Barcelona Startup News May 29, 2017

Hello and happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend and got some rest for the big summer events coming up! But first some big news:

Our friends at TravelPerk – the Barcelona startup disrupting the business travel industry – just took home 1st place at The Next Web’s 2017 Startup Competition! Here’s the recap and you can watch Gideon Pridor, VP of Marketing, pitch on stage here.

Sonar+d announced the 30 selected companies that will compete at this summer’s Start Garden Startup Pitch Contest.

Speaking of Sonar, our friends at OneCoWork are giving away 2 free tickets for 2017 Sonar By Night. Enter to win here.

Finally, it’s your last chance to make Barcelona an even better place to live and work by completing Barcelona’s International Talent Monitor (deadline June 1st).

Do you have some news to promote? Get in touch here.

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

• Barcelona startup CornerJob bags $19M to keep on growing
• Barcelona-based startup Anaconda Biomed raises €15M
• Healthcare booking platform DocPlanner lands €15M
  • They merged with Catalan startup Doctoralia last year
• Parking startup Valeet closes a €600k investment round
• Eurohold hosted their annual Tech Entrepreneurs dinner last week in Barcelona.
• Catalonia’s Stream Hatchet acquired by Millennial Esports
• TravelPerk won the Scale Startup Competition at TNW17
• Promofarma crowned ‘Spain’s best digital company 2017’
• 21 most innovative startups this year according to IAB Spain
• Barcelona’s HolaLuz is on pace for €130M in revenue in 2017
• Great overview of Spanish banks and their startup programs
• Ship2B united the 12 most promising social impact startups 
• Plug and Play Spain to stop its startup accelerator program
• Wallapop’s valuation has increased by 55% to reach €560M
• Trovit’s €80M takeover by Lifull not living up to expectations
• Catalonia’s ProtoPixel designs light tech for Primavera Sound
• Barcelona green tech startup Thermal Recycled Composites selected  for EDP Acceleration Program
• Waynabox expands portfolio to offer 5-day trips this summer
• Interview with Nacho Lafuente, CEO of Barcelona’s Datumize
• A look at Barcelona startup DefyU: a social fantasy sports app
• It seems to get more difficult for startups to get Enisa grants

Tech News

• Global 3D Printing Hub coming to Barcelona
• Barcelona Tech City & Telefónica team up to boost innovation
  • How Telefonica uses IoT & Big Data to build smart cities
• Tesla opened its first Spanish store in Port Vell next to Pier01
• Barcelona will have a food innovation center in 22@ soon
• Automobile Barcelona exceeded 755,000 visitors, new record
• Catalan exports grow by 13.6% in Q1 2017 and set new record
• BBVA launches an open API marketplace for startups
• Foreign Investment attracted by Catalonia reaches new high
• MásMóvil & Huawei join forces to enter Spain’s Pay TV battle
• EU permits Spanish government to charge Netlix a RTVE fee
  • Netflix is growing fast in Spain, Yomvi losing out
• Not tech related, but a Catalan man climbed Mount Everest in 26 hours – a new world record time

Good Reads

• It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur and investor in Spain
• The 20 Most Influential People in Tech Right Now
• 10 Barcelona-based startups to watch in 2017 and beyond
• Shantytowns in Barcelona: in the shadows of history
• SaaS Investors for Spanish Startups
• The mechanics of growth with ex-Gmail product manager Itamar Gilad
• Among private tech firms, Airbnb has pursued a distinct strategy

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 29 May @ 07:00: Docker talk @ Stuart
• Mon, 29 May @ 18:30: Wearable Technologies Picnic 2017
• Tue, 30 May @ 17:45: Hardware Massive Event
• Tue, 30 May @ 19:30: Developing blockchain app’s
• Wed, 31 May @ 09:00: LEAN UX: Agile process with a brain
• Wed, 31 May @ 18:00: SaaStock on Tour Barcelona
• Wed, 31 May @18:30: IoT BCN May Meetup
• Wed, 31 May @ 18:00: Tech Experience with Miguel Sanz
• Thu, 1 June @ 19:00: South Summit Contest

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Printsome is looking for an Inside Sales Executive (English)
• OneCoWork is recruiting a Junior Accountant
• Skyscanner is hiring Principal & Lead Engineers
• Xing is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team
• ElectricFeel is recruiting a Ruby on Rails Developer
• LoveToKnow is hiring a Sr Web Engineer (Telecommute)
• Research design and tech firm L&R is looking or a:
  • Software Engineer
  • Mobile Engineer