#9 of 60
Best city for start-ups
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biotechnological industry
pharmaceutical industry
capital investment into Spain
jobs created
projects received
of population
of GDP
of R&D investment
of all Spanish exports
Sources
ACCIÓ based on FDI Markets (data 2012-2016), Farmaindustria, Asebio
#9 of 60
Best city for start-ups
Percentage of exits separated by MOIC
MOIC - Multiple on Invested Capital = exit value/VC raised
Note: The chart only includes companies with confirmed exit amounts. Return multiples for some of the more prolific start-up communities throughout Europe.
Sources
#9 of 60 best city for start-ups: EDCi European Digital City Index 2016
Barcelona, Among the Top Five European Tech Hubs: “Ten Tech Hubs: European wireless clusters that make industry and jobs grow”. Science/Business, Huawei
Shared electronic medical records; primary care; hospital network, clinical trials
Independence of centers, open talent recruitment (ICREA)
(in Europe; per million inhabitants)
Sources
Biocat Directory (Feb. 2017)
In the top 100 best biomedical centers in the world
World institution in chemistry
World institution in physics
Among the top scientific production universities in the world
UB
Among the 200 best in the world
UB, UAB
Among the 50 best under 50 years
URV, UAB, UPF
Sources
Government of Catalonia
CRG: 9th in the top 100 best biomedical centers in the world: Scimago Report (SIR 2013)
ICIQ: 1st world institution in chemistry: Max Plank Institute (2014)
ICFO: 1st world institution in physics: Max Plank Institute (2013)
1 university among the 49 top universities in the world in scientific production (UB): URAP (2015-2016)
2 universities among the 50 best under 50 years (UB, UAB): TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (2015)
3 universities among the 50 best under 50 years (URV, UAB, UPF): QS TOP-50 UNIVERSITIES UNDER 50 YEARS (2014)
Denmark
Finland
Austria
Catalonia
Israel
Switzerland
Catalonia has attracted 73% more funds from the H2020 than the two first years of the FP7 (7th Framework Programme)
Sources
AGAUR from Eurostat 2013 / CORDA 2015
Cleanroom (CSIC)
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)
Barcelona Science Park (PCB)
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC - CNS)
Alba Synchrotron-Cells
National Genome Analysis Center (CNAG) & Omic Sciences (COS)
Sources
Farmaindustria, IASIST (2015), Government of Catalonia
Hospitals
Research
Centers
9,745 Biotech
11,408 Medtech
17,525 Pharma
7,998 Other
Sources
Biocat Directory (Feb. 2017), CERCA, Government of Catalonia and SABI
In Europe
In the world
Catalan public universities have a higher impact than the world average
Sources
Scopus / Observatori de la Recerca (OR-IEC), Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Informe CYD 2015
Only less than
10%
Netherlands
Switzerland
Catalonia
Israel
grants
inhabitants
In European Research Area (ERA)
In European Union
(per million inhabitants)
(per million inhabitants)
Director of Mount Sinai Heart (New York) Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), past President of the American Heart Association
New York
Director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute (New York). Internationally recognized leader in the study of cancer metastasis and cell behavior
New York
Research and Innovation Director at Hospital Clínic, Director of IDIBAPS (Barcelona) Responsible for the group Molecular pathology of lymphoid neoplasms of IDIBAPS Clinic
Barcelona
Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Director of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology
Barcelona
Physician-in-Chief and Chief Medical Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Coordinator of the Bioinformatics Programme at the Center for Genomics Regulation
Barcelona
871
companies
5%
Biotechnology Therapeutics & Diagnostics
13%
Biotechnology R&D services
11%
Biotechnology Other
25%
Suppliers & Engineering
17%
Professional services & consulting
10%
Medical Technology
10%
Healthtech
6%
Pharma
3%
Investment entities
Most of the companies are SME
GDP of Catalonia
Sources
Biocat Directory (Feb. 2017), SABI
6.78
6.49
5.75
54.35
47.56
33.10
33.10
25.19
15.20
11.83
(per million inhabitants)
Sources
KPMG & Venture Valuation
emerged from universities, research institutes & hospitals
the last 5 years
the last 5 years
Sources
Biotechgate. Biocat Directory (Feb. 2017). Companies that died are imputed on its foundation year.
(In %)
Of companies are trading their products into international markets
Sources
Biocat Internationalization Survey 2015
MAB: Spanish sub-market for smaller, growing companies
Funds received between 2015-2016
Sources
Biocat Directory (Feb. 2017)