Barcelona Startup News June 19, 2017

Hello and Happy Monday!

We hope you enjoyed a great Sonar weekend! Congratulations to the winners and all the innovative projects that presented at the Sonar+D Startup Garden!

Also a big congratulations to our friends at Trybe for their official launch in Barcelona last week! After a successful 3-month beta, Trybe now offers 15 unique and independent chefs that deliver fresh and authentic dishes right to your door.

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Ok, there are some great events in BCN this week so let’s get to it!: 

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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Startup & Investment News

• Spanish startup Cibeles Comfort Cars lands €9M funding
• Catalan e-signature startup Signaturit secures €2.8M
• Barcelona-based SaaS developer firm Nektria raises €2M
• Proptech startup Housell bags €1M to accelerate growth
• Barcelona startup Factorial closes €500k investment round
  • Founder J. Romero gives inside view about the funding
• Catalan travel startup TripUniq receives €170k investment from Lanta Capital and Cabiedes
• Trybe goes live in Barcelona to deliver chef-quality food
• Vilynx wins Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar competition
• Barcelona Activa opens a high-tech startup incubator in 22@
• The 20 top startup exits in Spain
• Spain amongst ‘Top European fintech countries in 2017’
• InnoBAN appoints Nuria Gracia as director of Barcelona hub
• Inside stories about Barcelona startups:
  • Glovo & the rise of the sharing economy
  • Daysk, the startup that let’s you hire spaces by the hour
  • Cognicor eyes potential market of around $30-40B

Tech News

• Spain’s reforms point the way for southern Europe
• Catalan Universities improve their positions in global ranking
• The biggest ongoing infrastructure projects in Barcelona
• Sónar 2017 breaks its record with 123.000 visitants in 4 days
  • The 15 best sets from the Barcelona music festival
• Barcelona tries rebranding to be know for more than tourism
• Metro worker strikes in Barcelona continue for 7th time today
  • 60% of drivers in Barcelona would leave their car at home if public transport service was better
• Enjoy your holidays: roaming charges within EU are gone
• Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13,4B (and maybe Slack for $9B)

Good Reads

• Barcelona – The Silicon Valley of Europe
• The Silicon Valley of Europe is situated in Barcelona
• It’s time for the $1.2T business travel industry to be disrupted

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 19 June @ 16:45: BarcelonaJS June 2017
• Tue, 20 June @ 17:00: ¿Cómo levantar capital en Biotech?
• Tue, 20 June @ 20:15: Funding for start-ups & SMEs
• Wed, 21 June @ 08:30: Esmorzar de Finançament
• Wed, 21 June @ 19:00: CEOTalk with Oriol Solé, Tviso’s CEO
• Wed, 21 June @ 19:30: FuckUp Nights Barcelona
• Thu, 22 June @ 18:00: How to apply a digital strategy
• Thu, 22 June @ 18:30: Startup Grind: Carolina Brochado
• Thu, 22 June @ 18:30: Europe’s Female Founders
• Thu, 22 June @ 19:00: II Prix Entrepreneur Tech

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• The Barcelona Code School is recruiting a JavaScript Intern
• Printsome is looking for an Inside Sales Executive (English)
• Skyscanner is hiring Principal & Lead Engineers
• Xing is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team