Verse raises $20m. Telecable sold for more than $700m. Wallapop increases valuation.

June 22, 2019 • Issue #65

Startup funding news 💸

Verse grabs $20.5 million to take its p2p payments play beyond Europe
Barcelona-based Scytl has received a €3 million loan. The same article says that Scytl is looking for a buyer
Barcelona AI startup Restb.ai closes €1.2 million investment round for international expansion
Hospitality startup Lock Up raised €500,000
E-commerce company Runnics is looking to raise €200,000. So is myABCKit

Adeyemi Ajao and Arcano plan to launch a $200 million fund to invest in Silicon Valley
El Confidencial published a profile on Eneko Knorr’s activity as a business angel. Over the past couple of years alone, three of Eneko’s investments have exited: Ticketbis, Habitissimo and Petcoach
ESADE signed a partnership with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to ease investments from professors, students and alumni
CaixaBank has created a new division to cater to startups,. Carlos Trenches, who has left Caixa Capital Risc after more than 10 years at the firm, will join the project
Itnig: First rule of talking to VC's — Show metrics that support the story you’re telling, featuring Active Venture Partners and Nauta Capital
Itnig was nice enough to interview me, and this was the result: Jaime Novoa: From writing tech news to writing checks

Wallapop’s valuation has increased to €560 million, according to filings from investor Vostok New Ventures
ExoClick, the company that has more than $100 million in revenues catering to clients Google is not interested in
El Confidencial looked into the meal/food delivery landscape in Madrid by trying several options available to consumers, including Wetaca, Tupperdicion, ApetEat and Minevera
Vozpopuli profiled blockchain company Aragon Project
Nuclio Venture Builder launched a new startup, Brokoli, a mobile app insurance broker
El Confidencial says that the acquisition of Trovit for €80 million by Japanese company Lifull is not producing the expected results
Xataka interviewed Jacinto Roca, CEO of Wuaki.tv. He says that this year the company will launch its first movie
El Referente interviewed Ironhack’s co-CEO, Gonzalo Manrique
Kippel01 interviewed Nacho Lafuente, co-founder and CEO of Datumize
VC firm Atomico published interviewed Iñigo Juantegui on its blog, following the firm’s investment in OnTruck

BBVA announced a new company out of its Venture Creation department: Muno, an insurtech project aimed at freelancers
Orange has surpassed Vodafone in revenues in Spain, trailing only Telefonica
MasMovil is working with Liberbank to launch a mobile first bank
Netflix is looking to hire more content professionals to tackle the Spanish market
A study claims that Google News shut down in Spain has cost Spanish online media sites €9 million
Alibaba wants to establish its logistics hub for Southern Europe in Barcelona
How Telefonica is using IoT and Big Data to build smart cities

How to set up a development center in Barcelona: a Swiss company’s story
How to scale up successfully – advice from growth professionals at ScaleUp Summit Barcelona
How Paginas Amarillas is trying to improve its presence in an online world
Fraud in eSports
How a small group of in-house product designers killed Cabify’s corporate brand and made it purple
How to develop truly conversational bots, featuring Caravelo