Bluetech Ocean Ecostructures closes €3M

Fintech PayRetailers acquired Amsterdam-based Celeris

UK-BCN employee financial wellbeing platform Hastee acquired by Zellis Group

WhatsApp business customer service tool Hubtype acquired by Aries Global software group

Mycelium meat startup Libre Foods acquired by Swiss biomanufacturing platform Planetary

Krea.ai releases its first proprietary AI image generation model in public beta

Food waste-fighting firm TALKUAL expects to invoice €6.5M in 2025 and targets France & Italy

Kave Home wins the Mercè Sala 2025 Award, recognized for its 400% growth in 5 years

Environmental wellbeing company Grupo Aire Limpio gets €8M from Impact Partners

Digital identity protection firm 8Layers closes €1.5M led by JME 

We Are Knitters acquired by Caracas Lab for almost €1M after entering pre-bankruptcy proceedings

Norrsken commits €300M to support European startups using AI for good

Family office Yaday targets B2B AI scaleups with new €100M Fund

Barcelona Activa & the City Council open Crea Feina 2025 grants, offering businesses & freelancers up to €15K per new local hire 

BCN Game Fest by IndieDevDay: Applications now open for content creators, influencers & press

Wattium: Lithium-free batteries for a more sustainable future 

3 Catalan startups the digital health industry can't afford to miss

Catalan company Nomen develops rice that reduces anxiety and insomnia

Barcelona's digital talent has grown sixfold compared to the global average, reaching nearly 130K professionals

Delta launches direct flights from Seattle to Barcelona

Revolut prepares its corporate banking takeover in Spain, offering loans, credit, mortgages & more

BBVA’s takeover bid for Banc Sabadell approved, but with stricter conditions

• BBVA has now also launched its 100% digital bank in Germany

KFund Spain Ecosystem Report 2025: The ecosystem has more than doubled since 2020

How to learn ANYTHING with Gemini + NotebookLM (by Scott, EN)

Lessons from ElevenLabs’ Carles Reina (EU-Startups, EN)

"The CTO path is not linear": Road to CTO with Lluís Inglès of GoCIMit, STAY & Exoticca (MarsBased, ES)

Itnig in Barcelona with the Founder of Taxdown (ES)

Tue, 1 July @18:00: Search Barcelona - Growth Marketing in an AI World

Thu, 3–Fri, 4 July: Mind The Bridge Scaleup Summit Barcelona

Thu, 3 July @17:00: ES webinar: Self-employed vs. Limited Company: What You Need to Know About Taxation

Thu, 3 July @18:00: Pitch, Blockchain and Drive

Tue, 8 July @18:30: DeepTech Talks Barcelona: From Lab to Market

Wed, 9 July @18:00: Meetup - Connecting Ecosystems: Uniting Local and Global Communities

Wed, 9 July @18:30: Fuckup Nights Barcelona July 2025

Wed, 16 July @19:00: Fintech Vermut & Networking by BCN FinTech 🍸