APTE Top 100 Startups 2025 is one of those announcements you celebrate with excitement… and with a little extra vertigo, because you know how high the bar is out there. This year feels like that for us: MNX Online has been selected again for APTE’s Top 100 Startups 2025, making it three consecutive editions.
The list was made official yesterday, Tuesday 16 December 2025, and it brings together 100 startups based in science and technology parks across Spain, spanning 43 parks in 15 autonomous communities.
What APTE’s Top 100 is — and why it matters
The APTE Top 100 is published by the Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks and highlights the most outstanding startups located in parks within its network.
It works as a national showcase: APTE publishes key information about each company (sector, technology park, revenue/employment ranges, investment, etc.) with a clear purpose — to give visibility to entrepreneurial talent and bring it onto the industry’s radar, including potential investors, partners, and organisations looking for applied innovation.
For us, being on this list does not mean “winning a prize” in the traditional sense (there is no financial award), but it does bring something highly valuable: recognition and national visibility in an increasingly competitive context.
What it means for MNX Online this year
Being recognised for the third year in a row reinforces something we often say internally: when you build technology with purpose, method, and consistent commitment, it shows.
This recognition comes at a particularly intense moment for us: national and European projects, the evolution of our data spaces work, and an even stronger focus on smart tourism, sustainability, and new approaches where interoperability and “clear rules” are no longer theory — they are a requirement.
And this year it feels especially meaningful because, honestly, we didn’t take anything for granted. We know the level out there and how competitive a national list becomes as companies professionalise, mature, and raise the standard. That is why this brings something our sector values enormously: credibility, and the sense that what we are building — from Fuerteventura, with an international outlook — is being seen and understood.
Canary Islands in the Top 100: sustained presence (and an extra reason to celebrate in Fuerteventura)
This year’s list includes six startups based in Canary Islands technology parks: four in Tenerife, one in Gran Canaria, and MNX Online as the only one from Fuerteventura.
Beyond the numbers, the interesting point is this: the Canary Islands maintain their presence in a demanding national list, competing on the same field as the rest of the country. And for us, being recognised from a non-capital island comes with an extra layer of satisfaction. Logistics do make everyday work harder here (agendas, connections, timelines), so when national recognition lands in Fuerteventura, it is appreciated… and celebrated.
An important note we want to highlight: female leadership
APTE’s publication also highlights a figure we consider relevant: 42 out of the 100 startups have at least one woman in a senior management role.
At MNX Online, the leadership team is Mannix and Jessica, and we are glad to be part of that percentage. Not as a label, but as the reflection of how we build the company: responsibility, judgement, and decision-making are shared genuinely, with balance and without gender distinction.
The role of technology parks: a special mention to Fuerteventura Technology Park
The APTE Top 100 also puts the spotlight on something we value a lot from the inside: science and technology parks as infrastructure to attract, host, and drive innovation. In the Canary Islands there are three parks: Tenerife Science and Technology Park (PCTT), Gran Canaria Technology Park (PTGC), and Fuerteventura Technology Park (PTFue).
For us, day-to-day work happens here at Fuerteventura Technology Park, which is part of APTE’s member network. Located near the former Los Estancos Airport (the island’s first airport), it has a unique symbolism: a place that served as a gateway to the island between 1951 and 1969 and that today, for many companies, is a launchpad for national and European projects.
Working from this building helps: it is open, bright, and accessible — designed for hosting, meeting, and getting work done (offices and training rooms, open areas, meeting rooms, cafeteria, auditorium, co-working spaces…). You can also see a commitment to sustainability and efficiency that matches the future we want to help build from here.
And perhaps most importantly, the Park provides a base to keep building an ecosystem (people, connections, shared projects, real collaboration) so that the building becomes much more than a good building — even though, like any territory, there is always room for improvement. We will continue doing our part: contributing and building bridges.
What sits behind it: data, clear rules, and tourism with real impact
If we had to summarise what we have been defending over these years, it is this: digital transformation in destinations is not about adding more tools — it is about organising data and turning it into decisions.
In our case, we focus especially on data spaces applied to tourism, with an approach that combines:
- real interoperability (so different systems can understand each other),
- security and control (identity, permissions, agreements),
- and usefulness for the territory (measurable sustainability, efficiency, better coordination between stakeholders).
APTE’s listing reflects that focus: our activity is described around data spaces and secure information exchange with trust and interoperability, applied to sectors such as tourism and sustainability, grounded in European standards and open technologies.
And if this year’s recognition feels especially rewarding, it is because it does not feel like an isolated milestone — it feels like the natural continuation of what we have been building: team, method, partnerships, and an increasingly mature value proposition.
What we will do with this recognition: put it to work
Recognition is nice… but the best part is when it helps create real opportunities.
Last year we already saw that, used well, this recognition helps open conversations and opportunities. That is why we are repeating in 2026: we will be back at Transfiere (Málaga), 24–26 February 2026, to keep sharing what we are doing and, above all, to meet those who want to build.
If you will be there and want to talk about data spaces, interoperability and standards, smart tourism, real impact use cases, or collaboration in national and European projects, we would love to put a face to the conversation. (And if we do not cross paths in Málaga, we can always schedule a call and take it forward just as well.)
Thank you: to those who add, push, and trust
This Top 100 is also thanks to:
- the team that sustains day-to-day excellence,
- the organisations and partners who trust us,
- the ecosystem people who recommend, connect, and open doors,
- and all those “corridor conversations” that, over time, become projects.
Thank you for being with us another year. Being in the APTE Top 100 for the third year running is a joy, yes — but above all, it is a responsibility: to keep working from Fuerteventura with the same idea as always — building serious, useful, competitive technology with our feet on the ground. And yes: today we celebrate a little… and tomorrow we get back to it.
We keep going!
