Barcelona startup directory
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Ocean Ecostructures
Ocean Ecostructures is a Barcelona-based bluetech company that turns maritime infrastructure such as port walls and offshore structures into Nature Positive spaces using biomimetic micro-reef technology combined with sensors and AI-based monitoring. Its solutions, deployed in ports, marinas, and offshore sites, are designed to regenerate marine ecosystems without interfering with port operations, and the company reports its technology can multiply biodiversity up to six times compared with standard concrete surfaces. Banco Sabadell's BStartup, Ship2B Ventures, and Inclimo Climate Tech are among its shareholders.
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Oscar Pierre
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.
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Paack
Paack (Paack Logistics Iberia, S.L.U.) is a Barcelona-based last-mile delivery company that helps e-commerce retailers offer scheduled, time-slotted parcel deliveries, giving customers control over the date and time window for their orders. Its logistics operations cover package reception, sorting, route planning, and delivery, positioning the service as a more sustainable and predictable alternative to traditional courier delivery for ground transportation and parcel companies.
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Payflow
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.
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PG Connects Barcelona 2026
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.
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Pharmacelera
Pharmacelera is a Barcelona-based computational drug discovery company headquartered at the Parc Cientific de Barcelona, combining computer-aided drug design, AI and machine learning, and high-performance computing to explore larger and more diverse chemical space. Its software suite, including PharmScreen, exaScreen, and PharmQSAR, helps pharma and biotech companies with target identification, hit identification, hit-to-lead, and lead optimization by finding novel hits and improving ligand binding properties. Clients referenced on its site include Sanifit Laboratoris and Wren Therapeutics.
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Phocuswright
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.
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Road to START Hack & Summit 2026
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.
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Sacha Michaud
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.
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SeedRocket
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.
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Ship2B
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.
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Smart City Expo World Congress 2026
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.
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Sónar+D 2026
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.
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Sonar+D 2027
Sonar's next edition, including its Sonar+D creative-tech congress, is confirmed for 17-19 June 2027 in Barcelona. The festival's tech-focused programme runs talks, workshops, and installations across AI, music, and digital innovation for its creative and startup audience.
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Spring I/O
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.
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Spring I/O 2026
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.
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Talent Arena
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.
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Talent Arena 2026
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.
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TravelPerk
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.
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Typeform
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.
