Barcelona, February 13, 2023. In a year that looked uncertain at the start given the general drop in investment and valuations in markets worldwide, health startups and scaleups in Catalonia have once again set all-time records, securing €445 million in investment. Funding through venture capital was again the main driver of this growth, with more than €343 million in total or 77% of all capital raised.
Foreign investment also continued to hit new highs. 95% of the venture capital raised was in operations with international investors. This brought...
2023 kicked off with a much-awaited announcement: the agreement to expand the Hospital Clinic Campus to Barcelona’s Diagonal area and create a great hub of knowledge in health. In addition to this project, many other new strategic initiatives, facilities and infrastructures kicked off in 2022 to bolster Catalonia’s strategic international positioning in health research, technology and innovation.
