Spain's startup scene centres on Barcelona and Madrid, both offering vibrant international communities, favourable climate, and increasingly strong investor networks. Barcelona has become a southern European tech hub known for mobile, e-commerce, and health innovation, while Madrid's proximity to corporates and government creates opportunities in fintech and enterprise software. The directory currently lists 148 organisations across 16 cities.
148 entries.
ENISE (Encuentro Internacional de Seguridad de la Información) is Spain's benchmark cybersecurity event, organised by INCIBE, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute. The 20th edition gathers the international cybersecurity ecosystem — companies, startups, public sector and researchers — for keynotes, B2B meetings, an innovation track and live demos over three days at the León convention centre.
Organizer of 4YFN (4 Years From Now), the startup platform running alongside Mobile World Congress in Barcelona since 2014. Recent editions draw 100,000+ attendees across MWC/4YFN and 1,000+ investors, offering pitch competitions, networking, and exhibition space for early-stage startups in mobile, connectivity, and digital innovation.
Global startup platform co-located with MWC at Fira Gran Via, featuring broad investor and corporate access. Includes the 4YFN Awards 2026 live pitch sequence: top startups pitch on March 2, 2026 with finalists advancing to the March 4, 2026 final during MWC week.
4YFN 2027 runs alongside MWC Barcelona at Fira Gran Via, connecting founders, investors, and corporates focused on turning early-stage innovation into real business outcomes. The event draws thousands of startups and investors from across Europe and beyond, with structured matchmaking, a pitch competition, and the 4YFN Awards. It operates as an independent but deeply integrated event within the broader MWC ecosystem.
A focused digital-health conference bringing pharma leaders, DTx specialists, regulators, and investors together around AI, real-world data, and patient-centric innovation. For digital-health founders it offers targeted access to pharma partners and regulatory expertise.
Abacum is an AI-native financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform for mid-market and scale-up finance teams, integrating 700+ data sources to automate planning, consolidate real-time data and enable collaboration on budgets and forecasts. Commercial HQ in New York.
Founded in 2005, Adara Ventures is a Madrid-based deep tech VC managing over EUR 200M across four funds. The firm invests EUR 1-5M at Series A in cybersecurity, applied AI, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software across Europe. Its AV4 fund targets EUR 100M for next-generation digital infrastructure. Notable portfolio companies include Countercraft (acquired by Thales), Devo Technology, and Nearby Computing. Adara brings deep technical expertise and supports founders in navigating complex enterprise sales cycles.
Positioned as one of Europe's biggest AI events, with 10,000+ attendees, 200+ speakers, 50 side events across an AI Week, and a 500-builder hackathon. For AI founders and developers it concentrates investors, talent, and enterprise buyers in one week.
Co-founder and co-CEO of Seedtag, the contextual-advertising AI company he started in 2014 with fellow ex-Googler Jorge Poyatos. He leads commercial growth of Seedtag's cookie-free advertising platform.
Co-founder and CEO of Spotahome, the Madrid-based mid- to long-term rental marketplace. He co-founded the proptech in 2014 to let tenants book verified homes online without in-person viewings, backed by Seaya and others.
Founded 2017. Seed-stage investor focused on marketplaces, e-commerce, and travel tech. All Iron Ventures is an accelerator programme based in Bilbao, Spain. The programme supports startups in Marketplaces, E-commerce, Travel Tech.
Amenitiz is a vertically integrated SaaS platform — a 'Shopify for hotels' — giving independent hotels and B&Bs a property-management system, website/booking engine, channel manager across 120+ OTAs, embedded payments and dynamic pricing. It serves 15,000+ properties processing €3bn+ in bookings annually.
Launched 2014 by Telefonica and the Andalusian government. Regional accelerator network with hubs like El Cubo (Seville) and La Farola (Malaga) supporting ICT, smart city, and social innovation startups. Support: free acceleration, workspace, investor forums. Scope: Regional (Andalusia).
Co-founder and CEO of TravelPerk, the Barcelona-based business-travel management unicorn. He previously founded the hotel-software startup Hotel Ninjas (acquired by Booking.com) before launching TravelPerk in 2015.
Public incubator network founded in 1986 by the City Council, running multiple accelerators and training programs such as mStartup Barcelona. Scope: Regional (Barcelona). Support: incubation space, free training, mentorship, and access to city contracts and EU awards.
Founder and team development accelerator led by Esade and IQS with a long-form program timeline. Application deadline: March 27, 2026. Notification target: April 14, 2026. Program timeline: April 2026 to July 2028, focused on entrepreneurial capability building and strategic networks.
Barcelona Tech City is the leading private nonprofit association representing Barcelona's technology and digital innovation ecosystem, based in the 22@ innovation district (also known as 22@Barcelona). The 22@ district itself is a 200-hectare urban renewal area in the Poblenou neighborhood that the city government designated in 2000 as an innovation district, transforming former industrial land into a dense cluster of tech companies, research centers, universities, and startup spaces. Barcelona Tech City, as an association, brings together over 1,200 member companies ranging from startups to scale-ups and major tech firms, and organizes programs including mentorship, corporate-startup collaborations, talent development, and international trade missions. The organization also operates Pier01, a flagship startup hub located in the historic Palau de Mar building at Barcelona's port, and Pier03 in the 22@ district. Together, Barcelona Tech City and the 22@ infrastructure form the core of Spain's second-largest tech ecosystem.
Co-founder of Factorial and a partner in the Itnig startup ecosystem in Barcelona, where he has founded and backed multiple SaaS companies. He focuses on company-building and operations across the Itnig portfolio.
