Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer

Name

Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer

Legal name

FUNDACIÓN FULGENCIO MESEGUER

Website

https://fundacionfulgenciomeseguer.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer is a Spanish non-profit foundation that delivers free entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and rural-development programs in Jaén province, Andalusia, serving entrepreneurs, family SMEs, and vulnerable youth through multiple branded programs and a public-grant/patronage funding model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Profit Entrepreneurship Support Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Educational Support Services (61171)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAKAB

Community Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

SECONDARYEDAMAHAB

Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Entrepreneurship & Business Enrichment

SECONDARYBPAGAKAH

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship support programs
• Business training programs
• Rural development programs
• Professional orientation services
• Workforce skills training

Headquarters

HQ city

Jaén

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Mecenazgo / Patronage and Donations: The foundation operates as a non-profit entity sustained primarily through donations and patronage agreements (mecenazgo) with private companies, public institutions, and individuals. Companies make annual donations as part of corporate social responsibility and patronage contracts, contributing to the foundation's operational capacity to run entrepreneurship programs.
2. Public Grants and Subsidies: The foundation receives co-financing and subsidies from public bodies including the Provincial Government of Jaén (Diputación de Jaén), Fundación La Caixa, CaixaBank (Tierra de Oportunidades programme), the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (for the UOP service), and EU funds (FEDER). These grants fund specific projects such as Emprendiendo Rural Jaén, Barrios Inteligentes Jaén, and Releva Pyme.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Jaén, Spain, that promotes entrepreneurship, training, and socioeconomic development, primarily in Andalusia. It delivers a portfolio of training, mentorship, and accompaniment programs aimed at entrepreneurs, SMEs, youth, rural populations, family businesses, and the academic community, supported by a Moodle-based virtual campus and a Fab-Lab fabrication laboratory.

Product overview

Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer operates as a foundation focused on entrepreneurship support and socioeconomic development in Andalusia, particularly Jaén province. The organization functions as a unified ecosystem combining multiple programs rather than a traditional product company. The core portfolio includes: 1,2,3, emprende (comprehensive entrepreneurship training and mentoring), Campus Virtual (Moodle-based e-learning platform), multiple editions of Emprendiendo Rural Jaén (rural entrepreneurship support), Releva Pyme (business succession), Barrios Inteligentes Jaén (digital skills for youth), Reskilling (technical training), and the Cátedra Universitaria de Emprendimiento (university research chair). Programs range from youth entrepreneurship (MBA League, Jóvenes Rurales) to rural development, self-employment support, and professional orientation services. The ecosystem is unified by shared physical infrastructure (Edificio 1,2,3, Emprende) and the Campus Virtual platform, with projects co-financed by partners like CaixaBank, Fundación LaCaixa, and the Provincial Council of Jaén.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 1,2,3, emprende: Main entrepreneurship support program offering training, mentorship, and acceleration services for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Jaén province.
• Cátedra Universitaria de Emprendimiento Fulgencio Meseguer
• MBA League
• Campus Virtual

Products and services

• 1,2,3, emprende
• Campus Virtual
• MBA League
• Emprendiendo Rural Jaén
• Emprende en Agricultura de Precisión
• 1,2,3, emprende Jóvenes Rurales
• 1,2,3, emprende Autoempleo
• 1,2,3, IMPULSA Jaén
• Premios 123 Innova ADN
• Programa de Acompañamiento a las AJEs de Andalucía
• Cátedra Universitaria de Emprendimiento Fulgencio Meseguer
• Releva Pyme
• Reskilling
• Unidad de Orientación Profesional (UOP)
• Barrios Inteligentes Jaén
• Cultura y creación artística
• Fab-Lab

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 rural entrepreneurship projects awarded €1,000 each per edition (Emprendiendo Rural I–IV)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and minor.

