Barcelona Startup News March 11 2019

Hello and happy Monday, I hope you had a wonderful weekend! This week we’re going to jump right into it:

Startup Grind Tech Conference – Apr 8-9

The third edition of the Startup Grind Tech Conference is taking place on April 8-9. Here’s how Startup Grind is shaping the Barcelona startup and tech ecosystem. Don’t forget to secure your ticket now at a 40% discount by using our exclusive code: BarcinnoRocks

When data becomes a key resource to tackle urban challenges

DataCity and Barcelona City Council present the results of their urban innovation projects on March 19th. Discover the results when corporates and tech companies join forces using data science to find solution to mobility challenges raised by the city. Save your seat here.

Last Call: Nominate your favorite startup, program or space in BCN

Know an inspiring startup, founder, space, school or program in Barcelona? Make sure they can be featured in the upcoming Startup Guide Barcelona handbook by nominating them here!

Get 40% off your Startup Grind Tech Conference tickets by using our exclusive code: BarcinnoRocks

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

BARCELONA STARTUP NEWS

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona biopharmaceutical firm SOM Biotech raises €7M
Spanish startup Streamloots secures a €800K funding
Spain-based startup DNActive receives a €370K investment
Catalan music tech startup Acqustic lands a €250K investment
- Read more about Acqustic & the Barcelona music tech startup scene here
Barcelona startup Badi hires former Google senior engineer as new CTO
Catalan startu Glovo is now available in 100+ cities worldwide
Barcelona mobility startup Iomob selected for the Arcadis City of 2030 Accelerator program in Amsterdam
Portuguese startup Infraspeak is set to open an office in Barcelona
Meet the 7 startups developed at 3Day Startup Barcelona 2019
VC & investment news:
- FC Barcelona seek €100M for startup investment fund
- Samaipata plans to raises €100M for its second fund
- Banco Sabadell launches Sabadell Asabys Health Innovation Investments, a €30M biomedicine-focused VC fund
- South Summit launches South Summit Fund to invest €6M per year in the best startups of its competition
- Lluís Pareras and Albert Ferrer launch Invivo Capital Partners, a new biotech-focused VC fund
- ILP Abogados and la Fundación ViCe launch 400k, a new VC fund aimed at investing in startups
Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
- Gymforless: the self-proclaimed ‘Netflix of fitness’
- Prontopiso: changing the way we buy and sell property
- Inveready: director Carlos Conti talks about Inveready, Venture Debt and Diversification
- Youcheck: the ‘tinder’ for journalists

Tech News

Good Reads

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wed, 13 Mar @18:30: #CMOTalks by Seakting
Wed, 13 Mar @19:00: Future-proof jobs: workshop for new relevant careers in the age of digitalization
Thu, 14 Mar @19:00: Google for Startups Talks: “How I sold my startup to Google”, with Eduardo Tinoco
Sat, 16 Mar @9:00: Women’s Coding Day with Le Wagon and OneRagtime

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

Zinc is looking for an Office Manager
OneCoWork is hiring a Performance Marketing Specialist
Stuart is recruiting a Front-end Engineer
Sage Corps is hiring a Barcelona City Manager (English/Spanish)
Chilliprinting is recruiting an Online Marketing & Business Development Intern
Iomob is looking for a:

See the full Job Board here

Barcelona Startup News March 11 2019 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from March 4th 2019 until March 11th, 2019. If you want to read more stories about the city’s startup, tech and innovation scene, check out all Barcelona startup news here.