Seat, Iberdrola and the Spanish government agree to build the first battery factory in Spain near the automobile plant in Martorell. The public-private collaboration project will be key in the transition to the electric car.

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Miura Private Equity promotes the creation of the world's leading fresh fruit production group with €600 million sales joining Citri & Co, the leading citrus and stone fruit company in Europe, and Agrícola Famosa, the main producer and exporter of melon and watermelon in Brazil.

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The Barcelona City Council invests €10 million, from the Barcelona Acelera start-up program, in six venture capital funds to boost the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem after the Covid-19 crisis: Aldean Tech Fund, 4 Founders Capital II, Suma Capital, Sabadell Asabys, Invivo Ventures and The Extension Fund.

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Wallapop, the second-hand products platform, closes a financing round of €157 million led by the French investment fund Korelya Capital and the support of the South Korean technology company Naver.

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Barcelona promotes the first massive concert without distances at the Palau Sant Jordi on March 27. Organized by Festival Cruïlla, Primavera Sound, Sónar, The Project, Canet Rock and Vida Festival, the Love of Lesbian band will perform before 5,000 spectators, who must pass an antigen test and wear a mask.

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Danone, the multinational food company, invests €12 million in its Parets del Vallès plant in Barcelona. The new line of plant-based products wants to promote healthy, sustainable and inclusive eating and hydration habits.

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The multinational pharmaceutical Uriach acquires the German competitor Sidroga and consolidates its international expansion in countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Grimaldi, the Italian shipping company, invests €4 million to expand its terminal in the Port de Barcelona and adds 27,500 square meters to its current surface.

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The pharmaceutical company Grifols buys 25 plasma donation centers in the US from the British company Bio Products Laboratory for €307 million.

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Banco Sabadell invests €1.1 million in Incapto Coffee, the startup specialized in automatic coffee machines and a subscription system for coffee beans, through BStartup and Sabadell Venture Capital.

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Miura Private Equity and Mandarin Capital Partners promote a leading European ceramics group, with an expecting turnover of more than €220 million, integrating Equipe Cerámicas, a world reference company in small-format ceramics, and Italcer, one of the largest Italian high-end ceramics groups.

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The fashion firm Mango invests 42 million in the expansion of its headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans. The new 93,400 square meter corporate center will be geared towards research, development and innovation.

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The Vall d'Hebron Hospital creates the Unit for Attention to Violence against Children and Adolescents, made up of the Pediatric Service, the Psychiatry Service and the Social Work Unit, to address these situations from a medical, psychological and social perspective.

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The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre participates in INCISIVE, a new European project that aims to predict the behavior of some tumors thanks to new AI tools.

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The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona performs the first robotic knee replacement surgeries in Catalonia with ROSA, the surgical assistance robot from Zimmer Biomet.

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Agbar creates water regeneration ecofactories to promote Barcelona as a benchmark for innovation and sustainability. The company is committed to transforming the old treatment plants into treatment centers so that the water can be consumed again.

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The Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival, organized by the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Palau de la Música Catalana and l'Auditori de Barcelona, and promoted by Barcelona Global in collaboration with the Barcelona City Council, turns the city into an international cultural reference for the classical music from March 5th to 28th.

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Filmin, the independent film platform, begins shooting its first fiction series ‘Doctor Portuondo’ in Barcelona. It is the adaptation of the homonymous novel by Carlo Padial and has Nacho Sánchez as a director.

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Balenciaga opens a 356 square meter store on Passeig de Gràcia street. The opening comes a century after his founder, Cristóbal Balenciga, opened his first store in Barcelona.

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Amazon Fresh, the e-commerce giant's fresh home delivery service, makes its debut in the Barcelona area. The platform is now available to Amazon Prime customers with 10,000 referrals and deliveries in two-hour slots.

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The Barcelonian vegetable meat start-up Heura arrives in Italy to continue its international expansion and will sell its products exclusively through Glovo Market.

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Twenix, the English e-learning start-up for companies, closes its second investment round for €1 million led by Sabadell Venture Capital.

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Ashoka, international organization that promotes social entrepreneurship, chosen among the 5 leading NGOs in the world according to the 2021 NGO Advisor ranking.

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Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona modernizes and makes its fleet more sustainable with the purchase of 210 electric and hybrid buses, valued at €116 million.

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SAS launched Do Great Things 4Leaders, a series of interviews with key opinion leaders who share their views on the pandemic and how it’s impacting all layers of society. Check out the latest interview with Christian Gardiner, Country Manager for SAS Iberia.

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Read the article about Sacha Poignonnec, co-CEO at Jumia, in La Vanguardia: "Sacha Poignonnec: in Africa from Barcelona."

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Read the article by Andreu Mas-Colell, president at Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), in La Vanguardia: "Necesitamos un buen equipo económico."

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Quadpack, manufacturer and supplier of beauty packaging, signs an agreement with its partner Yuga to offer the products of its QLine range throughout the Chinese market.

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3D Factory Incubator, the high-tech 3D printing incubator, supervises a total of 55 projects in two years thanks to the promotion of the Consorci de la Zona Franca, Fundación Leitat and Incyde.

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Applus+ acquires Inecosa and Adícora, subsidiaries of the Iberdrola group. Both companies, which offer electrical engineering and construction consulting services, will be part of the Energy & Industry Division.

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