One of Europe's largest biotech partnering events, in its 13th edition and run by industry association AseBio, known for its high volume of one-to-one investor and company meetings. Essential for biotech and life-sciences founders raising capital or seeking pharma and research partners.
A hybrid B2B event connecting strategic new-economy sectors with around 320 international experts and 100+ hours of programming, organised around cross-sector verticals at DFactory Barcelona. Useful for founders wanting cross-industry corporate connections and exposure beyond a single vertical.
Cabify is a ride-hailing and urban mobility platform founded in Madrid in 2011, connecting passengers with professional licensed drivers via its app. Operating in Spain and 11 Latin American countries across 40+ cities, it serves both consumers and enterprises with ride, taxi, and delivery services. Backed by Rakuten Capital, Seaya, and Amadeus with $517M raised, Cabify became a unicorn in 2018 at a $1.4B valuation. As of early 2026 the company employs over 4,400 people and differentiates itself from ride-sharing peers through a regulated, professional-driver-only model.
The Canary Islands' largest entrepreneurship and innovation event, in its 4th edition with a three-day format, 2,000+ attendees, 50+ startups, and a €10,000 pitch competition. Strong for early-stage founders connecting with the fast-rising Canarian ecosystem and its digital-nomad-adjacent community.
Caravelo is a travel-tech SaaS company that lets airlines create and manage flight-subscription programmes ('all you can fly') to generate recurring revenue, smooth seasonal demand and improve loyalty, with airline clients including Volaris, Wizz Air and Alaska Airlines.
Carlos Blanco is a Spanish serial entrepreneur and one of the country's best-known angel investors, based in Barcelona. He founded Akamon Entertainment, a social gaming company that he sold in one of Spain's most notable exits of 2015, and he co-founded the Nuclio Venture Builder and the Conector startup accelerator. He is Managing Partner at Encomenda Smart Capital and has been recognised with Spain's Best Business Angel award by AEBAN.
Carlos Moro is a Spanish entrepreneur and founder of Bodegas Familiares Matarromera, one of Spain’s leading wine groups, known for combining viticulture with innovation, R&D and sustainability across food, cosmetics and biotechnology ventures.
Co-founder and executive president of Holaluz, the Barcelona green-energy retailer she co-founded in 2010 and took public on BME Growth in 2019. She is a prominent advocate for Spain's renewable-energy 'rooftop revolution.'
Clarity AI is a sustainability-technology platform that uses machine learning and big data to measure the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact of companies, funds and governments. It serves financial institutions and regulators, covering 70,000+ companies and 400,000+ funds.
Cobee is a Madrid-based digital employee benefits and flexible compensation platform that lets companies offer and employees manage benefits such as meal vouchers, training, health and life insurance, wellbeing and discounts through a single app and card. The company expanded beyond Spain into Portugal and Mexico, serving over 1,500 clients. In 2024 global employee-benefits company Pluxee acquired Cobee, which continues to operate as part of the Pluxee group.
Colvin is a direct-to-consumer flowers and plants marketplace that sources fresh-cut flowers directly from growers and ships them to customers across Spain, Germany and Italy, offering curated bouquets and gifting with shorter supply chains than traditional florists.
One of Spain's largest community-driven developer conferences, with around 70 talks backed by 40 tech communities spanning web, mobile, cloud, architecture, and AI. Strong fit for technical founders and engineering teams wanting to recruit, learn current practice, and plug into Madrid's developer community.
Founded 2013 by prominent Spanish entrepreneurs. Runs 5-month batches for early-stage digital startups in media, gaming, and mobile; mentors take equity and support Demo Day. Notable alumni include Glovo and Meller. Scope: Regional (Barcelona & Madrid).
Cooltra is Europe's leading sustainable two-wheel mobility platform, operating fleets of 30,000+ electric mopeds and e-bikes for rental and B2B fleet management across 9 cities in Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal. Founded in Barcelona in 2006 by Timo Buetefisch, Holger Sprengel, and Henrik Sprengel, it has scaled to €60M+ in annual revenue with positive EBITDA and 3M+ registered users. In October 2025 Cooltra acquired rival Kleta after its insolvency, consolidating Spain's e-moped market. The company partners with BMW Motorrad for fleet supply and operates its own charging & maintenance infrastructure.
Co-founder and former co-CEO of Typeform, the Barcelona-based online form and survey platform. A designer by background, he co-created Typeform's conversational form experience that grew into a global SaaS product.
AI-powered asset performance management ('virtual engineer') platform for wind, solar, hydro and battery storage assets. Global HQ in Barcelona. Raised about EUR 6.3M in 2024.
Founded 2013. Talent incubator that forms teams and builds startups from idea stage in a 6-month program, with up to EUR 100K pre-seed from its fund. Expanded to multiple European cities; reports 78% survival across 40+ companies. Scope: International.
Leading international B2B event on AI and exponential technologies at FYCMA Málaga, bringing 400+ companies presenting 700+ innovations across AI, data, cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, retail tech, and startups to 15,000 C-level professionals.
Devo is a cloud-native security data platform that replaces legacy SIEM with real-time analytics, SOAR, and AI-driven behavioral analytics. Founded in Madrid in 2011 as Logtrust, it rebranded to Devo and expanded globally with headquarters now in Cambridge, Massachusetts and its European hub in Madrid. The platform serves enterprise security operations centers with ThreatLink automated alert triage and Behavior Analytics AI models. Devo has raised $481M in total funding, including a $100M Series D from Georgian, Bessemer, and Insight Partners, and holds a US Air Force SIEM contract worth $9.5M.
