The 19 centers from all over Spain that have met in Cádiz have strengthened contacts, shared experiences and will continue this type of meetings
Each of the incubators, belonging to diverse sectors such as aquaculture, biotechnology, cybersecurity, water or agri-food, among others, has presented its trajectory and evolution and the entrepreneurship cases developed in its facilities.
The president of the INCYDE Foundation, José Luis Bonet, has visited the Consortium's Headquarters and signed the Book of Honor
The 19 high-tech incubators of the Incyde network that have participated in the First Meeting of this type of centers held yesterday and today in the Free Zone of Cádiz have made a very positive assessment of the days and have decided to give continuity to these forums that give visibility to entrepreneurship and the work carried out by incubators.
During the two days, held at the Incubazul facilities in the Europa building of the Cádiz tax precinct, the centers from all over Spain have presented the very positive results that they are achieving in the incubators through the acceleration of the companies that set up shop.
Each of them has presented the activity they carry out, not only in their territory or geographical area but also internationally (the number of international companies incubated in the network amounts to 25%) and also in their scope of action, since They belong to very diverse sectors, a fact that has enriched the meeting space and has made all of them come out with renewed strength by sharing experiences and they have all agreed to point out that they have been nourished by ideas that can serve them for the future development of their activity.
In this sense, they have insisted that the shared ideas and the synergies developed between them have been of great value for the centers themselves and their startups since "this way of sharing experience and the work developed encourages us to continue making efforts in this work and provides us with new ideas as added value,” they stressed.
The high-tech incubators, for the implementation of which Incyde has invested a total of 31.7 million euros co-financed by FEDER funds, are spread throughout the Spanish territory (Extremadura, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia, Galicia, Asturias, Aragon, Catalonia, Castilla y León and Valencia) and are focused on the transfer of technology from strategic sectors worldwide such as astrophysics, biotechnology, aquaculture, cybersecurity, water, sports, health and agri-food, among others.
This first edition of the Meeting of High Technology Incubators has been chaired by the president of the INCYDE Foundation, José Luis Bonet, the delegate of the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz, Fran González, and the deputy director general of management of the European Regional Development Fund , Anatolio Alonso Pardo, an indispensable tool in the creation and implementation of this network, through the FEDER funds managed by INCYDE. They were in charge of opening the meeting yesterday and welcoming the attendees.
Natalia Vázquez, Feder project director of the Incyde Foundation, spoke during the first day and presented interesting data about the incubator network and the startups and microSMEs incubated in the network centers.
In this way, the participants have learned global data of the incubator network that currently houses more than 670 entrepreneurs and microSMEs and is expected to reach 2,500 in the next 3 years with a generation of 45,000 direct jobs and an investment of 375 millions of euros.
Project director Feder of Incyde added that in the next 3 years each of the incubated startups will have made an average investment of 150,000 euros, 85,000 of them with their own funds, 15,000 with funds obtained from public subsidies and 50,000 with funds obtained from investments. private.
During this morning, Bonet visited the facilities of the Consortium's Headquarters and signed the Book of Honor, accompanied by the delegate Fran González, the president of the Cádiz Chamber of Commerce, Angel Juan Pascual, and the president of the Confederation of Businessmen of Cádiz (CEC), Javier Sánchez Rojas.
The Congress was also attended by representatives of other institutions such as the Vigo Free Zone, the Barcelona Free Zone, the Cajamar Foundation, the Córdoba City Council, the Salamanca City Council, the Gijón City Council, or the Catholic University of Murcia, among others. . All of them promoters of these infrastructures.
The delegate of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone, the president of the Spanish Chambers and the Incyde Foundation and the representative of the European Funds, Anatolio Alonso, closed the meeting and agreed on the value of the forum and the importance of giving continuity to the meetings.
The delegate of the Free Zone, Fran González, has been very satisfied with this meeting that "has brought Cádiz to the representatives of the 19 incubators throughout Spain and has made it possible to share important and valuable experiences for all of us who are developing these types of projects."
After thanking Incyde, he has referred to the importance of having FEDER funds for support and development to entrepreneurship and has invited to continue with this type of meetings. "It is important that we make visible that we are all on the same ship, that we work for entrepreneurship and to bring to light the talent, that no project stays in a drawer. In addition, with one of the centers we share a cross -sectional action scope that will surely create very positive synergies."
José Luis Bonet has thanked the Free Zone of Cádiz and has expressed his satisfaction for what the meeting has represented and has declared himself more lively to continue strengthening the network and promoting entrepreneurship.
Finally, the representative of European Funds has agreed to highlight the valuable meeting and has shown thanks to the organizers, Inca Foundation and Free Zone of Cádiz, because these types of activities are very necessary for the sharing of these projects and the development of their work.
