Goal

Our goal is to increase the success of startups and scaleups, featuring a strong innovation and tech ecosystem that makes the entrepreneurial path easier. With over 3500 graduate engineers & developers per year, Valencia is the region of talent.

Community

Take part in our community! Share experiences, get to know and connect with key players, network and feel represented. We work so that startups are heard by politicians and policymakers.

Ecosystem

Be informed! Never miss an important application deadline or tech event and stay up to date with the latest news and insights about the Valencia startup ecosystem.

Knowledge

Improve your knowledge and skills through workshops, keynotes and meetups by national and international industry and financial experts and startup veterans. Engage with funding from accelerators, business angels, investors & VCs.

BENEFITSWhy Valencia

17

Accelerators

12

Incubators

+1200

Startups

+200M €

Invested in Startups

+30

Coworking spaces

+100

Digital and tech events per year

+35

Investing funds and investors

+3500

Engineers and developers graduate every year in Valencian universities

CITYValencia work-life balance

Flexible schedule

Competitive cost of living

Active urban lifestyle

+20 art, music and theatre festivals

48 Museums and exhibition halls such as the famous City of Arts and Sciences

More than 30 concert halls

CULTURELiving in Valencia means...

  • Average annual temperature of 17ºC
  • 300 sunny days/year
  • Bike-adapted city: 142 km of bike path and more than 15.000 bicycle parking spots
  • 109 km of coast
  • Beach is 10 mins by bike
  • Extensive public transport network
  • More than 20 golf courses
  • Wide gastronomic culture: more than 6.000 restaurants
  • Free first level public health care
  • 5G connectivity
  • 3rd Most important city in Spain
  • 1M Inhabitants

EDUCATIONValencia's strengths

Competitive education system

More than 15 top international schools

2 Top public universities and 6 Private universities

Top Erasmus destination

EVENTSHome for tech events

Valencia Digital Summit

VDS is an event for restless minds eager to build a better tomorrow. The 5th edition, organised by Startup Valencia, gathered the key players of the tech and innovative ecosystem around the world.

Ftalks Food Summit

KM ZERO Open Innovation Hub brings together the main global experts and disruptors of the transformation in the food ecosystem to Ftalks to discuss the trends and challenges of the sector through inspiring talks and networking events.

DreamHack Spain

It is the largest digital eSports festival in the world that it is celebrated across Europe including the city of Valencia since 2010.

CTO Summit

Organised by GeeksHubs, CTO Summit gathers together IT professionals to address the latest major technological trends of the sector.

FI Impact Investing Forum

Promoted by Social Nest Foundation, the FI Impact Investing Forum inspires, educates and connects private and institutional investors, financial advisors and philanthropists who want to align their capital with their values, bringing them closer to socially responsible impact investing in a simple and practical way.

BIGBAN Investors Congress

A benchmark event in the investment ecosystem organised by BIGBAN Inversores Privados to create synergies, foster the creation of sustainable and innovative companies, share the latest market trends, promote new models of open innovation and attract foreign capital.

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EVENTSStrategic Geographic Location

1h 30mins

form Madrid by train

2h 30mins

form Barcelona by train

International airport

with connections to Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow

Main commercial port

of the Mediterranean