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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Samaipata
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.
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Seaya Ventures
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.
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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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Seedtag
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.
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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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Situm
Situm (Situm Technologies, S.L.) is a Spanish indoor positioning and wayfinding technology company, describing itself as a worldwide leader in the category for over a decade. Its solutions include interactive indoor maps, indoor and outdoor navigation, and geolocation-based tracking, delivered through Visual Mobile and Web SDKs and REST APIs for developers. Situm's technology is used in hospitals, airports, retail spaces, campuses, and transit systems, including an indoor wayfinding app deployed in Turkish hospitals.
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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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Smart Energy Congress 2026
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.
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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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South Summit 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.
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Spain Startup
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.
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Spotahome
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.
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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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Startup OLÉ
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.
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Startup Ole 2026 Madrid Launch Event
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.
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Startup Ole Madrid Launch Event 2027
Startup Ole Launch Event 2027 takes place 4 February at Palacio de la Bolsa in Madrid. Organised by the Startup Ole Accelerator, the launch event kicks off the year's programme of pitch competitions and startup ecosystem activity ahead of the accelerator's main summer summit in Salamanca.
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Startup OLÉ Salamanca 2026
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.
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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.
