Barcelona Startup News September 17 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had great weekend.

This Wednesday, don’t miss a great lineup of speakers at the September edition of FlossBCN in support of free and open-source software.

Then on Thursday, September 20th, social ads expert Patrick Wind will host an intensive full-day workshop on advanced Facebook ads at OneCoWork. Sign up now and save 50% on tickets by using the following code: barcinno

Also on Thursday, Xing is hosting the Barcelona on Rails Meetup. They’re also hiring a Senior Backend Developer.

Lastly, if you’re curious about blockhain technology come along to the “The Future of Blockchain” event next Tuesday, September 25th.

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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BARCELONA STARTUP NEWS

Startup & Investment News

• Spanish fintech startup Finanbest closes a €900K investment
• Barcelona firm Filmin, the ‘Spanish Netflix of indie content’, is looking to raise funding after posting a €2,5M profit
• Catalan firm eDreams completes €425 million refinancing
• Barcelona startup Glovo expands to new cities in Catalonia
• Barcelona firm Wallapop starts selling flats and is already thinking about entering into financing
• Barcelona VC Siroco Capital closes a €12M investment round
• Barcelona incubator Antai Venture Builder receives €20M from Mutua Madrilena and InnoCells
• Spanish VC ProA Capital launches 3rd buyout fund at €450M
• Lanzadera welcomes 38 entrepreneurial projects from all over Spain this year
• Crowdcube and Eatable Adventures strike partnership to co-invest in startups from the gastronomic sector
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • FabLab Barcelona: insights into their fabrication laboratory
  • eDreams: using tech to understand travelers better
  • Noken: the US travel startup founded by a Catalan entrepreneur

Tech News

• A study by ACCIÓ reveals that the local cybersecurity sector consists of 352 Catalan companies which employ 6000 people
• 4 scientists from Barcelona received funding from the European Research Council, the most in the EU
• Barcelona Activa will collaborate with Japanese city Fukuoka to boost the internationalization of companies
• Barcelona is hosting Rebuild 2018 this month, a conference focused on innovation in the construction industry
• How Barcelona Tech City wants to position Barcelona as the main hub in Southern Europe
• Barcelona metro extends automated section, suitable for driverless trains, to 33km with Line 10 South
• Catalonia’s economy grew at 3,1% in Q2, faster than Spain (2,7%) and the EU-average (2.1%)
• SEAT & Noveto working on personalised in-car sound system
• Twitter experienced a decrease in revenues in Spain last year
• Linkedin also recorded a dip in sales in the Spanish market
• As shared scooters and bicycles invade the sidewalks in cities like Barcelona, why aren’t cities doing anything to stop it?
• How Spain stacks up to the rest of the world in regards to adoption rates of robotics in business
• BBVA president wants fintech startups to play by the same rulebook as banks
• Correos, the national postal service of Spain, launches “Buzón Connect” in order to improve deliveries
  • Correos renews their fleet by acquiring 400 new vehicles
• El Corte Ingles accepted a €350M offer from Kio Networks to sell Informática El Corte Inglés

Good Reads

• 17 SEO Tips For Startups To Rank In 2018 – 17 Experts Share Their Thoughts (Updated Link)
• The hottest startups in Barcelona according to Wired
• Insights into BBVA’s Data&Analytics division which has grown from 6 to 50+ engineers in a few years
• Spain’s high-growth startup OnTruck reflects on their experience of growing their team
• Challenges and differences between selling to SMBs & enterprises; featuring Kantox, Forcemanager & Red Points

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 17 Sep @ 19:00: BCN Data Engineering meetup
• Tue, 18 Sep @ 8:30: Esmorzar de finançament: Més enllà del deute bancari i el capital
• Tue, 18 Sep @ 18:30: Blockchain: Mucho más que criptomoneda
• Wed, 19 Sep @ 20:00: Unbox Nights: Share, Discover & Connect
• Thu, 20 Sep @ 16:00: Consigue inversión para tu start-up
• Thu, 20 Sep @ 19:00: eCommerce Blackfriday – Facebook Ads Special |
• Thu, 20 Sep @ 19:00: Barcelona on Rails Meetup
• Fri, 21 Sep @ 19:00: How to Succeed Despite your Success

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Xing is looking for a Senior Backend Developer
• Santiago Ways is recruiting an SEO Specialist
• OneCoWork is looking for a:
  • People & Happiness Officer
  • Interior & 3D Designer
  • IT Technician
• Reloadly is hiring a Front-end Web Developer
• Prestalo is recruiting a Lead Developer
• Coinweb is looking for Blockchain Engineers
• My1Min is hiring a Front- and Back-End Web Developer
• IoMob is recruiting a Backend & Blockchchain Engineer
• US cybersecurity startup AttackIQ is looking for:
  • Senior Software Engineer – Integrations (Python)
  • Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Python)
  • Senior Software Engineer – Endpoint Agent
  • QA Automation Engineer
  • Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• NY-based startup Resy is recruiting an Account Manager