Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend. With the MWC hurricane safely behind us, we’re sprinting into Spring and a whole new lineup of events on the horizon.
First up, NodeConf Barcelona is back on April 7th! Save on tickets using the code: Barcinno
If DevOps is your thing, don’t miss Orchestrate on April 6th – the one-day conference dedicated to devops culture, orchestrate and related technologies. Barcinno readers save 20%.
Sonar+d has extended their call for startups for this year’s Startup Garden in June. Apply to pitch your startup at Sonar 2017!
Our friends at Badi have shared the results of an intriguing new study on CTOs. Don’t miss Albert Betella’s (CTO of Badi) featured guest article here:
Oh, and we wish you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Everyone’s Irish this week. Sláinte!
Ok, let’s see what’s new in Barcelona’s startup scene this week:
THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:
Startup & Investment News
- Wallapop & Ironhack joined forces to offer €200k in internships to 100 women in tech
- GeoPost acquired Barcelona-based delivery startup Stuart for an undisclosed fee
- Spain’s Digital content startup Odilo received €6M to accelerate growth and expand
- Catalan startup Skitude closed a €800k investment round to expand its ski app abroad
- Barcelona’s Vitcord secured €750k to conquer the world with collaborative video app
- Femtech firm Woom Fertility raised €480k for app that improves fertility rate
- Spain’s PeopleiTrust received €250k to boost growth of App that helps you find stuff
- Aura Innovative Robotics raised €246k on crowdfunding platform SociosInversores
- After raising €300k last January, Catalan App Chopit already includes 900 local shops
- Catalan ecommerce firm Deporvillage doubled sales figure in 2016 to reach €22M
- Barcelona insurtech startup Mondo finds best travel insurance for you with 5 questions
- Catalan success story & e-voting firm Scytl puts IPO plans on hold amidst new strategy
- Spanish startup Kibu Green tells you when your plants are thirsty and need to watering
- Barcelona startup’s EOZ One bluetooth headphones set to compete with the big guys
- Spain has a new roboadvisors, Inbestme, as Barcelona fintech startup gets green light
- Spain’s Play Wirless, crafters of popular video game Commandos, is bankrupt
- 162 startups applied for Rafal Nadal Academy by Movistar to win €140k growth funds
- From food devliery to logistics – Insights into La Nevera Roja founder’s new venture
- Only 5% of Spanish tech startups are led by females – 25 women discuss solutions
Tech News
- Spanish Congress requested an improved regulations for tech startups and investors
- Telefónica plans to let 3000 employees go this year in plan to become more efficent
- Repsol & Amazon strike partnership to let customers pick up deliveries in gas stations
- Business owners presented “Plan Digital 2020” to accelerate Digitalization of Spain
- Airbnb continues negotiations with Spanish government to agree on regulations
- Spanish tax agency is increasing checks on people who rent rooms on Airbnb
- Catalonia creates 1% of world’s scientific output, with just 0.11% of world’s population
- Axonix Telefónica’s Axonix has acquired British mobile geolocation data startup Statiq
Good Reads
- GOOD READ #1: Getting the first customers into the funnel (By Founder of Factorial)
- GOOD READ #2: 4 Barcelona startups build by entrepreneurs in their twenties
- GOOD READ #3: What you need to know before building an API for your product
- GOOD READ #4: What Does It Mean To Be A Chief Technology Officer? (Infographic)
GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Tue, 14 Mar @ 19:15: Build your way to STARTUP success! Workshop using Lego
- Wed, 15 Mar @ 08:30: Esmorzar de finançament: 15 anys d’experiència en capital risc
- Wed, 15 Mar @ 18:00: Fractus, the firm that revolutionized the mobile phone industry
- Wed, 15 Mar @ 18:30: Guillaume Princen (Stripe) – Startup Grind
- Thu, 16 Mar @ 20:00: The Grid Talks with Daniel Hires
- Fri, 17 Mar @ 19:00: Le Wagon *Demo Day: Pitches & Celebration*
- Sun, 19 Mar @ 16:30: Blockchain Intros @ Café del Sol
See the full Event Calendar here
STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA
- Platformable is recruiting a Research Assistant / Jr. Business Development Officer
- Ticombo is looking for a CTO / Techlead for their Angel backed startup
- Instagrafic is hiring a Junior Backend Developer for its office in Granollers
- Clubkviar is expanding and hiring a Junior Sales & Account Manager
- Kompyte is recruiting a Front-end Developer for its competitor tracking software
See the full Job Board here
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