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Every startup, tech and founder event in València we could verify for October 2026, listed in full. Gathered weekly from the organisers themselves — Startup València, the CEEIs, the universities, the accelerators and the independent communities that run most of what actually happens here. Both Spanish- and English-language events are included, listing is free and never paid for, and times are local (Europe/Madrid).
Two days on defence, security, emergencies and urban resilience as a market rather than a policy file — European and Spanish dual-use industrial strategy, prototype demonstrations, startup pitching and one-to-one meetings. Day one opens with the mayor of Lviv and València’s accession to the UNBROKEN Cities Network. Registration from 09:00, institutional opening at 09:30; runs 1–2 October to 14:00. Sign-ups are reviewed before they are confirmed.
The Comunitat Valenciana's reference day on digital transformation — AI, cybersecurity, automation, digital marketing, data and industry 4.0, framed around choosing well rather than chasing tools. GoPitch runs inside it: the ten startups of Cámara Valencia's Despega programme give their final demo day to a room of investors. Runs to 13:30.
Weekly Thursday co-working for people building their own independent apps and startups. Intros at 10:30, optional lunch at 13:00, demos of what you made that day at 16:30 and drinks after. Community-run, invite-request only, and the venue moves around the city.
Match Owner's sector gathering on where real estate is heading, with the platform's own founders alongside established industry names, running through the late afternoon into networking. Moved here from its original September date.
The fifth edition of Scale Your Brand, on brand as a growth lever rather than a logo exercise. David Gil Cervera of El Sabio del Sultán and Fran Ceacero of Tu Arrocero on identity, communication and market positioning, with tools you can apply the next morning. One hour, free, in-person.
What is left of your job when AI takes eighty percent of it. Not a tools session — a working hour on judgement, decisions, influence and the capabilities that get more valuable precisely because AI exists, opening with a ten-minute honest audit of where your own time actually goes.
The Cámara's free practical workshop on starting up: choosing a legal form, the incorporation paperwork, Social Security discounts, capitalising unemployment benefit and the funding lines available. Ninety minutes, 09:30–11:00.
Two days of international sportstech: case studies from clubs and leagues that actually deployed something, cross-sport learning, an exhibition floor and the Groundbreakers pitch sessions for startups. Runs 7 October 08:30 to 8 October 15:00. A limited number of complimentary passes are held for Valencia-based professionals — worth asking before paying.
An executive course treating AI as a strategic lever rather than a pile of small automations — how to spot the high-value projects, price the return honestly, and handle security, compliance and ethics before committing. No technical background assumed. First of two sessions, running to 15:00; session two follows on 14 October.
The sixth edition of the Valencian technology institutes' annual congress, this year on security, defence, emergencies and aerospace — the sectors where public money and industrial demand are moving fastest. Free, and the clearest single read on which research institutes are open for partnership. Runs to 14:00.
The third Valencia edition of the B2B conference on IoT that actually ships — connectivity, smart city, logistics and sustainability tracks, with an exhibition floor pairing technology providers against organisations trying to deploy. The on-site pass also covers a hands-on IBM/LORIOT workshop day on the 6th. Discounted places for the CEEI Valencia ecosystem.
A weekly Wednesday morning work block for founders and freelancers — short introductions round the table, then a few focused hours of heads-down work alongside other people building something. The group's new standing daytime fixture, replacing the Business Coffee Club.
The first in a 2026 dialogue series on AI's social and economic dimensions. Nuria Oliver (AI PhD, MIT; co-founder of ELLIS Alicante) and José F. Duato (Real Academia de Ciencias) on AI's costs and benefits beyond the headline productivity numbers — infrastructure, data, energy, security, talent and governance. Runs to 20:00.
The 28th edition of Valencia Codes' monthly Level Up talks: what happens to a single code base when the business underneath it keeps pivoting, and how to keep it shippable. Talk, Q&A and networking, to 21:00.
Casual rooftop bar networking for Valencia entrepreneurs — drinks with a view of the park at Palau Alameda. Open to all.
Weekly Thursday co-working for people building their own independent apps and startups. Intros at 10:30, optional lunch at 13:00, demos of what you made that day at 16:30 and drinks after. Community-run, invite-request only, and the venue moves around the city.
Peer info-sharing for self-employed professionals in Spain — taxes, gestors, invoicing tools, Verifactu, social security. English-friendly, no experts at the front, no sales, just honest exchange. Locals and expats equally welcome.
Presentation of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's Comunitat Valenciana report, with UMH's study directors, followed by a roundtable on the territory's role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem — Víctor Ciudad (Beetrics), Yunisley Balmaseda (Spacio Arte LAB) among the panel. Runs to 14:00.
The group's recurring evening networking session for women in business — informal drinks and conversation. RSVP via the group's WhatsApp link on the event page.
A monthly evening where entrepreneurs read one business book and then work out what to actually do with it — discussion over food rather than a lecture. The venue moves each month, so check the listing before you go.
