Desafía San Francisco

Funds up to ^€ 0 per team

Takes 0% equity

Funds 16 startups per year

Markets Advertising • Agriculture • Biotech • Cyber Security • Data & Analytics • +22

Invests in Spain

Desafía San Francisco is a public initiative sponsored by ICEX and Redes that helps Spanish technology companies scale faster and globally.

Our portfolio companies raised more than $230 M in total and created +3000 jobs. The median total investment is $1.45 from venture capital firms and accelerators such as and not limited to 500 Startups, Adara Ventures, Alma Mundi Ventures, Angel Ventures, BBooster (Draper Venture Network), BrightCap Ventures, Bstartup, Caiza Capital Risk, Deerfield, Demium, Encomenda, Endeavor Catalyst, GP Bullhorn, Inveready, JME Ventures, K Fund, Keiretsu Forum, Kibo Ventures, Lanzadera, MassChallenge, Plug And Play, Samaipata, Seaya Ventures, Seedrocket, Startup Sesame, Techstars, Telefonica Ventures, The Venture City and Wayra.

Among our alumni are three winners of South Summit's Global Startup Competition (2017, 2018 and 2019).

Crunchbase ranks Desafía San Francisco as the #1 non-equity accelerator in San Francisco where we are based....

Desafía San Francisco is a public initiative sponsored by ICEX and Redes that helps Spanish technology companies scale faster and globally.

Our portfolio companies raised more than $230 M in total and created +3000 jobs. The median total investment is $1.45 from venture capital firms and accelerators such as and not limited to 500 Startups, Adara Ventures, Alma Mundi Ventures, Angel Ventures, BBooster (Draper Venture Network), BrightCap Ventures, Bstartup, Caiza Capital Risk, Deerfield, Demium, Encomenda, Endeavor Catalyst, GP Bullhorn, Inveready, JME Ventures, K Fund, Keiretsu Forum, Kibo Ventures, Lanzadera, MassChallenge, Plug And Play, Samaipata, Seaya Ventures, Seedrocket, Startup Sesame, Techstars, Telefonica Ventures, The Venture City and Wayra.

Among our alumni are three winners of South Summit's Global Startup Competition (2017, 2018 and 2019).

Crunchbase ranks Desafía San Francisco as the #1 non-equity accelerator in San Francisco where we are based.