Barcelona Startup News March 26 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend!

A few key deadlines are approaching:

BTravel Pro Startup Village is looking for 15 startups in the air transport, tourism and leisure industries to join their program. Apply here before March 30th.

Sónar+D also extended their call for startups until March 30 – apply to pitch here.

Early stage projects in search of free support and guidance can apply for the 2nd edition of Barcelona Activa’s Programa de Preacceleració. Deadline to apply is April 4th. 

Applications for the 2nd edition of the Barcelona Startup City Seminar are now open. Registered attendees will get an overview of the Barcelona startup ecosystem through guided tours, presentations and round tables. Sign up here. 

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 cybersecurity firm CounterCraft raises €2M 
• Barcelona startup Socialpay secures a €1M investment
• Catalan startup Screenly raises €113K through La Bolsa Social
• Spanish startup Livetopic closes a €100K investment round
• Barcelona proptech startup Housfy sold about 200 propertiesin 2017 & has introduced new mortgage service recently
• Cabify plans to have more than 1,000 cars in Barcelona by 2020
• Kibo Ventures explains the reasoning behind their latest investment in Barcelona startup Gestoos
• Interesting video about Typeform’s recent rebranding 
• 10 startups were chosen to join the ESADECREAPOLIS business acceleration and incubation programme
• 17 Spanish startups were selected to participate in the StartUp Europe Awards
• 3 leaders of Barcelona organizations nominated for European Innovator of the Year Award by European Business Summit
• Barcelona investment fund Finaves invests in 3 startups
• The amount of proptech startups in Spain more than trebled in less than a year
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Ges-Emer: app for managing emergencies in companies
  • Glovo: delivering anything you want
  • Marmota: e-commerce for the relaxation industry
  • Parlam: connecting companies with translators
  • ProntoPiso: proptech to disrup the real estate sector
  • Wide Eyes Technologies: Spain’s best fashion startup?
  • Wisar: representing highly qualified flexible talent

Tech News

• Catalonia’s GDP grew by 3.3% last year, the region’s economic output now makes up almost a fifth of Spain’s total GDP
• Barcelona reflects on smart city lessons
• Has ride-sharing firm Uber met its match in Barcelona?
• Catalan Competition Authority says the new VTC regulation introduced by the Barcelona City Council is anti-competitive
• Spanish Agency for Data Protection says Facebook used personal data of 21 million accounts in Spain without consent
• OneCoWork invests €4M in a new coworking space in Barcelona
• Barcelona Tech City & Accenture form a partnership
• Catalan financial institution Bankia & Paypal join forces
• Catalonia will bring together 2,000 healthcare innovation experts at the HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference
• Barcelona was ranked 7th best city to live in for millennials
• Spain’s Rating Lifted by S&P With Prospect of Further Upgrade
• Vodafone, Mars Spain, Cisco and Stryker are amongst the best firms to work for in Spain according to the latest report
• There is finally a direct flight connection between Barcelona & Bejing

Good Reads

• A Look Back At Techicons During The 2018 Mobile World Congress
• Barcelona has the chance to become the scientific capital of Southern Europe, but will need political support to achieve it
• How does the situation of freelancers in Spain look like?

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 26 Mar @ 19:00: Mobility studies derived from mobile data; Barcelona as a big data scenario
• Tue, 27 Mar @ 18:00: European Data Protection applied to inbound marketing
• Wed, 28 Mar @ 19:00: Intro to ReasonML & Web components from Javier Chávarri & Jeremias Menichelli
• Thu, 29 Mar @ 18:00: RSK Labs
• Fri, 30 Mar @ 10:00: Design Thinking Barcelona-Beyond Post-its: Leader as Facilitator of Innovation and Disruption

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• PayFit Espana is hiring a:
  • Business Developer
  • Product Builder
• ShoeSize.Me is seeking a Content Marketing Manager
• Flylancer is looking for two co-founders (CEO/CFO & CMO)
• ElectricFeel is hiring a:
  • Technical Customer Support Representative
  • Android Developer