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 The Spanish startup ecosystem, while younger compared to other European counterparts, offers entrepreneurs a relatively affordable cost of living and abundant sunshine to attract remote talent. With two strong ecosystems in Barcelona and Madrid, smaller cities like Valencia are also contributing to innovation and talent. Barcelona has given rise to notable companies and unicorns like Glovo, Wallbox, and Letgo, with recent additions like Factorial and TravelPerk joining the unicorn list in 2022. Madrid hosts globally influential IT companies like Telefonica and Amadeus IT Group, showcasing the strength of the ecosystem. 

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 Despite long-term high unemployment rates in Spain, the difficulty in finding quality corporate jobs has pushed more individuals towards entrepreneurship, especially during times of crisis. Programs like the startup visa and the digital nomad visa have been launched to boost local entrepreneurship and attract foreign talent. However, challenges like red tape, high taxes, and a strong bureaucracy need to be addressed to allow startups to thrive. 

 

 The Spanish government's Spain Entrepreneurial Nation Strategy, including the New Startup Law passed in November 2022, aims to position Spain as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Support organizations like ACCIÓ and Barcelona Activa provide coaching, training, and incubation programs to help local startups succeed. Other regions in Spain, including Madrid, the Canary Islands, Valencia, and Malaga, are also actively fostering their local ecosystems through initiatives for growth and innovation. 

 Spain's gaming sector has seen significant growth, and further boosted by events like [MWC Barcelona](https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/), [Smart City Expo World Congress](https://www.smartcityexpo.com/), and [South Summit](https://www.southsummit.io/) play a vital role in promoting the ecosystem globally and bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders every year.

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We provide intuitive HR solutions for SMEs around the world. Our tools automate and centralize administrative tasks to provide insights and help organizations run more smoothly.

Factorial

TravelPerk is a travel platform that provides travel and expense management services for business travelers.

TravelPerk

With UserZoom's cloud-based UX Research platform, brands can now test, measure, and monitor online user experience testing with our all-in-one platform.

Userzoom

Letgo is a marketplace revolution: it is mobile, easy-to-use and local. Our goal is to make selling and buying from people nearby a breeze!

Letgo

Wallbox is a global company, dedicated to changing the way the world uses energy in the electric vehicle industry.

Wallbox

Typeform (currently in Beta) is the most advanced online form creation tool that currently exists on the market, which promises to revolutionize the way people ask and answer questions online.
We've completely re-thought the UI and UX of online forms from the ground up in order to take advantage of the latest web & touch technologies, breathing life into a format which is often perceived as boring and unengaging.

Wallapop is a mobile marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods locally, encouraging sustainable consumer habits.

Smadex is a Mobile Demand Side Platform.
We help advertisers place banner ads on smartphones (mobile apps or mobile web sites)
Our technology optimizes the campaign performance by:
 - Creating the most relevant banners, with rich media formats and including information such as the closest store to the user.
 - Offering the best targeting capabilities, selecting the best possible users to show the ads to
 - Providing total transparency about the apps where ads are shown, and at what price.

Pioneering delivery solution for eCommerce, enabling customer controlled time-slots and sustainable vehicle distribution.

Paack

We dispatch online travel packages to medium- and long-haul destinations (Asia, America, Europe). Our product offers an innovative and adaptive platform that has changed the way trips are bought.

Exoticca

Lodgify is a Software-as-a-Service for Vacation Rental Businesses. Lodgify allows you to easily create a vacation rental website with a &quot;Book now&quot; button and to manage all your reservations.

Lodgify

The best cloud ERP software for businesses and freelancers

Holded

Digital protection and anti-piracy. Red Points strives to offer creators and intellectual property rights holders an effective response to the distress suffered as a result of the piracy of works and content on the Internet.

Red Points

Save up to 15000&euro; while we sell your house and pay only if it is sold

HOUSFY REAL ESTATE

Bynder is an increase ROI and auto-format your content with Bynder's intuitive user-focused features. Improving company-wide abilities to find, create and use branded collateral from any location at any time, you can streamline publishing processes and enjoy a reduced time to market for all campaigns and communications.

Bynder Software

Signaturit is a software development company that provides electronic signature and trust services. It offers a leading advanced electronic signature solution that allows businesses to send and sign legally binding documents online, without having to install any applications. Our vision is to bring trust in the digital environment and to enable people to work in a more effective way, no matter where they are.

Signaturit

We use mobile technology to help millions of people find a job the same day. A job brings a pay check, but it also brings back self-esteem and dignity to people. This is what we do, one job at a time. Our international team comes from Skype, eBay, and Bain.

JobToday

Impress is a developer of orthodontic technology that offers invisible aligners.

Impress

Virtuo is a company that provides car rentals that makes owning a car completely redundant, freeing you and our cities from the burden of car ownership. In a world inundated with short-distance mobility solutions, they provide an unparalleled car on-demand experience, designed for longer trips.

Virtuo

Startup Ecosystem Overview of Sabadell | StartupBlink | StartupBlink

Regional Rank & change	City	Global Rank & Change	Total Score	Quantity Score	Quality Score	Business Score
1st⁰	Barcelona, Spain	38th⁺²	21.982	5.85	13.24	2.89
2nd⁰	Girona, Spain	503rd^-23	0.480	0.20	0.06	0.21
3rd⁰	Lleida, Spain	650th^-28	0.282	0.12	0.04	0.13
4th⁰	Reus, Spain	681st⁺¹⁹	0.261	0.09	0.06	0.12
5th⁰	Tarragona, Spain	707th⁺⁵⁰	0.244	0.08	0.05	0.11
6th⁰	Manresa, Spain	799th^-3	0.189	0.06	0.04	0.08
7th⁰	Granollers, Spain	880th⁺²⁶	0.153	0.06	0.03	0.07

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