Nearly 40 Catalan startups will showcase their technology at three major global industry conferences

Catalonia Trade & Investment and the Barcelona City Council, through the International Economic Promotion Directorate and Barcelona Activa, are supporting the participation of around 40 Catalan startups at three major global technology conferences.

These are SWITCH, taking place this week in Singapore; the Web Summit in Lisbon (November 11-14); and Slush in Helsinki (November 20-21), where Catalan companies will be represented for the first time.
 

The initiative is part of the "Barcelona-Catalonia Startup Ecosystem" program, jointly promoted by the Government of Catalonia and the City Council, aimed at strengthening international connections for Catalan startups and attracting startups, scaleups, and unicorns from around the globe to establish operations in Catalonia. This effort supports Barcelona and Catalonia’s positioning as a leading startup hub in Europe. 

Participating Catalan startups will showcase their technological solutions at these three international conferences in a shared stand hosted by the Government and Barcelona City Council.

In addition, the startups will have a complementary schedule of activities outside the main exhibitions, including networking sessions and meetings with companies in the tech ecosystem and potential international collaborators. At the SWITCH fair in Singapore, Catalonia Trade & Investment's External Trade and Investment Office in Singapore has also arranged a personalized agenda for each Catalan startup.

Participating startups

A total of 36 Catalan startups will showcase their technology at three key tech events. At Lisbon's Web Summit, participants will be AIMA Artificial Intelligence, AIRCURE TECH, AWAYTER, Bclowd Intelligence, BRICKBRO, CyberSec Hub, Dawa, Epinium, equito, Filmo App, FlamAid, Ibamu Legal, Into Reality, Kibus Petcare, Laia, Italabs, NanoChronia, Nemi Mobility Solutions, Process Talks, Rebroker Technologies, Repscan, Sustein Material, TECHWICH and Zoundtream

Five startups – AiMA Beyond AI, Blue Circular Innovation, Enso Coliving, Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, and Workdeck Digital Workplace – are attending SWITCH in Singapore.

Finally, the ten startups, COMISSIONS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, 2AwesomeStudio, AIMA Artificial Intelligence, Alternative Energy Solutions, equito, FutureFunded, INMERSIA COMPUTERS, Linking Realities, MEETOPTICS LABS and Workdeck Digital Workspace, will all be attending Slush in Helsinki.

Barcelona and Catalonia, a leading startup hub in Europe

The Analysis of the Startup Ecosystem in Catalonia 2023 report by ACCIÓ-Catalonia Trade & Investment shows that Catalonia's startup footprint is growing annually. There are currently 2,102 startups, a 4% increase from 2022, generating 20,600 jobs and with a combined revenue exceeding €2.1 billion. 

Catalonia's startup ecosystem focuses mainly on health (16.9%), business services and software (15.2%), and ICT/mobile (5.7%), with additional strength in sectors like food, fintech, and travel and leisure. According to the Analysis of the Startup Ecosystem in Catalonia 2023 report, 71% of these startups employ Industry 4.0 technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, IoT, and immersive technologies. 

The report is based on data from the Barcelona & Catalonia Startup Hub, a directory established by ACCIÓ-Catalonia Trade & Investment in 2016 to track fast-growing, emerging, scalable, globally oriented-tech startups under ten years old.