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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.
Barcelona, March 22, 2021. In a year made difficult by the Covid-19 pandemic, the life sciences and healthcare sector in Catalonia reached an exceptional milestone. In 2020, health startups in the BioRegion managed to raise €226 million in investment, the most ever, doubling in just two years from €112 million in 2018.
The main source of this funding was venture capital, with a total of €140 million. There were 41 operations in total, up 58% from 2019. This data is from the final version of the “Investment in Startups” chapter of...
September drew to a close with good news for the life sciences and healthcare sector in a year when good news hasn’t exactly been abundant. The BioRegion of Catalonia Life Sciences and Healthcare Outlook 2020 - Challenges Ahead, a report compiled jointly by Biocat and CataloniaBio & HealthTech, has revealed that investment in startups in Catalonia so far this year has hit €120 million, well above the €112 million from all of 2019. Fall is bringing fresh air, literally and metaphorically, to the BioRegion.
Barcelona, September 28, 2020. With 3 months until the end of 2020, the life sciences and healthcare sector in Catalonia is flexing its muscles, in spite of expectations it would be a challenging year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In just 9 months, startups in the BioRegion (the life sciences and healthcare ecosystem in Catalonia, the most dynamic in Spain and one of the most active in southern Europe) have managed to raise €120 million in investment, well above the previous record from 2019, which was €112 million.
This data is from BioRegion...