Emilio Corchado is the CEO and founder of Startup OLÉ and a professor at the University of Salamanca, where he has built one of Spain’s largest open-innovation and entrepreneurship platforms connecting startups, corporates, investors and academia.
Congress on sustainable mobility, EV charging, and autonomous transport. Price: about EUR 60 business pass to EUR 400 VIP. Strong for startups selling to cities and fleet operators.
ENISA (Empresa Nacional de Innovacion) is a Spanish state-owned company that provides participative loans to SMEs and startups, a form of flexible, quasi-equity financing that does not require founders to give up ownership or provide personal guarantees. It is one of the main public financing instruments for early-stage companies in Spain.
Co-founder and CEO of Wallbox, the Barcelona EV-charging company that listed on the NYSE. A former Tesla charging engineer, he co-founded Wallbox in 2015 to build smart home and public charging hardware and software.
A multi-day Ethereum festival with 2,500+ attendees and 100+ speakers, blending conference, culture, and a paired hackathon. For web3 founders and developers it offers protocol-level networking, builder-community access, and a hackathon to prototype and recruit.
European Commission-backed flagship telecoms conference at FYCMA Málaga combining EuCNC's 35th edition and 6G Summit's 8th edition, drawing close to 1,000 delegates from 40+ countries to discuss Beyond 5G and 6G networks, with a 50+ exhibitor floor.
Leading European blockchain and Web3 conference in Barcelona, bringing together 3,000+ crypto founders, investors, and enterprise blockchain leaders. Features startup pitching, regulation panels, and fintech innovation talks. Covers DeFi, tokenization, and institutional digital assets. Particularly relevant for Web3 startups seeking European market visibility.
Factorial is an all-in-one HR & business management platform built for SMBs and mid-market companies. Founded in 2016, it unifies time tracking, payroll, recruitment, performance reviews, and document management into a single cloud product. The company hit $100M ARR in 2024 and achieved a $1B valuation backed by Atomico, Tiger Global, and CRV. In 2025 General Catalyst injected $120M to fund expansion into Germany, France, and Italy. As of 2026 the company employs ~2,000 people and is exploring a $200M round at a $2B valuation.
Federico Bueno is Vice-rector for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Salamanca (USAL), leading knowledge transfer, university spin-offs and entrepreneurship initiatives connecting academia with the startup ecosystem.
Co-founder and co-CEO of Jobandtalent, the staffing-marketplace unicorn he started in 2009. He leads the company alongside co-founder Juan Urdiales, scaling its on-demand workforce platform internationally.
Fever is a Madrid-born entertainment discovery platform that curates and produces immersive experiences, from candlelight concerts to secret cinema events, in over 100 cities worldwide. The company uses data-driven demand testing to decide which experiences to produce, reducing risk for venues and creators while surfacing high-quality cultural events for consumers. Fever has become one of Europe's most prominent consumer marketplace unicorns, blending tech-driven curation with live entertainment at scale.
Flanks is a Barcelona-based WealthTech platform that aggregates multi-custodian investment portfolio data for banks, wealth managers, and advisory firms. Founded in 2019 by Joaquim de la Cruz, Álvaro Morales (ex-Global Head of Santander Private Banking), and Sergi Lao, it is regulated as an AISP by the Bank of Spain. In early 2026 Flanks launched an AI Financial Advisor co-pilot, was selected by CaixaBank to power its GlobalView private banking aggregation, and introduced EDX — Europe's first standardised financial data exchange protocol. Over 100 institutions managing €37B+ in portfolios use the platform. Total funding: €14M (Series A, February 2025).
Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW) is a global payments-enablement and software company founded in Valencia as peerTransfer, simplifying high-value, complex payment flows in education, healthcare and travel across 240+ countries. Corporate HQ is now Boston with a Spanish product hub in Valencia. IPO on Nasdaq (FLYW) in 2021.
Fon was founded in Madrid in 2006 by Argentine-Spanish entrepreneur Martín Varsavsky to build a global crowdsourced WiFi network where users share home broadband in exchange for roaming access to other Fon hotspots. The company attracted investment from Google and Skype and partnered with major ISPs worldwide, growing to millions of hotspots. As carrier partnerships wound down, Fon was acquired by Agile Content in 2021.
Europe's largest food innovation congress at Bilbao Exhibition Centre, with 250+ exhibitors and 320+ speakers covering automation, robotics, AI, packaging, and sustainability across the food and beverage value chain. Italy is 2026 guest partner country.
Local chapter operator of Founder Institute's pre-seed acceleration program. Founder Institute Barcelona is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Pre-Seed, Startup Education space.
Barcelona chapter of the global Founder Institute pre-seed program for idea-stage and early-stage founders. Application deadline: November 18, 2026. Structured cohort model designed to move founders from concept to traction and funding readiness.
Concierge-style soft-landing hub integrated with local partners such as SeedRocket and Pier01. Strong on mobile, gaming, and impact startups, with frequent networking to fast-track community access.
Community networking evening hosted during MWC week in Barcelona, typically held at Pier 01 and connecting French founders and partners. Features informal pitches, drinks, and structured introductions with the Franco-Spanish startup community. Valuable for French startups expanding into Southern Europe or seeking MWC-week side networking.
Organizer of Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo events for CIOs and enterprise technology leaders. Gartner Conferences is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Enterprise IT, CIO Strategy, Digital Transformation space.
Enterprise IT leadership conference in Barcelona where global CIOs and technology executives shape annual strategy and procurement priorities. Strategic venue for enterprise SaaS startups selling high-ticket AI, cybersecurity, and data-management platforms.
