# Nine Andalusian startups enter the Top101 Spain Up Nation selection > The October 18 release reports nine selected companies each for Andalusia and Valencia, and ten for Madrid. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Business - Country: Spain - Published: 2026-10-19T09:46:57+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-19T09:46:57+00:00 - Source review period: 2026-10 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026.md) *The source does not state the event date; the period shown is the source review period.* Andalusia’s government announced that nine regional startups had entered the third Top101 Spain Up Nation selection. Its October 18 release lists nine companies each for Andalusia and Valencia and ten for Madrid. The national selection covers 101 startups chosen from 367 applications, with the awards ceremony planned for November 18 at Riojafórum in Logroño. Andalusian examples include data-analysis and AI company Heuristik, water-treatment specialist HidroniFiltrador, agrifood innovator M2R Agrofarm and renewable-energy venture Pretium Renovables. ## Data ### Nine Andalusian startups enter the Top101 Spain Up Nation selection Methodology: Selected-company counts for three autonomous regions reported in the October 18 release. The table does not cover every region and its rows are not a sum to the national 101. Selection and the ceremony planned for November 18 are separate. | Autonomous region | Selected companies | |---|---| | Andalusia | 9 | | Valencian Community | 9 | | Community of Madrid | 10 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026/data/selected-companies-reported-regions?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/nine-andalusian-startups-selected-top101-spain-up-nation-2026/data/selected-companies-reported-regions?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Junta de Andalucía]() (Source checked: 2026-10-19; Published: 2026-10-18) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)