Barcelona-founded delivery startup Glovo has something of a love-hate relationship with its home nation of Spain. The company is the current poster child of the country’s tech community: valued at over a billion euros and active in 19 countries, it is often cited as proof of Spanish startups’ potential to go big and go global.
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