Genially is an interactive-content creation platform that lets educators, marketers and businesses build animated, gamified and interactive presentations, infographics and learning materials in the browser without code. By 2025 it had around 45 million users across 190+ countries.
IFEMA's flagship sustainable-mobility congress in its 4th edition, with 300+ speakers and 500+ exhibitors covering AI fleet management, seamless travel corridors, decarbonised infrastructure, and mobility regulation. Useful for mobility, traveltech, and climate-tech founders seeking corporate pilots and public-sector partnerships.
Travel-tech startup pitch competition at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona. Application deadline: April 1, 2026. Live pitch date: June 16, 2026. Format typically selects seed and scale-up companies for investor and corporate jury exposure.
Organizer of GLOBALS Tech Festival in Barcelona, focused on helping scaleups achieve international expansion and sustainable growth. The event convenes hundreds of growth-stage founders, cross-border investors, and expansion strategists for workshops, matchmaking, and case studies on scaling European startups into global markets.
High-energy scaleup festival at The Social Hub Barcelona, scheduled as a pre-MWC gathering for founders, operators, and investors. Focused on international expansion, B2B growth, and cross-border execution in Europe and Latin America.
Glovo is a Barcelona-based on-demand delivery platform founded in 2015 by Oscar Pierre and Sacha Michaud. The app enables users to order food, groceries, pharmacy items, and courier services with rapid delivery, operating across more than 25 countries in Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Africa. In 2022, German delivery giant Delivery Hero acquired a majority stake, valuing Glovo at approximately EUR 2.3 billion. The company has built a strong presence in markets underserved by competitors like Uber Eats and Deliveroo, and has invested heavily in quick-commerce through its own dark stores. Glovo is Spain's most prominent tech unicorn and a key reference point for Barcelona's startup ecosystem.
Basque Country medical robotics company developing AI-powered exoskeletons for neurological rehabilitation. Its devices combine neuromodulation techniques with wearable robotics to help patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, or multiple sclerosis regain walking ability under clinical supervision. Featured at VivaTech 2026 in Paris.
FYCMA's smart-city and sustainable-mobility forum, co-organised with Málaga City Council and AMETIC, running an open call for startups. A good fit for greentech, urban-mobility, and IoT founders targeting municipal and public-sector buyers in southern Spain.
Organizer of MWC Barcelona and associated startup programming including 4YFN. GSMA / MWC & 4YFN is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Connectivity, Mobile, Startup Ecosystem space.
Billed as Southern Europe's largest digital health congress, drawing 3,000+ attendees and around 450 companies to the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau. For healthtech founders it is a concentrated dealmaking venue with keynote stages, a startup exhibition, and direct access to hospitals, pharma, and investors active in digital health.
Heura Foods is a Barcelona-based plant-based protein company that creates Mediterranean-inspired meat alternatives — chicken, burgers, sausages — using its proprietary Good Rebel Tech platform. Founded in 2017 by food activists Marc Coloma and Bernat Añaños, it reached €38M in sales in 2024 on 35% Southern European growth and became EBITDA-positive for the first time in Q1 2026. Backed by a €20M EIB financing package, the company is expanding into B2B white-label production and diversifying into plant-based cheese, cold cuts, and protein pasta across Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France.
Holaluz is a green-energy retailer selling 100% renewable electricity to residential and business customers across Spain. It also installs rooftop solar and buys back surplus energy, driving a consumer-led 'Rooftop Revolution.' Listed on BME Growth (HLZ) since 2019.
Holded is an all-in-one cloud business-management platform for SMBs, unifying invoicing, accounting, CRM, inventory, HR/payroll and project management in one interface. It became Spain's fastest-growing cloud ERP and accounting platform. Acquired by Visma in 2021 (€120M).
Organizer of ICE Gaming, the world's largest gaming industry expo and conference now held in Barcelona after relocating from London. Running for over 40 years, ICE attracts 40,000+ attendees from the global gaming, betting, and igaming sectors, showcasing technology providers, startups, and regulatory developments in the gaming ecosystem.
Global gaming industry expo and conference in Barcelona showcasing casino, sports betting, and gaming technology with 35,000+ attendees. Relocated from London in 2025, it draws operators, regulators, and tech providers from across the gambling ecosystem. Strong for startups building gaming platforms, compliance tools, and responsible gambling technology.
Idoven is a Madrid-based digital health startup that uses AI to transform ECG analysis and cardiovascular diagnostics. Its Willem™ platform analyses 50,000 heartbeats in 60 seconds, identifying 86 electrical heart conditions that represent 90% of common cardiac problems — reaching 96.4% accuracy for atrial fibrillation detection. Founded in 2019 by Manuel Marina Breysse, José María Lillo Castellano, and Íñigo Juantegui, the company raised €18.5M Series A co-led by Insight Partners and Northzone with Wayra participation. Idoven operates B2B through hospitals, pharmaceutical trials, and healthcare systems, and employs 71 people as of early 2026.
Co-founder and CEO of Fever, the Madrid-founded live-entertainment discovery platform that scaled globally with backing from Goldman Sachs and Accel. He co-founded Fever in 2014 to help people discover local experiences and events.
Established 2014. EU-backed accelerator for mobile and digital startups (edtech, mobility, etc.) with online program, equity-free grants, mentoring, and international roadshows. Notable alumni include ChainGO. Scope: International (EU).
INCIBE, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute, is the public body driving Spain's cybersecurity ecosystem and the organiser of ENISE, the country's benchmark cybersecurity event. It supports companies, startups, public administrations and researchers through programmes, funding and matchmaking around digital security.
