Barcelona Startup News July 10, 2017

Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! We have some great events coming up the next two weeks.

First, this Thursday, July 13th, the Director of Marketing for leading Barcelona AI startup restb.ai and the organizer of Online Geniuses BCN will destroy the notion of B2C vs B2B marketing. Join us this Thursday at itnig for: Warning: We Are All Human! (How to change your B2B/B2C mindset)

Then, the following Thursday, July 20th, Barcinno, OneCoWork and Harbour.Space host Joshua Davis, an interactive design visionary for Painting With Sound – an exploration of modern visual installations at concerts. Joshua has worked with Pharrell Williams, Taylor Swift and even had his work appear at the Super Bowl half-time show. Sign up here.

Ok, let’s get into it! Have a great week and we’ll see you out there!

Ok, let’s take a look at the latest Barcelona startup news from this week: 

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

Startup & Investment News

• Spanish car-sharing platform Amovens secures €5M funding
• Spain-based startup Case on IT raises €3,5M to boost growth
• Barcelona startup Housfy closes a €700k investment round
• Crowdcube hits €10M treshold for funding in Spain
• Barcelona startup WeFitter enters in 500 Startups accelerator
• Barcelona company Go-PopU expands to Portugal & Australia
• Barcelona-based startup Tiendeo opens new office in Chile
• Catalan firm EnergloT wins Cleantech Camp award & €20k
• Barcelona startups TuFarmaConsejo & Hurrynow join forces to provide delivery of medicines in less than two hours
• Catalan firm eDreams raises its bet on Japanese market
• Barcelona-based startup Billy Mobile accused of scam
• Former video game industry hero & creator of ‘Commandos’ ends up in prison
• London-based VC Felix Capital closes $150M fund that is aimed at investing in digital lifestyle startups from Spain
• IAG launches second accelerator program in Spain
• Iberostar & Telefónica launch tourism startup accelerator
• Fledge11 is looking for startups to join its program, application deadline closes on the 22nd of July 2017
• Wayra’s International Investment Bootcamp attracts 20 startups and over 100 investors
• Welcome to Catalonia: EU-Startups is relocating to Barcelona
• Spain’s startup Vagueoo brings food & drink to the beachfront
• Barcelona startup profiles & interviews:
  • Carlos Pierre, CEO & founder of Badi App (Video)
  • Antenvenio, a €30M performance marketing firm
  • Onlinechampion, a platform for video gamers

Tech News

• Aleix Valls steps down as director of Mobile World Capital
• IoT & Big Data lead corporate innovation in Catalonia
• Catalan Government bets on new system of cryptography to improve security of its networks
• Vodafone extends its 4G networks to 40 new municipalities & 60 new beaches in Catalonia
• Movistar pays Ericsson & Nokia €400M to get networks ready for 5G roll-out
• Construction works on a new AVE train that will cut travel time between Barcelona & Valencia to 2 hours to start in 2019
• BBVA chief’s data scientist Marco Bressan leaves the firm
• Spanish hacker discovers IT security flaws at nuclear plants in Spain which could be used by attackers
• From Netflix to Samsung – lot’s of personnel changes at Spain’s leading digital businesses this year

Good Reads

• The 5 most ‘tech ready’ cities in the world – TechRepublic
• Chinese Global TV talks about Catalan startup ecosystem
• What To Do If Your Product Isn’t Growing
• 6 Strategies for Building a Winning Startup Team
• 3 steps to sell high-tech products to low-tech buyers (podcast)

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 10 July @ 18:30: Tax savings for startups & freelancers
• Tue, 11 July @ 19:00: Android Things: Solid Foundations
• Wed, 12 July @ 19:00: Supercharge your Computer Vision
• Wed, 12 July @ 19:30: Launch event: Hangar 51 Acceleration Programme- Barcelona
• Thu, 13 July @ 19:00: Inbound BCN – Warning: We are all Human! (How to change your B2B/B2C mindset)
• Thu, 13 July @ 18:30: Startup Grind BCN: Justo Molinero
• Thu, 13 July @ 18:30: Machine learning (workshop)
• Fri, 14 July @ 19:00: Financiación de proyectos blockchain
• Sat, 15 July @ 10:00: Herramientas de Engagement Design

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• TravelPerk is recruiting a Content Marketer (native English)
• Wide Eyes Technologies is hiring a Business Developer
• The Barcelona Code School is looking for a:
  • Growth Hacker
  • JavaScript Intern
• Printsome is recruiting an Inside Sales Executive (English)
• Skyscanner is hiring Principal & Lead Engineers
• OneCoWork is looking for a Junior Accountant