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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Multiplatform AI memory agent Memorae raises €1.7M seed round

• Overwatch AI closes €1.3M to reduce flight disruptions

• Fan management SaaS Berrly acquired by Overgie, a subsidiary of crypto firm Rungie

Barcelona startup news

• Unnax is now Powens as the Open Finance platform consolidates under one brand

• Pau Ramon (Ramensoft CEO & former Factorial CTO) launched AI knowledge agent Handinger

• Medtech Heecap’s CEO Laura Lizama selected for the EIC Women Leadership Programme

• Glovo reaches ERE agreement affecting 436 drivers, a lower figure than the initial 766

Spanish investment news

• Madrid-based microelectronics firm KD gets €3.67M from ICO

• Wealth management platform Wio Capital raises €1.2M

• Diagnostic imaging startup Ainovis closes €680K

• Canarian biotech Kanara only Spanish company to secure EIC pre-accelerator funding at €500K

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Andbank partners with Cabify for €20M fund to deploy more VTC licenses in Madrid 

• Talenta launches Mastertech Capital IV, its 4th fund of funds focused on investing in tech VC

• New Arāya Sie Fund closes at £7.5M to back female-led startups in UK & Europe

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• 11th edition of Cuatrecasas Acelera: boosting startups facing legal and regulatory complexity; deadline 26 Jun

• The Sabadell Chamber of Commerce will accelerate 10 tech startups with the Impulsa Startup program

• Copenhagen-based Corti launches no-equity accelerator for healthcare AI startups

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

• Professional women’s space Juno House: “There's no lack of talent, there's a lack of visibility”: this is how (In)visibles was born

• Sit&Plug: the on-demand office solution growing between BCN and Madrid

Tech & Business News

• Barcelona has a new AI Campus

• Latest StartupBlink report ranks BCN as the fifth-best startup hub in the EU for the 3rd year

  • BCN also climbs to third place in the top 3 congress cities worldwide

• Catalonia strengthens ties with Silicon Valley to boost AI, innovation & investment

• BBVA joins OpenAI Deployment Company as the only Spanish founding partner

Good Reads & Watches

• Sifted 100: Southern Europe’s fastest-growing startups of 2026 (BCN’s Enginy ranks #3)

• AI: 10 EU companies that raised the most in 2025

• Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how

• Google Search as you know it is over

• How to Build a Self-Improving Company with AI (EN)

Great Events

• Tue 26 May @12:00: AI as a co-pilot or replacement? Talent webinar

• Tue 26 May @18:30: Investor & afterwork: Padel World Summit

• Wed 27 May @18:00: Strive Tech and Business Networking

• Thu 28 May: StartupMat Tech Summit 2026

• Thu 28–Sat 30 May: Esade Entrepreneurship Summit 2026 

• Thu 30 May @17:00: Workshop | Connecting Applications Across Your Business Landscape

• Fri 5 Jun @09:30: Free Tech Marketing Leaders Breakfast: AI & User Journey

• Mon 15 Jun: The Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) at PG Connects

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