Barcelona Startup News May 22 2018 – Barcinno

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

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On Thursday, ESADE is hosting a speaker series on Data & Fintech featuring several industry professionals and business leaders. Head here to find out more and sign up. 

This week also brings one of the leading digital health events to Catalonia: the HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference takes place on 27-29 May in Sitges. Find more information and book your ticket 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

• Barcelona-based biotech firm Bionure lands €4M
  • Bionure starts an early-stage trial of a new drug to treat rare neurological eye diseases
• Barcelona startup Wellindal closes a €2,3M investment round
• Spain-based recommendation platform Peoople raises €500K
• Spanish startup Ever Health receives a €450K investment
• Spanish company Navlandis raises €348K on Startupexplore
• Spain-based startup Vita Vodka lands €300K on Crowdcube
• Barcelona work spaces startup Daysk closes a funding round of €200K
• Barcelona fintech startup Coverfy acquires SegurosBroker
• Barcelona startup Wisar and US firm Flexjobs join forces to disrupt the labour market
• Local startup QaShops is acquired by French firm Vente Privee
• Barcelona startup Dinbeat launches wearable device to monitor the health of your pets
• Catalan startup Softonic posts €3.1M profit in 2017
• Barcelona-based startup Tiendeo opens office in Brazil 
• Holaluz and Nexus have landed an electricity supply contract with the City of Madrid
• Creas launches Creas Impacto, the first social impact investment fund in Spain
• Spanish VC Altamar launches new fund, aims to raise €600M
• Spanish VC Belerofonte Capital plans a new €25M fund
• Spain-based venture capital firm Socios Q plans new fund
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Boardfy: found out in real-time if your rivals drop prices
  • Signaturit: transforming the way we sign documents
  • Holaluz: technology at the heart of business growth

Tech News

• The Spanish Government invests €500M into public venture capital “fund of funds” Fond ICO Global
• Barcelona is attracting an increasing amount of foreign firms as they set up their corporate innovation centres in the city
  • Lidl plans to open a European centre in Barcelona to manage and provide e-commerce services
  • Argentinian tech firm Satellogic is set to create 100 new jobs in Barcelona as it sets up an office in 22@
  • Australian tech company Moodle will open an office in Barcelona, creating 40 new jobs in the region
  • Does the arrival of Facebook in Barcelona actually bring high-quality jobs or low-cost labour?
• Barcelona-based universities IESE, ESADE & EADA ranked among the best in the world for executive education
• Barcelona Airport receives an honourable mention at European Awards for Urban Planning
  • Barcelona airport records best April figures in its history
• SEAT releases video of 2,000 robots “dancing” together
• Amazon Spain’s managing director steps down as employees continue the fight for better work conditions
• Spanish eSports companies generate €14.5M in sales and create 300 job positions

Good Reads

• How to become a good product manager, from Jordi Valls of Carnovo (video)
• The 10 SEO ranking factors we know to be true

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 22 May @ 19:00: Drinks with Target Global @ Soho House
• Wed, 23 May @ 9:00: Cafè Aventura – Fòrum d’Emprenedoria
• Wed, 23 May @ 18:00: From Zero to AI in 90 Minutes
• Thu, 24 May @ 19:00: ESADE Speaker Series. 5: Data & Fintech
• Thu, 24 May @ 20:00: Do you need to get accelerated twice?
• Thu-Fri, 24-25 May: Innovation Excellence 2018
• Sat, 26 May @ 10:00: Reloaded: Microsoft Azure IoT Hack Lab
• Sun-Tue, 27-29 May: HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

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