Info-Tech LIVE is the EMEA flagship conference of analyst firm Info-Tech Research Group, gathering CIOs, senior IT leaders and technology executives at the Grand Hyatt Barcelona. The 2026 edition runs under the theme "Agentic IT: From Hype to Value", with 20+ keynotes, analyst-led sessions, hands-on workshops and peer roundtables on turning AI investments into measurable business value.
Info-Tech Research Group is a global IT research and advisory firm that organises the Info-Tech LIVE conference series for CIOs and senior technology leaders. Its EMEA flagship in Barcelona delivers analyst-led keynotes, workshops and peer roundtables on enterprise technology strategy and AI adoption.
Spanish entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the digital road-freight marketplace OnTruck and is also a co-founder of the AI cardiology startup Idoven. He is an active figure in the Madrid startup ecosystem across logistics and health tech.
World's largest AV and systems integration expo, held at Fira Barcelona with 70,000+ attendees and 1,400+ exhibitors. Covers digital signage, immersive experiences, unified communications, and smart building technology. Strong for creative tech, AdTech, and workplace technology startups seeking enterprise and venue operator partnerships.
Founded in 2008, Inveready is a Barcelona-based multi-strategy investment group managing over EUR 200M across ten fund vehicles spanning venture capital, venture debt, and corporate finance. The firm invests at seed through growth in software, biotech, and fintech, with typical early-stage tickets of EUR 0.5-3M. Notable portfolio companies include Kantox (acquired by BNP Paribas), Vlex, and Aelix Therapeutics. Inveready is one of Spain's most prolific investors with 100+ portfolio companies.
Jere Erkko is a Finnish games and entertainment entrepreneur associated with the early Angry Birds / Rovio lineage, working on mobile gaming, brand-building and entertainment ventures. He speaks on gaming, product virality and scaling consumer hits internationally.
Founded in 2014, JME Venture Capital is a Madrid-based early-stage VC backed by prominent Spanish tech entrepreneurs and family offices. The firm manages over EUR 100M and invests EUR 0.5-3M at seed and Series A in consumer internet, enterprise software, and marketplaces. Notable portfolio companies include Jobandtalent (HR unicorn), Spotahome, and Lingokids. JME's LP base of successful founders provides portfolio companies with operational mentorship and strategic business development support across Southern Europe.
Job&Talent is a Madrid-born AI-powered workforce management platform connecting businesses with temporary and essential workers at scale. Founded in 2009 by Juan Urdiales and Felipe Navío, it has evolved into Europe's largest tech-enabled staffing marketplace, handling real-time shift planning, attendance, and worker retention. In April 2025 the company raised €92M at a €1.3B valuation — backed by Atomico, BlackRock, Kinnevik, and Goldman Sachs — to accelerate AI agents for workforce reliability. Total funding exceeds $1.2B, and the platform operates across Spain, the UK, Germany, France, and the US.
Co-founder and CEO of Factorial, the Barcelona HR software unicorn. A serial entrepreneur from the Itnig ecosystem, he previously founded Redbooth (Teambox) before building Factorial into a global HR platform for SMBs.
Co-founder and co-CEO of Seedtag, the contextual-advertising AI company. A former Google executive, he co-founded Seedtag in 2014 to build privacy-first, cookie-free contextual ad technology now used across Europe, LatAm and the US.
Founder and CEO of Cabify, the Madrid-based ride-hailing and mobility platform and one of Spain's first tech unicorns. A former management consultant and Stanford MBA, he founded Cabify in 2011 to build a multi-modal mobility company focused on Spain and Latin America.
Juan Flames is the CEO of BME (Bolsas y Mercados Españoles), the operator of Spain’s stock exchanges and financial markets, part of the SIX Group, with a focus on capital markets, listings and access to financing for companies.
Co-founder and co-CEO of Jobandtalent, the Madrid-based workforce-management and staffing marketplace unicorn backed by SoftBank. He co-founded the company in 2009 to digitise temporary-work matching across Europe and the Americas.
Kfund is a Madrid-based venture capital firm investing from Southern Europe into technology companies worldwide, writing cheques from roughly 100,000 to 10 million euros with deliberately simple, founder-friendly terms. Through several vehicles spanning pre-seed to growth, it backs entrepreneurs building differentiated, technology-based products and has become one of Spain's most active tech investors.
Kibo Ventures is a Madrid-based venture capital firm and technology investment platform that backs early-stage startups led by ambitious founders and helps them scale globally. One of Spain's most active tech investors, it invests across sectors including software, fintech, digital health and marketplaces.
Lanzadera is a philanthropic, non-equity startup accelerator founded in 2013 by Juan Roig, chairman of Mercadona — Spain's largest supermarket chain — and housed at Marina de Empresas, a 10,000 m² entrepreneurship campus on Valencia's port that also hosts EDEM Business School and Angels Capital. The programme admits roughly 120 startups per cohort across two annual intakes and four maturity tracks (Start, Traction, Growth and Scale Up), each running a minimum of six months. Rather than taking equity, Lanzadera offers flexible loans from €1,000 up to €500,000 at favourable terms, alongside a dedicated project director, mentorship, training grounded in Mercadona's Total Quality Model, and access to Angels Capital. Since 2013 it has accelerated over 1,700 companies and recorded 19 exits including the IPO of Place to Plug; the Financial Times ranked it the #1 startup hub in Spain and #7 in Europe in 2025. Notable alumni include Paack, encrypted-cloud provider Internxt, pet-health platform Barkibu, eSIM provider Holafly and robotics startup Keybotic (acquired by defence-AI firm Helsing in 2026).
