Startup funding news 💸

• Seedtag raised €2 million from undisclosed backers
• Sheetgo raised €600,000 from SeedRocket4Founders and other investors
• Services marketplace Snau raised €245,000 from various investors
• Travel insurance startup Mondo raised €215,000
• Badi recently closed a new round of funding. The amount has not been disclosed, but the list of investors includes Eneko Knorr and Enrique Dubois

Startup exits 🎊

• Social Point got bought by Take Two for $250 million a few months ago. El Español has a breakdown of how much money each of the investors in the company made with the deal

Investor & accelerator news 🚀

• El Español looked into Juan Roig’s startup investment activity in the past few years, mostly through Lanzadera and Angels Capital
• Samaipata Ventures published an overview of VC funding in blockchain technology

Startup news 💡

• El Confidencial wrote a profile of London-based delivery startup Jinn. Co-founded by three Spaniards, the company recently fired most of its employees and closed operations in several cities
• El Español analysed Privalia’s financials, the first report since the company was acquired by Vente-Privee
• La Vanguardia published a profile of legal startup vLex. The company expects to reach €7.5 million in revenue this year
• Profile of satellite startup PLD Space
• VozPopuli published a profile of proptech company Housfy. The company recently raised €700,000
• Hawkers has launched a new collection of sunglasses, in collaboration with Leo Messi
• Interesting profile of fertility app Woom on El Diario
• Spanish startup Teltoo was selected for CableLabs-backed UpRamp accelerator program

Big company news 🏢

• BBVA has more than 3 million “mobile clients” in Spain. Simple, a US-based fintech startup acquired by BBVA a few years ago, laid off ten percent of staff in bid to return to tech roots
• Facebook launched its mobile marketplace service in Spain, possibly competing with Wallapop
• AMC, creators of Mad Men, could launch its own OTT service in Spain to compete with Netflix

Tech and policy 💂🏼

• Airbnb believes Baleares’ new regulation that affects vacation rental is “complex and confusing”. Airbnb also removed 1,000 listings in Barcelona following demands from the city’s government

Interesting reads 🤓

• Miguel Arias (Carto): ‘How to build a startup community’
• Victoriano Izquierdo (Graphext): 'Centralized or Decentralized? Free scale networks!’
• Javier Escribano (OnTruck): 'About disclosing salary in job offers’
• How to successfully brand a DNVB? —An interview with the founders of Colvin
• UK fintech startup GoCardless interviewed Philippe Gelis, co-founder and CEO of Kantox