• The agreement allows the healthcare company to become more involved in Barcelona’s healthcare innovation ecosystem, and to boost collaboration between all its agents.

• Tech Barcelona reinforces its strategy for structuring business innovation in the health and life sciences sector by launching Pier07 at Via Laietana 26.

• Uriach reaffirms its commitment to promoting innovation in its sector: self-care with natural products powered by science.

Barcelona, 16 March 2023. – The health and wellness company Uriach becomes a Tech Barcelona Partner to demonstrate its involvement in the city’s health and life sciences innovation ecosystem. The collaboration agreement allows for a greater connection between the company and entrepreneurial talent and reinforces the association’s strategy to link all the actors involved in the sector and solve needs through technology.

As part of its strategy, Tech Barcelona recently inaugurated Pier07 at Via Laietana 26, a benchmark space for business innovation in the health and life sciences sector. This building is a meeting and collaboration point for startups, pharmaceutical companies, investors, institutions, universities, research centers, and the public health system, all actively participating in the contents and activities of the association.

For Oriol Segarra, CEO of Uriach, “Innovation is part of our DNA. It is key to the development of new natural products that, powered by science, we are sure are the best way to improve health and well-being. Collaborating with startups from the Tech Barcelona ecosystem will help us to be even more agile and efficient in our innovation processes”.

Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, highlights the importance of involving large pharmaceutical companies such as Uriach in Barcelona’s healthcare ecosystem, one of the country’s strategic pillars. “The implementation of technology in the health and life sciences sector is crucial to accelerate its impact on citizens and the health system,” says Martí.

• The agreement allows the German company to be further involved in the development and cooperation of Barcelona’s health innovation ecosystem.

• Tech Barcelona reinforces its strategy to vertebrate business innovation in the health and life sciences sector with the imminent opening of Pier07 in Via Laietana 26

• Under its objective to become a leader in digital innovation in the pharmaceutical industry and a key site for the group globally, Boehringer Ingelheim plans to continue investing in its digital and technological hubs in Sant Cugat del Vallès in the coming years

Barcelona, February 9, 2023. – The German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim joins Tech Barcelona as a Corporate Partner. Its incorporation allows a greater involvement of the company in the development of the innovation ecosystem in health and life sciences in Barcelona. In addition, the agreement reinforces the association’s strategy to connect all the agents involved in the value chain of the health sector to solve needs detected through technology.

Tech Barcelona will launch Pier07, a hub of reference in business innovation in the health and life sciences sector, reaffirming the association’s commitment to public and private actors in the sector. The building, located at Via Laietana 26, will house startups, pharmaceutical companies, investors, institutions, universities, research centres and the public health system, which will be represented and actively participate in the contents and activities of the association.

In its commitment to sustainability, not only of the environment, but also of the communities where it is present, Boehringer Ingelheim contributes to the generation of job opportunities, in this case, with the investment in its digital and technological hubs in Sant Cugat del Vallès. This type of centre represents a development for the region, the universities and the community in general. In the last year, the company has allocated 13 million euros to technological projects and plans to continue investing in the coming years. The company’s goal is to become a leader in digital innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.

For Esther Donado, Medical Transformation & Innovation Lead at Boehringer Ingelheim Spain, “signing this agreement with Tech Barcelona allows Boehringer Ingelheim to join Barcelona’s innovation ecosystem, connect with key players such as technology companies and startups, and contribute to the evolution of the healthcare world. This fits with our commitment to transforming the lives of people and animals for present and future generations, as it allows us to be an active part of the process of technological transformation and to get closer to the needs of healthcare professionals, as well as patients, who are at the centre of all our decisions”.

Marieta Ramos, Head of the IT HUB at Boehringer Ingelheim Spain, recognises this agreement as fundamental in the strategy that the company is carrying out in its trajectory, within the technological and digital framework in Spain with its HUBs, which currently employ 340 people and continue to grow in 2023 with a growth forecast of more than 10%.

For his part, Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, assures that “the incorporation of Boehringer Ingelheim as Corporate Partner reaffirms the involvement of large pharmaceutical companies in the health ecosystem of Barcelona, one of the strategic pillars of the country. The application of technology in the health and life sciences sector is crucial because it will accelerate its impact at all levels: citizens, the health system and professionals in the sector”.

• The agreement allows one of Europe’s leading fashion groups to engage with Barcelona’s technological and digital ecosystem.

Barcelona, January 30th, 2023. – Mango, one of Europe’s leading groups in the fashion industry, has joined Tech Barcelona as a Global Partner with the aim of engaging with Barcelona’s technological and digital ecosystem. This incorporation allows Mango, as an agent with a long history in the retail and e-commerce sector, to actively participate in the generation of knowledge and debate on the present and future of both sectors.

In addition, the agreement will broaden and deepen Mango’s connection with the entrepreneurial ecosystem, corporations and institutions committed to digitalisation and innovation. In this regard, in April 2022 the company created Mango StartUp Studio, a fashion startup accelerator whose mission is to promote innovation, detect growth opportunities and participate in the development of new technologies or business models. Mango StartUp Studio seeks companies or ideas in the development phase to carry out seed capital investments that bring innovation to the value chain of the fashion industry and improve the customer experience.

