Barcelona's ecosystem consolidates its position in Europe and reaches 1,900 startups

ACCIÓ’s latest report on the digital and technological ecosystem confirms the optimism of recent years, as 1,900 startups have been registered, directly employing 19,300 people. This is the result of a steady growth in the past years. This consolidates Barcelona as the main technological and digital hub in southern Europe. These figures reinforce Tech Barcelona’s commitment to boost the technological and digital ecosystem through the connection between all actors and the creation of synergies.

Technology has become the main actor of development: 47% of startups work linked to deep tech, 36% to artificial intelligence and big data, 14% to cloud and edge computing, 10% to automation, 9% to the Internet of Things, and the rest to connectivity, augmented reality and blockchain.

The objectives for the future are clear. ACCIÓ’s report considers that there are six ‘unicorns’ of Catalan origin –Adevinta, eDreams, Glovo, LetGo, Travelperk and Wallbox-, but the Government’s goal is to have 15 ‘unicorns’ by 2030, which would include companies such as Factorial, Paak, Wallapop or Red Point in the select group.

You can check out the following articles about the subject:

• “Cataluña suma 1.900 ‘start-ups’, un 11% más que en 2020“, La Vanguardia.
• “Las ‘start-ups’ catalanas captan una inversión récord anual de 1.479 millones“, El País.
• “Cataluña quiere pasar de 6 a 15 ‘startup’ unicornio para 2030“, El Economista.
• “Catalunya llega a las 1.900 empresas emergentes“, The New Barcelona Post.