Marbella will once again become a focal point for investment and entrepreneurship with the third edition of Startup OLÉ

Marbella will once again become a focal point for investment and entrepreneurship with the third edition of Startup OLÉ, scheduled for June 17 and 18, 2026, at the Adolfo Suárez Conference and Exhibition Centre. The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, and the Director General of Economic Development and SMEs, Alejandro Freijo, met this morning with the CEO of the event, Emilio Corchado, to advance planning for this initiative that will position the city as a national and international benchmark in the innovative ecosystem.

"We will have participants from events held in Miami, Salamanca, and other venues where this initiative takes place, which shows the global outreach of this meeting," Freijo stated. The municipal representative added that the third edition of this activity, which will bring together investors, startups, companies, corporations, and key entrepreneurship agents from all over Spain and globally, "is an essential event for the sector."

"The event will once again launch Marbella into the global scene of innovation and investment"

Emilio Corchado

CEO of Startup OLÉ

For his part, Corchado emphasized the strategic impact of the event for the locality and that "it will launch Marbella back onto the global scene of innovation and investment," he stated. The CEO noted that the meeting will allow gathering "a high level of international investors, corporations, startups, and media, that is, the entire ecosystem, with the aim of highlighting the growth the city is experiencing and continuing to drive its development."

In this regard, he highlighted the creation of an international community that connects different innovation hubs. "We are creating a virtuous triangle between Marbella, Miami, and Salamanca that enables mobility, investment, business, connections, and growth," he explained, noting that "this translates into wealth, which is synonymous with employment, especially skilled employment in the technological field."