“At Mango, innovation and technology are part of our essence and DNA. For this reason, we are particularly excited to be part of Tech Barcelona, a collaboration that will allow us to move forward in our digital transformation process hand in hand with one of the top leaders of the digital and technological ecosystem in Barcelona, as well as an international benchmark organisation,” says Elena Carasso, Online and Customer Director at Mango.

For Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, “Mango represents a great success story in the retail and e-commerce sectors, so its involvement in Tech Barcelona will expand the connections and synergies needed to innovate and facilitate the digital transformation of the sector. In addition, being able to count on Mango’s leadership and experience in Tech Barcelona’s activities and content will undoubtedly help startups, corporations and institutions solve new challenges with technology at their core”.

The agreement also gives the company access to Tech Barcelona’s dynamic working groups, organised to identify technological solutions, share challenges and knowledge and support participants’ public policy strategies.

• The agreement opens up business opportunities abroad for startups in the Barcelona ecosystem

• The public business entity will have a physical presence at Pier01, the association’s headquarters

Barcelona, January 25th, 2023. – ICEX Spain Export and Investment has signed a collaboration agreement with Tech Barcelona, a private non-profit association that promotes the city’s technological and digital ecosystem, to promote the internationalisation of startups and facilitate their business opportunities abroad.

For ICEX, the importance of the agreement with Tech Barcelona stems from the need to channel towards international technology hubs in Spain the business opportunities that ICEX instruments represent in terms of supporting the technological and innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the idea of joining forces with leading entities.

Tech Barcelona, through the Urban Tech Campus, and mainly Pier01, where the association’s headquarters are located, has become a meeting point for the different actors that make up Barcelona’s technological and digital ecosystem, fostering innovative development and decisive contacts between agents in the ecosystem.

For this reason, ICEX has established a physical presence at Pier 01 to better understand the characteristics and needs of the Barcelona ecosystem and to develop its informative work on international business opportunities for the companies located there, as well as promotion supported by the new ICEX instruments.

Chema Blasco, Director of Infrastructure, Health and ICT at ICEX, explains that “the protocol signed between ICEX and Tech Barcelona, as well as the contracting of a physical space for ICEX at Pier01, responds to the interest of reaching more actors of the technological and innovative entrepreneurship ecosystem in Barcelona with information about commercial promotion instruments for the startup ecosystem managed by ICEX, which are proving to be successful”.

According to Blasco, “there is no better way to do this than hand in hand with a partner like Tech Barcelona, as it opens up the possibility of incorporating ICEX into existing activities in the ecosystem and creating new joint actions with actors in the Barcelona ecosystem in terms of business development abroad for startups, attracting talent, funds and top foreign startups and promoting open innovation, and thus providing continuity in a more specialised way to the important work that the Territorial Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism/ICEX in Barcelona has been doing. The clients that receive ICEX services are to a large extent startups, scaleups, corporations and investment funds in the ecosystem”. Finally, he confirmed that “this example can serve as a model for collaboration in other key cities in the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem”.

Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, assures that “we work to provide the ecosystem with the maximum resources to grow and promote the international expansion of startups and scaleups. For Tech Barcelona, the international relevance of the ecosystem is a strategic priority, and having ICEX close by must contribute to accelerating this process”.

• The startup offers solutions based on artificial intelligence and Big Data with the aim of identifying and retaining technological talent

• Tech Barcelona has promoted different initiatives such as Tech Up Nights, Workshops and Working Groups to address the challenges of the future of work

Barcelona, 23 November 2022. – Talent Match, a human resources consultancy based in Barcelona, joins Tech Barcelona as a Corporate Partner. This agreement will allow the Catalan startup, which offers innovative solutions based on artificial intelligence and big data, to become more involved in attracting and retaining talent in Barcelona’s technological and digital ecosystem.

Talent Match has a matchmaking platform that collects the characteristics and preferences of each candidate to cross-reference them with the requirements of the vacancies offered by companies. On the other hand, it also applies data engineering techniques through which it analyses the data generated by employees, with the aim of understanding their needs and predicting future situations.

In Barcelona, the demand for technological profiles grew by 40% in 2021, while the supply of available profiles only grew by 10%, according to the Digital Talent Overview 2022. Given this situation, the partnership with Talent Match aims to identify the most innovative tools to improve and facilitate the selection process; retaining the best talent in the city through technology.

Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, assures that “innovation in human resources must be a priority for startups and corporations to be able to attract and retain the best talent, especially in a market as competitive as the technological one. Having allies like Talent Match will undoubtedly facilitate this process for all players in the ecosystem, and will position Barcelona both nationally and internationally as the ideal city to work in”.

In the words of Guillem Llacuna and Jordi Valenzuela, co-founders of Talent Match, “at Talent Match we consider Tech Barcelona a reference within the startup ecosystem in Europe. For Talent Match, as a startup linked to the field of talent and technology, it is a pleasure to be part of it and to be able to do our bit by working together with other technology companies that also see the area of talent as an opportunity to innovate and a key factor in the success of any company”.

Tech Barcelona, as a private non-profit association representing more than 1,200 companies in the digital and technological ecosystem, works to anticipate the tools and trends that are transforming the future of work. That is why, this year, it has promoted different initiatives such as Tech Up Nights, Workshops and specialised Working Groups.