Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

Last call for BCN FinTech x Barcinno event this week 📣

Barcelona's biggest fintech afterwork of the season is this Wednesday: Lending en España: el futuro del crédito. Don’t miss it if you’re in lending, fintech, or consumer finance – or if you just want to connect with industry leaders while enjoying a cocktail.

🗓️ Wed 26 Nov, 18h @Barcelona Finance Hub by Aticco

🎤 Confirmed speakers (more to be announced soon): 

• Eric Raduan Corrius (Deputy CEO, Powens Group): 15+ years scaling fintech infrastructure across Europe & LATAM, from Unnax to Powens

• Carlos Martín (CMO, ID Finance): leading global marketing strategy for one of Europe's fastest-growing digital lending platforms

👉 Last chance for discounted tickets! Register here now – 50% off Barcinno code applied.

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Sustainable microchip firm Ideaded receives €9.5M from SETT

• Fintech Dost raises €6.7M Series A & launches in the UK 

• Tacmind raises €2.4M to help brands appear on AI

• Fintech for homeowners Unibo acquired by Aareon Group

Barcelona startup news

• Mathew wins the Iberian edition of the Global EdTech Startup Awards

• Zynap develops in-house agentic AI system, expanding automation across engineering, product, & ops

• LexDoka announces Audit, promising to be a game-changer in financial auditing

Spanish investment news

• Valencia-based Voltrac raises €7M Seed round to scale its autonomous electric tractor

• Basque biotech Miramoon Pharma gets investment from BStartup10

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Antai & Banco Sabadell’s Necta Ventures raises its target to €120M & invests in world’s top AI firms

• Armilar Fund IV hits €120M first close to invest across Iberia and Europe

• Ship2B Ventures’ BSocial Impact Fund II becomes the largest social impact fund in Spain with a first closing of €65M

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Applications open for Norrsken & Lovable’s ‘World’s Largest Fixathon’ in Barcelona

• Translink 2025 Open Call for Innovation: for startups to pilot innovative, low-cost public transport solutions for Metro Vancouver; deadline 1 Dec

• Bcombinator launches new accelerator call: the tech trends shaping 2026

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Analysis of Food for Joe, the first vacuum-cooked, personalized pet food in the EU

• Map4Climb: Drone startup for climbing routes

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Catalonia presents its AI 2030 strategy in Brussels, showcasing its ethical self-assessment tool & city contribution

• The BSC celebrates its 20th anniversary

• KPMG launches KPMG Startup Connect to grow Spanish startups, driven from Catalonia

• Amazon to lay off nearly 1,000 workers at its Barcelona offices

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Multiverse Computing enters the defense market in Australia with Navantia

• EU slows AI Act rollout by a year, welcomed by startups 

• BBVA enters the Finnish startup ecosystem: first growth capital deal with Bob W and debut at Slush

Good Reads & Watches

• Farewell, Factorial: Former Engineering Director Ray Garcia blogged about his experience

• The 2025 State of European Tech is out

• Spanish VCs weigh in – What 2025 means for Spain’s growing startup ecosystem

• Road to CEO: Elisenda Bou, former Head of Apple Media Knowledge (ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Wed, 26 Nov @12:00: Webinar: How can CFOs use AI & automation to streamline financial processes?

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

• Thu, 27 Nov @17:00: Lead Gen: Winning more clients by building a systematic lead generation engine with AI

• Thu, 27 Nov: AI Day @Bcombinator

Upcoming:

• Mon, 1 Dec @18:30: Peers & Beers: Marketing Meetup

• Tue, 2 Dec @19:00: Vibe Coding Meetup: Engineers & Tech Leaders

• Thu, 4 Dec @18:00: Predictive Commerce 2026: How AI Is Transforming Ecommerce

• Tue, 16 Dec @18:30: DeepTech Talks BCN

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