Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

Hello and happy Monday,

🔔 Another one for the calendar: BCN FinTech X Barcinno’s next event is coming up soon on Tuesday, 6 October, at the Barcelona Finance Hub by Aticco. The debrief:

• Topic: Blockchain/crypto in fintech and the state of Barcelona’s digital assets ecosystem

• Confirmed speakers: Michael Stroev, CEO at Venga, Richard Hodges, CAAN Asset Management + one more TBC.

• The format: Pre-networking, panel discussion, crowd Q&A, then networking with free drinks & snacks to finish 🍻

🎟️ Register using this link for a 50% Barcinno community discount

Hope to see you there and have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

• Anaconda Biomed raises €50M through COFIDES, CDTI, Ysios & Asabys

• New wealthtech Quartz debuts with €3.2M funding, founded by Revolut and N26 execs

• Corporate gifting platform Pekata completes €1.9M round

• Nearby Computing secures €680K to scale cloud-to-edge orchestration platform

Barcelona startup news

• Holded announces that it closed 2025 with €35.5M of ARR

• CareWave expands internationally after making its CareWave+ digital health platform available in both Spanish & English

• Mindful cellphone usage startup Balance Phone aims to exceed 20K users

• Barcelona Activa's Startup Lab has attracted 47 startups with €75M funding, 80% deeptech

• Healthtech NeumaCare recognized as Best Startup at the ICT Catalunya Sud Awards

Spanish investment news

• Seville-based vaccine biotech Vaxdyn secures €11M Series A

• Valencian sustainable home renovation startup Cubicup gets €2M led by Suma Capital

• Gipuzkoa-based BATTIA raises €8M to recycle EV batteries with homegrown tech

• Madrid’s Green Eagle Solutions lands Copilot Capital backing to take renewable energy ‘autopilot’ global

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

• Airbnb launches new $250M housing accelerator

• EU and EIB launch institutional investor pact to tackle Europe’s scale-up funding gap

• Revolut backer Molten Ventures hits £175M first close of growth fund for EU & UK

• Glovo & Wallapop Co-founders hire two former execs from Inveready and Wallbox for Antai

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

• 3D Incubator and Barcelona hospitals join forces to boost healthcare innovation

• EU-Startups Summit speaker applications now open for May 2027

• Damm’s new edition of HackIAmm is open for application

Tech & Business News

• Acció opens an office in New Delhi to promote trade in India

• Catalonia presents PILOT, a new program to accelerate tech innovation

• CaixaBank hits all-time 27% high due to rising interest rates & strong performance of the Spanish economy

• French-owned ARaymond opens new plant in Catalonia with €15M investment

• Revolut exceeds 7 million customers in Spain, now our 4th-largest bank by users

• Pedro Sánchez announces IA360 Plan for responsible, humane & safe AI deployment

Good Reads & Watches

• Open AI closes the gap as Europe bets on sovereignty and infrastructure: Mozilla’s latest State of Open Source AI report

• Examining the self-reported math: Deel built 10K agents and added $140M in revenue without hiring 

• YC on The State of Startups in 2026 (EN)

• How to go from consultant to CTO of a multinational: Road to CTO with Guillermo Ortiz (ES)

Great Events

This week:

• Wed 30 Sep @09:30: Petit Comitech Investing in AI with Pep Martorell and Luis Pareras (Invivo Partners)

• Wed 30 Sep @18:00: Tech and Business Networking

• Wed 30 Sep @18:30: Networking & Drinks - Itnig Coworking

• Thu 1 Oct @17:00: Workshop | Build It Yourself: Agentic AI for Leaders

• Thu 1 Oct @18:30: DevOpsDays BCN Meetup

Upcoming:

• Tue 6 Oct @18:30: BCN FinTech X Barcinno: #027: Barcelona's Digital Asset Ecosystem Today ⭐️

• Thu 8–Fri 16 Oct: Barcelona4Impact (40 events across the city) 

• Thu 8 Oct: Talent Dev Day Game BCN

• Fri 9 Oct @11:00: HER/O Breakfast x unlock VC

• Wed 28 Oct @18:00: Barcelona Tech Job Fair Autumn 2026

• Thu Oct 29: FutureTravel Summit

Got news or an event to share? Fill out this form.