
"Winning the Zinemaldia & Technology Startup Challenge in 2019 was a significant milestone for our project"
Founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the prestigious Swiss university EPFL, Largo.ai has continued to collaborate with highly recognized scientists from EPFL to provide next-generation storytelling tools for the audiovisual industry using artificial intelligence. Headquartered at the EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne, an ecosystem for world-class start-ups and companies, Largo.ai also has presence in […]

Yuvod raises €4 million to expand its product in the U.S.
Yuvod, the PaaS for video platforms, has closed a €3 million financing round, led by US fund Palomar Capital, in order to accelerate its growth in the United States during 2023. They have also raised €1 million from the Valencian Institute of Finance and Enisa. Among the investors in the round led by Palomar Capital […]

Fourvenues raises €6.5M in a deal led by Base10
Fourvenues, a company that offers comprehensive management software for the nightlife industry, has just closed an investment round of 6.5M€ led by the US fund Base 10, headquartered in Silicon Valley (USA), and has been joined by Angels, the investment company of Juan Roig, who already bet for the company in its previous round. Also […]

Uktena secures 250.000 euros in its first funding round
Uktena, the mixed reality industrial services platform, has closed its first funding round for an amount of 250,000 euros. This operation has opened an opportunity to propel the company’s growth. The round has been backed by renowned business angels such as David Boronat, co- founder of the digital consultancy Multiplica, and Javier Juan Ortíz, a […]

Snab has raised €1.1Million in its pre-seed funding round
Snab, the Spanish payment platform that allows payments and transfers between companies in one click, has raised €1.1Million in its pre-seed funding round. This transaction has been finalized with the prestigious accelerator, YCombinator, where companies like Airbnb, Dropbox and Coinbase among others were born. It has also counted with the participation of the venture capital […]

Pathways2Resilience launches to accelerate climate adaptation in European regions
Today marks the start of Pathways2Resilience1, an initiative aimed at co-developing pathways towards climate-resilient regions in Europe. Designed to increase the climate resilience of at least 100 European regions and communities, Pathways2Resilience will also ignite a wave of political commitments and innovation agendas in climate adaptation for the coming years. The climate crisis is already […]

Twinco Capital raises $12 million led by Quona Capital
Twinco Capital, the first global supply chain finance solution that covers the production cycle from purchase order to final invoice payment, announced today it has closed a $12 million equity and debt round. The investment was led by Quona Capital, and included participation from Working Capital Innovation Fund, as well as existing investors Mundi Ventures […]

Jotelulu raises €4M to help IT companies easily deliver cloud services to SMEs
Jotelulu, a platform that helps transform IT companies into cloud service providers, announced today it has successfully closed €4 million in a Series A round of investment. Adara Ventures, one of the leading European deep tech funds, led the round, with participation from US-based fund G2A Investment Partners and previous investors Fundación Bankinter and Big […]

New technologies in sports: South Summit Madrid 2023 bets on Sportstech, with Pau Gasol, the NBA and Iker Casillas as protagonists
South Summit Madrid 2023, the leading event for the entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem co-organised by IE University, will feature content and conversations dedicated to analysing the growing trend of Sportstech, i.e. the application of innovation and new technologies to the world of sport. The 11th edition of South Summit, to be held between the 7th […]

Sustainability and healthy living, the pillars of meal kit startup Let’s cook
Let’s cook is a meal kit company based in Barcelona. The company sends the ingredients in exact quantities with the corresponding recipe to cook at home and creates plans for cooking healthy and tasty food every week. Chefs and nutritionists develop new recipes every week for a complete cooking experience with healthy and varied meals. […]

iPronics raises €3.7 Million to accelerate the adoption of programmable photonic chips
iPRONICS, the pioneering photonic computing company that has developed the first general-purpose photonic processor that is reconfigurable by software, today announced a €3.7M investment led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from Caixa Capital Risc. Emerging technology trends in autonomous vehicles and LIDAR, 5G signal processing, deep learning and AI, cyber security, DNA sequencing, and […]

Seedtag raises over €250M from Advent International
Seedtag is the leading Contextual Advertising Company that creates highly impactful and engaging solutions for relevant premium visual content, powering targeting and returns for top publishers and the finest brands. The company’s contextual A.I. allows brands to engage with consumers within their universe of interest on a cookie-free basis.

ZenRows raises 1.100.000€ in its first round of funding
ZenRows, a web data automation startup, has closed its first funding round of 1.100.000€ led by 4Founders Capital. Athos Capital and Bynd VC have also participated in the operation, as well as Javi López (Erasmusu). The company, bootstrapped to date, will use the funds to extend the capabilities of its platform and push the marketing […]
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iPronics raises €3.7 Million to accelerate the adoption of programmable photonic chips
iPRONICS, the pioneering photonic computing company that has developed the first general-purpose photonic processor that is reconfigurable by software, today announced a €3.7M investment led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from Caixa Capital Risc. Emerging technology trends in autonomous vehicles and LIDAR, 5G signal processing, deep learning and AI, cyber security, DNA sequencing, and […]
There are currently 9 unicorns in Spain and there are 20 other companies that could become unicorns in the next two years
2021 ended with a cumulative investment in tech companies in excess of €4 billion and it was partly thanks to the mega rounds that took place over the past year. The 25 largest rounds of 2021 (over €60M) achieved more than 85% of the cumulative investment in Spain and led to two new companies, Jobandtalent […]
2021 exceeds €4 billion invested in Spanish startups
The year 2021 ends with the highest investment figure ever obtained in Spanish history: €4,207 billion in a total of 400 operations. Madrid and Barcelona are consolidating their position as national entrepreneurial hubs, accounting for 85% of the country’s investment. Jobandtalent becomes a new unicorn, after raising €628M in 2021 alone. The fastest-growing sectors in Spain in terms of startups and innovation are healthcare and Fintech.
Investment in Spanish startups reaches €1,767,271 million in the first four months of 2021
The 11 largest investment rounds of 2021 accumulate a total of €1,520.50M, which represents 86% of the total investment of the year. Glovo, one of the Spanish unicorns, leads the largest round of the year with €450 million.
2020 ends with €1.101M invested in Spanish startups
Glovo and Flywire were the only investment rounds to exceed €100 million. The accumulated total for the year was 1,101,786 million Euro invested in a total of 338 public operations, the second best figure in the history of Spain.
Reports
The evolution of investment in startups in Spain. 2018/19
StartupsReal launches the evolution of investment in Spain over the last three years (2016 to 2018). In this 120-page report, the magazine analyzes the evolution of investment in the Spanish startup ecosystem in recent years, identifying important milestones in the ecosystem and analyzing the Spanish startups with the greatest potential.
The Evolution of Investment in Spain 2019/2020
StartupsReal is launching its second report on Investment in Spain of startups and the 100 most active venture capital funds in the country after 2019’s edition.
Report on Initiatives to Assist Startups in Spain 2019
StartupsReal presents a report analysing all the startup support initiatives in Spain, detailing each one on an individual basis while also analysing the overall regional impact of these initiatives in the country’s different Autonomous Regions.