is hiring a Marketing Specialist

• Marco Nobel needs a VA/Right Hand to Founder

• Abacum is hiring an FP&A Ops Project Leader