Barcelona Startup News December 4, 2017

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

The next 2 weeks feature some inspiring events as we enter the holiday party season. Mark the following on your calendars:

First, tonight (Monday) you have 2 options:

Impact Accelerator is holding an info-session on their next call for startups for their Growth and Connected Car programs.

Also, the newest fintech crew in BCN, Revolut is sharing their secrets to scaling to 1 million users at Cloud Co-working tonight.

This Thursday, come get a Masterclass in Sales Strategies for your Startup. Renowned business development consultant Fil Guijarro is a visiting professor at Harbour.Space University and we get him on loan for one night only! Don’t miss it!

Then, next Thursday, Dec 14th: #JOINTHETRIBE

Tech Tribe is an amazing new event series that aspires to share knowledge through interactive events that combine multi-disciplinary talent and thought leaders who inspire, educate & bring people together. The first edition focuses on EdTech on Dec 14th @OneCoWork on the water in One Ocean Port Vell.

Barcinno readers can use the promo code: barcinnotribe

Find more info here: The Launching of Tech Tribe Barcelona

Ok, that’s it from me. 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

• Spanish proptech startup Tiko closes €35M investment round
• Spanish firm Continuum Security secures a €1,5M investment
• Spanish digital technology startup Ecertic receives €500k 
• Deporvillage completes its capital increase and achieves a 59% growth in revenues
• AngelClub becomes shareholder in Barcelona startup Coverfy
• eDreams records €254M in sales & €17M profit in the first semester of 2017, a 6% and 3% increase respectively
  • eDreams also hire former Mars director as their new CMO
• Catalan startup Tradeinn closes Black Friday & Cyber Monday with over €5M in sales
• Wine & gourmet e-commerce Uvinum grew sales by 50% on Black Friday
• Barcelona fashion firm Venca opens first pop up store
• Glovo & Cabify partnership intensifies as they target Argentina, Bolivia & Peru after market entry in Chile
• Deliveroo & Glovo employees form a cooperative to improve work conditions
• Barcelona-based VC Mediterrania Capital Partners closes €103M fund
• Several accelerators & incubators look for new projects:
  • Aigües de Barcelona opens the call for alimentation projects to join Síty 2017 (closes on the 6th of December 2017)
  • Ship2B & Banco Sabadell launch the second edition of B-value program for social entities (closes on the 17th of December 2017)
  • RTVE’s Impulsa Visión opens its third call for startups related to their field (closes on the 20th of December 2017)
  • Conector Startup Accelerator opens 3 calls for tech startups in Barcelona, Madrid & Galicia  (closes on the 2nd of January 2018)
• November closes with €47M invested in Spanish startups
• Barcelona is the third favorite place to launch a startup in Europe
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories
  • B-wom: promoting the power of the V word
  • Florster: online flower shop with a local touch
  • Kantox: “banks & brokers have taken advantage of companies to inflate profits through abusive fees”
  • Northweek: sunglass e-commerce business
  • BORN Motor: saving time & money in Moto production

Tech News

• Spanish government will tender first 5G frequencies in 2018
• Airbnb withdraws 2.500 listings of apartments in Barcelona
• Mobile World Congress 2018 to take place in Barcelona from 26 February
• Government of Barcelona discusses how to promote innovation & science after failed bid to host the European Medicine Agency
• Tesla & Lar team up to install new charging stations in Spain
• Amazon introduces 120 lockers throughout Spain
  • DIA partners with Amazon to install lockers in its stores
  • Amazon launches new freelancer program in Spain, pays 14€/h for people who sign up to deliver goods
• BBVA & Wave complete first international business transaction based on blockchain technology between Europe and Latin America
• Public institution CDTI invests €155M into R&D in Spain
• Barcelona-based low-cost airline Level to launch BCN-Paris flights
• Sonar to celebrate 25th anniversary with shows from Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Diplo & more

Good Reads

• The Launching of Tech Tribe Barcelona
• Atomico 2017 report: “The State of Technology in Europe” – Where does Spain rank?
• There isn’t more talent in Silicon Valley than in Spain
• What Spanish CTOs think about the Digital Transformation
• From frustrating startups to profitable businesses

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 4 Dec @ 18:30: Scaling a startup to 1 million users with no marketing (the Revolut way)
• Mon, 4 Dec @ 19:00: IMPACT Accelerator Info Session
• Tue, 5 Dec @ 19:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs SantaCon edition
• Thu, 7 Dec @ 19:00: Best Practices in B2B Sales for Digital Companies 

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