Barcelona Startup News November 13, 2017

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

We’d like to begin by offering a big congratulations to EADA Business School for celebrating their 60th anniversary last week!

We have some great events happening this week so let’s begin:

The Smart City Expo World Congress is back in town this week featuring the world’s leading experts in the Smart City and Industrial IoT sectors. Keep a special eye on Barcelona smart city pioneer Worldsensing, as well as SEAT as they prepare to launch their Metropolis:Lab tomorrow at Pier01!

This week also marks the kickoff of the 3rd annual Ouishare Fest BCN connecting global leaders in the sharing economy. 

Then, this Thursday night, our friends at Broomx will show you what the future of immersive virtual reality looks like at the Mazda Space. Hint: there is no s̶p̶o̶o̶n̶ headset.

Next week, don’t miss the first ever #Mornings4 event featuring some of the brightest minds in tech exploring ways we can harness innovation for a better future!  Save 40% with the code: barcinno

Ok, that’s it for us. Have a great week and we’ll see you out there!

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

• Barcelona startup Snappy closes €1,3M investment round
• Barcelona startup Photoslurp gets €750K for EU expansion
• Spain-based API payroll startup Rollbox raises €700k
• Spanish firm EverSense secures a €660k investment
• Spain-based travel startup Fabulist Travel receives €200k
• Spanish startup Siguetuliga raises €135k for its social network for amateur football
• Barcelona-based global mapping tech provider AVUXI gets investment from Amadeus Ventures
• Moto sharing firm Yugo adds 150 scooters to Barcelona fleet
• Glovo teams up with Cabify to enter Latin American market
• Carnovo signed a partnership with French startup Drivy
• Room rental marketplace Badi wins RTVE Emprende award
  • And their tech team wins Telefónica’s AlphaHackathon
• 3 Barcelona startups, Langroo, Sharing Academy and Brain Art, were selected for SEK Lab Awards finals
• Bankia Fintech by Innsomnia launches its newest program, Barcelona startup Quotanda is among 13 firms selected
• Barcelona network visibility startup Talaia is working with HPE & Telefónica on SHIELD cybersecurity project
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Broomx: immersive experiences without VR headsets
  • AparCar: installing charging stations for electric vehicles
  • Tripacto: secure marketplace for second-hand goods
  • Outlet Moto: first outlet in Spain for biker fashion
  • RocketROI: optimizing your Google Adwords campaigns

Tech News

• Barcelona ranks 12th worldwide in Digital Cites Barometer
• Barcelona is going for final push to host the European Medicine Agency after Brexit
• Carlos Grau named new director of Mobile World Capital
• Mobile World Congress may not return to Barcelona in 2019
• Dynatrace takes over Swiss firm Qumram & plans to double their engineering team in Barcelona
• German firms MyTaxi to open new development center in Barcelona
• US software firm New Relic continues growth in Barcelona by recruiting tech team of local software company Hitch 
• Catalonia tourism predicts $520M drop in visitor revenue
• Seat & Telefónica team up to develop digital solutions for cars
• Mercadona is stepping up their digital transformation strategy and hire talents from Amazon, Ebay & Ticketea

Good Reads

• The current health of the Barcelona tech ecosystem
• How To Conduct Audience Research For Startups
• From Lodigify to Glovo, 10 Catalan firms amongst most influential startups in Europe
• Dane Stangler, head of policy at Startup Genome talks about startup cities, Barcelona & more
  
• Barcelona Tech City – Developing technology, energy markets, and their business model
• Newly shaped Europe: What’s the survival kit for a young Catalan & British entrepreneur in 2018?
• How Spanish agriculture is being transformed by technology

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 13 Nov @ 18:00: Start your Digital City Experience
• Mon-Tue, 13-14 Nov: Responsive Cities Symposium 2017 
• Tue-Thu, 14-16 Nov: Smart City Expo World Congress
• Wed, 15 Nov @ 8:30: How to choose the best investor
• Wed, 15 Nov @ 19:00: Grid Workshops with Nash Billimoria
• Wed-Fri, 15-17 Nov: Ouishare Fest Barcelona
• Thu, 16 Nov @ 19:00: VR, ¿nos quitamos las gafas?
• Sat, 18 Nov @ 10:30: BizCamp Brunch # 1
• Sun, 19 Nov @ 19:00: Business Model For Hardware

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Translation.com is looking for a:
  • Front End Software Engineer
  • Back End Software Engineer
• Totally Communications is hiring a WordPress Developer