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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OnTruck
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.
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Onum
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.
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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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Pedro Castillo
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.
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Pedro José Martínez
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.
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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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Plataforma enerTIC.org
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.
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PLD Space
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.
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Plug and Play Spain
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.
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Qida
Qida (Grupo Qida) is a Spanish home care platform for elderly people, offering flexible caregiver services from a few hours a week to permanent live-in 24/7 care, plus weekend respite care covering hygiene, medication, meals, and companionship. Each family is paired with an experienced caregiver, a personal case manager, and a healthcare team, and the service is delivered with 365-day availability. Qida operates from offices in Sabadell (Barcelona), Madrid, Bilbao, and Pamplona, serving the regions of Catalonia, Madrid, the Basque Country, and Navarra.
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Raúl Torres
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.
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Red Española de Ciudades Inteligentes (RECI)
Red Española de Ciudades Inteligentes (RECI) is Spain's national network of smart cities, uniting municipalities committed to improving public services and urban quality of life through digital transformation and innovation. The network facilitates knowledge sharing, joint projects, and strategic collaboration among member cities across Spain. RECI is co-organizing the VI Congress on Smart Cities, which is jointly held with Greencities 2026 in Málaga on 15–16 September.
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Red Innpulso – Red de Ciudades de la Ciencia y la Innovación
Red Innpulso (Red de Ciudades de la Ciencia y la Innovación) is the Spanish network of Science and Innovation Cities, comprising over 112 member municipalities dedicated to advancing local innovation policies and knowledge-based development. Co-financed by Spain's Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, it supports city councils in sharing best practices, backing innovative SMEs, and participating in Horizon Europe projects. Red Innpulso is a co-organizer of the Urban Leaders Meeting at Greencities 2026 in Málaga.
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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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Rodolfo Carpintier
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.
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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.
