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Immersion cooling company Submer secures €50.3M

Another Paack update: current partners provide €21.7M for its restructuring & profitability strategy

Microbiome startup Sequentia Biotech raises €10M Series A

Sales SaaS KomboAI gets €700K

Fintech Flanks launches Flanks LUME, an end-to-end wealth management solution

Flower delivery startup Colvin is negotiating a restructuring plan with creditors & shareholders

Housfy CEO says company is now EBITDA positive

Natural sports supplement startup Be Levels gets €6M from Axon

AI audio platform Loud Intelligence raises €1M

Product Hackers acquires Libros.com

Itnig makes its VC debut with €15M to invest in early-stage startups

Miura Partners raises €800M+ in 2024 for 3 strategies; Miura Fund IV reaches final closing of €475M

Boutique VC Costanoa Ventures closes $394M in two new funds, focused on AI

Deloitte launches its Technology Fast 50 Programme for the first time in Spain, for 50 fast-growing tech scaleups 

Caja Ingenieros Foundation’s 12th Premio Emprendimiento FCI awards €25K to sustainable development, social impact, etc projects; deadline 11 Oct

Women Startup Challenge 2024 offers the 10 most promising initiatives led by women entrepreneurs a personalized growth program, mentoring, etc; deadline 20 Oct

Interview with 4YFN director Pere Duran about the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Catalonia

Venga: Crypto super-app debuts at EBC

TechCrunch talks to Heura Foods about its new product line

Another British fintech lands in Barcelona: Dojo

Two sectors on the up in Catalonia: 

• The Catalan gaming sector now exceeds 230 companies & begins internationalization

• The blue economy brings in over €5.5B & generates 24K jobs

European Space Agency chooses BCN for its program against climate change

RevenueCat acquires ‘spicy’ audiobook app Dipsea

Abu Dhabi’s financial arm Mubadala Investment Company acquires 70% of Madrid consultancy Babel, around €350M

• It also acquired a stake in Revolut

German neobank Vivid launches in Spain, offering 5% interest for businesses

Inditex launches Zara Streaming, a live shopping channel format big in China

About OpenAI raising $6.6B–the largest VC round in history

Six months inside Spain's largest accelerator (Lanzadera) by Nacho Sánchez, Co-Founder of Montchis & Spanish Startups

Forbes x Holded report: The Spanish SMEs changing the world 2024

Itnig presents its first entry into the VC world (ES)

EU-Startups chat with Steve Chen, Co-Founder & former CTO of YouTube (EN)

Tue, 8th Oct: Remote: The New Normal: creating & managing global teams

Wed, 9 Oct @18:30: Fuckup Nights Barcelona 

Wed, 9–Thu, 10 Oct: AI & Big Data Congress

Thu, 10 Oct @09:30: TB Workshop: AI Security and Regulation for companies

Thu, 10 Oct @18:00: Empowering Patients through Digital Solutions (BHH & Norrsken)

Thu, 10 Oct @18:30: Startup Grind Mataró with Jordi Dalmau, Mun Kombucha

Wed, 23–Thu, 24 Oct: Bizbarcelona by Barcelona Activa

Thu, 24 Oct @18:30: Corporate migration: opportunities for business growth (BCN Finance Hub)

Fri, 25–Sun 27 Oct: Barcelona Change Days: Shift Festival

Wed, 30 Oct @19:00: Fintech Vermut & Networking by BCN FinTech (🎃 Halloween edition)

Wed, 6–Thu, 7 Nov: Impact Week 2024 at Norrsken

MarsBased is looking for 2-3 Ruby on Rails, React and/or Node.js developers

Too Good To Go needs a Key Account Manager

+519 Barcelona-based jobs in the fintech sector (per 1 Oct)