BME is part of the backbone of Spain's start-up ecosystem

As every year, BME supports the BIGBAN Investors Congress, the national event that brings together Business Angels, entrepreneurs, Family Offices, Corporates, VC's and all the agents of the Spanish investment ecosystem in Valencia.

The event, held every year in November, and which mixes sector panels with 1to1 meetings and networking areas, is a great opportunity to connect with investors from the startup and scale-up ecosystem, and candidate companies for the Pre-Market Environment and BME Growth.

It was in 2017 when BIGBAN and BME strengthened their relationship with the creation of Entorno Pre Mercado, BME's training and networking programme for companies that want to join the capital markets.

In this edition, Jesús González Nieto-Márquez, Managing Director of BME Growth, participated in the panel discussion "Success is in the exit" where he highlighted the capital markets not only as an efficient and liquid alternative for investment exit, but also for follow-up. Among the topics that set the pace of the debate were: the evolution of BME Growth's liquidity thanks to the growth in the number of institutional investors and the advantages of BME Growth as a consolidated and efficient market for SMEs in Spain and Europe.

One of the big winners of the event was the company Energy Solar Tech, which during the "Private Investment Night" gala was awarded the prize for "Start-up that has most seduced investors 2022". Energy Solartech is a company in the energy sector whose mission is to facilitate the migration of companies to renewable energies. This start-up, founded in 2020, has used the Pre-Market Environment since 2021 as a steppingstone to join BME Growth in December 2022.