Spanish tech news: 26/4/2017

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Startup exits ?
  • Car selling startup Clicars has sold majority stake to Aramisauto. The resulting entity has also raised funding from Seaya Ventures
  • BBVA has acquired Mexican fintech startup Openpay
Investor and accelerator news ?
  • Fons Enginyers and Banco Sabadell sold their shares in TopDoctors in the company’s latest financing round, announced this week
  • BS Capital, Banco Sabadell’s venture arm, has launched a venture debt vehicle
  • Lucas Carné, co-founder of Privalia, has created vehicle to start investing in real estate
  • BME (Bolsas y Mercados Españoles), the entity that manages Spain’s main stock markets, has created Entorno Pre-Mercado to make it easier for startups to raise capital and understand how public markets work
  • Menorca Millennials officially announced its third accelerator program, taking place this summer in Menorca
Startup news ?
  • Interview with Ivan Cayuela and Virginia Tortosa, co-founders of food delivery startup Fotawa
Big company news ?
  • Spanish regulator CNMC will request telcos access to call registries to prevent abusive policies
  • Menorca Millennials officially announced its third accelerator program, taking place this summer in Menorca
Interesting reads ?
  • Spain’s television duopoly, Atresmedia and Mediaset, have moved their power to the world of startups. El Español has an interesting article on how these two companies approach media for equity investments
Jaime Novoa: Jaime Novoa is the Founder of Novobrief. He is a technology writer turned investor at Madrid's K Fund. He was also a data analyst at Tech.eu.