One-liner: the city's smart-city data platform (VLCi, FIWARE-based, 3,000+ sensors) with a public API and open-data portal — free, ready-to-use raw material for urbantech, mobility, tourism and AI startups. Build a product on real city data without owning the infrastructure.
What you get
- Free open datasets + a public API — traffic, mobility, air quality, environment, tourism, municipal indicators and sensor feeds (real-time and historical), via the FIWARE-based VLCi platform.
- A standards-based integration path (NGSI/FIWARE) that beneficiaries of the VIC Innovation Grants 2026 may be asked to feed data back into (SMART clauses).
- The data layer that underpins the Valencia Urban Sandbox and GovTech/UrbanTech pilots.
Who it's for
- UrbanTech, mobility, tourism, environmental and AI/data startups that need real city data to build or train a product.
How to engage
- Browse the portal + API at opendata.vlci.valencia.es — datasets are self-serve and free (open licence).
- Use the API / FIWARE (NGSI) endpoints for live/historical data; build and validate your solution.
- Combine with the Valencia Urban Sandbox (real-world pilot) and CPI - Compra Publica Innovadora (sell back to the city); GovTech/UrbanTech fit VIC Innovation Grants 2026 (AEI 01/06).
Key facts
- Free public API + open data, 3,000+ sensors, FIWARE. The city's data commons — an access-first asset for data-driven startups.
Relations
- Run by: VLCi Open Data Valencia
- Run by: Ayuntamiento de Valencia
- See also: Valencia Urban Sandbox
- See also: VIC Innovation Grants 2026
- See also: ITI Data Cycle Hub