Biotech Oryzon Genomics recieves €30M & aims to list on the Nasdaq

Fintech Belvo secures €14M+

Sheblooms Venture raises €205K to empower female entrepreneurship

Flower startup Colvin lays off 50% of its workforce, a decision made by its British investor Claret Capital 

Hackernoon’s startups of the year Europe place B2B SaaS localization & translation engine Undertow at #3

Vicio’s burgers land in Vigo, its first location in Galicia

Payroll management startup Salsa raises $20M from top US investors

Rental platform Spotahome closes €5M 

Financial cybersecurity startup Acoru emerges from stealth with a €4M seed round

Madrid-based TaxDown raises €4M to double down on AI

RockawayX announces the close of its new $125M crypto venture fund

a16z Speedrun: A 12-week accelerator in LA with $1M investment, perks & mentorship for AI, tech & entertainment startups; deadline 11 May

Norrsken Accelerator 2025 applications are open for global impact startups; deadline 15 June

Ruralizable closes its fourth edition, supporting 62 rural entrepreneurship projects in Spain

Jungle Roofs: The Catalan startup that wants to cool Barcelona with green roofs

Kid’s clothing company Boboli launches new secondhand clothing line

Catalan Cava producer Freixenet considers massive layoff scheme citing challenges related to climate change

Biopharma multinational Sanofi to create 300 highly skilled jobs at new AI hub in 22@

Update on LALIGA internet blocks: legitimate, unrelated websites are becoming inaccessible in Spain

Reports say Revolut is developing a points-based credit card to challenge American Express

Lyft to buy taxi app FREENOW for $197M to enter Europe

How to dress tech bro in 2025

Edu Solís’ Top pet tech startups to watch in Spain, an underfunded sector according to many

The rise of the new C-level role: Chief AI Officer

EU-Startups podcast with Claudia de la Riva, CEO of BCN-based Apolo Kids (EN)

DeepL founder & CEO Jarek Kutylowski on how his startup took on Google Translate and won (EN)

Tue, 29 Apr @18:30: BCN FinTech & SIA Investor Networking: Investment Strategies, Market Fit, and Regulatory Challenges in FinTech

Wed, 30 Apr @18:30: Live webinar with abroaden, GroüHub & Entretramites: How to run your business from abroad

Thu, 1 May @18:00: THE Product Marketers Meetup Barcelona

Wed, 7 May @18:30: AI Marketing Workshop with Hello Operator 

Thu, 8 May: Future Finance Day 2025

Thu, 8 May @ 16:00: Webinar: Cloud cost chaos? How to save up to 40% without sacrificing performance

Wed, 14 May @18:30: DeepTech Stories #1: Jonathan Hayes (Founder @Dinube)

May 21–22: SaaS on the Beach

Fri, 23 May @16:00: Fuckup Nights Barcelona 7th Anniversary | Failure, Psychological Safety & Growth

Wed, 28 May @18:00: StartupMat Tech Summit 2025