Hello and happy Monday! I hope you had a nice weekend and aren’t suffering too much with the lost hour of sleep.
Well that extra hour of sunlight makes it the perfect time to attend some of great events in BCN:
April 8-9: Startup Grind Tech Conference
Startup Grind Tech Conference is one of the best startup events in the city and one which you simply can’t miss (here is why). Tickets are selling out fast so be quick to secure your ticket now at a 40% discount with our exclusive code: BarcinnoRocks
April 2: SaaStock Local Launch Event In Barcelona
SaaStock is launching their brand-new local event series in Barcelona (click here for more details) tomorrow at 18.00. If you want to be part of their first ever edition, grab your ticket now at a 40% discount with our code: barcinno40
April 4: Our Dream School Grand Opening
Want to see the future of learning? Our Dream School is a global project using crowd-sourced momentum to build a fresh vision for schools. Get a first look this Thursday, April 4th!
Ok, let’s take a look at the latest Barcelona startup news from this week:
THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:
BARCELONA STARTUP NEWS
Startup & Investment News
- Barcelona startup Spaceboost secures a €4M investment round
- Barcelona-based energytech startup X1 Wind receives €4M
- Catalan 3D printing startup BCN3D closes a €2.7M seed round
- Spanish spreadsheet analysis software Sheetgo gets €1M
- Spanish startup Passporter receives a €600K investment
- Barcelona proptech startup Rentuos lands a €300K funding
- Catalan proptech startup Housfy opens a €5M investment round
- Catalan legaltech startup vLex acquires UK company Justis
- German startup Homelike opens office in Barcelona as they launch Spain expansion
- VC & investment news:
- – ICF plans to launch two new VC funds aimed at medium-sized firms and startups with a joint allocation of €30M+
- – Barcelona-based VC Invivo launches a new €40M biomed fund aimed at Spanish companies in the life science industry
- – Catalan Sports Cluster INDESCAT launches 3rd edition of INDESUP! & opens call for sports-related startups to join their mentoring program; startups can apply until April 18th
- – Spanish incubator Demium launched 85 projects last year and plans to roll out 160 in 2019
- – Spanish investment platform Startupxplore and Airbus BizLab team up to accelerate the aerospace industry
- – Catalan social crowdfunding platform migranodearena.org raises €8M in 10 years to finance social projects
- Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
- – Edit: the graphic design SaaS that offers a free version & 8K+ templates
- – Frizbit: the ‘boomerang’ of ecommerce that helps to boost sales
- – Mailtrack: the solution that helps 1.2M gmail users to monitor &manage their businses leads
- – Ulabox: the fastest growing food e-commerce in Europe
Tech News
- Barcelona startups reached a new record in funding in 2018 with a total of €871M being raised by startups like Letgo, Glovo & TravelPerk
- Spanish startups continue slow year with only €11M raised in March; the total amount of funding so far is €173M lower than at the same point last years
- Catalan automobile manufacturer SEAT to lead Volkswagen Group’s small electric car project
- Cellnex launches Mobility Lab at Barcelona’s Parcmotor Castelloli circuit
- Barcelona welcomes global textile industry to ITMA 2019
- BIHUB (Barça Innovation Hub) is buzzing:
- – Barça Innovation Hub and Allianz join forces to promote a study on sleep
- – BIHUB is currently working on 70+ R&D projects, collaborating with 8 startups & training 10K+ students & more
- LaLiga to launch LaLigaSportsTV, an on-demand streaming service to watch live sports
- Uber & Cabify leave Valencia as city passes similar VTC regulation to the one in Barcelona
- Vacation Rental Tech Week to launch in Barcelona
Good Reads
- Why Car2Go isn’t looking at entering Barcelona despite great success in Madrid (Interview with their Managing Director)
- Why online voting hasn’t taken off in Spain yet
- In 5 years tech startups can be the third-biggest engine of growth for the Spanish economy, Carlos Blanco
GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Mon, 1 Apr @19:00: VRTech Barcelona
- Tue, 2 Apr @17:30: The 5 Billion Euro Gap
- Tue, 2 Apr @18:00: SaaStock Local Launch Event In Barcelona
- Thu, 4 Apr @9:30: La Salle Technova #TechDemoDay2019
- Thu, 4 Apr @15:30: IESE MBA STARTUP CAREER FAIR
- Fri, 5 Apr @9:00: IESE PE/Venture Capital Conference
See the full Event Calendar here
STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA
- Tropicfeel is recruiting a Head of Digital Growth
- Bourbon Creative is hiring a Junior Digital Marketer
- 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)
See the full Job Board here
Barcelona Startup News April 1 2019 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from March 25th 2019 until April 1st, 2019. If you want to read more stories about the city’s startup, tech and innovation scene, check out all Barcelona startup news here.
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