Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Final call for our AI Marketing Workshop this week 🚨

And by final call, we mean there really are only a handful of spots left before we reach max capacity!

Hosted in collaboration with Cloudworks at their stunning Sagrada Familia location, you'll learn all about Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) from our experts Scott Mackin, Clemens Rychlik & Mark Asquith. Plus, free drinks, networking & sunset city views from the terrace 🌅

📍 Wed 12 Nov, 6:30–9:00pm @Cloudworks Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Don’t miss out on this one! Register here.

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Qida raises €37M, Spain’s biggest eldercare round

• AI tax & accounting startup Kabilio closes €4M pre-seed round

Barcelona startup news

• SeQura teams up with ChatGPT creators & sets sights on the US

• TravelPerk rebrands to Perk as it expands beyond travel

• Ocean Ecostructures, Qida, Biorce, Deepull & Sycai Medical selected for Norrsken’s Impact/100 2025 list – all 5 Spanish startups from BCN

• ADmit Therapeutics wins WA4STEAM’s Best Startup 2025, which recognizes leading women entrepreneurs

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based Overture Life secures €20M to advance its AI-automated IVF

• Payments fintech Devengo closes €2M

• Legaltech iPNOTE raises €857K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Faraday Venture Partners achieves its 7th exit with the sale of portfolio company Datos101

• Beka Credit launches €200M Alameda Energy Fund for Spanish renewable energy projects

• Kfund closes first deal in Argentina, leading a $2.5M round in Patagon AI

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• MassRobotics open call: Healthcare robotics startups can access mentorship, guidance & exposure in Boston; deadline 2 Dec

• CaixaBank and Enisa launch the 19th edition of the EmprendeXXI Awards; deadline 4 Dec

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Lawwwing: Adapts any website or online store to regulations

• MeetReal: Streamlining corporate event organization with AI

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Nvidia & Lenovo contribute to Barcelona's metropolitan digital twin with local startup Aretian

• Barcelona now first city in the world to endorse the UN Open Source Principles

• AstraZeneca invests €1.3B in its Barcelona HQ, a global hub for biomedical research

• Catalonia’s deeptech startups continue to rise at 340, mostly in important sectors like health & green energy

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Spain has 29 companies in the Financial Times European growth ranking

• South Summit awarded the Sustainability Prize by Spanish Olympic Committee

• AI use in Spain: Madrid leads with 30% of companies, followed by Catalonia with 25.6%

Good Reads & Watches

• Speed ​​vs. perfection: how a CTO with experience at Google and Badi makes decisions (Life on Mars, ES)

• Stop Obsessing Over Fundraising Announcements (Dalton + Michael, EN)

• More 2025 lists rolling in: LinkedIn’s top EU startups ft. BCN-based Genesy

• Forbes’ annual 100 richest Spaniards 2025

Great Events

This week:

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

• Wed, 12 Nov @18:30: AI Marketing Workshop with Hello Operator

• Fri, 14 Nov @16:00: VIBEZ Festival: Youth culture, tech & entrepreneurship

• Sun, 16 – Tue, 18 Nov: Global SensAl Hack Barcelona

Upcoming:

• Mon, 17 Nov: Finance Week Barcelona

• Wed, 19 Nov @10:00: Online roundtable - From local to global: How to scale finance in international environments

• Wed, 26 Nov @18:00: BCN FinTech x Barcinno: Lending en España: el futuro del crédito – 50% discount applied 🏷️

• Thu, 27 Nov: AI Day @Bcombinator
  

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Startup Jobs

• Service Club needs an Account Manager - German Speaker

• Holded is hiring a QA Analyst

• Dost is looking for a Customer Success Manager

• HappyScribe needs an SEO & GEO Manager