Barcelona Startup News May 15, 2017

Hello and happy Monday! Well summer has definitely arrived – we hope you had a great weekend!

With Automobile Barcelona in town right now, we thought it was a fine time to update you on the state of Barcelona’s Urban Mobility ecosystem, read up here.

Speaking of AutoTech – a quick shout to our friends at Restb.ai for closing their seed round led by Barcelona’s Lanta Capital. Lookout for these guys to shake things up in the image recognition field, especially for auto and real estate industries.

Also, we’d like to congratulate Mint Labs on closing their Series A round that will allow them to continue their work mapping the human brain! Keep up the great work, Paolo and crew!

Last chance to complete Barcelona Global’s International Talent Monitor to make Barcelona even better for Barcelonian’s by choice.

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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Startup & Investment News

• Cabify nets $100M to take on Uber in Latin America
  • The roadmap of Cabify’s success story
• Freight delivery startup Ontruck receives a $10M investment
• On-demand delivery startup Jinn locates $10M in funding
• Spanish biotech startup NIMgenetics lands €7M investment
• Barcelona startup Mint Labs raises €3M to expand to Asia
• Catalan car comparison site Carnovo secures a €2M funding
• Barcelona startup Restb.ai closes a €1,2M investment round
• Spanish startup JoinUp secures a €430k investment round
• Beauty booking platform Bucmi was acquired by Uala
• Barcelona-based Suma Capital raised €100M for its Energy Efficiency Fund
• Catalan company InKemia creates a new €10M fund to invest in life science startups
•  IQS Next Tech is Barcelona’s first industrial acceleration program for science-based startups and looks for 10 firms
• 6 startups were selected for the Catalan accelerator Ship2B
• An overview of some of the best accelerators in Spain
• Barcelona beats Madrid in terms of tech startup investment

Tech News

• Telefónica & other major firms from Spain among victims of global cyber attack
  • Second wave of cyber attacks expected today
  • Spain not amongst 10 most affected countries
• Telefónica NEXT took over Berlin-based start-up Minodes
• Don’t expect Uber to return to Barcelona anytime soon
• New Automobile Barcelona fair focused on innovation
• Travelers at Barcelona Airport angry with long queues
• Barcelona metro employees are on strike again this Monday
• Catalan cava industry facing tough times at home & abroad
• Amidst soaring rents, Barcelona tenants create a “union”
• Spain wants new rules for an overhaul of the euro zone
• Brussels boosts Spain’s growth forecast for 2017 to 2.8%
• Spanish electricity firm accused of price manipulation

Good Reads

• A Look At Barcelona’s Urban Transport Tech Landscape
• Business angel Eneko Knorr talks about his investments
• The brain-science entrepreneur who is mindreading for real
• No Strategy, No Customers: How to Build a Profitable Marketing Strategy

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 15 May @ 09:30: Taller de Turisme: Creació i comercialització de productes turístics
• Mon, 15 May @ 19:00: Digital Makers
• Tue, 16 May @ 19:00: Become unstoppable at work
• Wed, 17 May @ 09:00:  Esmorzar de Finançament: El full de ruta del Consell d’Administració
• Wed, 17 May @ 18:30: Como presentar ante inversores
• Thu, 18 May @ 19:00: CEOTalk: Ventura Barba, Sónar+D
• Thu, 18 May @ 20:00: Tech Entrepreneurs Dinner
• Fri, 19 May @ 15:30: Jornada DEMO 2017

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Xing is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team
• OneCoWork is recruiting a Junior Accountant
• 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