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.
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