Spain startup ecosystem
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 176 organisations across 20 cities.
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ICE Gaming 2027
ICE Gaming returns to Fira Barcelona Gran Via for its 2027 edition, running 18-20 January. The show is the world's largest iGaming trade fair, drawing 467+ exhibitors and over 50,000 visitors from 186 countries, alongside 233+ regulators and 156+ speakers across the gambling and gaming technology ecosystem.
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Idoven
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.
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Ignacio Bachiller Ströhlein
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.
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IMPACT Accelerator
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).
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in-cosmetics Global 2027
in-cosmetics Global 2027 moves to Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, running 6-8 April, having previously been held in Paris. The trade show covers cosmetic ingredients and formulation, including GLP-1 inspired formulation strategies and active ingredient development. It is the leading global event for personal care ingredient suppliers and formulators.
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INCIBE
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.
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Info-Tech LIVE Barcelona 2026
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.
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Info-Tech Research Group
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.
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Iñigo Juantegui
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.
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Insylo
Insylo is a Girona-based agritech company that makes a patented, solar-powered 3D camera sensor for monitoring animal feed silos, capturing photographs, volume and weight, temperature, and humidity data every hour. Its web, mobile and API apps give farms and feed mills real-time visibility to prevent feed stock-outs, urgent deliveries, and over-ordering, and to automate accurate order deliveries. The company, legally Insylo Technologies S.L.U., positions its technology as helping the feed and livestock supply chain digitise and become more efficient and sustainable.
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Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2026
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.
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Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2027
ISE 2027 runs 2-5 February at Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, bringing together the global AV technology and integrated systems industry. The show is easily accessible by public transport and several exhibition halls open early to give visitors more time to explore. It remains Europe's largest AV and systems integration trade show.
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Internxt
Internxt (Internxt Universal Technologies SL) is a Valencia-based encrypted cloud storage company positioning itself as a European privacy-first alternative to US tech giants. Its zero-knowledge, post-quantum encrypted suite includes Internxt Drive, Antivirus, VPN, Cleaner, Meet, Mail, and Photos, built on open-source, independently audited code so that only the user holds the keys to their data. Internxt has received the Deloitte Fast 50 Award recognising Europe's fastest-growing companies.
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Inveready
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.
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Jere Erkko
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.
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JME Venture Capital
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.
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Job&Talent
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.
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Jordi Romero
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.
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Jorge Poyatos
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.
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Juan de Antonio
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.
