Barcelona Startup News April 30 2018 – Barcinno

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Don’t miss these great new opportunities with local startups like Dorna Digital – MotoGP, Payfit, Scoot, Chilliprinting, LoveToKnow, ShoeSize.Me and more!

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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 startup ProntoPiso closes €1.3M investment round
• Spanish startup KMINA secures a €150K investment
• Barcelona sports-tech startup FirstVision raise their largest ever funding round; they are said to have planned to raise €500K
• Glovo continue to work towards their planned €80M investment round that will take the firm’s valuation to €250M
  • Spanish pharmacies dislike Glovo delivering drugs
• Barcelona VC Bloomium invests in Spanish startup Valeet
• Sabadell Venture Capital invests in Mexican startup Trendier
• Barcelona-based startup eCooltra reaches 300,000 users
• ByHours add a new VR integration to their app, becoming the first hotel platform to offer 360° images of hotel rooms
• ABA English have developed a new feature with MIT that allows users to test their level of English by chatting with Amazon Echo
• Barcelona online supermarket Ulabox reaches €9.2M in revenue, with a loss of €3.8M in 2017
• Housfy launches in Valencia & plans to invest €500K in 2018
• Barcelona-based startup Protopixel is joining the Techstars Metro accelerator in Berlin
• The HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference will host two competitions for digital health startups in May in Catalonia
• Conector Barcelona begins its 9th acceleration program with 4 startups: Genocosmetics, Hookfy, Shivver & Teikmi VR
• Juan Roig, president of Mercadona, invests €12,5M in Lanzadera & Angels Capital to cover their losses 
• Spanish startups received over €30M investment in April
• There are currently 14 open calls for startups in Spain
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Mapp4all: giving disabled citizens more freedom in cities
  • Ulabox: online supermarket from Barcelona
  • SantaFixie: selling bicycles and bike accessories

Tech News

• The Spanish Government plans to introduce a new tax on technology companies to boost pension payments 
• Investment firm Riverside fund prepares the sale of Catalan pharma company Euromed for around €150M-€200M
• VC fund Nazca Capital acquires a majority stake in Catalan dental solution provider Phibo
• SEAT launches electric carsharing pilot in Barcelona
• Amazon workers in a Spanish distribution centre who held a strike a few weeks ago have been fired
• Amazon opens ‘Seller Support Hub’ in @22, Barcelona
• The Sónar+D congress joins the 25 years of Sónar celebrations to explore the future of creativity
• Spanish bank BBVA issues $91M loan using two blockchains

Good Reads

• How To Find Great Writers For Tech Firms – Finding & Evaluating Talent
• Why TravelPerk Sees Barcelona As An Ideal Base For Growth 
• “It’s not bad if Catalan startups are bought”, Miquel Martí, Director of Barcelona Tech City
• Overview of last mile delivery firms in Spain

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 30 Apr @ 13:00: Develop a Successful IT Startup
• Tue, 1 May @ 18:00: OpenHouse – Ironhack Campus BCN
• Wed, 2 May @ 16:00: TechFest/2018
• Wed, 2 May @ 19:00: Marketing for Blockchain & ICOs
• Thu, 3 May @ 19:00: IESE OPEN INNOVATION: Building and scaling your corporate venturing unit
• Thu, 3 May @ 19:00: The Platform Approach

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Dorna Digital – MotoGP is hiring a Platform Product Owner
• Chilliprinting is looking for a Digital & Social Media Manager 
• Scoot Networks is recruiting a:
  • QA / Technical Support Engineer
  • Engineering R&D Technician
• LoveToKnow Media is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer
• PayFit Espana is looking for a:
  • Business Developer
  • Product Builder
• ShoeSize.Me is recruiting a Content Marketing Manager