A practical, psychology-based session for women whose expertise reads smaller than it is. How colour and visual presence shape the credibility people assign you before you have said anything, and how to make that signal match the actual depth of your work. Three hours, hands-on.
The group’s Saturday counterpart to the midweek co-working — brunch first, then a few hours of working alongside other founders instead of alone at home. A newer monthly fixture, first run in September.
A GenAI Community meetup on the practical side of AI governance — what the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 actually require, and how builders and founders shipping AI systems can stay compliant without slowing down. Runs to 20:30.
The closing session of the executive AI course: a practical demonstration, then each participant defines their own adoption plan — priorities, requirements and how they will measure it. Booked together with session one on 7 October. Runs to 12:00.
A weekly Wednesday morning work block for founders and freelancers — short introductions round the table, then a few focused hours of heads-down work alongside other people building something. The group's new standing daytime fixture, replacing the Business Coffee Club.
One case study on using AI to speed up go-to-market, then two or three members' products get taken apart and rebuilt live by the room. Apply to attend — organisers review sign-ups. Runs to 21:00.
Second in the 2026 dialogue series on AI's social and economic dimensions. Susana Campuzano (CNMC) and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez (UCM) on AI, market power and economic inequality. Runs to 20:00.
Casual rooftop bar networking for Valencia entrepreneurs — drinks with a view of the park at Palau Alameda. Open to all.
Weekly Thursday co-working for people building their own independent apps and startups. Intros at 10:30, optional lunch at 13:00, demos of what you made that day at 16:30 and drinks after. Community-run, invite-request only, and the venue moves around the city.
A training morning from the UN International Computing Centre's data team: breaking down data silos, building a unified data layer and why data is the real foundation of any AI project. 10:00–12:30.
A hands-on three-session programme on navigating an investment round with a clear strategy — term sheets, investor relations, valuation and the tools to move the process forward. Approval-required; sessions also run Oct 30 and Nov 6. Runs to 14:00.
The annual night out of the Valencian biotech ecosystem, now in its ninth edition — the one evening where the region's companies, research groups and clinical side are all in the same room without a conference agenda between them. Runs to 22:00.
An evening on innovating through alliances rather than alone — what the Caixa Popular and Fundación Novaterra partnership has actually produced, and how purpose-led collaboration works in practice for companies in the social economy.
An Ada Lovelace Day gathering: women working across tech roles share their path and day-to-day, followed by a panel on valencian female tech talent and networking. Free, limited seats, registration closes Oct 12. Runs to 21:00.
The fifth edition of FEBF's fintech day: predictive AI in finance, wealth-management robo-advisors, passive-investing algorithms, due-diligence automation, and the winners of the III Challenge Fintech. Free, runs to 14:00.
Sixteen hours with journalist and presenter Maribel Vilaplana on being heard rather than merely being good: voice, presence, structure and the difference between an invisible expert and one who lands an investor. Four Monday afternoon sessions, 19 and 26 October then 2 and 9 November.
A VDS side event from the n8n community: real business cases of adopting n8n, from fixed automations to AI agents, then open discussion and networking. Snacks and drinks included, 17:00–20:30.
A three-hour hands-on session: turn an idea into a working go-to-market kit — positioning, a landing page or MVP (Lovable), a pitch deck (Gamma) and launch content (HeyGen) — with mentors on hand. Bring your own idea or join a team. Doors 17:30, showcase and networking from 20:30.
Europe's leading impact-innovation gathering, in its fourth edition, turning global problems into things a business can actually build. Startups, funds, corporates and policymakers in one venue, with the third IntraLab intrapreneurship hackathon running inside the programme. A full day, to 18:00.
A one-hour practical session on using AI at every stage of building a presentation, from shaping the message to the visuals. Hybrid; the in-person seats are at the Valencia hub.
The Cámara's free practical workshop on starting up: choosing a legal form, the incorporation paperwork, Social Security discounts, capitalising unemployment benefit and the funding lines available. Ninety minutes.
A rooftop evening the night before VDS opens, putting founders, clinicians and industry people in the same place before the conference crowd arrives. No stage and no programme — the point is the conversations you would otherwise spend two days trying to have.
The ninth edition of the event that made Valencia a stop on the European tech circuit: 12,000 people from 120 countries, 600-plus speakers, an investor floor and two days of everything the ecosystem has been building toward all year. Runs 21–22 October, to 18:30 each day. Early-bird pricing — from €99 — closes on 18 September.
A weekly Wednesday morning work block for founders and freelancers — short introductions round the table, then a few focused hours of heads-down work alongside other people building something. The group's new standing daytime fixture, replacing the Business Coffee Club.
Third in the 2026 dialogue series on AI's social and economic dimensions, on AI's effects on employment, with Javier Andrés Domingo and Aída Ponce Del Castillo. Runs to 20:00.
Third planning meeting for VlcTechFest 2027, Valencia's free annual community tech festival — open to anyone who wants to help organise, even if you've missed earlier sessions.
