Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

EBC is back! And we're pleased to be a community partner once again. Details 👇

European Blockchain Convention returns to Barcelona on September 16–17, bringing Europe's Digital Asset Marketplace to life — where the continent's fragmented markets converge into one room.

6,000+ attendees. 300+ speakers. 90+ countries. Two days. One Deal Floor.

The institutions, capital, builders, and infrastructure providers you need to be across — in one place, at the same time. What normally takes months of cross-border travel happens here in 48 hours.

🌟 Use code Hello_15 for 15% off tickets here.

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• AI evaluation platform Galtea raises €2.7M backed by Mozilla Ventures

• Biotech Aptadel Therapeutics raises €2M

• Private pool rental startup Cocopool raises €435K

• India-based Nazara Technologies acquires 50% of gaming studio Bluetile Bestplay for $100M

Barcelona startup news

• HeyDiga signs agreements with Audi, SEAT, Toyota & Triumph to lead AI for automotive customer service

• Home care startup Qida grows by 40% in a year and reaches €38M revenue

• Submer will invest €1B in its own data center in Catalonia

• The startups from BSC AI Factory’s first incubation call

Spanish investment news

• Logroño-based bio gas firm B.Power gets €30M

• Arkadia Space, backed by Draper B1, secures €14.5M

• Boutique tech & AI consultant Logixs closes €2M

• Deterministic AI software Airflows raises €2M

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• New €70M GVC Gaesco fund targets InfraTech startups focused on energy, industry & digital infrastructure

• BBVA Spark & BNPL firm APLAZO expand financing to $50 million to boost access to credit in Mexico

• Kfund co-leads €9.5M round in Brazilian health insurance startup Bliss

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• CA Auto Bank & Drivalia open call: The future of banking & smart mobility in automotive finance

• Novartis Türkiye Health Innovation Program: Open Innovation Challenge

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Scircle: Personalized perfumes for Barça fans

• 3 startups born in Barcelona changing the future of food

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• UK-based Ark Data Centres to open major BCN facility, creating 500 tech jobs

• Barcelona’s 22@ to have Southern Europe’s largest coworking hub

• Pool equipment firm Fluidra opens a hub in Shenzhen after investing €64M in R&D

• Barcelona launches one of the most advanced neuroscience centers in Europe

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Home meal kit firm HelloFresh ceases operations in Spain

• HP will cram a 20-billion-parameter AI model into new AI PCs

• Bit2Me partners with savings app Goin to enable crypto in retail shopping

• London B2B payments fintech Teya launches in Spain

Good Reads & Watches

• Tech.eu analysis: From diversified funding to frontier innovation: the Spanish tech ecosystem

• 40% of Catalan startups now include female founders – why the rest of Europe is still behind

• EIF just set aside €15B for VCs. Here’s what they’re looking for

• From 0 to 15M€ with Incapto: Francesc Font and the truth of the coffee business (ES)

• Interview with Jan Oberhauser, Founder and CEO of n8n (EN)

Great Events

This week:

• Tue 31 Mar @18:00: Barcelona Indie Biotech meetup

• Thu 2 Apr @19:30: Barcelona Techies Rooftop Afterwork

Upcoming:

• Wed 8 Apr @18:00: Mobile App Leaders Meetup

• Thu 9 Apr @19:00: ​Energy in Network: Barcelona for Founders

• Wed 15 Apr @18:30: eWorks Founders Meetup

• Thu 16 Apr @19:00: How to fail with your startup (before it's too late)

• Wed 22 Apr @18:00: #026 BCN FinTech X Barcinno: FinTech Exits – 50% community discount applied 💥

• Sat 25 Apr @10:00: PowerBI Sant Jordi Data Fest 2026

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