• Ayuntamiento de JaéncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe City Council of Jaén collaborates on multiple programs including hosting the foundation's headquarters in the 1,2,3, emprende building (located in a rehabilitated former Chamber of Commerce building), co-organizing events, and providing in-kind support. An agreement was reached to allocate space for entrepreneurship promotion in the city.
• Universidad de Jaén (UJA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation co-founded the Cátedra Universitaria de Emprendimiento Fulgencio Meseguer with UJA (signed November 2022) for research, teaching, and knowledge transfer on entrepreneurship. The Cátedra produces the GEM Jaén report, GUESSS Jaén study, and other entrepreneurship research. UJA students participate in foundation programs and the foundation hosts events at UJA.
• AJE – Asociación de Jóvenes Empresarios (8 provincial associations in Andalucía)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe foundation signed a patronage agreement with all eight AJE provincial associations in Andalucía (2024), contributing €6,000 annually. It sponsors and participates in the AJE Andalucía awards across all provinces and co-organizes programs such as 'Negocios a la Carta' events. AJEs refer entrepreneurs to foundation programs and promote them to their networks.
• Cátedra Ávolo de Empresa Familiar (Universidad de Jaén)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on the Releva Pyme project to support family business succession in Jaén province. The Cátedra contributed to designing the project's diagnostic survey, analyzing results, and organizing the first Provincial Encounter of Family Businesses (October 2024).
• PROA – Plataforma 8.20 de Empresarios y ProfesionalesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresident Fulgencio Meseguer is a member of PROA, a platform of relevant businesspeople and professionals in Jaén province. PROA members collaborate on entrepreneurial initiatives and provide networking opportunities for foundation beneficiaries.
• SECOT – Seniors Españoles para la Cooperación TécnicaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSECOT seniors contribute as volunteer mentors and advisors to foundation programs, providing their professional experience to entrepreneurs and SMEs accompanied by the foundation. SECOT Jaén participates in Emprendiendo Rural Jaén as a collaborating entity.
• Cruz Roja Española – Provincial de JaénminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organized the I Employment and Training Fair in Jaén (December 2023), attended by ~500 people. Also a collaborating entity in the Barrios Inteligentes Jaén project, contributing to the reach and impact of the digital skills program for vulnerable youth.
• Fundación Don BoscominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborates on the Barrios Inteligentes Jaén project as an implementing entity, contributing its experience in youth social inclusion and technical training. Provides transversal competencies training to beneficiaries.
• Cáritas Diocesana de JaénminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborating entity in the Barrios Inteligentes Jaén project, leveraging its network to reach vulnerable young people who could benefit from the foundation's digital skills training program.
• UNED JaénminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSigned a collaboration agreement to promote entrepreneurial culture through the UNED network, extending the foundation's reach to distance learning students and professionals in the province.
• Fundación Andalucía EmprendeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSigned a collaboration agreement to promote entrepreneurship, self-employment, and the social economy in Andalucía, leveraging Andalucía Emprende's network of business incubators and support centers across the region.
• Fundación Laboral de la Construcción – AndalucíaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration agreement signed in June 2022 to share training and business development actions, combining the foundation's entrepreneurship expertise with the Fundación Laboral's vocational training capabilities.
• Real Jaén Club de EmpresasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConvenio signed in March 2025 to strengthen entrepreneurship and support local SMEs by creating synergies and new opportunities that drive economic development and business cooperation in the province of Jaén.
• Instituto de Posgrado CEU AndalucíaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized the Programa de Transformación Directiva (PTD), two editions of which were delivered at the 1,2,3, emprende building (2022), providing senior management training to entrepreneurs and professionals in Jaén.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CEEI Andalusia (BIC Euronova / Red CEEI): Centro Europeo de Empresas e Innovación, a network of business incubation centres supporting innovative startups and SMEs across Andalusia. Directly comparable as it provides incubation, training and acceleration services to early-stage entrepreneurs in the same region, though it focuses more on tech/innovation-led ventures.
• Fundación Andalucía Emprende: Public Andalusian foundation operating the regional network of business incubators (CADE) for entrepreneurs and SMEs. Most directly comparable to Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer because it serves the same geography, the same entrepreneur/SME segments, and runs training, mentoring, and incubation programs — though at a much larger scale and with public funding rather than private philanthropy.
• SECOT (Seniors Españoles para la Cooperación Técnica): Spanish association of senior volunteers providing free mentoring to entrepreneurs and SMEs. Directly comparable as it is already a collaborating entity in Emprendiendo Rural Jaén and contributes volunteer mentors — making it both a peer and a partner in the foundation's programs.
• Fundación Princesa de Girona: Spanish foundation focused on youth empowerment, education and entrepreneurship with programs targeting young entrepreneurs across Spain. Highly comparable in mission (youth entrepreneurship, mentoring, awards — including the 'Premios FPdGi' similar to Tierra de Oportunidades) and in using a mix of regional hubs, training programs, and competitions.
• EOI (Escuela de Organización Industrial): Spanish government business school offering postgraduate programs, executive education, and entrepreneurship training, with a strong presence in Andalusia and active sustainability/digital transition programs. Comparable because it delivers free or subsidised entrepreneurship training funded by public grants, including specific rural and SME-focused initiatives (e.g., 'Programa de impulso al emprendimiento rural').
• CISE – Centro Internacional Santander Emprendimiento: Santander Group-affiliated entrepreneurship centre promoting entrepreneurship education, startup support and impact entrepreneurship in Spain. Comparable mission (entrepreneurship support with a focus on social impact and education), backed by a major financial institution, and runs programs targeting rural and university entrepreneurship.

Broad incumbents

• Fundación Bancaria 'la Caixa': One of Spain's largest private foundations, running nationwide social, employment, educational and entrepreneurship programs (including the 'CaixaBank Tierra de Oportunidades' that co-finances the foundation's rural program). A peer in mission and program types, and a key funder/partner of Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer.
• Fundación Telefónica: Large Spanish corporate foundation running nationwide digital skills, employment and entrepreneurship programs (e.g., 42, Conecta Empleo, Think Big). Comparable in mission (employment/entrepreneurship support) and program structure (training + mentorship + free delivery), but operates at national scale with much larger budgets and a corporate-backed funding model.
• Fundación ONCE: Spanish foundation promoting employment, training and social inclusion for people with disabilities, with a strong presence in Andalusia. Comparable in being a large private foundation using EU/national grants to deliver free training and employment programs — though its mission centres on disability inclusion rather than general entrepreneurship.

Regional players

• Cruz Roja Española (Provincial Jaén): Spanish Red Cross provincial branch in Jaén that co-organises employment and training fairs with Fundación Fulgencio Meseguer (~500 attendees in Dec 2023). Comparable because it delivers social/employment programs targeting vulnerable populations in the same province, including the youth and unemployed segments served by Barrios Inteligentes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fundacionfulgenciomeseguer5073
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundfmeseguer
• Xx.com/fundfmeseguer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundfmeseguer

Compliance2 records

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Profiles5 records

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