Call for Applications: Spain Pavilion at Bits & Pretzels 2025
Bits & Pretzels is an event aimed at startups that have moved beyond their early stages and are now scaleups—or on the path to becoming scaleups—due to sustained revenue growth in recent years.
Description
ICEX Spain Trade and Investment (ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, E.P.E) and the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Berlin are organizing, for the first time, a Spain Pavilion in Munich.
This call offers you the opportunity to learn how to access and scale within the German startup ecosystem and connect with top-tier international contacts.
In 2024, the event brought together 5,000 attendees from over 50 countries, hosted more than 1,000 startups, 500 investors, and 200 speakers, and facilitated over 30,000 one-to-one meetings—offering truly unique networking opportunities.
For 2025, the event will follow this structure:
- September 29–30: Two days of conferences, exhibition space, and one-to-one meetings with over 200 speakers and more than 1,000 investors, held at Messe München.
- October 1: A final day of networking and meetings at Munich’s Oktoberfest, featuring themed tables led by ecosystem experts (“table captains”). A unique opportunity to expand your network and exchange ideas.
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Benefit
To help the selected companies maximize their presence and networking opportunities.
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Requirements
- Companies must be legally established in Spain.
- The main business activity must fall within the technology sector.
- Authorization must be granted to the Department of Customs and Excise Duties of the Spanish Tax Agency to share the applicant company’s foreign trade data with ICEX.
- The company must have an active website at the time of application submission, which must remain active throughout the duration of the obligations derived from this call.
For startups, the following additional criteria must be met and proven:
- Must be technology-based companies founded in 2015 or later.
- Must have had an annual turnover of more than 1 million euros in the last fiscal year, with sustained growth over the past three years.
- Must have annual financial statements covering at least four full years.