Lingokids is a kids edtech platform offering a safe, ad-free 'Playlearning' environment for children aged 2-8, combining games, songs and interactive activities to teach English and life skills. It serves over 10 million families globally with in-house content and COPPA Plus certification.
Informal founders meetup for Madrid's startup community, hosted by Startup Network Europe. Provides a low-barrier networking opportunity for early-stage founders, freelancers, and ecosystem supporters to connect and share ideas. Particularly useful for new arrivals to the Madrid tech scene seeking community and co-founder introductions.
A large umbrella tech event with 27,000+ visitors, 470+ exhibitors, and 400+ speakers, bundling cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, big data, and e-commerce shows at IFEMA Madrid. For B2B SaaS and infrastructure founders it is an enterprise lead-generation and exhibitor venue targeting IT decision-makers.
Co-founder and CEO of Heura Foods, the Barcelona plant-based food company. An activist-entrepreneur, he co-founded Heura in 2017 to build one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based meat brands.
Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine-Spanish serial entrepreneur and one of Europe's most prolific angel investors, having founded seven companies across telecom, connectivity, and health tech including Jazztel, FON, and Prelude Fertility. Based in Madrid, Varsavsky invests across the full spectrum of early-stage technology, with a particular focus on connectivity, health tech, and climate-related ventures. His portfolio spans dozens of startups across Spain, the US, and Latin America. Varsavsky brings a unique transatlantic perspective, connecting Spanish founders with Silicon Valley networks, and is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of Spain's modern tech investment scene. He is known for his willingness to bet on unconventional founders and markets others consider too early.
Miguel López-Valverde is an advisor for digitalization with the Community of Madrid regional government, working on public-sector digital transformation, innovation policy and support for the technology ecosystem.
Global connectivity and mobile tech flagship. Price: Discovery Pass about EUR 879; Leader Pass EUR 2400+. Best startup access via 4YFN for investors and corporate innovation teams.
MWC27 Barcelona is the world's largest connectivity and mobile technology event, bringing together over 100,000 decision-makers, 2,900+ exhibitors, and representatives from 207 countries at Fira Gran Via. The 2027 edition continues the event's focus on 5G, AI, satellite connectivity, and adjacent industries, with a full ministerial programme running March 1-3. GSMA announced the 2027 dates immediately after closing MWC26.
Nauta Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 with offices in Barcelona, London and Munich that invests in early-stage B2B software companies, emphasising capital-efficient growth. It typically leads rounds and backs European and transatlantic startups building enterprise technology.
AI-for-social-good hackathon grand finals in Madrid featuring mentoring sessions, live demos, and awards for impact-driven solutions. Brings together AI researchers, social entrepreneurs, and impact investors. Strong for AI startups building solutions in healthcare, education, and sustainability seeking visibility and pilot partnerships.
OnTruck is a digital road-freight marketplace connecting shippers with truck operators, with instant pricing, real-time tracking and automated payments. It focuses on short-haul routes and uses AI to cut empty kilometres and emissions across Spain and France.
Onum is a real-time telemetry-pipeline platform that ingests, enriches, filters and routes large volumes of security and observability data before it reaches a SIEM or data lake, cutting storage costs and speeding incident response. Acquired by CrowdStrike in 2025.
Co-founder and CEO of Glovo, the Barcelona-based on-demand delivery platform that became one of Spain's largest tech companies before its acquisition by Delivery Hero. An aeronautical engineer by training, he built Glovo from a 2015 Barcelona startup into a multi-country delivery network.
Payflow is an earned-wage-access fintech letting employees draw down accrued salary at any time during the month at no cost, with employers paying a platform fee. It has grown into a financial-wellness app serving 800+ companies and 500,000 employees across Spain, Portugal, Peru and Colombia.
Spanish serial deep-tech entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CTO of Devo (formerly Logtrust), the data analytics and security platform, and later co-founded and led Onum, the real-time telemetry-pipeline company acquired by CrowdStrike in 2025.
Pedro José Martínez is the Councilor for Economic Promotion at Salamanca City Hall, responsible for local economic development, business attraction and support for innovation and entrepreneurship in the city of Salamanca.
A global games-industry conference for 1,000+ professionals, with 17 tracks, 100+ speakers, indie showcases, and investor matchmaking. Built for gaming startups, with structured pitching to publishers and investors plus a dedicated indie and career programme.
Organizer of Phocuswright Europe and associated startup pitch formats in travel technology. Phocuswright has been a leading travel industry research and events brand for over 25 years, and its European conference gathers hundreds of traveltech founders, OTAs, and hospitality investors for data-driven insights and startup innovation showcases.
Plataforma enerTIC.org is a Spanish association promoting energy efficiency and digitalisation across industry, utilities and the public sector. It organises the Smart Energy Congress, a leading forum on energy transition, smart technology and decarbonisation that brings together utilities, cleantech companies and AI and IoT vendors.
Elche-based private launch company developing the Miura family of reusable rockets. Miura 1 completed Spain's first private suborbital rocket flight in October 2023, making PLD Space the first European private company to successfully fly a rocket. Miura 5, a small orbital launcher, targets commercial payloads for the global new-space market.
Spanish arm of Plug and Play (since 2012) connecting startups with corporate partners in fintech, insurtech, and mobility. Operates from Valencia with pilots and venture funding; global alumni include PayPal and Dropbox. Scope: International.
Co-founder and CEO of PLD Space, the Elche-based company developing the Miura family of reusable launch vehicles. He co-founded PLD Space in 2011 to give Europe sovereign access to space for small satellites.
Weekend hackathon and pitch competition in Barcelona for student founders, organized by START Barcelona. Features mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs, technical workshops, and jury pitches. Valuable for pre-seed founders and university teams looking to validate ideas and connect with the Barcelona startup ecosystem.
