21>23 Nov 2025
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NUESTRO CONCEPTO/OUR CONCEPT
Think.Work.Build
Pensar.Trabajar.Construir.
Learn how to think, work, and build like a startup in 54 thrilling hours. Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, co-founders and sponsors to show you how to get more done faster -- and, maybe even start that Business.
Aprenda a pensar, trabajar, y construir como una startup en 54 emocionantes horas. Un evento Techstars Startup Weekend es una incursión emocionante e inmersiva en el mundo de las startups. Durante tres días llenos de acción, conocerá a los mejores mentores, inversores, cofundadores y patrocinadores para mostrarle cómo hacer más cosas más rápido y, tal vez, incluso comenzar un emprendimiento.
BUILD A STARTUP IN 54 THRILLING HOURS
That's Startup Weekend Málaga!!!
This is what it was like at the Startup Weekend October 2024 !!!!
7k+
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150+
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428k
Participants
Participantes
Our Main Partners / Nuestros Partners Principales
¿Cómo Funciona? How does it work?
Viernes-Friday
Comienza el viernes con el turno de “micro abierto”, los asistentes están invitados a poner presentar sus mejores ideas… en un intenso minuto y seducir a otros participantes a unirse a su equipo. Tras escuchar todas las ideas se realiza una votación entre los participantes para elegir las ideas más populares, y las personas que hayan presentado estas ideas tendrán la responsabilidad de formar un equipo con otros participantes dependiendo de las necesidades de su idea.
Starting on Friday with the "open mic" shift, attendees are invited to put their best ideas forward... in an intense minute and entice other participants to join their team. After listening to all the ideas, a vote is held among the participants to choose the most popular ideas, and the people who have presented these ideas will have the responsibility to form a team with other participants according to the needs of their idea.
Sábado-Saturday
Modelado
Durante el sábado y el domingo, los equipos diseñan y dan forma a su startup con la ayuda de mentores y facilitadores hasta desarrollar finalmente el plan de negocio.
During Saturday and Sunday, teams design and shape their startup with the help of mentors and facilitators to finally develop the business plan.
El domingo por la tarde los equipos presentan sus prototipos ante un panel de jueces, en un pitch de 5 minutos, que les acabaran de enriquecer sus ideas y además elegirán al ganador del evento y el mejor proyecto de innovación.
On Sunday afternoon, the teams present their prototypes to a panel of judges, in a 5-minute pitch, which will enrich their ideas and also choose the winner of the event and the best innovation project.
Domingo-Sunday
The meeting place for entrepreneurship in Malaga
El lugar de encuentro del emprendimiento en Málaga
Innovation Campus - Malaga Palace
Calle Alamos 7 29012, Málaga
NUESTROS EQUIPO-OUR TEAM
DAN MARQUES
NUESTRO EXCEPCIONAL FACILITADOR
OUR EXCEPTIONAL FACILITATOR
A Polymath, Startup veteran, CEO, Founder, Advisor, Executive Coach, Visionary, Community Builder, Mentor, Tinkerer.
Dan has a passion for Startups and has worked in many industries, including Edtech, Music, Software, Retail, Fashion, Law enforcement, Manufacturing, Medical, etc
Our Speakers - Nuestros Oradores/as
NACHO VILLOCH
Managing Director Malaga Silver Economy Hub Professor in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, creativity and transformation programs at business schools, inspirational speaker and facilitator at institutional, academic and corporate events
Forbes magazine has selected him among the top 40 futurists in Spain.
2021 award for +Influencer in Human Resources by the RRHH Digital newspaper.
LOLA PALANCO
Communication | Digital Consultant | CRM Management | B2B SaaS-Sherpa Tribe
I am a communicator and creative person. I studied journalism in a changing environment and am constantly updating my knowledge. My passion is art, in all its forms, storytelling and photographing life. I am dedicated to helping companies communicate better.
Our Judges / Nuestros Jueces
JAY PATIL
Swell Partners // Venture Capital
Swell VC founders Rusty Ralston and Jay Patil have played a key role in the expansion of the New York City tech ecosystem through their investments and startup sales recruiting practice. Previously, as early employees of a venture-backed talent assessment machine learning startup, they learned the importance of recruiting and how a winning culture can determine the outcome of a company. With this serving as the foundation, Swell has solidified a track record of investing in and building some of New York City’s most recent success stories, including Tapad’s $360MM exit.
GEORGE MACAVEI
EMEA GTM Lead, Databases at Google Cloud.
