Barcelona Startup News May 14 2018 – Barcinno

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

Clemens here, bringing you this week’s update whilst Scott’s away on paternity leave. Congratulations to the Mackins!

A couple of things before we dive in:

First up, international VC fund Target Global is hosting a meet & greet drinks with a select group of entrepreneurs and investors at Soho House Barcelona on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7pm. To attend this invitation-only event, sign up here to request your invitation. 

Our friends at IQS Tech Factory – Barcelona’s first accelerator for the industrial sector – have opened their call for 10 new startups to join their immersive program. Learn more and apply here.

Want to embark on a new project? The 4th edition of Nuclio Weekend is coming up on May 18-20. Get involved here. 

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

• Spanish digital classified ads group Mitula is acquired for €120M 
• Barcelona SaaS startup Red Points secures €10M investment
• Barcelona startup Elma Care receives a €1M investment after launching with support from Antai Venture Builder
• Spanish energy startup Aerox gets €1M from EU’s H2020 
• Barcelona sustainable shoe startup Wado raises €480K
• Barcelona startup Yugo raises €402K via The Crowd Angel
• Spanish startup Lemonkey lands €283K through Crowdcube
• Spanish startup Streamloots receives €200K & lands in USA
• Barcelona startup Red Points is exploring Asia expansion
• Barcelona startup PAL Robotics takes part in Co4Robots, an international project focused on human-robot collaboration
• Deliveroo offers free accident insurance to all its ‘riders’ in Spain
• Spanish VC Belerofonte Capital launch new €25M fund aimed at startups & SMEs
• Byld & Hotusa launch Travel Challenge in Barcelona
• Sónar + D: from creativity to technological start-ups 
• Catalan creative crowdfunding platform Verkami celebrates its 7-year anniversary – here’s a look at how they’ve performed
• Business Angels Network de Cataluña celebrates its 15-year anniversary; it’s invested €11,8M in 69 projects since its inception 
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Holaluz: save money with 100% renewable energy
  • Literup: the first gamified literary platform
  • Glovo: funder says people will rely on multiple sources of income in future

Tech News

• ICF, the Catalan public financial entity, invested a total amount of €644M in 1,195 firms in 2017
• Catalan advanced forging solutions provider Comforsa receives a €10M investment from the Generalitat
• Barcelona Tech City to add a new business space before the summer
• Avancar reaches a fleet of 340 vehicles in Barcelona ahead of potential new car sharing regulation
• Barcelona-based take-away food chain Nostrum postpones closure of its ICO until September
• MásMóvil joins forces with Ericsson to modernize their network before 5G arrival
• What Spain needs to do to lead 5G revolution
• US VC Blackstone is considering the acquisition of Spanish betting company Luckia
• Hyperloop One explores building a test centre in Spain
• Orange switched from sponsoring the Spanish basketball league to investing in e-sports – did the move pay off?
• The percentage of people in Spain without internet access or smartphone drops from over 24% to less than 15%
• El Confidencial highlights the real winners of car-sharing: the owners of the VTC licenses Cabify, Uber & co need to operate in Spain

Good Reads

• Best Free Digital Marketing Tools For Startups: Barcinno and the Bourbon Creative team asked experts and enthusiasts to share with you the tools that make their businesses tick
• Sun, sea and success: in emerging startup destinations such as Barcelona, the biggest innovation of all is quality of life
• Overview of the most active business angels in Spain in 2018
• How the internet & technologies are affecting businesses; by Antonio González-Barros (Grupo Intercom)

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 14 May @ 18:00: React Native – English Workshop
• Mon-Tue, 14-15 Apr: 1st European Conference on Architecture & The Media
• Wed, 16 May @ 17:30: MASTEAM talks: video, virtual reality & the future of media
• Wed, 16 May @ 19:00: The Future of Tech is Female
• Thu, 17 May @ 9:00: Congreso Tiempo de Mujeres en Barcelona
• Thu, 17 May @ 18:30: EDUCATION Talks ‘Innovación en la Educación’
• Sat, 19 May @ 9:00: International Conference on Engineering & Technology; Computer, Basic and Applied Sciences

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Ideal Credit is recruiting a Jr. PhP developer
• Dorna Digital – MotoGP is hiring a Platform Product Owner
• Chilliprinting is looking for a Digital & Social Media Manager 
• Scoot Networks is recruiting a:
  • QA / Technical Support Engineer
  • Engineering R&D Technician
• LoveToKnow Media is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer
• PayFit Espana is looking for a Business Developer