Barcelona Startup News March 18 2019 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday, I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

April 8-9: Startup Grind Tech Conference

Startup Grind Tech Conference tickets are selling out fast so be quick and secure your spot before it’s to late! Grab your ticket now at a 40% discount by using our exclusive code: BarcinnoRocks

This Tuesday @12:30: DataCity and Barcelona City Council present the results of their urban innovation projects. Save your seat here. 

This Tuesday @18:00: Startup Grind Barcelona Meetup will feature a fireside chat with David Tomas (CEO & Founder of Cyberclick) and announce the SGBCN Conference lineup. Get your ticket here.

Big news: SaaStock Local comes to Barcelona on April 2!

SaaStock, the global event conference dedicated exclusively to the SaaS industry, is launching a local event series in Barcelona. We’ll bring you more news on this over the next few days so stay tuned!

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

• Spain-based fintech startup Pagantis lands a €65M investment
• Spanish startup Egrin Alimentación raises €646K
• Spain-based startup Apodemia receives a €440K investment
• Spanish startup Livetopic closes a €165K investment round
• Glovo and N26 join forces to offer the best food delivery perks
• Barcelona startup FlexiDao teams up with ACCIONA to help develop a blockchain tech project that will globally extend the traceability of its renewable energy
• Catalan startup Promofarma acquired French marketplace Doctipharma last week, here are a few insights into the deal 
• Barcelona fintech startup LoanBook to shut down operations as firm runs out of funding
• VC & investment news:
  • Inderhabs Capital is a new Catalan VC fund, will invest in several industries, with particular focus on real estate
  • Spanish VC firm GED prepares the launch of its sixth fund
  • Keensight Capital launches a €1.000M fund aimed at IT & health companies in Europe, also looking at Spanish firms
• Overview of current open calls for startups in Spain
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Cooltra: sustainable urban mobility service
  • NovaMeat: 3D-printed vegan steaks
  • Oracle BrandVoice: creating 3D models of hearts using high-performance cloud computing
  • Unnax: the fast growing fintech from Barcelona

Tech News

• Spanish stock market operator BME tests blockchain for collateral pledge
• Catalonia is once again the region with the most patent applications in Spain
• Austrian firm Dynatrace unveils their new lab in Torre Glòries in Barcelona; plans to employ 150 people in the city by 2021
• Barcelona Tech City to launch blockchain, health and mobility technology hubs in the city
• FC Barcelona co-developed its own wearable technology called Wimu
• Spanish police arrested several people for scams on Wallapop that total almost €200K
• Events in Barcelona:
  • EU-Startups Summit will gather 1,200 entrepreneurs in Barcelona
  • Barcelona welcomes startups in the retail sector in the first edition of the RBEWC
• The Spanish Tax Agency returns €700M to Telefonica as the firm paid too much taxes
• The number of international tourists coming to Barcelona grew by 4.3% in 2018, and its overall expense increased by 6.9%
• Ride-hailing wars: Why Uber, Cabify are facing a Spanish backlash

Good Reads

• 5 Startups In Barcelona Gotic That You Need To Know About
• Saving time for women and men on the go: 10 startups that help with household tasks
• The 25 most influential people in entrepreneurship in Spain
• Building Barcelona: How the technology behind the Nou Camp renovation is pushing boundaries
• Great video: Broomx shared a great video review of 4YFN

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 18 Mar @17:00: Capital Cell Demo Day #8
• Mon, 18 Mar @18:00: INDESUP! Entrepreneurship program for sports startups
• Tue, 19 Mar @08:30: Financing breakfast – Euronext: The market for technological startups
• Tue, 19 Mar @12:00: DataCity: When data becomes a key resource to tackle urban challenges
• Tue, 19 Mar @18:00: Announcement of SGBCN Conference + Fireside chat with David Tomas (CEO & Founder of Cyberclick)
• Wed, 20 Mar @19:00: Neuromarketing: measuring emotions and their impact on CX
• Thu, 21 Mar @18:30: Understanding Platform Economy: Key Points of Building Two-sided Networks

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Zinc is looking for an Office Manager
• OneCoWork is hiring a Performance Marketing Specialist
• Stuart is recruiting a Front-end Engineer
• Sage Corps is hiring a Barcelona City Manager (English/Spanish)