Jul 3, 2017

Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott from Barcinno • Issue #189 • View online

Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a fabulous weekend soaking in this perfect weather. It’s the final push before everyone splits for summer holidays - make July count!

Let’s dive right in. Here’s what you need to know about startups in Spain this week.

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Startup & Investment News

hosco, which has offices in Barcelona (and annoyingly doesn’t capitalize their name), raises €6.4M
Spanish startup 3ANTS lands €880k funding to fight piracy
T2O media bags €500k from Cofides to expand abroad
Startup Low World Travel raises €205k on SociosInversores
Spanish startup Worona lands €100k for WordPress plugin
Bank process management firm GRUPOBC buys iAhorro.com
eDreams grows revenues by 5% & slashes debt by €30M
Idealista to go public? Firm is open to this option
Deliveroo ‘riders’ went on strike on Sunday & threaten with more to come in Barcelona between 6-9th July
Actualidad Economica, with CaixaBank, has named the best startups in Spain
Barcelona Activa and Paris & Co. form partnership to promote collaboration between cities
SeedRocket & The Crowd Angel sign collaboration agreement
Conector Barcelona looks for new startups to join program
Spanish startups received €47,5M in investments this June
Spanish siesta culture lets entrepreneur turn naps into gold
Forget cars, for one Spaniard the autonomous future is forklifts
Spanish startups that “survived” the dot-com bubble
From Wallapop to Hawkers - What brick-and-mortar firms learned from digital businesses
Barcelona startup profiles & interviews:

Tech News

Good Reads

“Barcelona needs ‘big players’”, Miquel Martí, CEO of Barcelona Tech City
Dan Brown’s new book ‘Origin’ takes place in Spain, including Barcelona
How Catalonia’s referendum exposes a divided Spain (FT)
Commercial balloons in the stratosphere could monitor hurricanes and scan for solar storms
The mass distribution of everything
VRcade: Be the First to Open One in Your Town
Trickle-down workaholism (hat tip to Alex Rodriguez for this - controversial, but very important topic)

Great Events This Week

Tue, 4 July @ 18:00: Monthly Ethereum Meetup
Tue, 4 July @ 18:30: Data Show 2nd edition: The Itnig finals
Wed, 5 July @ 19:00: How Schibsted built a plug and play JS widget, from whiteboard to delivery
Thu, 6 July: 22nd ACCIÓ Investment Forum
Thu, 6 July @ 19:00: UX for product managers - by founder and CPO @Mailtrack.io Eduardo Manchon
Thu, 6 July @ 21:00: B-INSPIRED: “Human and Artificial Intelligence for Social Change”
Fri-Sat, 7-8 July: El sistema de contractació pública
Sat-Sun, 8-9 July: Ultimate WordPress Weekend

See the full event calendar here

Startup Jobs In Barcelona

Wide Eyes Technologies is hiring a Business Developer
The Barcelona Code School is looking for a:

Printsome is recruiting an Inside Sales Executive (English)
Skyscanner is hiring Principal & Lead Engineers

See the full job board here

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