The Soft Landing Program
The Soft Landing Program created by Startup Valencia aims to assist entrepreneurs, startups and tech businesses carry out their arrival to the Valencian Community in matters of legal advice, public grants, accelerator programs, basic documentation, administrative procedures, working spaces and accomodation, among others.
Valencia is a wise option when thinking of starting a business or growing internationally your current company in Spain. Although Valencia is smaller compared to Madrid or Barcelona, the number of advantages the city offers to entrepreneurs are huge: its strategic geographical location, the climate conditions or out-going culture are only some of them.
RCD
DWF, the well-known English law firm, integrated the Catalonian law firm RCD at the end of 2019, increasing both firms’ international coverage. The professional team behind the law firm will advise companies in bankruptcy law, competition law, immigration law, labor law, public and administrative law, etc.
Banking and insurances
Not only to start your company’s activity in Spain but also for your daily life, you’ll need to open a Spanish bank account.
Banco Sabadell
Opening a bank account with Banco Sabadell is very easy. It can be done only and it offers the possibility of opening a bank account in Spain while the residency permit is being arranged by presenting your passport and the Tax Identification Number (TIN).
Looking for protection for your startup? For just 199€/year, Banco Sabadell offers extensive coverage in a single policy in the event of your company’s business resulting in damages for third parties. Find out more about RC BStartup from Banco Sabadell here.
Banco Sabadell also offers company protection insurance. Company Protection is multiperil protection designed to offer broad cover in a single policy of the assets (buildings, machinery or products), the business (civil operating, ownership or product liability) and the profits of your company against accidental risks. Learn more about it here.
BBVA
BBVA allows you to open a bank account in a very simple and easy way. You can do it online, with no fees, no minimum conditions and without having to go anywhere.
It offers a specific plan for the self-employed and companies where there are no fees for the usual services for the first 12 months, which can be extended indefinitely depending on your company’s turnover.
BBVA also offers a company insurance policy, Business and SME Insurance, BBVA Allianz Negocios Plus, offering coverage for both industrial and non-industrial risks. It is a multi-risk insurance, to cover damage or loss of materials, it is flexible and adaptable to the types of business, and has assistance coverage. Learn more about it here.
Accomodation, Offices and Coworkings
Find out the accommodation that suits best your needs as well as office or coworking spaces to set up your company in the following links:
Talented graduates
Public Universities in Valencia: University of Valencia (UV) and Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).
Public Universities in Alicante: Universidad de Alicante and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Public Universities in Castellón: Universitat Jaume I
Other private universities and studies centres: Cardenal Herrera - CEU, Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Europea de Valencia, Internacional Valenciana, La Florida, IMF Business School, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, ESAT and Centro de Estudios Financieros, EOI
Soft LandingRecruitment
When arriving in Spain you might want to hire some local employees or interns to join your team. Check out these platforms that’ll help you look for talent in the Valencian Community:
Lanzadera
Lanzadera is a private equity accelerator and incubator for startups promoted by the Valencian businessman Juan Roig. Startups can apply to the 9-month acceleration program, the 14-month Traction Program for seed stage startups or the Corporate Program: an equity-free incubation and acceleration program held by Lanzadera and other big corporations such as Acciona.
Founder Institute Valencia
Founder Institute is the world's largest significant business launch and entrepreneur training program, helping aspiring founders around the world build lasting technology companies. Based in Silicon Valley and with headquarters in 90 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch more than 4,500 companies.
Órbita
Programa Órbita is a business accelerator program that seeks to select outstanding projects and undertake with them a process of scalable and sustainable growth, improving the access to private funding. They select 10 startups and give away five 20.000€ in prizes to the best projects so they can boost their companies to the next level.
Looking for investment
BStartup Banco Sabadell
This initiative aims to support young companies in developing their projects with the maximum guarantee of success. The program has two investment vehicles – BStartup10 and Sabadell Venture Capital – depending on the stage of the startup.
GoHub Ventures
The Venture Capital fund of Global Omnium invests in B2B deep-tech startups to drive their rapid growth.
GoHub Ventures lookouts for the best B2B deep-tech startups offering disruptive solutions to pre-empt the major challenges of the future. Startups with unique solutions not only for water management, but also with agnostic technologies that can be deployed in different sectors for process automation and optimisation.
BBVA Spark
BBVA supports innovative and technological companies with products and services tailored to their needs at every stage of their growth. The bank helps startups with any short- and long-term liquidity needs as well as managing their working capital requirements.
SpeedOut Advisory
SpeedOut Advisory was born with the objective of guiding startup and pymes’ founders throughout all their company’s stages providing them with financing and strategic advice, among others. Besides that, the consulting company also advises investors in the development of investment policies, analysis and monitoring of projects.
Conexo Ventures
Conexo Ventures invests in exceptional individuals with passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets. They favor software investments with scalable and defensible business models, often leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques, in these high growth sectors
Startupxplore
The company eases connections between startups, suppliers, accelerators, corworkings and investors. By joining the largest startup community you will gain visibility among investors that are looking for interesting projects to invest in; you will get a transparent vision of the current ecosystem situation; and you will increase your networking opportunities.
Elewit
Elewit is the technological platform of the Red Eléctrica Group. They were born in 2019 with the purpose of offering solutions to the new challenges of the electricity and telecommunications sectors. With one goal: to drive the energy transition and connectivity to create a sustainable future.
Translation agencies
Big Translation
BigTranslation is a translation agency tailored to the digital sector.
They offer professional, economical, and totally localised translations thanks to their network
of thousands of native translators. What’s more, their advanced online platform lets you
manage all your projects quickly and easily.
Immigration Procedures
In the official website of the Spanish Government you can find all the immigration procedures that can be done in the different offices located in the Valencian Community. For any additional information you can always take a look at the townhall website of the province you’re interested in: Valencia, Castellón or Alicante.
Financing Aids for Entrepreneurs
The following institutions and organisations provide financing aids for entrepreneurs; you can check their websites for further information.
Enisa
Enisa provides financing aids for early-stage startups, pymes and business projects thinking of expanding their activity or achieving a competitive improvement.
Plan España Emprende by Cámara de Comercio Valencia
Plan España Emprende by Cámara de Comercio Valencia supports the creation and consolidation of new businesses. Through all the phases of this plan, entrepreneurs will be trained, advised and guided in matters of administrative procedures and competitive matters, among others.
Programa PAEM by Cámara de Comercio
Programa PAEM by Cámara de Comercio supports entrepreneur women with either a business project or a modernization or expansion plan for their current company. They provide different services such as business information, business advice and orientation, strategic development or networking creation.