Barcelona Startup News July 30 2018 – Barcinno

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

It’s that time of year again when we have a few slower weeks to recharge and regroup for the second half of the year. It’s in that spirit that Adriana Freitas from Muster.VC has published the annual Report of Barcelona Tech Events for 2018.

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Lastly, don’t forget to RSVP to Barcelona Global’s 6th annual Hola Barcelona Cocktail at Palau Albéniz on September 13th!

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-born startup Flywire secures a €85M investment
• Barcelona startup Scutum raises €8,6M from Repsol and La Caixa for their electric motorcycle brand Silence
• Spanish fintech startup Finanbest raises €400K on Crowdcube
• Suma Capital acquires 32% of Catalan startup GrandVoyage
• Barcelona proptech startup Housfy to expand to 80 new cities
• Barcelona startup Foods for Tomorrow aims to earn €2,5M in revenues next year
• The Spanish video gaming industry is on the rise
• Catalonia DroneCamp 2018 is looking for 20 entrepreneurs to join their program
• ICEB, Habitat Cluster and RED look for the best startups in the field of construction
• A look at the Xarxa PRIMER pre-accelerator program
• The CDTI commits €25M in grants to ‘Neotec’, a program aimed at small innovative companies
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
• – Tapp Water: revolutionizing water filters to save our planet
• – Exoticca: book trips with 30%+ discount & great UX

Tech News

• The Generalitat is working on plans on how to promote the blockchain industry in Catalonia
• The Government of Catalonia invests €3M into Xarxa Emprèn, a network that aims to promote entrepreneurship
• More international companies invest in Barcelona:
• – Austrian lighting multinational XAL opens a design and development center in Barcelona
• – Dutch organisation Plato Group opens an office in Barcelona with the foresight to create 25 jobs in 2018
• – German giant Henkel develops a 24.000 m² automated warehouse in Catalonia
• – US giant Amazon is set to open yet another logistics warehouse in Catalonia, its fifth plant in the region
• Taxi Wars vs Uber & Cabify continue:
• – Barcelona’s proposed VTC regulation, which would limit Cabify & Uber, has been ruled ilegal by the Supreme Court
• – Barcelona taxi drivers assaulted Uber and Cabify drivers
• – Uber & Cabify paused operations following violent strikes
• – Taxi drivers in Catalonia continue their protest today by blocking Gra Via before they meet with the Government
• Telefónica & SEAT present the first use case of assisted driving via the mobile network
• Barcelona is the fifth most expensive city in Europe for office rentals according to latest study
• El Confidencial published an article about a Glovo rider who sleeps on the street
• FC Barcelona hires Enric Llopart (BBVA Wallet) as new digital director
• Telefonica suffered a major data breach which exposed personal data of thousands of clients
• Spain’s proposed tax on tech giants won’t be enough to finance the country’s pension system according to EU

Good Reads

• Overview of financing options for startups in Spain
• Overview of the Spanish venture capital industry
• Digital Nomads in Barcelona
• 100 Women Founders In Europe To Follow On Twitter And LinkedIn

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 31 Jul @ 18:00: Countdown to 2018 Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report
• Wed, 1 Aug @ 18:00: Introduction into IoT with Resin.io + Raspberry Pi
• Thu, 2 Aug @ 19:00: Barcelona Deeptech Startup

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• US cybersecurity startup AttackIQ is looking for a:
• – Senior Software Engineer – Integrations (Python)
• – Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Python)
• – Senior Software Engineer – Endpoint Agent
• – QA Automation Engineer
• – Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• Cirkus is hiring a Community & Social Marketing Manager
• NY-based startup Resy is recruiting an Account Manager
• Fintech startup Mondo is looking for a Full-stack developer
• Paris startup Toucan Toco is hiring a Business Developer
• Reactivation Group is recruiting a Technical Project Manager