Startup funding news:
- Madrid-based medtech startup MedLunics has closed a €34.4 million round led by Ysios Capital and Caixa Capital Risc. It is, apparently, the largest round to date in the Spanish medtech sector
Startup exits:
- El Español talked to Homeserve’s CEO about the acquisition of Spanish startup Habitissimo for €20 million earlier this year
Accelerator & investor news:
- The uncertain future of Startupbootcamp Barcelona. The IoT accelerator program might soon come to an end after three batches in the Catalan capital
Startup news:
- PcComponentes to open its e-commerce platform to allow third parties to sell electronics, copying Amazon’s marketplace model. The company also opened today its second retail store in Madird
- The promising but difficult case of eCooltra in Barcelona, a platform to rent electric motorbikes
Big tech news:
- Xataka Móvil interviews Chema Alonso, Telefonica’s Chief Digital Officer, to talk about the company’s fourth platform (Aura)
- Kippel01 News has an interesting overview of the evolution of the telco employment market in Spain over the past few years
- Tesla to install several electric vehicle charges at various El Corte Ingles department stores across Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona. These are not Tesla’s superchargers
- Mango’s clients to be able to choose the music playing at its stores using Shazam
Interesting reads:
- Sexism at Mobile World Congress
- Spain’s key infrastructures are, apparently, not as secure as many might think they are
- Marina Zaliznyak (formerly of Packlink, now at Bliss Ventures): Should I stay or should I go? How to decide when it’s time to switch jobs