Spain’s Tech Ecosystem Matures with Record Early-Stage Inflows and Strategic Exits

January 30, 2026
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Highlights:
  • Total funding rebounded to $2.3B in 2025, marking a significant 38% rise from the previous year and signaling a robust departure from the broader European correction toward localized expansion.
  • The capital rebound was structurally anchored in the Early Stage, which surged 148% to $1.5B, sharply contrasting with a 30% contraction in Late Stage funding, suggesting investors are prioritizing the maturation of Series A and B assets over broad-based support for mature cohorts.
  • Capital allocation narrowed around technical scalability, with Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences emerging as top performers—funding in Enterprise Apps alone spiked 137%—underscoring a pivot toward B2B infrastructure and Deep Tech innovation.
  • Deal flow exhibited clear concentration, with six $100M+ rounds—triple 2024 levels—anchored by Multiverse Computing and TravelPerk, signaling a flight to a small set of conviction assets rather than breadth-driven expansion.
  • Exit activity remained liquid but disciplined, with 71 acquisitions and two IPOs, as the $1B vLex sale and $3B HBX listing show liquidity concentrating around scaled, defensible assets.
  • Barcelona and Madrid maintained a combined 66% share of total funding, reinforcing a hub-centric model where established infrastructure and talent density dictate capital allocation.

Overview of Spain's Tech landscape

Image: Overall Spain Tech startups Snapshot (Data considered from Jan 01, 2025 till Dec 31, 2025)

Tracxn has released its insights on the Spain Tech ecosystem for 2025, highlighting funding activity, stage-wise trends, sector performance, deal flow, and investor participation during the year. The data reflects shifts in capital allocation across funding stages, large-deal activity, and continued momentum in acquisitions and public listings within the Spanish tech landscape.

Image: Q-o-Q Funding Trends (Note: Funding includes only Equity Funding. It excludes Debt, Grant, Post-IPO and ICO funding.)

A total of $2.3B was raised by tech companies in Spain in 2025. This represents a rise of 38% compared to the $1.7B raised in 2024 and a rise of 64% compared to the $1.4B raised in 2023. The overall funding level was driven by a sharp increase in early-stage investments, while late-stage funding declined year-over-year.

Image: Q-o-Q Stage-wise Funding Trends (Note: Seed includes Seed, Angel rounds. Early Stage includes Series A,B rounds. Late Stage includes Series C+, PE, Pre-IPO rounds)

Seed Stage funding in Spain Tech stood at $218M in 2025, reflecting a rise of 13% compared to $193M raised in 2024 and a rise of 6% compared to $205M raised in 2023. Early Stage funding totaled $1.5B in 2025, marking a rise of 148% compared to $593M raised in 2024 and a rise of 100% compared to $736M raised in 2023. In contrast, Late Stage funding reached $630M in 2025, representing a drop of 30% compared to $894M raised in 2024, while recording a rise of 34% compared to $471M raised in 2023.

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The year 2025 witnessed 6 funding rounds of $100M or more, compared to 2 such rounds in 2024 and 1 in 2023. Companies such as Multiverse Computing, TravelPerk, and Auro raised funding above $100M during this period. Multiverse Computing raised a total of $215M through a Series B round, TravelPerk raised $200M through a Series E round, and Auro raised $187M through a Series B round. A major share of these $100M+ rounds came from Enterprise Applications, Travel and Hospitality Tech, and Auto Tech.

No new unicorns were created in 2025, similar to 2024 and 2023. Spain Tech recorded 2 IPOs in 2025, up 100% from 1 in 2024 and in line with 2023, with HBX Group and Student Property Income SOCIMI among the companies that went public.

Tech companies in Spain completed 71 acquisitions in 2025, marking a rise of 3% compared to 69 acquisitions in 2024 and a rise of 13% compared to 63 acquisitions in 2023. The largest acquisition of the year was vlex, which was acquired by Clio for $1B. This was followed by the acquisition of Touchland by Church & Dwight at a price of $880M.

Barcelona-based tech firms accounted for 35% of all funding raised by tech companies across Spain in 2025. Madrid followed, contributing 31% of the total funding raised during the year.

K Fund, Eoniq, and Itnig emerged as the top seed-stage investors in the Spain Tech ecosystem in 2025. Bonsai Partners, Seaya, and Axon Partners Group were the most active early-stage investors during the year.

The Spain Tech ecosystem recorded total funding of $2.3B in 2025, supported by a strong rise in early-stage investments and an increase in the number of $100M+ funding rounds. Enterprise Applications, Travel and Hospitality Tech, and Life Sciences accounted for the largest share of capital deployed during the year. While late-stage funding declined compared to 2024, the surge in early-stage activity, continued acquisition momentum, and the absence of new unicorn creation defined the overall funding landscape in 2025.

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