October 5, 2004 THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA’S MODEL FOR SUPPORTING START-UPS

October 5, 2004

THE UNIVERSITY OFBARCELONA’SMODEL FOR

SUPPORTING START-UPS

Centre d’Innovació, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera - Universitat de Barcelona

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The University of Barcelona’s Model for Supporting Start-UpsBU

Fundació Bosch i GimperaUniversitat de Barcelona

Centre d'Innovació

BOSCH I GIMPERA FOUNDATION

• Private non-profit organisation • Established in 1983• To facilitate the collaboration between the university and firms and institutions•Two specialised centres:

- THE INNOVATION CENTRE (Contracts administered: 38 million euros)- LES HEURES CONTINUING EDUCATION (Annual turnover: 10,8 million euros)


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• To turn UB research with market potential into new science- or technology-based companies.

• To offer UB researchers guidance and services to start new companies.

• To promote the entrepreneurial culture within the university environment.

THE BUSINESS CENTREObjectives:


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THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGE. SERVICES OFFERED:

-Project identification-Scientific evaluation of the project-Identification of the business concept-Access to seed capital

THE BUSINESS CENTRE


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- THE SET–UP STAGE. SERVICES OFFERED:

-Market studies-Development of the business plan-Protection of intellectual property

rights and registration of patents-Training for the entrepreneurs-Selection of the management team-Access to resources: risk capital or

industrial partners

THE BUSINESS CENTRE


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The Quasi-Enterprises programme: • Programme started in 1998 at UB.

• Objective:

• to help a research group to develop a professional approach to market.

• to improve internal control of the financial transactions of the group.

• A Quasi-Enterprise is a research group oriented to technological demand, that has acquired an additional structure - of management and promotion - that allows it to have a more fluent relation with the market.


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The Quasi-Enterprises programme: results• Year 2000: Internationalization of the programme (EU financing).

Consortium with:

• Techminho, Guimaraes (PORTUGAL)

• Area Science Park, Trieste (ITALY)

• 16 Quasi-E running.

• 6 of them incorporated as spin-off companies.

• Research areas:

• Computational linguistics.

• Applied Economy studies.

• Museology, architecture.

• Biotechnology.

• Chemistry: organic, electrochemistry, analysis.

• Pharmacy: formulation services, nutritional services


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Technological Trampolines Programme: description•Programme created in 2001 by CIDEM (Catalan government) and most of the Universities in Catalonia.

•OBJECTIVE: To promote entrepreneurship in technologically innovative projects.

•How does it work?

•Each University creates a Technological Trampoline to

•Evaluate ideas.

•Assist entrepreneurs to develop their projects.

•Incubate new projects financed by the programme.

•CIDEM evaluates projects coming from Universities and finances up to 60% of the project (max. € 100,000).

•Entrepreneurs must finance 40% of the project.


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Results at UB:

16 companies already incorporated

4 companies have venture capital investment

Some companies negotiating next rounds of financing

4 companies have industrial partners

6 companies at the Bioincubator


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For more information:

Ms. Carme VerdaguerDirector of the Business Centre Area

Bosch i Gimpera FoundationUniversity of Barcelona

Baldiri Reixac, 4-6- Torre D08028 Barcelona

Tel.: +34 93 448 94 30Fax: +34 93 448 94 34

E-mail: [email protected] www.fbg.ub.es

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