Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Events season is still in full swing, and this week is a busy one! 🏃‍♂️ 

If you want to talk marketing, AI, fintech, startups, or a bit of everything, reach out and meet us:

• AI Summit Barcelona: Scott & Tasha will be there on Wed 15

• EBC: Clemens will attend on Thurs 16 & Scott on Fri 17

• BCN FinTech blockchain event: Co-Founder Clemens will of course be there!

Speaking of which, don’t forget to download the EBC networking app here and get your meetings booked in advance 👇

Have a great week! 💫

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Biotech Nanoligent gets €12M from Inveready

• Admin management software Quipu acquired by software group TeamSystem 

• French payroll firm Silae arrives in Spain & buys 2 Catalan companies: Sabadell-based Denario and Reus-based Summar

Barcelona startup news

• The Information says TravelPerk has hired investment bankers for an upcoming U.S. initial public offering

• Traveltech Bytetravel selected as finalist for the “Rising Star” Award at the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards

• Sateliot and Nordic achieve world first with 5G IoT connection via low-Earth orbit satellite

• VC & entrepreneur law firm Lexcrea strengthens its Basque presence with new Bilbao office

Spanish investment news

• Hysun raises €3M for breakthrough solar-based hydrogen tech

• Bilbao-based privacy-tech scaleup Nymiz closes €2M

• Carpooling platform TRIBBU (formerly Hoop Carpool) raises €2M+

• Madrid climatetech Clevergy closes €3.2M

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Inclimo Climate Tech Fund successfully closes its first fund at €33.6M

• EIT to hand out €978M to organizations in its network, despite its uncertain future

• ICO will invest €47M in green funds with the guarantee of the InvestEU program

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Emerging tech companies can apply now for the 4YFN26 Awards; deadline 22 Oct

• Naturgy launches the 5th edition of its entrepreneur support program Connecting Energy; deadline 19 Oct

• Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona's challenge: Digital Twin projects to transform the industrial park

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Rackety: Startup that records padel matches & offers a platform for sharing and analyzing the game

• Alex Santos: The 22@ of the future: a district that transforms, connects and inspires

Tech & Business News

• Spain’s digital nomad visa ranked best in the world in new Global Citizen Solutions (GCS) report

• Vodafone Spain and Billin launch digital invoice service to help SMEs & freelancers comply with Verifactu

• SETT launches the second phase of Spain’s Audiovisual Hub with funding of over €1.7B

• Repsol to build its first large-scale renewable hydrogen plant in Cartagena

Good Reads & Watches

• Novobrief wrote why Spain is a European leader in ESG & climate tech startups

• Welcome to the Jungle Founder & CEO Jeremy Clédat: How I realized we had to start from square one

• The world’s happiest travel destinations with a Harvard psychologist & happiness expert

• Finding hidden growth opportunities in your product: Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com) (EN)

• From programmer to owner of 90 hotels: Enrique Domínguez, founder of Gaia Rooms (Itnig, ES)

Great Events

This week:

• 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 Oct: Google Cloud Day ‘25 Barcelona: Developers Lab

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

Upcoming:

• Thu, 23 – Fri, 24 Oct: Virtual Human Global Summit II

• Sat, 25 Oct: Barcelona International Community Day

• Thu, 30 Oct: FutureTravel Summit 

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

• Wed, 12 Nov @18:30: AI Marketing Workshop with Hello Operator – Rescheduled! ✅
  

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Startup Jobs

• TravelPerk needs an Engineering Manager

• Talent Garden is looking for a Hospitality & Community Coordinator

• Zynap is hiring a Backend Developer 

• A new record 1096 Barcelona job openings in the fintech sector 

• Also: Barcelona Metropolitan has launched a new job board