Casual rooftop bar networking for Valencia entrepreneurs — drinks with a view of the park at Palau Alameda. Open to all, and it lands on VDS night, so expect visitors.
Weekly Thursday co-working for people building their own independent apps and startups. Intros at 10:30, optional lunch at 13:00, demos of what you made that day at 16:30 and drinks after. Community-run, invite-request only, and the venue moves around the city.
The fortnightly peer info-sharing session, this edition pitched at people newly self-employed in Spain — first steps, gestors, invoicing and where to find honest answers. English-friendly, no sales.
ProductTank Valencia's October session on machine learning from a product-management angle — what it actually unlocks for a roadmap, and where it quietly becomes the thing that breaks trust with users.
EVAP's annual awards gala recognising women's business trajectories across different professional fields — reception, ceremony, then a cocktail dinner in honour of the awardees. Runs 19:00–21:00.
The chapter's first-anniversary day, open to the public: back-to-back eight-minute demos and science-fair-style demo tables, no keynotes and no panels. 11:00–17:00. (The evening rooftop add-on is a separate, application-only event.)
An intimate monthly Saturday brunch for founders who are actively building — not a pitch event and not for people still at the idea stage. Two hours of conversation with others at the same point, 11:00–13:00. You pay for your own food.
A day of talks, dialogue panels and hands-on 'experience labs' on urban resilience, environmental health and sustainable territory management — bringing innovation-ecosystem actors together with the wider city to co-design real proposals. Runs 09:00–18:00.
A multi-day AI-themed film festival with public screenings, running 26–30 October.
The second of four afternoons in Maribel Vilaplana's sixteen-hour communication course. Booked as one course rather than per session; the remaining two run on 2 and 9 November.
Spain's largest software-testing festival, 15th edition: check-in from 08:30, opening 09:30, then a full day of talks on AI-assisted testing, accessibility, performance and test architecture, closing with an afterparty to 20:30. A second, online-only day follows on the 28th. In-person tickets are €295–€310 on the organiser's own site; Cámara Valencia's listing says free — check before buying.
A full-day sustainability and innovation conference structured around society, economy and environment — panels on AI governance, biodiversity and water, affordable housing and the longevity economy.
A free hands-on workshop on building a business plan, run with SECOT's retired-executive mentors. Three hours, 09:30–12:30.
A one-hour session on the governance basics every startup needs before it scales — board structure, shareholder agreements and the decisions that get harder to fix the later you leave them. Hybrid; in-person seats at the Valencia hub.
CEEI's small-room interview format opens its season with Pepe Rosell, co-founder and CEO of S2GRUPO — a Valencian cybersecurity multinational with more than 700 staff across 35 countries. An unhurried hour on how he actually decides, then networking.
Fourth in the 2026 dialogue series on AI's social and economic dimensions, on AI and ethics — responsibility for automated decisions — with Txetxu Ausín Díez and Celia Fernández-Aller. Runs to 20:00.
A research-meets-industry session on AI security, post-quantum cryptography, critical communications and disinformation: company needs set against the region's R&D capabilities, with matchmaking and networking. Also a VDS side event; hybrid, in person at UPV.
A morning built around women who are already running the digital transition rather than being lectured about it — voices from tech, rural business and industry, on leadership, digitalisation and staying standing. One hundred places, prior registration required. Runs to 12:00.
A weekly Wednesday morning work block for founders and freelancers — short introductions round the table, then a few focused hours of heads-down work alongside other people building something. The group's new standing daytime fixture, replacing the Business Coffee Club.
Casual rooftop bar networking for Valencia entrepreneurs — drinks with a view of the park at Palau Alameda. Open to all.
Weekly Thursday co-working for people building their own independent apps and startups. Intros at 10:30, optional lunch at 13:00, demos of what you made that day at 16:30 and drinks after. Community-run, invite-request only, and the venue moves around the city.
AJEV's annual AI/innovation talk — keynote by Juan Merodio on combining artificial intelligence, talent and human judgement to grow a business. Free, limited seats.
Season 2 opener for Awakatech's monthly tech talks — originally set for Oct 1, rescheduled here. Talks, Q&A and networking.
Serial entrepreneurship, from the people who did it: Pedro Castillo (founded Devo, Spain's first cybersecurity unicorn, then Onum, now part of CrowdStrike) and Nacho Travesi (Cobee, sold to Pluxee; now Orbio AI) on what comes after you leave — or are pushed out of — your company. 09:30–11:00.
Second of three sessions on navigating an investment round — term sheets, investor relations, valuation and the tools to move the process forward. Approval-required. Runs to 14:00.
Three speakers on AI's current influence on web-related work — SEO, marketing, design and development — ahead of WordCamp weekend.
A monthly Friday after-work for Valencia's freelancer and founder community — relaxed networking, with free drinks for community members. This edition carries a light Halloween "Death & Taxes" theme.
Valencia's two-day WordCamp conference with a full speaker roster from the national WordPress community. Runs through Nov 1.