Marina de Empresas

One-liner: "The Place to Be" — Juan Roig's (Mercadona president's) entrepreneurship campus in Valencia's marina, uniting EDEM (business school), Lanzadera (accelerator) and Angels Capital (VC fund) in one complex to cover every phase of starting a company, from training through capital.

What a founder gets

• A full-stack entrepreneurship complex under one roof — not a single program but three complementary institutions co-located so a founder can move between education, acceleration and funding without leaving the campus:
  • EDEM — nonprofit business-school foundation ("Escuela de Empresarios"), governed by a patronato of member companies; trains entrepreneurs, executives and managers and cultivates "leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and cultura del esfuerzo."
  • Lanzadera — the free, no-equity accelerator (see its own page for full program detail).
  • Angels Capital — Juan Roig's investment vehicle, backing standout companies that emerge from the Marina de Empresas ecosystem.
• Community-wide initiatives beyond the three core institutions: FOMOFEST (an annual 8-hour inspiration/innovation event held seaside), Alcem-se (support for entrepreneurs affected by the 2024 DANA floods), DataHub (a cross-agent initiative applying data to real business problems), Empleabilidad (an employability platform connecting companies' innovation challenges to talent), and Riesgo ("Risky People" — a talent/careers content vertical: onboarding, CVs, salary benchmarks, first hires).
• Density of people — explicitly markets itself as amplifying "talento raro" (rare/special talent) through proximity to founders, mentors, investors and corporates rather than through funding alone — a direct match to the wiki's access-over-money thesis.

Who it's for

• Any founder, at any stage — pick the door that matches your need: EDEM for formal training, Lanzadera for free acceleration + workspace, Angels Capital for equity capital. Also serves executives, managers, students and corporates (via Empleabilidad and DataHub).
• Employers/corporates: via Empleabilidad, companies with "retos innovadores" can access Marina's talent pool.

How to engage

• No single "Marina de Empresas" application — enter via one of the three institutions:
  1. Lanzadera (lanzadera.es/inscripcion) — free accelerator, rolling admissions; the usual first stop for a founder.
  2. EDEM (edem.eu) — paid tuition, degree/executive-education enrollment.
  3. Angels Capital (angelscapital.es) — pitch for equity investment.
• General contact: info@lanzadera.es · +34 963 568 585 (shared contact channel with Lanzadera).
• Location: Marina de Valencia (the city's historic port/marina district).

Key facts

• Founded and driven by Juan Roig, president of Mercadona and honorary president of EDEM, explicitly framed as "giving back" wealth/opportunity created by Mercadona ("Legado Juan Roig").
• EDEM is legally a non-profit foundation run by a board (patronato) of member companies — distinguishing it from a for-profit training provider.
• Community scale (per site, 2026): 1,500+ entrepreneurs have passed through Marina de Empresas; 200+ member companies.
• The three institutions co-located explicitly to "cover all phases of starting a company" — training (EDEM) → acceleration (Lanzadera) → investment (Angels) — positioned as a unique complex for Spain.
• status/verify: the 1,500+/200+ figures are Marina-wide (not Lanzadera-specific, which separately claims 1,700+ accelerated companies) — the two numbers describe overlapping but distinct populations; do not conflate them.

Relations

• Runs: Lanzadera
• Runs: EDEM
• Runs: Angels Capital
• Runs: Marina de Empresas (Program)