Startup funding news

• Barcelona and SF-based Machine learning startup Vilynx raised funding from Kibo Ventures
• Digital Origin to raise €150 million in fresh funding, according to El Español
• Audiense raises $4.7million in Investment from Mel Morris
• MyTripCar, the transparent comparison site for car rental, secured €1.2 million in funding
• Why JME has invested in Jetlore
• Apartum closed a €2 million round led by Kibo Ventures
• Ec2ec raised €1 million to start its international expansion
• Payments startup Mr Noow, formerly known as Tabletech, raised€500,000
• Social media analytics company Tweet Binder raised €239,000
• Sefici raised €200,000
• Playspace closed a media for equity agreement with Ad4Ventures
• Lavinia has invested in Spanish startup Tviso

Startup M&A activity

• Wilmington Capital controls 10% of MasMovil
• ABB acquired Spanish company Nube3d
• Mobusi acquired mobile gaming developer Lab Cave

Investor & accelerator news

• Atomico announced a new €765 million fund, says it’s actively looking at Spanish startups
• Emprendedores interviewed Kibo Ventures’ GPs Aquilino Peña and Javier Torremocha
• How K Fund wants to help startups recruit better with the help of a full time recruiter
• Karel Escobar reflects on the last 3 years running Tetuan Valley
• Banco Santander invests in artificial intelligence startups
• Interview with former BBVA CEO Angel Cano, who’s become an active business angel after leaving the bank

Startup news

• Wallapop’s valuation has dropped, to €400 million
• E-commerce company TradeInn reaches €75 million in sales, with positive EBITDA and no external capital
• Promofarma closed 2016 with €15 million in sales
• Mailtrack’s double check is now available on Google’s Inbox
• Traity presents Kevin, a chatbot that insures the things you buy through Craigslist
• CorreYVuela is a Spanish chatbot to buy plane tickets on messaging apps
• Loogic profiled security startup Legalpin
• Groupalia’s providers claim that the company is not paying them
• Interview with Cabify’s CEO Juan de Antonio
• Interview with Wave’s co-founder Manuel de la Esperanza
• Interview with Eleven Paths’ (Telefonica) CEO Pedro Pablo Perez about AI

Big company news

• Amazon’s new logistics hub in Catalunya to create 1,500 jobs
• Axel Springer to surrender to Spain’s Cedro and will probably start paying the shameful ‘Canon AEDE’
• Criteo to open a new office in Barcelona and hire 250 people

Policiy and technology

• Spain’s Hacienda fines Spotify with €125,000
• Madrid’s judicial authorities say that UberPOP is (was) a transportation company

Interesting reads

• Roger Yee: Spanish entrepreneurs should focus on Europe, not the US
• Itnig: What app to build in 2017? Native, Hybrid or Progressive Web Apps?
• Alberto Barreiro (Prisa): The next steps in media and digital transformation

Podcasts

• Fran Carreras interviewed Wallapop’s CEO Agustín Gómez
• Masquestartups interviewed Guillermo Latorre, CEO of Cuentica
• K Fund interviewed Miora’s CEO Diego Ballesteros to talk about Latam and how to build a sales team