One-liner: Startup Valencia's paid, 3-day Expats Soft Landing Program — a structured market-entry crash course connecting relocating/scaling international founders with the legal, financial and ecosystem contacts needed to set up in Valencia (the private-sector counterpart to Invest in Valencia).
What a founder gets
- 20 hours of immersive, practical sessions over 3 days: ecosystem overview, founder panel Q&A, legal workshop (entity types SL/SA/SLNE, registration, tax, visas/residency, IP), banking & fintech setup, digital certificates (NIE/CIF/Cl@ve PIN) and payroll/hiring basics.
- Day 2 funding deep-dive: private investment landscape (angels, VCs, corporate funds) plus a public-funding session covering ENISA, IVACE, CDTI, Red.es, NEOTEC eligibility and common application mistakes.
- Guided innovation-hub visits: Innsomnia, Sesame, Startup Valencia HQ, Draper B1, BioHub, plus ecosystem tours of Marina de Empresas, Lanzadera, Angels Tech Hub, Zubi Labs.
- Market-entry strategy workshop on Day 3 — localization, Spanish business culture, and a personal action-plan session.
- Two exclusive afterwork networking events plus a one-year Startup Valencia membership (worth €150) bundled into the ticket.
- Direct connections to key local stakeholders named on the program page: Valencia Innovation Capital, Invest in Valencia, Terminal Hub, GoHub, BioHub.
Who it's for
- International founders relocating to or scaling into Valencia — from early-stage expats setting up their first Spanish entity through growth-stage teams opening a Spanish/EU base.
- Best suited to non-Spanish teams needing the legal/tax/banking basics fast, plus a fast-track into the local investor and mentor network.
How to engage
- Sign up at startupvalencia.org/soft-landing-program — next edition: May 19–21, 2026 (recurring cohorts; check the page for the next date,
#status/verify). - Price: €985 standard / €800 early-bird.
- Contact: Startup Valencia, Base 2, La Marina de Valencia, Calle de la Travesía 15B, 46024 València · WhatsApp +34 623 387 197.
Key facts
- Run by Startup Valencia as a revenue-generating program (paid, not free) distinct from its free membership/community activities.
- Testimonials on the program page come from founders at TELEPORT DYNAMIX, Toolza/DDSTgroup, and MantisNLP, plus an angel investor — signalling the program targets both founders and internationally-mobile individual investors.
- Complements — rather than duplicates — the free, public-sector Invest in Valencia soft-landing service; this one is paid, curriculum-based, and cohort-scheduled rather than an ad hoc advisory service.
Relations
- Run by: Startup Valencia
- See also: Invest in Valencia
- See also: Valencia Innovation Capital