Barcelona Startup News May 7 2018 – Barcinno

Hello and happy Monday, we hope you had a great weekend!

A few items of note before we begin:

First, our friends at IQS Tech Factory – Barcelona’s first startup accelerator for the industrial sector – has opened the call for 10 new projects to join their program. Learn more and apply here.

Barcelona Activa, in partnership with Imagine’s Xavier Verdaguer is launching the 3rd edition of Programa de Preincubació to create new companies. Register before May 9th here.

Still looking for an exciting new project? The 4th edition of Nuclio Weekend is coming up on May 18-20. Get involved here. 

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

• Spanish startup Gudog receives a €395K investment
• Spanish firm La Casa de la Aldea secures a €167K investment 
• Catalan healthy snack e-commerce firm Stroong gets €50K
• Barcelona startup Eliport raised €45K through crowdfunding
• Barcelona e-voting startup Scytl avoids heavy loses through a partnership deal with Telefónica
• Catalan startup mediQuo expands to Latin America
• Barcelona sports e-commerce firm Deporvillage launches their own brand, Imperfect
• Barcelona travel startup Exoticca hires Scytl chairman as CEO
• Catalan startup Qrem develops a device that produces a serum against osteoarthritis
• Spanish VC firm Sherpa Capital creates new €150M fund aimed at medium-sized companies 
• Nauta Capital, which has offices in Barcelona, invests €4.2M in Finnish startup Smarp
• VC fund Capital Cell eyes cryptocurrency ICO instead of IPO
• Co-Emprending, a new coworking space, opens in Barcelona
• Four social impact startups selected for #LABTech4Social
• SeedRocket celebrates their 19th edition with 12 startups
• The entrepreneurial ecosystem of Barcelona is strong in retail, while the startups in Madrid are linked to the IBEX
• Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
  • Housfy: the alternative to real estate agencies
  • Reloadly: shaping the future of the telco industry
  • GymForLess: acquisition by Sodexo was a great boost
  • Music List: unifying Youtube & Spotify in one platform

Tech News

• 5G trials kick off in Barcelona
• The number of newly created startups in Barcelona fell in the first months of 2018; entrepreneurs offer solutions
• Facebook is set to open a new office in Barcelona’s Torre Agbar & hire 500 people to fight ‘fake news’
• US investment firm Blackstone has acquired Catalan gambling company Cirsa
• Schibsted Spain grew revenues by 18% to reach €38M in Q1
• Mapfre ramps up their digitalization with apps, talent and user customization
• More incentives & infrastructure: keys to accelerating the electric car industry in Spain
• Who are the leading cloud service providers in Spain?
• Madrid, Basque country & Navarro are the Spanish regions with the highest average salary, Catalonia only ranked 4th
• The key to attracting more international students to Spain: Simplify the bureucracy 

Good Reads

• Why “Coworking” Won’t Exist In 15 Years
• Startup Style Guide: Why You Need It & How To Make One
• Overview of fintech companies in Spain
• “Technology is going to change everything, including sports”, CEO of Telefónica
• Barcelona, an important hub for entrepreneurship
• Is Messi’s blockchain interest a sign football is changing?

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

• Mon, 7 Apr @ 18:25: Digital Sapiens May
• Mon, 7 Apr @ 18:30: Workshop: Build Your Own Chatbot
• Tue, 8 May @ 18:30: Google I/O Extended Barcelona: mytaxi
• Thu, 10 May @ 17:30: Blockchain Worldwide Barcelona
• Fri-Sat, 11-12 May: StartNOW!

See the full Event Calendar here

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STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

• Ideal Credit is recruiting a Jr. PhP developer
• Dorna Digital – MotoGP is hiring a Platform Product Owner
• Chilliprinting is looking for a Digital & Social Media Manager 
• Scoot Networks is recruiting a:
  • QA / Technical Support Engineer
  • Engineering R&D Technician
• LoveToKnow Media is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer
• PayFit Espana is looking for a Business Developer
• ShoeSize.Me is recruiting a Content Marketing Manager