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Hello and happy December,

The biggest news from the past week: Barcelona has been recognized as Southern Europe’s best startup ecosystem in StartupBlink’s latest ranking, a leadership held since 2020.

Jaume Baró, Secretary of Business and Competitiveness and CEO of ACCIÓ–Catalonia Trade & Investment, says, “This award recognizes the work of multiple actors, who have helped create a stable environment that fosters competitiveness.” A win for everyone shaping the local ecosystem — let’s keep going 💥

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Dublin-BCN AI sales tool Lative closes €6.5M

• B2B product SaaS Uxia lands €1M

• Hair Up Laser raises €880K for its alopecia treatment products

• Fintech Abacum gets funding through new investor FOG Ventures

Barcelona startup news

• US-BCN healthcare agent Prosper AI grew 4x revenue in 60 days, signed 8 new customers & went live with a $5B organization

• Inersia launches its Earth-monitoring satellite technology in Canada

• MarsBased launches new brand GPTApps

Spanish investment news

• Madrid GenAI data platform Anyformat closes €3.3M Seed round

• Valencian sustainable hotel firm ECO-ONE gets €765K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Onstage launches its first venture fund as Europe's answer to YC

• UK-BCN ElevenLabs & Revolut backer launches $15M solo GP fund

• Future Energy Ventures secures €205M to power the next wave of energy innovation

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• Électricité De France open challenge: rewards Catalan startups developing innovative solutions for a low-carbon future; deadline 14 Dec 

• CaixaBank and Microsoft present the WONNOW Awards to the best STEM female students in Spain

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Siverus: transforms helmets & harnesses into smart devices against workplace hazards

• Tasker Army: optimizing online stores with Shopify & conquering sales on ChatGPT

Tech & Business News

• Catalonia recognized as the best startup ecosystem in Southern Europe at the StartupBlink Awards

• easyJet chooses Barcelona for its first digital hub in Europe

• More layoffs: HP to dismiss 10% of global workforce; unknown if BCN will be affected

• Ebro EV Motors achieves first positive quarter, bringing in €112M

• iWorld reports 60% increase in applications for Spain’s Startup Visas over the past year

• Silicon Valley giant Workday expands in Spain with new SME offering

Good Reads & Watches

• Why ChatGPT can’t tell the time

• Startup Oasis analysis of Spanish e-commerce startups

• Croissant launched an interesting blog series on the future of hybrid work

• Nothing's founder, Carl Pei: ‘If you’re serious about hardware, you should spend time in China’ (EN)

• Itnig chat about the success of Nano Banana Pro (ES)

Great Events

This week:

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

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

• Wed, 3 Dec @19:00: Hello Operator GEO Crash Course Lightning Session (virtual) ⚡️

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

Upcoming:

• Tue, 9 Dec @09:30: Online Barcelona Activa workshop for English-speaking jobseekers

• Wed, 10 Dec: Tech Spirit Barcelona 2025

• Wed, 10 Dec @18:00: Quality Engineering Meetup

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

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