Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

From:

Barcinno Media <barcinno@mail.beehiiv.com>

To:

Hidden Recipient <hidden@emailshot.io>

Date:

4/13/2026, 5:00 AM

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Hello and happy Monday,

Hope everyone enjoyed the Semana Santa break. It’s already April, so here’s a quick Barcelona/Spain startup funding recap, per our data:

Barcelona startups raised just under €145M in Q1 2026
That’s around 21% of the €704M raised in all of Spain
In Q1 2025, BCN startups raised €505M
While all-of-Spain startups raised €978M in Q1 2025

🧪 And an industry check:

Sector	Key players	Sentiment
Biotech/Health	Biorce, Aptadel, Peptomyc	Strongest: Largest capital inflow
B2B/SaaS/HR	NovaHiring, Valeria	Steady: Consistent early-stage activity
Sustainability	Roka Furadada, WtEnergy	Growth: Healthy mid-size rounds (€2.3M–€10M)
Deeptech	Lace Lithography, Mitiga	High-value: Critical infrastructure/climate tech

Have a great week!

Startup & Investment News

Barcelona investment news

Sateliot launches €100M series C
BCN-Norway semiconductor startup Lace Lithography raises €35M
Peptomyc closes €5M to develop its cancer-fighting inhibitor
Creas Impacto II, with financing from Impact Bridge, acquires 70% of Desconect@, Spain’s leading adolescent mental health provider

Barcelona startup news

Flanks launches new AI financial advisor, a multi-agent co-pilot for wealth
Sales SaaS Enginy breaks 3 company records in March: best sales month & day and largest customer deal
Wallbox shares its comprehensive restructuring plan
Custom clothing startup Fabbric closes its doors after 5 years

Spanish investment news

Madrid EV firm Eranovum raises €16M
Digital asset manager Crescenta closes €5M
SETT promotes AI democratization with €2M investment in TuringDream
Madrid cloud AI & data startup Keepler acquired by Accenture

VC, investment & crowdfunding news

Ysios Capital launches InceptionBio, a €100M fund to drive biotech company creation
Santacana family launches Palawah, a PE company with an initial capital of €10M

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