Barcelona Startup News March 12 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday! We hope you enjoyed the wonderful spring weekend in Barcelona.

A few new opportunities we’ve heard about in our fair city. First up, TechTribeBCN returns this Thursday for a session on Food&Tech featuring talks by the VP of product at Glovo and founder of Natural Machines. Use the code: BARCINNOTRIBE

Looking towards summer,  Sónar+D has extended the call for startups until March 30 – apply to pitch here.

Also, new projects in search of support and guidance can apply for the 2nd edition of Barcelona Activa’s Programa de Preacceleració. Deadline to apply is April 4th. 

Looking for a new career? 

Our friends at Flylancer are creating the largest and most valuable community of remote workers and are seeking 2 new co-founders (Finance & Marketing) to join their team.

Shoesize.me, a data-driven Barcelona startup poised to break out in 2018, is hiring a Content Marketing Manager. 

Finally, PayFit, one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in Europe, is hiring a Product Manager to help companies worldwide automate their HR and payroll processes.  

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 bike rental firm eCooltra receives €5M investment
• Barcelona health-tech startup MediQuo raises €3M
• Spanish HR startup The Key Talent gets €1M investment
• Spanish startup Miller & Marc receives a €210K investment
• Barcelona real estate startup Properista expands team & launches new website
• Catalan fintech Saveboost prepares €500K investment round
• Barcelona startup Glovo continues its Latin America expansion & launches in Brazil
• Barcelona firm eDreams has stopped searching for new investors
• Catalan startup Heygo filed for insolvency & is looking for sale or merger
• Barcelona fintech firm Verse hires ex-Nasa engineer as CFO
• Barcelona firm Scytl has a new president and CEO, might be looking to sell the business in the next 2-3 years
• Euroleague Basketball Tech Challenge announced the 10 finalists of their first edition that will take place in Barcelona
• IMPACT Growth selected 14 startups for the next stage of its program
• Porsche Accelerator by Conector kicks of program with 4 startups
• 30 fintech startups from 4 countries were selected for Fintech & Innsurtech Market by Innsomnia
• Clave Mayor launches new €15M VC fund aimed at food technology projects
• Takeda and Impact Hub launch health tech accelerator “The Nest – Innovative Solutions Challenge”
• Goteo partners with the Ajuntament de Barcelona on a matchfunding initative which promotes 24 local economic development projects, including food co-op platform Katuma
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Yugo: the motosharing startup that doesn’t stop growing

Tech News

• 8th of March marked International Women’s Day and several initiatives were announced to close the gender gap:
  • Barcelona Tech City launched #BCN4WOMEN, a project aimed at transforming the city into a gender equality leader in the tech world
  • Wallapop & Ironhack launch 2nd edition of their €400K internship program to promote women in tech
  • Smartick and Cabify promote women in tech by offering 1500 scholarships in mathematics
• Fiscal pressure from the Government threatens scientific centers of Catalonia
• The number of newly formed companies in Catalonia decreases for the 8th month in a row
• Uber returns to Barcelona, set to relaunch in the coming days
• Seat forms partnership with German firm ProGlove to accelerate assembly line using scanning technology 
• Telefónica continues its refinancing plan, landing €8.200M in bank credit volume
• New details revealed about the planned “sandbox” in Spain that aims to enable fintech startups to launch & experiment faster

Good Reads

• TECHICONS 2018: A Celebration of Barcelona’s Thriving Startup Ecosystem
• How Blockchain Will Improve Mobility In Barcelona
• Overview of women working in the tech sector in Spain
• A Guide to Effectively Outsourcing Your Content Marketing to a Content Marketing Agency

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 13 Mar @ 9:30: Creativity – The engine of the 21st century by Katlin Kaldmaa, Author and Poet
• Thu, 15 Mar @ 15:30: La Salle Tech Demo Day
• Thu, 15 Mar @ 17:30: How can technology improve the future of health?
• Thu, 16 Mar @ 19:00: TechTribe: Food&Tech Panel + Dj Set & Networking

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• ShoeSize.Me is hiring a Content Marketing Manager
• PayFit Espana is recruiting a Product Builder
• Flylancer is looking for two co-founders (CEO/CFO & CMO)
• ElectricFeel is hiring a:
  • Technical Customer Support Representative
  • Android Developer