Barcelona Startup News 2 December

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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

Investment News

• Barcelona energy startup Holaluz goes public & debuts successfully on the MAB (Alternative Stock Market)
  
• – Holaluz’ stock price shoots up as the startup tops €200M market capitalization
  
• Spanish firm Bugaroo closes a €10M series A funding round
  
• Spain-based startup Amadix raises €1.2M via The Crowd Angel
  
• Drone-tech startup Alerion secures a €1.2M investment
  
• Spanish company Nabrawind Technologies gets €1.1M
  
• Spanish last-mile delivery startup Happy Box lands €820K via Crowdcube
  
• Spain-based startup Helloteca closes a €720K funding round
  
• Barcelona startup Blocktac lands €250K
  
• Spanish startups raised an accumulated €140M in November, bringing the total number for this year to €874M & making it difficult to top last year’s record of €1.2B

Startup M&As

• Barcelona startup Briver was acquired by Madrid-based logistics platform OnTruck

Startups News

• Glovo is working on yet another huge investment round and could reach a valuation of around €1B
  
• UK construction group Kier is trialing autonomous robots from
• Barcelona startup Scaled Robotics to save time on capturing data and images

VC, Investment & Crowdfunding News

• Spain-based VC firm Kibo Ventures plans to launch a new €100M fund aimed at Iberian startups
  
• Spanish private banking firm Orienta Capital launches first fund in Spain aimed hostels
  
• Barcelona-based private equity firm Miura wins award for ‘Best Spanish LBO Fund’
  
• The Spanish crowdlending industry provided investments of over €70M in the first half of this year

Open Calls, Accelerator News & Incubator Stories

• Overview of 10 acceleration programs that currently have open calls for startups
  
• PARSEC Accelerator opens call for its program; startups can apply until the 20th of December
  
• Orizont announces the names of the 14 startups selected for its accelerator program

Barcelona Startup & Entrepreneur Profiles & Interviews

• Bakering: the 20K/month baking marketplace
  
• allWomen.tech: the first campus worldwide specialized in the training of women in technical disciplines
  
• Eduardo Manchón: the first Spaniard who sold a company to Google

Don’t miss the 3rd European Blockchain Convention in Barcelona on January 20-21! The convention has secured its place on the European tech calendar as the leading blockchain conference gathering more than 600 attendees from all over Europe and more than 50 world-class speakers to discuss real use cases and the present & future of Blockchain. Save €70 with the code BARCINNOEBC (valid until 10th of December)

Tech News

• Catalan 3D-printing companies have a global turnover of €325M and 1.321 employees, making the region a leading global hub in 3D printing
  
• The City Council of Barcelona reaches an agreement to introduce new ways to regulate the rental of tourist rooms
  
• A project by DataCty, the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Ferrovial and two startups reveals how the city could cut traffic congestion by 55% and emissions by 70% by utilizing distribution hubs and zero-emission vehicles
  
• Kigali and Barcelona team up for a smart city initiative aimed at exchanging knowledge and technology to improve cities
  
• Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT & Telefónica team up with five startups to boost innovation
  
• A project sponsored by SEAT, the Spanish Traffic Authority, the Barcelona City Council and ETRA aims to connect vehicles with traffic lights & information panels to enable drivers to receive real-time alerts on the status of upcoming traffic lights so that they can adapt their speed accordingly

Telco News

• Orange Bank launches in Spain
  
• Telefonica to join blockchain-focused initiative Hyperledger
  
• Telefonica signs deal with Alphabet’s Loon to provide internet to remote parts of the Amazon

Tech News in Spain

• The Spanish technological ecosystem has stagnated this year as funds and talent growth have declined
  
• Spanish R&D investment grew by 6.3% last year but still only make up a mere 1.24% of GDP – the EU average R&D investment rate stands at 2.3% of GDP 
  
• Netflix is estimated to have 3M+ users in Spain and only trail Movistar+ (4.1M users)
  
• Spanish energy company Naturgy will offer discounts of up to 10% on Amazon purchases in quest to attract more customers

Political, Economic & Legal News in Spain

• United Nations opens two-week climate change summit in Madrid today
  
• – Climate change: COP25 talks open as ‘point of no return’ in sight (by the BBC)
  
• Spain’s Ministry of Defense bans Huawei devices from accessing sensitive information

Good Reads

• Overview of the proptech market
  
• What threatens Open Banking and where we go from here

Good Videos & Podcasts

• Interview with Carlos Pierre, CEO at Badi (Itnig Podcast)
  
• Interview with Marc Antoni Macia, co-founder & COO at Novicap (SeedRocket Podcast)

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

Join Startup Grind this Tuesday to learn the secrets of startup success from Bernat Farrero, CEO of Itnig. Save 40% with the code: BarcinnoRocks

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

Job of the week: Choco is an exceptional team that collaborates across the world to build the future of global food systems. If you’re ready to embark on the journey to reshape the food industry, or if you’re simply a foodie, then apply here for the Business Development Representative role.

• Choco is recruiting a Business Development Representative
  
• Cien is looking for a Sales Performance Consultant
  
• Arbolus is hiring a Community Associate
  
• OneCoWork is recruiting a Junior Accountant & a Community Associate

See the full Job Board here

Barcelona Startup News December 2 2019 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from December 2nd, 2019 until December 8th, 2019. If you want to read more stories about the city’s startup, tech and innovation scene, check out all Barcelona startup news here.