Subscribe to our newsletter Oct 26, 2020 Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update Hello and happy Monday, We hope you had a great weekend! We've got loads of news to cover this week, Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update By Scott from Barcinno • Issue #344 • View online Hello and happy Monday,We hope you had a great weekend! We’ve got loads of news to cover this week, so let’s get right to it.Have a great week and take care of yourselves! Join OneCoWork today with 50% off your first month! Startup & Investment News Barcelona investment news Biotech firm Ability Pharma secures a €1.6M investment Fintech startup bnc10 gets €600K via equity crowdfunding Pet food startup Kibus Petcare lands €350K Cleantech startup SIARQ raises €250K via Sociosinversores.com to launch SOLAR HUB and URBAN BRAIN Catalan public entity Avançsa allocates €15M to finance inovation projects Barcelona Startup news Struggling e-voting startup Scytl was acquired by Service Point, part of Paragon Group AmRest sells its 7.5% stake in Glovo to German firm Delivery Hero for €76,15M (€1B valuation of Glovo) Fintech NoviCap finances more than €100M in invoices to more than 500 companies since the start of the pandemic Fintech Belvo expands to Brazil PURSANG launches 120km/h electric motorcycles with 3 batteries Badi introduces a deposit-free rental product Flower delivery startup Colvin is looking to include interior plants to its product offering Sports tech startup A-Champs launch official player development partnership with Sporting KC Bioo wins 2020 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge; the startup developed a unique way of generating electricity from plants’ photosynthesis that doesn’t damage them & is 100% renewable Moirai Biodesign develops a ‘kit’ to detect sepsis in three hours Spanish investment news Valencian edtech startup Kokoro Kids gets €550K Madrid startup Heritae closes a €250K seed round Valencian venure management software startup Disocil lands €250K Madrid firm PINKs secures a €160K investment Madrid startup SamyRoad acquires UK firm Share Creative VC, investment & crowdfunding news: VC Samaipata launches €100M fund to invest in seed-stage European platforms and marketplaces Barcelona VC Ysios Capital takes part in €44.5M investment round of Paris startup SparingVision Enzo Ventures secures a €300K investment and plans it first investments in early-stage startups led by young entrepreneurs Catalan VC THCap prepares the launch of a new fund to invest in startups Telefonica launches Telefonica Tech Ventures, a new investment vehicle focused on cybersecurity Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories: IMPACT EdTech announces the 25 startup & SMEs selected for its acceleration program Viladecans launches Airport 4.0, a program to encourage the creation of innovative companies in the airport sector Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews: Aniz: turning scraps from the bridal industry into trendy tops Millor Battery: modular batteries for electric buses and trucks Kontrak: contract drafting platform for anyone without legal knowledge Tech News Tech news in Barcelona: Catalonia begins a six-month race to secure €30B grant from EU Sabadell, KPMG, Cuatrecasas, Deloitte & Red Points join forces to launch Europe’s first global ‘legaltech’ hub in Europe (based Barcelona) to transform the legal sector SCEWCFira Barcelona ready for SmartCityLive, this year’s urban innovation event Catalan telco Cellnex enters the Polish market with an investment of €800M Barcelona port authority uses blockchain for its remote elections Tech news in Spain: Spain’s Labour Inspection forces Amazon to hire 4.000 Amazon Flex drivers as employees LaLiga launches virtual watch parties with LiveLike Repsol plans to construct advanced biofuels plant in Spain Europcar Mobility Group is strengthening its alliance with Telefonica and Geotab for rolling out its Connected Cars program Politics, Legal & EconomicsFintech sandbox law in Spain has finally been approved and will come into affect next year Good Reads “My experience as a Glovo rider”, by José A del Moral => CEO & Co-Founder replied to José’s article above via a series of Tweets Europe’s startups battle Airbnb for digital nomad market Good Videos & Podcasts Podcast with Rafael Fontana, President of Cuatrecasas (ES) Podcast with Miguel Anton, CEO of Elma Care (ES) Great Events Until further notice, we will only feature events that are either digital or comply with health regulations This Week: Wed, 28 Oct @18:00: StartupGrind BCN: Reshaping the Real Estate Industry, with Carlos Pierre (CEO & Founder @ Badi) Wed, 28 Oct @18:30: Online Barcelona Recruitment Pitch Day Wed, 28 Oct @19:00: CodeOp Fireside Chats: Rural Innovation with Sote Hub Entrepreneurs Thu, 29 Oct @09:00: Barcelona Health Hub Summit Thu, 29 Oct @10:30: Fundraising During & Post Covid-19 Thu, 29 Oct @18:30: Startup Funding: Cómo Obtener Capital en Barcelona (online) Upcoming: Tue, 3 Nov @19:00: Female Founders: Ask me Anything with Aimie-Sarah Carstensen Thu, 5 Nov @17:00: B-Talks: Casos de Éxito Emprendedor · Xavier Casajoana Thu, 5 Nov @18:30: Sesión Informativa del Founder Institute Barcelona (online) Mon-Fr, 9-13 Nov: VII S2B Impact Forum See the full event calendar here & add your event here. 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