One-liner: The technology-based-business accelerator of Cajamar (the cooperative bank), running free, specialised acceleration programmes for agrifood and water startups — its differentiated value for a Valencian founder is hands-on testbed access at Cajamar's experimental centres in Almería and Valencia, not cash. A national-access program (open Spain-wide and internationally), included here because that Valencia experimental-centre footprint makes it a real, reachable access route for CV agrotech/foodtech founders.
What a founder gets
- Free (gratuito), non-dilutive acceleration — no equity taken.
- Pilot trials & validation at Cajamar's Centros Experimentales in Almería and Valencia — the access-map core: agrotech test fields, and labs for water/soil/plant analysis, microbiology, food, an electronics/multi-use workshop, and a microalgae pilot plant.
- Personalised, semi-presencial (hybrid) accompaniment adapted to each project's stage; expert mentoring and a proprietary methodology.
- Access to the Cajamar Innovation Ecosystem — 29 strategic partners connecting startups to corporates, tech centres and institutions (agrifood: Anecoop, Coexphal, Dcoop, Trops, Unica, Vicasol, Lainco…; water: Acciona Agua, Agbar, Exolum, GS Inima, Tedagua, Facsa…; tech/innovation: CSIC, CNTA, Eatable Adventures, Seidor, APTE, and the public instruments CDTI, ENISA, ICEX).
- Help finding financing/investment + post-programme follow-up. Alumni have raised >€25M in documented private investment (e.g. Ikos Advanced €8M, Cimico €7M, Captoplastic €5M, GrodiTech €2.5M, Widhoc €2M).
Who it's for
- Early-stage, tech-based startups across the agrifood value chain and water management — idea → early stage.
- Three complementary tracks (see Cajamar Innova Acceleration Programmes):
- Agua (water, since 2018) — efficient water use/management.
- Agrotech (since 2024) — robotics, mechanisation, precision agri/livestock, farm-management platforms, biotech, bioeconomy.
- Foodtech (since 2025) — personalised nutrition, novel foods, processing innovation, food-waste reduction, food-chain safety.
- No location requirement — national and international reach (>20% of applicants from outside Spain; >750 applications from 30+ countries; 95 companies accelerated across 11 calls, 13 of them international).
How to engage
- Apply during the annual convocatorias via plataformatierra.es/startups (English applications via f6s.com). Each track publishes its own bases and deadline.
- 2026 windows are now CLOSED (Agrotech 22 Apr, Agua 23 Apr, Foodtech 30 Apr) — recurring; monitor for the 2027 calls (historically announced ~March).
Key facts
- Operator: Cajamar Innova, integrated into Fundación Grupo Cajamar (Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar / BCC).
- Director: Ricardo García Lorenzo (Director of Cajamar Innova + Director of Agrifood Innovation, Fundación Grupo Cajamar). Deputy director: Juan Carlos Gázquez (Director of Technological Innovation).
- Track record (as of the Mar-2026 call): 11 convocatorias · 95 tech companies accelerated · >750 applications from 30+ countries · >€25M documented private investment raised by alumni.
- Editions in this cycle: 6th Agua · 3rd Agrotech · 2nd Foodtech.
- Contact: comunicacion@grupocooperativocajamar.com · 950 21 03 86.