Barcelona Startup News February 4 2019 – Barcinno

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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

• Barcelona fintech startup inbestMe nets a €1,3M investment
• Catalan startup Cobugs closes a €650K investment round
• Barcelona-based travel startup FlyKube lands €400K
• Catalan access management startup Akiles raises €232K
• Barcelona startup Holaluz records €180M in revenues & 180K clients in 2018, looks to raise €30M- €60M this year
• Catalan technology service company Lleida.net earned €12,3M in revenue last year, an increase of 25%
• Barcelona statup IoMob ranked amongst top 10 smart city solution providers to watch in 2019
• Catalan startup Drivy featured in TV3 in a debate with SEAT to discuss the future of the private car in Barcelona mobility
• Barcelona startup mediQuo records 220K medical consultations via its chat app
• Suara launches a new lab in Barcelona that aims at promoting social entrepreneurship projects
• Spanish VC Belerofonte Capital launches new €20M fund to invest local companies
• Open calls for startups in Spain:
  • Cleantech Camp opens call & looks for early stage startups developing cleantech solutions for the energy sector
  • INNOCORP opens the call for tech startups for its progam; aims to foster corporate innovation
  • Repsol opens the call for the 8th edition of its Fonde de Emprendores
  • SociosInversores.com open the call for its El Gran Pitch competition where the winning startup nets €400K
  • Accel&Grow opens call for or engineering & tech 4.0 projects
• With more than €65M raised by its startups, SeedRocket launches the XXI edition of its Campus de Emprendedores in Barcelona
• The Business Angels network of IESE celebrates 15 years in which it recorded 220 investments totalling €43M
• Spanish crowdfunding platform The Crowd Angel closes 2018 with a total of €5,1M being invested in 13 projects
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Red Points: 170 employees, €10M ARR & eyeing an IPO in 3 years

Tech News

• Barcelona Tech City plans a new hub for videogames industry
• Irish company Client Solutions to expand their office in Catalonia and create 15 new jobs
• Catalan plant to produce 34 commuter trains for Luxembourg
• An alliance consisting of key players in Barcelona, including la Generalitat, FC Barcelona, universities & more has launched a brand team to promote Barcelona worldwide
  • 10 key ideas about the Barcelona brand
• Taxi Wars: Episode VII:
  • Uber & Cabify announce they are pulling their services out of Barcelona, 3500 people set ot lose their jobs as a result
  • For Uber, it’s the second time they are driven out of the city
  • Meanwhile, the Government of Catalonia turns its sight on a new law to regulate the sale of licenses between taxi drivers
• Spain’s economy grew by 2.5% in 2018, outpacing the EU
• Spanish VC Arcano raises €145M to invest in renewables
• CaixaBank multiplies mobile payment operations by eight in 2018
• Barcelona events:
  • Shaping Tomorrow Today: The 16 Annual Doing Good Doing Well Conference 2019 is coming to Barcelona
  • Sónar will have a prominent space at MWC 2020
• Barcelona metropolitan is now under new ownership

Good Reads

• Three quick notes about the Spanish startup investment market in 2018: €1 billion, SaaS and Madrid & Barcelona
• A Conflict of Crypto Visions

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 4 Feb @19:00: Coding Dojo: Architecture Kata
• Tue, 5 Feb @19:00: Making the growth of your startup possible without investment or fixed costs
• Wed, 6 Feb @9:30: Designing Exponential Organizations
• Thu, 7 Feb @19:00: Killer trends in omnichannel lead generation
• Thu, 7 Feb @19:00: Growth Hacking Marketing: Methodology and Tools

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Iomob is looking for a:
  • Blockchain Engineer
  • Software Engineer – Backend
  • React Native Mobile Software Engineer
• Touchstream is hiring a Python Developer