Barcelona Startup News April 17, 2017

Hello and happy Tuesday…. We hope you had a great Easter holiday and are all rested and rejuvinated to crush this week! Some great events and news coming up as we are now fully heading into summer.

Let’s get right to it!

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona startup Dexma raised €1,2M to accelerate growth with new product
• Catalan crowdlending firm Zank secured a €490k investment on Crowdcube
• Tech starup Roams received a €374k investment to conquer the Spanish market
• Catalan firm Stayforlong raised €250k via crowdfunding to expand to Germany & UK
• Barcelona startups Woom & Kompyte selected to pitch at Google Demo Day in London
• Preregistration for tech firms looking to get a spot in the new Pier 1 space is now open
• THCap, a Barcelona-based VC, to launch new €20M fund to invest in startups
• The first Wayra Global Call received a total of 880 applications from around the world
• Spain has a new accelerator for tourism, travel and gastronomy startups – Nao Ventures
• Catalonia’s Victoria Venture Capital to invest €5M in tech spin-offs in the next two years

Tech News

• A look into Spain’s startup labour market – salaries of engineers keep growing rapidly
• Barcelona Activa has helped to create 1600 companies in the past year
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) to open new site in Barcelona
• 8 measures Spain needs to take to avoid losing millions of jobs to robots
• Banco Sabadell to invest €150M into renewable energies until 2019
• Ecommerce revenue in Spain grew by 16% in Q3 2016 & eclisped €6B
• Spain’s fashion giant Inditex reached digital sales worth €2,1B in 2016, 129% growth
• The Spanish video gaming industry grew sales by 7% in 2016 to reach €1,1B
• Within one year MásMóvil more than doubled its share price on stock exchange markets
• Telefónica continues to reshape its business as two board of directors leave the company
• More than 1 million Spanish homes are already using Netflix after it launched in Q4 2015
• The rise of ‘ecommerce’ and startups coming to Barcelona improves logistics in the city

Good Reads

• GOOD READ #1: Barcelona Could Become Silicon Valley’s Biggest Rival (Inc Magazine)
• GOOD READ #2: From homeless to entrepreneur in Barcelona
• GOOD READ #3: How Typeform is scaling their culture in hyper-growth
• GOOD READ #4: A €1-million-lesson on meal kit delivery
• GOOD WATCH #1: CEOTalk with Oscar Pierre, CEO of Barcelona Startup Glovo

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 18 Apr @ 18:30: F8 Facebook Developer Conference Meetup Barcelona
• Tue, 18 Apr @ 19:00: Data-driven decisions vs. intuition: Ivan Zaguirre, Social Point
• Wed, 19 Apr @ 08:45: Tres preguntes per una gestió econòmica intel·ligent
• Wed, 19 Apr @ 19:00: The Grid Talks: Millennials
• Wed, 19 Apr @ 19:30: Soy un programador senior y esta es mi historia
• Thu, 20 Apr @ 18:00: Third Anniversary of Startup Grind BCN
• Thu, 20 Apr @ 19:00: ¡Taller de técnicas de comunicación con cerveza gratis!
• Thu, 20 Apr @ 20:00: Gin & Piano with Maria Ahlberg
• Fri, 21 Apr @ 19:00: Blockchain for the Energy Transition

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• ElectricFeel is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to change the way people move in cities
• Online media company LoveToKnow is looking for a Sr Frontend & Sr Web Engineer
• Research design and tech firm L&R is hiring a Software Engineer & a Mobile Engineer
• Digital marketing agency Bourbon Creative is recruiting a Marketing Editor
• AI SaaS Startup Cien is looking for a Node.JS Full Stack Developer to join their team
• Platformable is recruiting a Research Assistant / Jr. Business Development Officer
• Kompyte is hiring a Front-end Developer for its competitor tracking software