Barcelona Startup News July 23 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a great weekend!

There’s a surge in activity before we head into summer holiday season – Glovo made waves last week when they announced $134M funding round and US-based AttackIQ is on a hiring spree in Barcelona!

FlossBCN Launch

Join in the official kick-off of FlossBCN this Tuesday to help grow the free software community in Barcelona and scale solutions to tackle our city’s (and our business’) unique challenges.

Free Drinks for FREE!

Our friends at Bida have made their app 100% free until October 1st – now you can get free daily cocktails at 50 of Barcelona best bars without a monthly subscription. Use the code: BARCINNO

6th annual Hola Barcelona Cocktail (RSVP req’d)

It’s that time of year again, where we throw a giant cocktail party at the king’s palace on Montjuic (or Palau de Congressos if it rains like last year). Come rub shoulders with 1.200 other Barcelonan’s by birth & by choice at Barcelona Global’s Hola Cocktail Party on Sept 13th! 

Ok, let’s take a look at the latest Barcelona startup news from this week: 

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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BARCELONA STARTUP NEWS

Startup & Investment News

• Barcelona startup Glovo closes a €115M funding round
• Catalan startup AGORA images lands a €2M investment
• Chatbot startup Landbot raises €1.9M & moves to Barcelona
• Barcelona startup Cuideo bags €700K in fresh funding round 
• Catalan medtech startup IOMED secures a €500K investment
• Barcelona startup Patadon receives a €400K investment
• Barcelona-based startup Dietox lands a €400K investment
• Catalan startup Petoons closes a €200K investment round
• Barcelona startup Social Diabetes expands to Mexico
• Barcelona-based startup Boxmotions expands to Madrid
• Catalan cleantech startup Submer Technologies announces a strategic collaboration agreement with CERN
• Submer crowned best IoT startup at 4YFN Shanghai
• Catalonia-based Happy Pills hopes opens €200K funding round on Crowdcube
• Barcelona startup Propertista prepares a fresh funding round to finance their international expansion 
• Catalan VC Inveready prepares a new €40M fund aimed at ICT companies 
• The Spanish Startup Association selected Carlos Mateo as the new president
• Fundación Repsol presents nine startups selected for its accelerator program, including three Catalan projects
• Bwom and Housfy are amongst the 11 Catalan startups to make the finals at the South Summit 2018
• Abanca launches the 2nd edition of its accelerator program
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Tropic: the shoe startup that raised €2,1M in 50 days
  • Exoticca: the executive life of their CEO Pere Vallès
  • Virtual Feet: a device for shoes to bring you into VR

Tech News

• CaixaBank, Seat, Telefónica, Agbar and Naturgy join forces to create Start4Big, a hub in which they want to develop 8 innovative startups per year
• Triton Submarines announces that it will produce its submersible submarines in Catalonia
• Barcelona Tech City confirms the opening of a blockchain hub
• Innocells, the digital hub of Catalonia-based Banco Sabadell, invests €7.5M in Israeli VC Cardumen Capital
• Catalan food-chain Nostrum wants to raise €60M in an ICO in October after postponing similar plans earlier this year
• Renfe and Wayra join forces to launch an incubator and accelerator for startups to boost their digital transformation
• Spain’s public debt increased by €5B in May and reached 98,2% of GDP according to the Bank of Spain
• Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona to launch its online shop in Barcelona
• Schibsted Spain grew revenues by 16,4% in the first half of 2018 and reaches €78M
• Inditex’s online sales already make up 10% of the group’s total revenue

Good Reads

• “How the Barcelona Startup Scene Has Changed in the 5 Years Since I Started My Business”, David Okuniev (Co-Founder & Joint CEO of Typeform)

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 23 Jul @ 14:00: Open Day for Privacy, Transparency, and Decentralization (OPERANDI 2018)
• Tue, 24 Jul @ 18:30: FlossBcn Kick Off Event
• Wed, 25 Jul @ 19:00: Social Physics, Data Engineering and Competitive Cooperation
• Thu, 26 Jul @ 9:00: Female entrepreneur program presentation
• Fri, 27 Jul @ 12:00: Acelerando la colaboración startups-corporates – Buenas prácticas y claves

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• US cybersecurity startup AttackIQ is looking for a:
  • Senior Software Engineer – Integrations (Python)
  • Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Python)
  • Senior Software Engineer – Endpoint Agent
  • QA Automation Engineer
  • Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• Cirkus is hiring a Community & Social Marketing Manager
• NY-based startup Resy is recruiting an Account Manager
• Fintech startup Mondo is looking for a Full-stack developer
• Paris startup Toucan Toco is hiring a Business Developer
• Reactivation Group is recruiting a Technical Project Manager