Barcelona Startup News – March 27, 2017

Hello, we hope you had a great weekend! We have some great tech events coming up in Barcelona:

First, Orchestrate on April 6th – the one-day conference dedicated to devops culture, orchestrate and related technologies. Barcinno readers save 20%.

Then, on April 7th, NodeConf Barcelona returns and you can save on tickets using the code: Barcinno

Next Thursday, Inbound BCN is hosting an expert roundtable in digital marketing featuring 3 of Barcelona’s fastest-growing companies: Kantox, DEXMA & Talent Clue.

Tonight the 2nd edition of HardwareXchange hosts Merce Tell, VC from Avet Ventures and Juan Diaz, CMO of PuzzlePhone.

Sonar+d has extended their call for startups for this year’s Startup Garden in June. Apply to pitch your startup at Sonar 2017!

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

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Startup & Investment News

• What’s Next? The Uncertain Future Of Startupbootcamp Barcelona
• MedLumics raised €34,4M – largest medtech investment round by a Spanish firm
• Investor data analytics platform RavenPack secures $5M in first funding round
• Barcelona-based e-commerce firm MeQuedoUno raised €800k from business angels
• Crowdlending startup Grow.ly closed a €440k investment round on SociosInversores
• Catalan electric car charging point platform Place to Plug raised €125k on Crowdcube
• Tech company Xesol Innovation secured €40k funding form Udekta Capital
• After raising €1M from investors Argentinian startup Hibox moved to Barcelona
• Barcelona finech startup Kantox to become a technology provider of five banks
• Sunglasses makers Meller brand formed a partnership with automaker Volkswagen
• Typeform launched a new Facebook Messenger integration called Typebot
• eDreams is opening a third office in Barcelona as the company is expanding
• Catalan ecommerce firm Deporvillage loses its CFO as he leaves the company
• How Spotahome and Barcelona’s Badi are competing with real estate giant Airbnb
• Barcelona’s Tekstum uses AI & Big Data to create algorithms for book market insights
• Insights into Barcelona’s fintech startup Saveboost that helps you start saving money
• Co-Founder of Glovo, Sacha Michaud, talks about the company and its future outlook
• Levante Capital Partners from Barcelona launch VC fund to invest €100k into startups
• Entrepreneurs from 7 different nations participated in 2. edition of Nuclio Weekend

Tech News

• Roche Diabetes Care sets up Global Digital Office in Catalonia and creates 40 jobs
• Why a company like Roche Diabetes Digital Care settles in Catalonia’s tech space
• Spanish authorities approve Indra’s takeover bid to acquire Tecnocom for €345M
• Barcelona Global launches ‘Emparejados’ program to attract science talent to the city
• The director of Wayra, Telelefónica’s startup accelerator program, has left the company
• Insights into Milena Montesinos, the Spanish woman who is a director at Uber in SF
• Spain’s automotive component manufacturing industry to grow, Trump politics a threat
• Tesla to install charging stations for cars in Barcelona’s Corte Ingles shopping centers
• Seat Mollet del Vallès? Will we see first Seat car to be named after a Catalan town?
• This is how the first Hyperloop Capsule made by Spanish firm Carbures will look like
• MIT paper cites Spanish bank BBVA as an example for digitalization transformation
• Though times ahead for call centers in Spain, of which 30% are located in Barcelona

Good Reads

• GOOD READ #1: A day in the life of Pere Codina, CEO of Barcelona startup Kompyte
• GOOD READ #2: How to create an editorial calendar – startup guide
• GOOD READ #3: How to boost diversity in the Spanish startup ecosystem
• GOOD READ #4: My 5 jobs as a startup CEO by J. Romero, Founder of Factorial
• GOOD WATCH #1: Highlights from 4YFN 2017

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Tue, 28 Mar @ 19:00: Making sense of Big Data & Analytics – with Daniel Castejón
• Tue, 28 Mar @ 19:30: Workshop Hack Your Taste Buds – Barcelona Fun Science
• Wed, 29 Mar @ 19:00: Startup Grind Hosts Dorion Carroll (Zynga)
• Thu, 30 Mar @ 09:00: Adaptarse a la innovación: profesionales y Smart Cities
• Thu, 30 Mar @ 19:00: Do you really need a business blog?
• Thu, 30 Mar @ 19:00: DrinkEntrepreneurs #20
• Thu, 30 Mar @ 19:00: Conseguirlo sin inversión, del mito a la realidad
• Sat-Sun, 1-2 Apr @ 10:00: Make-A-Thon: How to prepare youth for their future

See the full Event Calendar here

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