Barcelona Startup News May 1, 2017

May 2, 2017 by Clemens Rychlik Leave a Comment

Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had (another) nice, long holiday weekend! A couple of items to mention before we dive in:

First, there are a couple spots left for the hottest coding contest in Barcelona this Thursday: Code In The Dark (Star Wars Edition) hosted by itnig. Showcase your skills and be crowned BCN’s best front-ender!

Next, Barcinno has partnered with OneCoWork and Harbour.Space on a series of high-level monthly events. We start next Thursday, May 11th with Design as a Language with Matthew Waldman, founder of Nooka.

Then – I have a small favor to ask you – 20 minutes. Barcinno is supporting Barcelona Global’s International Talent Monitor – the mission – make Barcelona even better for Barcelonian’s by choice. Please complete this survey to make Barcelona an amazing place to work and live.

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Ok, let’s take a look at the latest Barcelona startup news from this week:

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

Startup & Investment News

Spanish entrepreneurs sell PetCoach for $10M to Petco
Barcelona medtech firm Top Doctors raises €3M to expand
Banco Sabadell sells their shares in Top Doctors as Russian VC takes stake in the startup in latest funding round
BBVA has bought Mexican fintech startup Openpay
Barcelona’s TravelPerk formed a partnership with Expensify
Catalan fintech firm Dunforce joins Plug and Play accelerator
Wallapop launches payment service, looks to add delivery too
Norte Ventures Capital is Spain’s newest VC, rumoured to target proptech companies in Spain & EU
Privalia co-founder launches real estate venture in Barcelona
Catalan entrepreneur launches accelerator ‘IdeasCamp’
How two of Spain’s media companies accelerate startups through media for equity deals
A look into Spain’s legaltech sector
Tech.eu releases EU Tech Funding & Exits Report for Q1 2017
Interview with CEO & founder for Barcelona startup Housfy

Tech News

Good Reads

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wed, 3 May @ 19:00: Talento femenino en el mundo tech
Thu, 4 May @ 18:00: Startup my Rooftop
Thu, 4 May @ 19:00: Data Discovery with Tableau
Thu, 4 May @ 20:00: Code In The Dark (Star Wars Edition)
Thu, 4 May @ 20:30: Rockstart Answers Barcelona #5
Sat, 6 May @ 10:00: Free Workshops to Get into Tech

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

Xing is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team
OneCoWork is recruiting a:
ElectricFeel is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to change the way people move in cities
Online media company LoveToKnow is looking for a:
- Sr Frontend
- Sr Web Engineer
Research design and tech firm L&R is hiring a:
- Software Engineer
- Mobile Engineer
Digital marketing agency Bourbon Creative is recruiting a Marketing Editor
AI SaaS Startup Cien is looking for a Node.JS Full Stack Developer to join their team
Platformable is recruiting a Research Assistant / Jr. Business Development Officer
Kompyte is hiring a Front-end Developer for its competitor tracking software

See the full Job Board here

Barcelona startup news May 1, 2017 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from April 24th until May 1st, 2017.

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About Clemens Rychlik

Clemens Rychlik is an Austrian citizen of Polish origin living in Spain. After growing up in Vienna and living in Sheffield, Dublin, Brussels and Madrid, he settled in Barcelona to enjoy great weather, food and the beach. As a CEMS Master in International Management graduate from UCD Dublin he works as Content Marketing Manager at Bourbon Creative and Barcinno and helps startups to grow internationally. When he is not developing a content strategy for SMEs, you can find him playing football or running in BCN to prepare for the next Marathon. Follow him @ClemensRychlik or on LinkedIn.

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