Rodolfo Carpintier is a veteran Spanish internet entrepreneur and angel investor who has been active in Spain's digital economy since the mid-1990s. He founded DFJ Espana (the Spanish affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson) and later DAD (Digital Assets Deployment), a venture builder and investment firm. Carpintier has invested in over 60 Spanish and Latin American startups, focusing on e-commerce, digital media, and internet services. He authored 'La Empresa 2.0' and is a frequent speaker on digital entrepreneurship in the Spanish-speaking world. Known as one of Spain's internet pioneers, Carpintier brings decades of operational and investing experience to early-stage founders and remains one of the most active individual investors in the Iberian startup scene.
Co-founder of Glovo, where he leads global and public affairs. A serial entrepreneur active in the Spanish tech scene before Glovo, he helped scale the delivery platform across Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Samaipata is a Madrid-based seed-stage venture capital fund founded in 2016 by José del Barrio (founder of La Nevera Roja) and Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner, investing in marketplace and platform business models with network effects across Europe, with particular focus on Southern Europe, France, and the UK. The fund deploys tickets of €500,000 to €3 million at pre-seed and seed, and has backed over 40 companies whose follow-on rounds from tier-1 funds including Index, Atomico, and Kleiner Perkins have exceeded €250 million in aggregate.
Founded in 2013 by Beatriz Gonzalez and Michael Kleindl, Seaya Ventures is a Madrid-based growth-stage VC managing over EUR 400M across funds focused on consumer internet, mobility, and sustainability in Spain and Southern Europe. The firm invests EUR 3-15M at Series A through growth and has backed companies including Cabify (ride-hailing), Wallbox (EV charging, Nasdaq IPO), and Glovo (acquired by Delivery Hero). In 2022 Seaya launched a dedicated Andromeda fund for climate and sustainability tech.
Founded 2008. Spain's pioneering ICT accelerator providing training, seed funding, and mentorship by experienced entrepreneurs. Runs intensive campus programs; funded ~70 startups with 15 exits (e.g., Divisoft, Ulabox). Support: 3-month acceleration, angel network investment, free office space. Scope: National.
Seedtag is a contextual advertising platform that uses proprietary AI to analyse page content and match ads to reader interest without cookies or personal data. Operating across Europe, Latin America and the US, it lets brands engage audiences in a privacy-first way at scale.
Founded 2013. Impact accelerator and investment fund for social enterprises in health, cleantech, and energy. Runs acceleration programs and an impact fund; has accelerated 50+ startups. Support: mentoring, CSR partners, impact investment up to EUR 400K. Scope: National.
The world's largest smart-city event, organized at Fira Barcelona with 25,000+ urban planners, govtech vendors, mobility startups, and sustainability innovators. Covers digital twins, urban mobility, circular economy, energy transition, and citizen services. A primary sales channel for European urbantech startups. Tickets from EUR 200.
Smart Energy Congress is a leading Spanish forum on energy transition, digitalisation and sustainable technology, organised by Plataforma enerTIC.org at IFEMA Madrid. The 2026 edition brings together utilities, industry, the public sector and AI and IoT vendors for keynotes, an expo and networking around decarbonisation and digital energy.
14th edition of Sónar festival's creative-tech congress at Llotja de Mar in central Barcelona, with talks, workshops and installations across three tracks: AI & Music, Beyond the Screen, and Digital Gardens. New affordable standalone passes (€15/day) debut in 2026.
Major Madrid conference at La Nave with 20,000+ attendees, 2,000+ investors, and 6,000+ startups across fintech, energy, mobility, and health tech. Founder passes typically EUR 300-700 with free access for selected startups. Its selective startup competition awards EUR 100,000 prizes, a key bridge between European and Latin American markets.
Spain Startup is a national platform and event organizer dedicated to connecting the Spanish startup ecosystem with investors, corporates, and international networks. The organization runs South Summit, one of Europe's largest startup conferences held annually in Madrid, attracting thousands of founders, investors, and corporate innovation leaders from across the globe. South Summit serves as a launchpad for Spanish and Latin American startups, featuring a competitive startup pitch competition, thematic tracks on fintech, health, sustainability, and deep tech, and extensive networking programs. Spain Startup also operates year-round community initiatives and regional programs to support early-stage founders across Spain's major cities.
Spotahome is a Madrid-based 100% online platform for mid- and long-term apartment rentals (30 days+), eliminating in-person viewings through professional photo, HD video, and floor-plan verified listings. Founded in 2014 by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Bruno Bianchi, and Hugo Monteiro, it lists 130,000+ properties across 450 cities in 65 countries and attracts 3M+ monthly users. Kleiner Perkins led a landmark $40M Series B — its first-ever Spanish investment. Spotahome reached profitability in H2 2024, closed a €5M strategic round in April 2025, and continues active operations with a mobile app updated May 2026.
Organizer of Spring I/O, a major European conference for the Java and Spring ecosystem. Spring I/O is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Java, Developer Tools, Open Source space.
Leading European conference for the Spring and Java ecosystem at Palau de Congressos, with deep technical talks by framework contributors and backend experts. Strong channel for enterprise Java, fintech infrastructure, and data-platform tooling startups.
Startup OLÉ is a Salamanca-based open-innovation accelerator and event organiser, backed by the University of Salamanca, that runs one of Spain's largest international entrepreneurship gatherings. It connects startups, scaleups, investors, corporates and public institutions through pitch competitions, thematic forums and matchmaking.
