This document discusses Catalonia's growing innovation hub status in Europe. It notes that in 2018, 17 multinationals announced new innovation set-ups in Catalonia. It also summarizes that Barcelona is ranked 34th worldwide and 8th in Europe for science output. Furthermore, the document highlights that Catalonia is currently one of the leading scientific hubs in Europe based on metrics like ERC grants and publications in Nature and Science.

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In 2018, 17 multinationals
announced new innovation
set-ups in Catalonia
CATALONIA: A GROWING INNOVATION HUB IN EUROPE

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BARCELONA IS #34 IN SCIENCE OUTPUT WORLDWIDE (AND #8
IN EUROPE)
Source: Nature Index 2018 S cience Cities; Fig ures in the g raph represent the fractional count (FC), which takes into account the share of authorship on each article
152
219
231
238
239
270
291
322
334
412
467
481
546
560
672
938
1676
1808
1980
2142
Leuven (86)
Heidelberg (52)
Vienna (48)
Stockholm (46)
Copenhagen (45)
Lausanne (37)
Barcelona (34)
Toronto (32)
Melbourne (31)
Oxford (23)
Munic (22)
Berlin (20)
Zurich (18)
Cambridge (17)
London (14)
Paris (8)
San Francisco (4)
Boston (3)
New York (2)
Beijing (1)

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S W E D E N
382
333
252 248
190
140
101
0
200
400
600
SWE DEN AUS BEL CAT FIN IR
CATALONIA IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE LEADING SCIENTIFIC
HUBS IN EUROPE
Sources: AG AU R (2007-March 2018);Web of Science (2013-2017)
CATALONIA
IRELAND
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
FINLAND
BELGIUM
304 290 280
208
181 156
89
0
100
200
300
400
SWE BEL CAT AUS DEN FIN IR
ERC
Grants
Nature + Science

6. Source: Biocat
FINANCE RAISED IS ON UPWARD TREND, ESPECIALLY
REGARDING PRIVATE INVESTMENT (investment in startups, in €M)
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Investment that
creates value

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INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS ARE INCREASING
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
10 1 1 1
5
6
14
22
37
50
50
International
investors
Source:Biocat
(x10 in just 5 years)
United States
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
Norway
Mexico
Luxembourg
Italy
Israel
Ireland
Canada
China

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SUCCESS STORIES IN FUNDRAISING
Source:Biocat (October 2018)
€11-50 M
Invested
€1-10 M
Invested
2015 2016 2017 2018

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MOVING CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE TOWARDS PATIENTS
Source:Biocat and clinicaltrials.gov (2018)
20 new therapies
advancing the
pipeline

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THE LAST 12 MONTHS IN THE BIOREGION

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LIFE SCIENCES VENTURE FINANCING (€M) BY COUNTRY
(2000-2017)
Source: Crunchbase and Biocat
FINLAND CATALONIA AUSTRIA DENMARK BELGIUM SWEDEN IRELAND
1,778.8
1,034.5
289.2
1,491.3
1,125.5
592.8
483.5

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VISION 2025
2012
2019
2025

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Many hubs start-up…
just a few scale-up
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