València’s technology ecosystem is growing and maturing at a rapid pace. Founders, investors and business leaders in the city are unanimous in saying that this region of Spain will assert itself as a technology hub to be reckoned with In the years to come.
Names like Flywire, Fever and Jeff are well known, but there are tons of other Valencian startups and scale-ups that are making waves at home and abroad. Before The first Next Web conference in Valencia on March 30 and 31, we zoom in on 10 remarkable local startups, selected by TNW and its main strategic partners conference partners: Shuttle, Marina de Empresas and Startup València.
Let’s dive into it.
Zeleros Hyperloop
Zeleros Hyperloop is one of the world’s leading hyperloop developers. Since its foundation in 2016 by Juan Vicen Balaguer (CMO), David Pistoni (CEO) and Daniel Orient (CTO), Zeleros has been working on the ultra-fast train that will transport people and goods through vacuum tubes on maglev tracks at speeds of up to 1000km/h.
With 15 million euros raised to date and more than 50 core staff, they are also using the time until trains can start (not before 2030) to work on an advanced battery. technology and testing automated lanes in local ports.
Zeleros Hyperloop will speak at TNW Valenciawhile Juan Vicen Balaguer is one of the advisors of the event.
By who
Founded in 2015 by Dr. Ángel Alberich-Bayarri — another speaker — and Professor Luis Marti-Bonmati, Medical Technology Company By who has over 70 employees in Madrid, Barcelona, New York and Cambridge, UK.
The Company’s AI-powered radiology diagnostic platform is used by hospitals and medical researchers to detect pathologies using imaging biomarkers, with algorithms developed for more than 20 diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Quibim raised an €8m funding round in 2020.
Sesame HR
Founded by Albert Soriano in 2015, Sesame HR is booming with its human resource management platform that automates time-consuming processes like payroll and onboarding. The team now has 200 employees, as well as more than 6,000 customers and 150,000 users in more than 30 countries in Europe and Latin America. Sesame raised €10m and opened offices in Madrid and Barcelona in 2022; he also recently moved to Mexico City.
Internxt
Actor of privacy on the Internet since 2020, Internxt – one of the 60+ exhibiting startups at TNW València — takes on international corporate giants with a suite of encrypted cloud services, including Internxt Drive storage, Internxt Photos and Internxt Send.
It’s not just about “military-grade encryption” for homes and businesses, but also about reducing power consumption by storing data closer to end users. Founder and CEO Fran Villalba Segarra’s startup employs 20 people and has raised €4m at a valuation of €40m.
Voicemod
Voicemod’s AI-powered voice augmentation software generates real-time “voice avatars” for video gamers and virtual content creators. Founded by brothers Jaime, Fernando and Juan Bosch in 2014, Voicemod has grown to over 150 employees and recently said it has 3.3 million monthly active users. He acquired Catalan music technology company AI Voctro Labs in December.
In terms of funding, Voicemod raised €7.1 million in Series A in 2020, and announcement another $14.5 million raise this month.
ClimateCommerce
ClimateCommerceThe blockchain-based B2B climate platform helps companies offset their carbon footprint by purchasing carbon offsets from climate projects through a virtual marketplace. Founded in 2017, it also offers an API that allows companies to offer carbon neutral products and services to their customers. ClimateTrade opened a US headquarters in Miami in mid-2022.
The startup closed a €7m pre-Series A round in 2021 and announced plans to raise an additional €13m in a US-focused round for international expansion.
Sales layer
SaaS scaling Sales layer closed a massive €24 million Series B funding round in June 2022 for further expansion in Europe and the US of its cloud-based product information management tool. Its software automates complex B2B processes and connects companies’ products to sales platforms throughout the supply chain.
Founded by Alvaro Verdoy and Iban Borras in 2013, the startup was nominated for G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards for the second year in a row.
Longevity of Rosita
Longevity of Rosita, the team behind Europe’s largest longevity school, is another team to watch. The startup uses biomarkers to track fitness and create individualized activity plans for live classes with personal health trainers, via an app. Rosita users have been shown to reduce their risk of falling (a key metric for measuring frailty) from 36% to 6% after three months.
Co-founders Juan Cartagena, Clara Fernandez and David Gil raised a €2.4 million funding round this year to enter the lucrative US market.
NARIA
Based in Castellon de la Plana, NARIA was created in 2019 by CEO Kilian Zaragozá and COO Josevi Villarroig. The blockchain platform connects food industry outlets such as hotels, restaurants and supermarkets with places like food banks to ensure that excess food gets to those who need it. NARIA app users can also make food donations, which are sent to the digital wallets of people who need help with grocery shopping.
The startup has received €726,000 in investment to date and is currently raising an additional €400,000 in private equity.
Passport
A travel tech competitor to watch. from Valencia Passport lets you plan, book and organize itineraries to over 75 global destinations and save trips to share with others via a virtual passport.
The startup was founded in 2016 by Diego Rodríguez and Andrea Cayon, both co-CEOs, and has so far reportedly raised around €900,000.
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