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Startup funding news

• Adsmurai to raise€4 million from Caixa Capital Risc, Axon, among others
• Medtech startup Quibim raised €550,000

Investor & accelerator news

• Catalunya’s ICF to invest€12 million to support entrepreneurs
• Sony Playstation and Landazera to open small program for gaming startups in Valencia
• Samaipata Ventures published a recap of 2016

Startup news

• eShop Ventures is not doing very well and it seems as if can only be saved with additional funding from investors
• El Español looked into Just Eat’s financials in Spain in 2015
• El Español also published a profile of Jobandtalent and its tumultous 2016. The article includes interesting insights from co-founder Juan Urdiales
• El Mundo profiled on-demand startup Mr Jeff and its CEO Eloi Gómez

Big company news

• Merca2 looked into Telefonica’s debt levels
• The CCAA of Andalusia and Madrid fined Telefonica for advertising things that were not true, associated to the price hike in prices of Fusion
• Telefonica to stream eSports in Movistar+. Is it a good idea?
• The SEC and the FBI are investigating ZED’s executives for bribery

Interesting reads

• Madrid as a test hub for new urban transportation services
• Spain’s SMEs exported more than €200 million in 2016 through Amazon
• Karumi: How one of Spain’s best software development studios operates (https://www.genbetadev.com/entrevistas/entrevistamos-a-los-desarrolladores-detras-de-karumi-lo-que-mas-nos-motiva-es-hacer-software-del-que-nos-sintamos-orgullosos?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=bufferb7cdb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com)
• Campus Party goes into administration with more than €9 million in debt