Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Tech Marketing Leaders Vermut and Networking is this week! On Thursday 2nd, we’re (Hello Operator & Kunoichi Growth) introducing a new, more relaxed & accessible format: an after-work 🍸 for senior marketing leaders in tech.

​This free gathering will bring together CMOs, Heads of Marketing, Growth leaders, and other senior marketing professionals from Barcelona’s tech ecosystem for an informal evening of conversation, connection, and knowledge-sharing.

🤝 Sign up here

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Prosper AI raises $30M Series A led by a16z & plans to double its BCN engineering hub

• Agent-to-agent fintech Causa Prima gets €8.6M 

• EV charger startup Floox raises €2M

• Filmin acquires Elastica’s distribution business, a pioneering alliance in the Spanish AV sector

Barcelona startup news

• Exoticca hits ~€400M in sales and turns profitable in Q4 2025, helped by AI back-office automation

• Herta positions itself as a European reference in AI Act-compliant facial recognition

• Reverse logistics startup Rever claims €10M in annual sales 

• Housfy expects €55M revenue & exceed €7M EBITDA this year

Spanish investment news

• B2B AI management platform Optiak closes €4M Pre-seed

• Naturr raises €620K to digitize the fresh food supply chain

• San Sebastián-based Bihar Batteries raises €2M

• Swiss-Madrid asset & wealth fintech Node AI closes €1.5M

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Revolut & Wise backer Seedcamp raises €279M for Europe’s next gen of global startups

• Crescenta launches SCR vehicle for corporate and high-net-worth institutional investors

• Norrsken Launcher raises €80M second fund backing early-stage deeptech & impact startups

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• BStartup launches the 9th edition of BStartup Health to invest in innovative healthcare startups

• Next Frontier Founders offers support for UPC deeptech startups to grow and access investment

• Pitch de Startups by Netmentora x ACCIÓ: Event on 9 July in Barcelona, apply now

Tech & Business News

Tech news in Barcelona

• Swiss robotics company ANYbotics opens a new office in Barcelona 

• UPF-BSM enters the FT’s global Masters in Finance 2026 ranking for the first time

• Catalonia surpasses the €10B mark in funding from Next Generation EU

Tech & big company news in Spain

• Santander expects AI to generate €200M in value this year

• Magnific, formerly Freepik, faces union pushback over 111-person layoff in Spain 

• American Express announces proposed acquisition of TheFork (El Tenedor) for $700M

• N26 hits first full-year profit after management shakeup, amid challenging 2025

Good Reads

• EU Inc. could fix one of Europe’s biggest startup headaches, but only if done right: Elina Berrebi, Co-founder of Europe’s largest female-founded growth fund Revaia

• Startups are relocating the wrong person, says Lovable’s head of people

• May 2026's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about

• Gerard Piqué's Kings League in crisis (a story we've already lived through)

Great Events

This week:

• Mon 29 Jun –Thu 2 Jul: Barcelona Activa & Mobile World Capital Upskilling Week 

• Tue 30 Jun @18:30: DeepTech Talks BCN: From Data Autonomy to Adaptive AI

• Tue 30 Jun @19:00: DMK Tribe talk: The Age of AI Agents

• Tue 30 Jun @20:00: Tech Founder Hang

• Wed 1 Jul @12:00: The evolution of the CFO: Webinar

• Thu 2 Jul @18:00: Hello Operator & Kunoichi Growth Tech Marketing Leaders Vermut & Networking 🌟

Upcoming:

• Wed 8 Jul @19:00: Agentic Coding Meetup — Devs & Drinks

• Thu 9 Jul: Tech Spirit Travel 2026

• Thu 9 Jul @15:00: Karisma Mastermind Gathering for Founders

• Wed 15 Jul 20:00: SIA Angels & Beers -For Investors-

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Startup Jobs

• Supersonik has open roles across GTM, Engineering, Ops & Sales

• Joko is hiring a Head of Product Design

• ALOHAS needs a CX Automation & AI Lead

• Powens is recruiting a Security Engineer

• Mitiga Solutions is hiring an Account Executive