Barcelona Startup News July 2 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a great weekend!

As we speak, the Barcelona Startup City Seminar is kicking off for a week of keynote presentations and panel discussions devoted to Barcelona’s vibrant startup ecosystem. Find more info here and get your free pass here.

Calling all young entrepreneurs! From July 16 to July 29, Tech Scouts Summer Camp for ages 12-18 will be full of creative, hands-on activities designed to teach the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. We are looking for the most ambitious, curious, and creative minds who want to learn cutting-edge tools to become future innovators and leaders in the world of startups. How can students use technology to improve the quality of life in the city of Barcelona? Step 1: Enter a startup idea by filling in this form; Step 2: Earn a full scholarship! Join us this summer and change the world!

OneCoWork is on the verge of opening their new Plaça Catalunya location! Barcinno readers get a 30% discount on membership, so if you want a sneak peak at Barcelona’s new 5-star coworking space, book a free tour here.

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Have a great week and we’ll see you out there!
 

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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

• Madrid startup Nextail raises $8,5M to bring AI to retailers
• Spanish startup Lookiero closes a €4M investment round
• Spanish real estate crowdfunding firm Urbanitae raises €1M
• Spain-based startup Pilgrim receives a €400K investment
• Catalan startup LexGoApp is closing in on a €100K crowdfunding round in order to expand to Latin America
• Barcelona proptech startup Housfy grows at 20% per month
• Local firm eDreams grows revenues by 5% & increases profit
• Barcelona startup eCooltra is set to expand its offering in Madrid and provide services outside the city center
• Catalan startup TRIPACTO records growth in clients and transaction after winning CorreosLabs challenge
• Barcelona startup Gestoos wins pitch competition & a place at the CES 2019 in Las Vegas
• Catalan startup Tropic Feel crowned winners at fourth edition of 080 Investor Day
• El Confidencial looks at labour conditions of Glovo riders
• Banco Sabadell launches BStartup Health, a new program aimed at investing and growing health startups
• Over 1500 young people in Spain created & grew their company thanks to the Youth Business Spain programme
• Overview of 10 open calls for startups that close this month
• Spanish startups raised over €100M in June
• Overview of the 9 biggest Spanish funding rounds this year
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • ID Finance: data science, credit scoring & digital finance
  • Solidarityapp: free donations tool for content creators
  • Takhys: reducing hotel incident response times by 80%

Tech News

• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez cites Deliveroo as an example of “labor exploitation”
• Amazon plans to double workforce in Spain and is opening their R&D in Barcelona in the next weeks
• The Toyota Research Institute donates $100K to the Computer Vision Center of Barcelona University UAB to help accelerate development of an open source driving simulator 
• Barcelona backs the taxi industry and imposes a limit on vehicles operated by Uber and Cabify
  • The Catalan Competition Authority calls for a revision of the VTC sector regulation
• The World Gaming Executive Summit is taking place in Barcelona this week & will focus on Blockchain, AI & ICO’s
• Barcelona will host Bio€quity Europe 2019, the most important biotechnology investor conference in Europe
• La Salle Technova Barcelona launches their 13th edition of Escuela de Business Angels to teach future startup investors
• The CDTI sets aside € 7.5M to finance R&D projects in Spain
• Catalan bank Caixabank creates a store to sell electronic devices
• US fund Carlyle buys Catalan cava firm Codorniu for €390M
• Google Home has not sold well in Spain after launching recently & retailers blame Google for not promoting it enough

Good Reads

• 12 Stunning Barcelona Tech, Innovation And R&D Hubs
• The evolution of the Spanish VC ecosystem, by Jaime Novoa
• “Blockchain will be implemented in our day to day in two years”, Montse Guardia – director of innovation & digital transformation at Banco Sabadell

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon-Fri, 2-5 Jul: Barcelona Startup City Seminar
• Mon, 2 Jul @ 10:00: Global Club of Leaders Special Session
• Tue, 3 Jul @ 20:00: Marketing under the GDPR V CHATBOTS are the future?
• Wed, 4 Jul @ 18:30: III Prix Entrepreneur Tech
• Thu, 5 Jul @ 19:00: Fuckup Nights Barcelona
• Fri, 6 Jul @ 9:30: Barcelona Technology School: Demo Day
• Fri-Sun, 6-8 Jul: Startup Weekend Barcelona Social Impact

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Mon-Fri, 2-5 Jul: Barcelona Startup City Seminar
• Mon, 2 Jul @ 10:00: Global Club of Leaders Special Session
• Tue, 3 Jul @ 20:00: Marketing under the GDPR V CHATBOTS are the future?
• Wed, 4 Jul @ 18:30: III Prix Entrepreneur Tech
• Thu, 5 Jul @ 19:00: Fuckup Nights Barcelona
• Fri, 6 Jul @ 9:30: Barcelona Technology School: Demo Day
• Fri-Sun, 6-8 Jul: Startup Weekend Barcelona Social Impact