Barcelona Startup News September 4, 2017

Good morning,

We’d like to begin by offering our deepest sympathies and condolences to all those affected by the attacks in Barcelona. It has been an exceptionally difficult time, however I’m so proud and encouraged by Barcelona’s immediate and positive response in the face of terror. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers and supporters rallying behind our amazing and resilient city. THAT is how August 2017 will be remembered.

With that we welcome everyone back from their summer holidays and look forward to a record breaking close of the year! As always, Barcinno will keep you up-to-date with the latest news, events and happenings in the greatest startup ecosystem in the world!

Thank you for your continued support and have a great week!

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

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona fintech Kantox receives £4.6M, targets profitability
Barcelona’s digital recruitment startup CornerJob lands $3M
Spanish adtech startup Seedtag raises €2M funding round
Spain’s cloud platform Horbito closes a round of €1M
Spanish spreadsheet analysis software Sheetgo gets €600k
Spain’s startup Drivies closes a €500k investment round
Spain-based cleaning service Domesting lands €500k
Barcelona firm TAPP Water closes €300k investment round
Spanish dog care platform Snau closes a round of €245k
Barcelona-based travel tech startup Mondo raises €215k
Catalan fintech startup Combine secures a €200k investment
Marketplace Discubre raises €130k through crowdfunding
Barcelona firm Badi closes new investment round, figures are not disclosed yet
Hotel chain Grupo Hotusa acquired Barcelona-based apartment rental startup Waytostay
GPF Capital acquires majority stake in Barcelona’s La Flute
€5M! Numbers for Airbnb’s acquisition of Barcelona startup Trip4real finally revealed
How much money investors made from SocialPoint’s $250M takeover deal
eDreams recorded a €6.8M loss in the first half of 2017
Barcelona-based WeSmartPark, an automated Airbnb for parking, joins New York City accelerator MetaProp
Catalan startup Glovo wins two golden Stevie Awards at IBA
Barcelona startup Brokoli app has officially been launched
Barcelona fintech Verse now available for stores too
Chinese biking app Donkey Bikes has rough start in Barcelona
Insights into the Spanish fintech industry growth this year
Insights into VC funding in blockchain technology in Spain
Is there a crowdfunding bubble emerging in Spain? 20 new crowdfunding portals got green light from government
Renfe reveals plans to launch a startup accelerator in Spain
From Barcelona star Gerard Piqué to Madrid’s Sergio Ramos: how Spanish celebrities invest in startups
Barcelona startup profiles, interviews & success stories:
- Uvinum: a marketplace with over 150.00 clients
- Typeform: a look behind the successful form company
- Signaturit: changing the way we sign documents
- Acumbamail: how to grow a startup without investment
- vLex: a legal startup aiming to reach €7.5m in revenues
- housfy: reinventing real estate agencies
- Bios: turning your loved one’s ashes into a tree
- Softonic: “It’s difficult to manage a sudden boom of a startup without any mistakes”, CEO of Softonic

Tech News

Good Reads

GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK

Mon-Thu, 4-8 Sep: Full Stack Fest organized by Codegram
Mon, 4 Sep: 4-week web development course by BCS
Tue, 5 Sep @ 18:45: Neuromarketing and Lean Startup
Thu, 7 Sep @ 18:30: Codebar: free coding workshop
Thu-Fri, 7-8 Sep: Association for Computing Machinery Europe Conference

See the full Event Calendar here

STARTUP JOBS IN BARCELONA

Typeform is looking for a Paid Search Specialist (PPC/SEM)

See the full Job Board here

Barcelona Startup News September 4, 2017 cover all the latest stories about Barcelona’s Tech & Startup scene from August 1st until September 4th, 2017.