STARTES
STARTES · DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2027–2030

Ideas built to move forward.

STARTES supports a growing portfolio of ventures across technology, media, mobility, finance, sustainability and services. Each project addresses a real need and is developed with an international outlook from Spain.

Early childhood

Junior.es

Spain’s digital ecosystem for early childhood, bringing educational commerce, family services and safe content together for children aged 0–6.

AI newsroom

NEWSOS

An AI-native platform designed to transform the production, organization and distribution of news.

Fintech

IbanCard

A fully digital fintech project that turns an IBAN into a card number and rethinks how payment identity can work.

Mobility

VIASI

A digital mobility project designed to bring electronic tolling into a new, simpler and more connected era.

Travel tech

SleepBus

A sustainable premium overnight transport concept that turns the night into a useful part of a European journey.

Market entry

Europa Is Now

An operating partner for Italian companies that want to enter, grow and establish themselves in the Spanish market.

Local journalism

Local Check

The European manifesto for the credibility of local information and a shared commitment to trustworthy local journalism.

Renewable energy

PLUGEN

A technology project that turns renewable-energy plants and production into traceable digital assets, making investment more accessible and transparent.

News & media

E24.es

The project to create Spain’s first privately owned all-news television channel.

Food innovation

Ideas Food

A food innovation project that creates new products, reinvents familiar ones and brings them to markets across Europe.

Travel assistance

ViaCare

Healthcare, insurance and legal assistance for people travelling or staying abroad.

Pet care

SOSPET

Pet-care and veterinary-assistance services designed to support animals and the people who care for them.

Live TV

PLUOX

A European platform for live television from around the world, organized by country and distributed through live streaming.

Payments

RingPay

A payment ring with an embedded chip that communicates with a payment terminal when held near the POS reader.

AI radio

Radiofy

An artificial-intelligence platform for creating and managing complete radio stations, from music and programming to jingles and news.

Media restoration

VHSTV

A service that collects, restores and returns old VHS tapes, giving analogue memories a new digital life.