Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

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Barcinno Media <barcinno@mail.beehiiv.com>

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Date:

6/16/2025, 7:01 AM

Hello and happy Monday,

A moment for biotech 🔬

What a week for funding reports in Barcelona! Local startups and scaleups raised over €185M, with SpliceBio securing the largest biotech round in Spain to date.

Our data from the first half of 2025 shows BCN biotechs have so far raised over €170M. Even without the megaround above, Catalan biotech funding has still exceeded the rest of Spain’s totals by over €20M this year. Fueled by top-class research and innovation centers like BSC, IBEC, IRB, and Barcelona Science Park, it seems the city is solidifying itself as a leading biotech hub in Europe 👏

Enjoy this packed issue and have a great week!

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Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

SpliceBio closes €119M, Spain’s largest biotech round
Fintech Abacum raises €52.5M
Biotech Aortyx closes €13.8M led by Ship2B Ventures
BSC spinoff Nearby Computing gets €500K atop recent €6.5M

Barcelona startup news

Startup Genome’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025 ranks Barcelona 11th in Europe & 6th in the top 10 global emerging ecosystems by early-stage funding value
Madequa, focused on natural menopause treatments, wins 33rd SeedRocket Entrepreneurship Campus with unanimous investor backing
Circular economy startup ENCORE! prevents 2K tons of waste at events with €2.5M turnover

Spanish investment news

Basque quantum startup Multiverse Computing raises €189M for tech to compress LLMs by up to 95%
Basque semiconductor firm Semi Zabala raises €8.51M
Professional networking platform Nova secures €3.2M
Energy-led sales tool eSave gets €3.2M from Seaya & Suma Capital

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

Open calls, accelerator news & incubator stories

Startup Snapshot is still surveying startup employees to understand the impact of hustle culture better; share your crucial perspective or pass it on to your team
Cuatrecasas Acelera begins 10th edition of program supporting innovative startups; deadline 29 June
TravelPerk's CodeCamp 2025: A fully-funded program to become a Software Engineer at its HQ in BCN

Barcelona startup & entrepreneur profiles & interviews

Interview with Julián Díaz-Santos, Co-Founder @Unnax: “Only regulation can provide true security”
Sance: Fashion brand alternative to dating apps for LGBTQ+ community
Wattium: An anti-blackout startup