Barcelona Startup News July 16 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the finale of the World Cup!

There a few great events taking place before the content calendar slows down for summer holidays:

First, Databeers Barcelona Summer Edition is happening this Thursday at Fabrica Estrella Damm.

From there, head over to the annual Summer Party at Pier 01 for a casual rooftop party and live concert. 

Then, on July 24th join in the launch of FlossBCN to help grow the free software community in Barcelona and scale solutions to tackle our city’s (and our business’) unique challenges.

Check out the rest of the event calendar here. 

Barcinno readers get a 30% discount for the new OneCoWork Plaça Catalunya space!

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 vacation rental SaaS startup Lodgify raises €4,3M
• Barcelona startup Agroptima closes a €1.2M investment
• Spanish startup Ciclogreen secures a €245K funding round
• Spanish startup Fundeen receives a €120K seed investment
• Catalan startup vLex acquires Spanish startup Legal3
• Barcelona startup Tiendeo opens office in Brazil and eyes to exceed €10M in sales this year
• Barcelona proptech startup Zillios aims to raise up to €21M through an ICO 
• Catalan startup Marmota plans to reach €12M in revenues this year
• Barcelona startup ByHours expects to reach €6M in revenues in 2018 and raise €6M
• Catalan HR tech startup Woffu exceeds €350K sales figure in the first half of this year
• Barcelona startup success story Wallapop maintains €360M valuation
• London startup Hostmaker increased its workforce in Barcelona fom 35 to 115 this year
• Glovo is facing its first trial for accusations of violating work conditions
• 7 Catalan startups participate in RISE conference in Hong Kong 
• Spanish VC Encomenda Smart Capital, which is led by Carlos Blanco, invests in four projects, including Catalan startup
• Spanish VC Columbus Venture Partners prepares new €80M fund aimed at innovative health and nutrition projects
• VC firms from Spain have been managing a total of close to €1,5B in the last fifteen years
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Agroptima: interview with CEO Emilia Vila
  • Gestoos: the technology from the Minority Report movie
  • Swipcar: rent a car from 1 month to up to 48 months

Tech News

• Barcelona steals major AV conference from Amsterdam and will host the 80.000-visitor-strong Integrated Systems Europe event starting 2020
• The Government of Barcelona & MWC plan to launch Digital Future Society, a global tech forum aimed at finding solutions to social challenges resulting from the digital revolution
• More foreign companies invest into Barcelona:
  • Oracle moves to Torre Glories to open their new development center in Barcelona
  • UPS plans to open a new operation center in Barcelona, creating 400 jobs 
  • DHL invests €7,6M in new logistic center in Barcelona
  • Austrian firm Kapsch is set to open a new office in Barcelona
• Barcelona Global and Barcelona Tech City strike a partnership to promote the Catalan tech brand together
• Catalonia is the engine of the Spanish video game industry, accounting for more than half of all revenues
• Catalonia, Andalusia and Galicia are the heart of the Spanish biotech sector
• Catalan financial institution CaixaBank was crowned Western Europe’s Best Digital Bank by Euromoney
• AT&T acquires the Spanish threat intelligence company AlienVault which was launched in Spain
• Crowdfunding investment in Spain totaled €101M in 2017
• A look at La Liga’s digital strategy and how Netflix is their biggest competitor
• The widely-discussed fintech sandbox in Spain is finally set to become a reality this year according to Ministry of Economy

Good Reads

• Ship2B Tech4Climate manager talks accelerating startups with social impact

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 17 Jul @ 8:30: Esmorzar de finançament: “Com ens financem les cooperatives”
• Tue, 17 Jul @ 11:00: SheCommerce: Women in E-Commerce
• Wed, 18 Jul @ 19:00: Crowdfunding Lab
• Thu, 19 Jul @ 18:00: Unlocking creativity. Design thinking for innovation
• Thu, 19 Jul @ 18:30: Databeers Barcelona Summer Edition
• Fri, 20 Jul @ 20:00: Ecommerce Mastery Live

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Mondo is looking for a Full-stack developer
• Toucan Toco is recruiting a Business Developer
• Reactivation Group is hiring a Technical Project Manager
• OneCoWork is seeking a Social Media Manager