Rising up Spain

Rising up Spain is a public accelerator program that helps foreign entrepreneurs and startups establish operations in Spain through a soft-landing initiative. The program selects 15 startups annually and provides fast-track visa processing, free co-working space, mentoring, investor access, and participation in fundraising events to promote scalable and innovative ventures in the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Public program aimed at entrepreneurs and foreign startups that contribute to promote entrepreneurial activity in Spain with a
scalable and innovative project. It selects 15 startups to participate in a soft-landing and acceleration program that includes a variety of benefits such as:
▪ Obtaining visas with a more agile (fast-track) procedure
▪ Free co-working space
▪ Mentoring
▪ Participation in fundraising events
▪ Access to investors
It can be selected as beneficiaries those foreign start-ups which have the intention of establishing their business in Spain and comply with the following
requirements:
1. At least 10% of the start-up capital should in concentrated in one foreign natural o legal person, or non-resident Spanish natural person
2. If the startup is already constituted as a business in Spain, it cannot have more than one year of operatio