Madrid startup directory
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Rodolfo Carpintier
Rodolfo Carpintier is a veteran Spanish internet entrepreneur and angel investor who has been active in Spain's digital economy since the mid-1990s. He founded DFJ Espana (the Spanish affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson) and later DAD (Digital Assets Deployment), a venture builder and investment firm. Carpintier has invested in over 60 Spanish and Latin American startups, focusing on e-commerce, digital media, and internet services. He authored 'La Empresa 2.0' and is a frequent speaker on digital entrepreneurship in the Spanish-speaking world. Known as one of Spain's internet pioneers, Carpintier brings decades of operational and investing experience to early-stage founders and remains one of the most active individual investors in the Iberian startup scene.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Venture City
The Venture City is a hybrid accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Laura Gonzalez-Estafani (ex-Facebook) with offices in Madrid, Miami, and San Francisco. The firm invests from seed to Series A in product-led startups across Europe and the Americas, with typical tickets of $500K-2M. The Venture City differentiates through its in-house growth team offering data analytics, product optimization, and go-to-market support. Portfolio companies include Cabify, Lingokids, and Internxt. The firm manages over $150M and focuses on fintech, SaaS, and mobile-first businesses.
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TRIBBU
TRIBBU (formerly Hoop Carpool, legally Hoop Solutions S.L.) is a Madrid-based carpooling platform for daily commutes to work or university across Spain. Drivers publish routes and are paid per shared trip through the BBono Energetico, a government-backed energy-savings certificate scheme worth 1 euro per 25 km per passenger, while passengers split fuel costs directly with drivers with no platform commission. The app verifies user identity with ID, phone, and email, and also offers a corporate and university product to organise shared commuting for employees and students.
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Vincent Rosso
Vincent Rosso is a French-Spanish entrepreneur who co-founded and led BlaBlaCar's expansion across Spain and Latin America, and later co-founded the carsharing platform Consentido/CONSENTIO. He is a recurring voice on mobility, marketplaces and European startup scaling.
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Wayra
Founded 2011. Telefonica's open innovation hub connecting startups to telecom, IoT, and cybersecurity opportunities; typically invests around EUR 150K for equity and provides partnerships. Supports 500+ startups across 10 countries; notable alum Carto. Scope: International.
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WindEurope Annual Event 2026
Europe's flagship wind energy event, drawing 8,000+ attendees from utilities, turbine OEMs, and policymakers. Features an Innovation Park where startups exhibit and pitch. Passes EUR 900-1200. Key for founders in grid integration, offshore wind, blade inspection drones, predictive maintenance, and green hydrogen from wind power.
