The 2022 BioRegion of Catalonia Report, promoted by Biocat since 2009 and presented this month in front of over 600 people in Barcelona, shows a sector that is sustainably growing and beating historic records in funding for startups and scaleups, M&A operations, investors, and international capital investment, as well as offering excellent indicators in clinical trials and scientific publications.
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.
AXA Auditorium, Barcelona
The 2021 BioRegion Report, promoted by Biocat with CataloniaBio & HealthTech and ACCIÓ, shows the sector’s evolution in a year marked by efforts in health innovation, and with European and global challenges in its sights.