Alex Serban Senior manager- Site Reliabiliy and Operations at Electronic Arts says about George: "If someone would ask me to describe George’s work, I could only think of one word – excellence. His ability to deep-dive into technology, deconstruct business requirements and develop laser-focused solutions to answer any given requirements is impressive."
ANDREAS MIHALOVITS
BUSINESS ANGEL Co-Founder Global Super Angels Club
Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has invested in over 150 startups. He co-founded Omniga, grew it to a venture builder, and founded Marbella Tech Angels. He is also the co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club. Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.
NACHO VILLOCH
Managing Director Malaga Silver Economy Hub
FProfessor in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, creativity and transformation programs at business schools, inspirational speaker and facilitator at institutional, academic and corporate events
orbes magazine has selected him among the top 40 futurists in Spain.
2021 award for +Influencer in Human Resources by the RRHH Digital newspaperr.
PEDRO MANZANO
Cofounder SegurosTech, HispaColex Tech y Linked Lunch
FProfessor in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, creativity and transformation programs at business schools, inspirational speaker and facilitator at institutional, academic and corporate events
orbes magazine has selected him among the top 40 futurists in Spain.
2021 award for +Influencer in Human Resources by the RRHH Digital newspaperr.
Nuestros mentores-Our mentors
Alfonso Garzón
Software Senior Product Manager
Social entrepreneur. Communication, leadership & strategy expert. Head of Operations at Atyla ship Foundation. Founder of Mylaga. 13 years in business, and always learning.
Domingo Leal
Marketing And Business Consultant
I am an International Marketing and Business Consultant. My experience allows me to work with companies to improve their projects and bring them agile principles and processes that I have learned from English know-how. I am passionate about organizational culture and believe that people are the foundation of any success.
Ivan Suhinin
Chief Technology Officer
An operations executive with 18 years of experience. Started as a developer, shifted to managerial positions soon enough, had my own startup in the retail fintech industry (successful exit) and eventually switched to fintech in management positions. My current superpower is firefighting, born from multiple fires in the startups I've been working for. Typically I have a new problem at hand once in a few months, making me to come in, evaluate, plan, execute - and move on to the next one
Elena Netiazhevska
Regional Partnerships & Sales Leader at Chief Insider
Elena Netiazhevska is a transformational sales mentor and former corporate leader who turned her passion for human connection and authentic communication into a mission: helping founders sell with purpose and meaningful connections. After building a successful international career across Europe and Asia, Elena now mentors entrepreneurs on how to align their vision, voice, and value transforming sales from something they do into an expression of who they are. Her approach blends psychology, storytelling, and strategy, guiding founders to lead with clarity, confidence, and heart.
Martin Stellar
Founder at SalesFlowCoach.app
I help nice people sell more. Coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs: if you operate with integrity, and your business exists to Do Good Things or to right wrongs, you're the kind of person I can help.
Fran Sánchez
Business Development manager, Mentor and Sales enthusiast
Born and raised in Málaga, lived in London and California. Really passionate about product building and everything around it. Through my career, I built and led teams that scaled products from scratch or early stages to multibillion dollar revenue like Meta Audience Network and Meta Business Messaging. Outside of that, I've gone through 2 exits: Swifktey to Microsoft in 2016 and Trouva to Fy in 2024, so I can bring together the best of both corporate and early startup worlds :)
Pablo Gallardo
Bootstrapping entrepreneur, business consultant and BA
Pablo Gallardo is the founder of AdD Global, with extensive experience managing complex, multi-site initiatives across the globe and adept at leading multicultural teams to get things done. He is known among his friends and colleagues as the “glue” that holds the group together and the people connector, even though he spends a lot of his time travelling and exploring new perspectives.
Always open to meeting new people and embracing new adventures, he brings the same enthusiasm to both his personal and professional life.
Equipo Organizador - Organizers team
Salvador Moret
CEO and Founder of Qua Consultores
Emanuele Sisti
CEO & Founder at Innovation Campus
Encarna Sanchez
Strategy & go-to-market / Oracle Energy & Water
Ángel González
Garrido
Startup Builder, Empowering Malaga startup ecosystem
Gloria Martinez
Mentora, Formadora, Coach Empresarial y de Equipos
CREW
CEO de Firmafy | Co-Founder Linked Lunch
Fran Cortes
Bastian Van denebeele
Senior python software developer
Barbara Moral
Entrepeneur Business Developer
Elyo Marques
Entrepeneur
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