Barcelona Startup News 13 January

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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 Investment News

• Barcelona on-demand storage startup Boxmotions lands €2.4M
• Catalan aerospace startup PANGEA raises €1M via The Crowd Angel

Spanish Investment News

• Madrid travel startup Bob.io closes a €3M investment round
• Salamanca-based travel tech startup Beonprice gets €2.5M
• Valencia-based biotech startup Arthrex closes a €1.5M seed round
• Madrid travel tech startup Triporate lands €1.3M investment
• Madrid-based startup EthicHub closes a €1M seed round
• Spain & NY-based insurtech startup CoverWallet has been acquired by AON
• Barcelona AI startup Qmenta opens a €1.35M funding round to expand to the USA

Startups News

• Barcelona startup Wallbox wins four major awards at CES in Las Vegas
• Catalan startup Flykube sold more than 2.000 surprise trips in Portugal last year after launching operations there in March
• Catalan sports e-commerce startup Tradeinn reaches €188M in revenues in 2019
• Catalan sports e-commerce firm Deporvillage increases revenues by 33% to reach €60M in 2019
• Glovo and N26 join forces to offer free deliveries for payments with N26 credit cards

VC, Investment & Crowdfunding News

• Spanish VC BeAble Capital reviews performance of their €35M deep science fund

Open Calls, Accelerator News & Incubator Stories

• B-Value, an innovation program for social entities, is closing its call on Jan 15; click here to apply

Barcelona Startup & Entrepreneur Profiles & Interviews

• Abzu: an AI company where there are no bosses & everyone chooses their own salary
• Nostrum Biodiscovery: creating new drugs through AI & supercomputing power
• Tree Nation: the worldwide platform to plant trees

Tech News

• Google looking to double Barcelona workforce ‘in near future’
• US firm XPO Logistics to expand services in Catalonia with new distribution site
• Catalan company ASPY Prevención gets a €40M investment from French VC Capza
• City Council of Barcelona wants airports to stop offering flight connections between cities that can be reached by train
• Low-emissions zone in Barcelona: Barcelona debuts low-emissions area, but will public transport be able to cope?
• Barcelona-based universities IESE and ESADE ranked as 6th and 13th best business school in EU by the Financial Times
• Data collection project mapping 28,000 miles of Barcelona’s roads daily presents findings to improve road safety
• Bicing is looking to net €1M from sponsorship deals this year
• European Blockchain sector gathers in Barcelona this month

Tech News in Spain

• Spain recorded fewer emissions and installed the most renewables last year; 2020 looks to continue this trend
• EIB to provide Spain with €28M to finance electric & CNG buses in Spain
• Big blow for the Spanish industry as EU Commission doesn’t include Spain amongst 7 countries selected to benefit from €8B+ investment in the development of electric batteries production plants
• – Here’s why Spain would have been the perfect place though
• Telefonica developing blockchain-based network for Spain’s tech parks
• Spanish banks eye charging higher commissions to boost profitability

Politics & Economics

• Spain’s Sánchez narrowly wins vote to govern in coalition (BBC)
• – At last, a new government for Spain (The Economist)
• Salary gap between managers and employees in Spain continues to grow

Good Reads

• 12 reasons to invest in Catalonia
• Barcelona: Fab & Maker City
• How accelerators & incubators support entrepreneurship in Spain
• Why made-in-Spain smartphones never really took off

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Round table about sustainable development goals with Carlos Barrabés, president of Barrabés Next, Tessa Wernink, co-founder at Fairphone & José Bayón, CEO of Enisa (by Ship2B)

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

Don’t miss the 3rd European Blockchain Convention in Barcelona on January 20-21! The convention has secured its place on the EU tech calendar as the leading blockchain conference gathering 600+ attendees from all over Europe and 50+ world-class speakers to discuss real use cases and the present & future of Blockchain. Save €80 with the code ’BARCINNOEBC’ (valid until 14th Jan)

• Tue, 14 Jan @18:00: Digital Health Trends 2019-2020
• Wed, 15 Jan @18:30: DigitalXChange Product Series Barcelona
• Wed, 15 Jan @18:30: 5 prioritization practices to help your agile planning
• Thu, 16 Jan @19:00: Power BI User Group Barcelona
• Fri, 17 Jan @19:00: allWomen Talks #14: “UX Writing 101”

• Mon-Tue, 20-21 Jan: European Blockchain Convention
• Tue, 21 Jan @18:30: Digital Sapiens- Hyperloop & Blockchain
• Wed, 22 Jan @19:00: Cross Connections – Machine Learning
• Wed, 22 Jan @19:00: Startup Founders Workshop – Create Your Perfect Pitch
• Thu, 23 Jan @18:30: Startup Grind Barcelona with Iñaki Arrola (Managing Partner @ K Fund)

• Tue, 28 Jan @15:30: XII S2B Demo Day
• Mon-Thu, 24-27 Feb: Mobile World Congress
• Mon-Wed, 24-26 Feb: 4YFN

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

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Barcelona Startup News January 13 2020 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from January 13th, 2020 until January 19th, 2020. If you want to read more stories about the city’s startup, tech and innovation scene, check out all Barcelona startup news here.