Season kickoff event at the Madrid Stock Exchange connecting Spanish startups, investors, and ecosystem partners. Features keynotes, startup showcases, and structured networking for the Iberian tech community. Valuable for founders entering the Spanish market and investors scouting early-stage deal flow from Southern Europe.
Startup OLÉ is one of Spain's largest open-innovation and entrepreneurship events, turning Salamanca into an international hub for three days. The 2026 edition combines a startup fair and pitch competitions with specialised forums in AI, cybersecurity and quantum computing, backed by the University of Salamanca and Spain's INCIBE cybersecurity institute.
Organizer of Talent Arena, a developer-focused conference and talent platform held during MWC week in Barcelona. The event connects thousands of software engineers, tech recruiters, and startup CTOs through live coding challenges, career fairs, and technical talks, helping startups attract top engineering talent in Southern Europe.
Developer-first event aligned with MWC week, featuring coding sessions, architecture deep dives, and hackathon-style programs around AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. Useful for startup engineering recruiting and employer branding with senior technical talent.
The Venture City is a hybrid accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Laura Gonzalez-Estafani (ex-Facebook) with offices in Madrid, Miami, and San Francisco. The firm invests from seed to Series A in product-led startups across Europe and the Americas, with typical tickets of $500K-2M. The Venture City differentiates through its in-house growth team offering data analytics, product optimization, and go-to-market support. Portfolio companies include Cabify, Lingokids, and Internxt. The firm manages over $150M and focuses on fintech, SaaS, and mobile-first businesses.
A leading global travel-tech summit with around 7,000 attendees, 400+ speakers, and 200 exhibitors at FIBES Seville, covering AI applications, intelligent destinations, distribution models, and sustainable operations. For traveltech founders it is the main Iberian stage to reach hospitality buyers, destinations, and travel investors.
Deep-tech transfer forum connecting research, startups, investors, and public sector partners. Price: about EUR 22 (visitor) to EUR 190 (full networking pass). Ideal for university spin-offs seeking tech transfer partners, grants, and R&D pilots.
TravelPerk is a Barcelona-based corporate travel platform that replaces fragmented business-trip booking and policy management with a software-first system designed for both employees and finance teams. Its product combines broad travel inventory with a consumer-grade booking flow, while also giving companies the controls they need around approvals, budget visibility, invoicing, and reporting. That mix matters because corporate travel historically sat in an awkward space between employee convenience and finance oversight, with legacy travel management tools serving neither side particularly well. TravelPerk's software approach turns travel into a manageable operating workflow rather than a disconnected administrative burden. It has also expanded its moat through flexibility, policy automation, and integrations into the wider HR and finance stack, which makes it attractive to fast-growing international teams. In the European ecosystem, TravelPerk is one of the clearest examples of a category-defining B2B SaaS company emerging from Southern Europe and selling into the operational backbone of modern companies. It is especially relevant for startups and scale-ups managing distributed teams, customer travel, and cross-border expansion.
Typeform is a Barcelona-based no-code SaaS platform for building conversational forms, surveys, quizzes, and data-capture experiences with a distinctive one-question-at-a-time UX that consistently outperforms traditional forms on completion rates. Founded in 2012 by David Okuniev and Robert Muñoz, it serves 130,000+ customers and generates over $141M in annual revenue. The platform integrates with Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, and 500+ tools. Backed by General Atlantic, Sofina, Connect Ventures, and Index Ventures with 720+ employees globally, Typeform is valued at ~€935M and continues operating as an independent product with active development in 2026.
9th edition of Startup Valencia's flagship summit at the City of Arts and Sciences, themed 'Origin of What's Next', expecting 12,000+ attendees from 120 countries, 3,000 startups, 1,500 corporates and 800 investors managing €300B+ in assets.
Vincent Rosso is a French-Spanish entrepreneur who co-founded and led BlaBlaCar's expansion across Spain and Latin America, and later co-founded the carsharing platform Consentido/CONSENTIO. He is a recurring voice on mobility, marketplaces and European startup scaling.
Wallapop is a Barcelona-based mobile-first marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods, designed as a hyper-local consumer-to-consumer platform for used items. Launched in 2013, it grew into one of Spain's leading second-hand marketplaces and a key player in the circular economy. South Korean internet group Naver, an investor since 2021, agreed to acquire full ownership in a deal announced in August 2025 and completed in early 2026, while the company remained headquartered in Barcelona.
Wallbox designs and manufactures smart EV charging hardware and energy management software, selling chargers in 100+ countries. Co-founded in 2015 by ex-Tesla engineer Enric Asunción and Eduard Castañeda, the company listed on the NYSE in 2021. Its Barcelona factory produces up to 1 million chargers annually. Q1 2026 revenue reached €29.7M with a 37.3% gross margin. A major Iberdrola contract for 10,000 Hypernova ultrafast public chargers is set to double ultrafast public charging in Spain, cementing Wallbox as the European leader in home and commercial EV charging.
Founded 2011. Telefonica's open innovation hub connecting startups to telecom, IoT, and cybersecurity opportunities; typically invests around EUR 150K for equity and provides partnerships. Supports 500+ startups across 10 countries; notable alum Carto. Scope: International.
Europe's flagship wind energy event, drawing 8,000+ attendees from utilities, turbine OEMs, and policymakers. Features an Innovation Park where startups exhibit and pitch. Passes EUR 900-1200. Key for founders in grid integration, offshore wind, blade inspection drones, predictive maintenance, and green hydrogen from wind power.
Proptech that digitises the full residential rental lifecycle for landlords and property managers, offering guaranteed rent, AI-powered tenant matching, non-payment insurance and rent advances. Manages 3,500 properties across Spain.