Barcelona Startup News July 24, 2017

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

Barcinno’s latest guest article by Spencer Coon, co-founder of Hibox, showcases why one American entrepreneur chose BCN for his company HQ: Why Barcelona Is One Of The Best Cities For Startups Right Now

In case you missed Joshua Davis‘ amazing presentation on Painting With Sound last Thursday, you can re-watch it here.

Finally, if you’re looking for a great party before you set out on summer break, don’t miss Startup My Rooftop this Wednesday!

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

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THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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Startup & Investment News

• Ironhack raises $3M for its coding bootcamp 
• Catalan fims SMALLE Technologies & Carinsa get over €2.5m in EU funding
• Barcelona startup Cliventa closes €375k investment round
• Catalonia-based startup Socialwibox secures €160k funding
• Catalan firm Glovo is negotiating a €20M investment round
• Catalan startup Zero 2 Infinity presents the final design of a pressurized pod that will bring humans to the edge of space
• EasyTravel wins 1st Airbnb Travel Tech Award in Barcelona
• Datumize takes home 3rd place at E-Qube Startup Challenge
• Barcelona firm CogniCor crowned 4th best chatbot provider
• GymForLess from Barcelona raises revenues by 145% in 2017
• Barcelona startup eFootball.Pro hires ex-MotoGP director
• Verse looks for 3 new directors for expansion to UK, FR & IT 
• HUSK ventures decides to set up HQ in Barcelona, not UK
• An overview of the Barcelona Blockchain sector
• ACCIÓ to provide €1,5M in loans for Catalan tech startups
• Catalonia is Spain’s most attractive region for investors
• Private capital investment in startups in Spain fell by 18% in the first half of the year
  • Total investment trebles and reaches a record €3000M
• Spanish entrepreneurs cite elevated taxes as biggest challenge
• Barcelona startup profiles & interviews:
  • TravelPerk, a new way of managing business travel
  • Aquapioneers, impacting food production within cities
  • Airning, helping people with delayed or cancelled flights
  • Mowoot, the wearable to boost your health

Tech News

• Barcelona Tech City celebrated 1-year anniversary of Pier01
  • What’s in store fore the future of Pier01
• Rakuten closing in on details to open 500-1000 employee office in Barcelona
• Multinational payments collaborative sets up shop in Barcelona
• Barcelona: One of the best smart cities in Europe
• US fund invests €50M in Catalan dentist chain Institutos Odontológicos
• CDTI to invest €20M through NEOTEC program into technology and science projects in Spain
• Spanish project Smart Floating Farms aims to introduce the future of food production
• Shoppers at El Corte Inglés can now purchase goods with Samsung Pay
• Google Glass return to Spain, albeit for corporate under the name Glass Enterprise
• How Inditex is leveraging R&D to improve its products
• Outside Barcelona but still interesting: Elon Musk gets verbal approval for 30min Hyperloop between NY & Washington

Good Reads

• Why Barcelona Is One Of The Best Cities For Startups Right Now
• Want to see what having 40 different shareholders is like? The secrets of Jobandtalent Holding Limited
• What happens in the Barcelona startup ecosystem and why?
• Watch out Silicon Valley: Barcelona is here to Stay
• Barcelona isn’t the new Silicon Valley – and that’s a good thing
• Inbound marketing with Restb.ai head of growth Tim Cakir: How to change your B2B/B2C mindset (Video)
• Catalonia plans an independence vote whether Spain lets it or not (The Economist)
• Rajoy is cutting it fine with his Catalonian intervention (Financial Times)

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 24 July @ 18:30: Beyond Teams: Organizational Maturity (Agile-Barcelona-Meetup)
• Tue, 25 July @ 09:30: Machine Learning, AI
• Wed, 26 July @ 15:30: Dragon Dreaming
• Wed, 26 July @ 18:00: Startup my Rooftop
• Wed, 26 July @ 18:30: Dribbble BCN Summer Meetup
• Thu, 27 July @ 18:30: Introducción al Machine Learning
• Thu, 27 July @ 19:00: Law for entrepreneurs, Teimour Agaev
• Fri, 28 July @ 19:00: Developing an Engaging Culture

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Typeform is looking for a Paid Search Specialist (PPC/SEM)
• TravelPerk is recruiting a Content Marketer (native English)
• Wide Eyes Technologies is hiring a Business Developer
• The Barcelona Code School is looking for a:
  • Growth Hacker
  • JavaScript Intern