Barcelona Startup News June 26, 2017

Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a safe and happy Sant Joan celebration!

A few key things to mention as we head into the week:

First, together with Harbour.Space and OneCoWork, we’re hosting a fantastic design-related event this Thursday, called Navigating the present, designing for the future with Ron Wilde.

Then, we’d like to invite all tourism & tech startups to apply for the Travel Tech Awards by Airbnb & BCN Tech City. The winners will receive €15,000, a trip to Airbnb’s HQs in San Francisco and a ticket to 4YFN Mobile World Congress Americas this September.

Finally, Barcelona’s very own innovative auto company SEAT will officially unveil the new Arona model live tonight at 7:10pm.

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

Startup & Investment News

• Spanish fintech firm Fintonic closes €25M investment round
• Spain’s language learning startup Lingokids lands $4M
• Barcelona-based live video platform Watchity raises €600k
• Equity crowdfunding platform Startupxplore receives €400k
• Icecream chain Ice Wave bags €277k through Crowdcube
• Barcelona startup WeFitter raises €150k, targets US market
• Mi Legado Digital secures €50k funding with Fintech VC
• Cabify wants to raise at least $300M in new funding
  • Cabify has no unfair advantage in Spain’s taxi industry
• Barcelona-based startup Epinium selected for METRO Accelerator in Berlin
• Privalia picks up speed in LATAM market, enjoys fast growth
• Barcelona firm Transplant Biomedicals gets €6M for license
• Atrapalo reached €330M in sales, looks for new partners
• Barcelona startup Qustodio reaches 1 million users
• Scytl restructures its business, splits hardware from software
• Catalan startup Inmovriew brings VR to real estate industry
• Insights into Barcelona agrotech startup Agrasys
• Mam Originals founder launches Barcelona venture builder
• Startups related to tourism & tech can now apply for Travel Tech Awards by Airbnb & Barcelona Tech City
• Schibsted vs Wallapop cars, the classifieds world is watching
• Interview with Agustin Gomez, CEO of Wallapop

Tech News

• Purple provides WiFi to 2m passengers on Barcelona buses
• How Barcelona’s citizens will control the use of their data
• Lenovo delivers the worlds largest next-generation Intel-based supercomputer in Barcelona 
• “Barcelona already had tourism problem before Airbnb”
  • Barcelona’s urban minister Janet Sanz is angry at Airbnb for continuing to publish illegal tourist appartments
  • Airbnb moves its offices from Gracia to Eixample
• Pioneering technology from Barcelona could transform treatment plants into Biorefineries
• Barcelona Port’s goods and passenger traffic beat records
• Mercadona reveals more details about its ecommerce strategy to compete with Aamazon & co
• BBVA & Das-Nano launch new biometrics company Veridas
  • BBVA also launched in-house fintech startup Trust.u
• As Spain’s economy grows, entrepreneurial activity declines
• 10 countries that buy most technology from Spain
• 79% of internet traffic in Spain will be videos by 2021

Good Reads

• 25 best accelerators, incubators & venture builders in Spain (Barcelona takes first places with 7 entries)
• 75 most promising female entrepreneurs in Spain in 2017
• What is the Right Burn Rate for your Startup?
• A Quick Guide to Choosing a ‘Profitable’ Start-Up Name

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 26 June @ 19:00: ¿Cómo sacar rendimiento a una base de datos de usuarios o clientes?
• Tue, 27 June @ 19:00: Deep Learning for Computer Vision
• Tue, 27 June @ 19:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs Barcelona
• Thu, 29 June @ 19:00: Designing for the future (Ron Wilde)
• Fri, 30 June @ 19:00: Le Wagon Demo Day (+Networking)
• Sat, 1 July: Ideathon Mobilitat del smartCAT Challenge

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

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