The Ministry of Industry and Tourism and the Spanish Association of Business Angels Networks offer a Business Angels Network in Spain, so that all emerging companies or startups have points of contact when seeking funding.
Business angel is a well-known figure in the field of emerging businesses that comes from the United States.
They are people and entities that invest money in the initial phase of startups, or emerging companies, and act as mentors. In return, the startup offers them an equity stake. It is not only a question of offering help and financial support, but also of providing their experience, knowledge and contacts, acting as mentors for the project and monitoring it.
In the business objective of making a profit by trusting and investing in the startup, it is logically implicit to help entrepreneurs to make their business project a success. For startups, it can also be important to go hand in hand with a business angel with a solid reputation in the business world.
Neither the term nor its work is new. In 2008, AEBAN, the Spanish Association of Business Angels Networks, was created with the mission of promoting the activity of networks, groups and clubs of investors, as well as those agents that carry out private investment in initial stages, such as family offices, investment companies and funds, accelerators, incubators and venture builders, equity crowdfunding platforms and companies that carry out corporate venturing activities.
According to AEBAN, most of the business angels in Spain are senior managers, founders or CEOs of consolidated companies. In recent years, the weight of startup founders, which had grown in previous years, has been reduced. Technology, health, banking and finance continue to be the sectors from which investors come.
The Association is currently preparing the report summarizing the activity for 2023. Thus, the latest data they have published on business angels reflected that 79% invested in startups in their own portfolio. Almost two thirds of those surveyed invest throughout the country, not only in their closest local area, and the proportion of those who are active internationally is consolidated at around 27%.
Guide to Business Angels Centers in Spain
Investors look for and find opportunities, above all, in business angel networks. To this end, the Ministry of Industry and Tourism and the Spanish Association of Business Angels Networks offer a Business Angels Network in Spain, which this newspaper has compiled, with all the companies that could be the initial investor in a startup.
Andalucía
Almeria Science and Technology Park. Av. de la Innovación, 15. Almería.
National Association of European Business and Innovation Centers. Juan López de Peñalver Av., 21. Malaga.
Eticom. C/ Astronomía, 1, LOCAL 42. Seville.
Federation of Metal Entrepreneurs. Av. de la Innovación, 5. Seville.
University of Cadiz Foundation. C/ Benito Pérez Galdós, s/n. Cádiz.
Aragón
Young Entrepreneurs Association of Aragón. C/ Mas de las Matas, 20. Zaragoza.
Innovanett Association for the Development and Application of Strategic Business Innovation. Plaza de Miguel Salamero, 14. Zaragoza.
Asturias
Asban. Technological Park of Asturias, IDEPA Building. Asturias.
European Business and Innovation Center of Asturias. Technology Park of Asturias. CEEI Building. Asturias.
Cantabria
Innovation and Development Foundation. C/ Isabel Torres, 21. Santander.
Glezco Advisors and Consultants. C/ Rualasal, 1. Santander.
Castilla-La Mancha
CECAM Castilla-La Mancha. C/ Reino Unido. Toledo.
Castilla y León
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Avila. C/ Eduardo Marquina, 6. Ávila.
Ban-Garoña Network. C/ Murcia, 5. Burgos
Official Chamber of Zamora. C/ Pelayo, 6. Zamora.
Castilla y León Family Company. Plaza de la Rinconada, 9. Valladolid.
Companies Junta de Castilla y León. C/ Jacinto Benavente, 2. Arroyo de la Encomienda. Valladolid.
Catalonia
Business Angels Network of Catalonia. Carrer de Sant Pau, 6. Terrassa. Terrassa. Barcelona.
Keiretsu Forum. Carrer del Pont de Can Vernet, 19. Sant Cugat del Vallès. Sant Cugat del Vallès. Barcelona.
La Salle Ramón Llull University. Carrer de Sant Joan de la Salle, 42. Barcelona.
Seed&Click. Carrer de Ganduxer, 5. Barcelona.
Inveready. Carrer de Baldiri Reixac, 4. Barcelona.
Nuclio. C/ Mèxic, 3-19, 4º 5ª. Barcelona.
Seed Rocket. Carrer de la Llacuna, 162. Barcelona.
EADA Business School. Carrer d’Aragó, 204. Barcelona.
Extremadura
Thinking Coaches. C/ Islas Baleares, 8. Cáceres.
Galicia
University of Santiago de Compostela. Praza do Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela. La Coruña.
Arxon Estrategia. Rúa Letonia, 2. Santiago de Compostela. La Coruña.
Vigo Activo. C/ Oporto Nº3, 3rd Floor. Vigo. Pontevedra.
Vigo Financial Club. Rúa de García Barbón, 62. Vigo. Pontevedra.
Xes Galicia. Rua Ourense, 6. Santiago de Compostela.
Canary Islands
General Foundation of the University of La Laguna. Av. Trinidad, 61. San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
CEOE Tenerife. Rambla de Santa Cruz, 147. Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Dyrecto. C/ Aguere, 9. Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Madrid
Izertis. C/ Basauri, 6. Madrid.
Faraday Venture Partners. C/ Húmera, 50. Madrid.
Digital Assets Deployment. C/ Dr. Castelo, 10. Madrid.
Cink. C/ Cristóbal Bordiú, 55. Madrid.
Industrial Investors Network. C/ General Arrando, 38.
CEAJE. C/ Príncipe de Vergara, 74. Madrid.
Finanziaconect. C/ Víctor Hugo, 1, 4º. Madrid.
Spanish Association of Business Angels. C/ Duque de Medinaceli, 2. Madrid.
BAN Madri+d. C/ Duque de Medinaceli, 2. Madrid.
Padeinvest. C/ Sagasta, 15, Madrid.
Murcia
European Business and Innovation Center of Murcia. C/ Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 7. Espinardo, Murcia.
Navarra
Cein. Plaza Cein, 5. Noáin.
Inspira. 34 Errotazar St., Pamplona.
Basque Country
Orkestra Basque Institute of Competitiveness. Deusto Foundation. C/ Mundaitz Kalea, 50. Donostia. Gipuzkoa.
University of Deusto. Deusto Emprende. Av. Universidades 24. Bilbao.
Valencia
European Business and Innovation Center of Castellón. Carrer dels Ginjols, 1. Castellón de la Plana.
European Center of Innovative Companies of the Valencian Community. Ronda Circunvalación 188, CEEI Building. Castellón.
Another Bisbal is possible. Carrer de Bétera, 3. Valencia.
Realiza Business Angels. Carrer de les Avellanes, 10. Valencia.
PYMEV. Av. del Cid, 2. Valencia.
Draper 1 Venture Capital. Carrer Estivella, 1. Poblados Marítimos. Valencia.
European Business Center of Alcoy Valencia. Plaça Emili Sala, 1, Alcoy. Alicante.
European Business Innovation Center of Elche. Ronda Vall d’Uixó, 125. Elche. Elche. Alicante.
Startupxplore. C/ Salvá 10, 2B. Valencia.
