Catalonia Exponential Leaders

ABLE Human Motion has created the world’s lightest and most affordable robotic exoskeleton that enables people with physical challenges to get up and walk again.

Advanced Air Mobility’s exponential project for a new form of urban aerial mobility involving a flying taxi aspires to change patterns of urban and regional development towards a new more society- and nature- friendly model.

AldoraTech has created a transport service with their 3D drones manufactured in house with the aim of providing urgent transport for essential products, thus promoting accessibility regardless of the geographical area.

AllRead Machine provides a deep-learning technology that allows the identification and automatic tracking of goods in a ubiquitous way through the use of cameras.

Aortyx, a startup created at the IQS and the Hospital Clínic, has developed and patented advanced technologies for minimally invasive treatments of aortic diseases to restore the aorta’s natural biomechanics.

Inmoovs is Avinent’s new idea, a project based on podiatry treatments that focuses on the application of a technology to scan footprints and design templates by means of 3D printing.

BitMetrics develops robotic and vision technology with a view to democratizing access for all companies to the smart automation of processes that require real-time image analysis.

BlindStairs is a platform that operates like an "anonymous LinkedIn". It uses AI to anonymize professional profiles, thus eliminating any socio-demographic biases. This pioneering method is developing the first kind of bias-free AI, known as UnbiasedAI.

BMAT MUSIC INNOVATION is the music industry’s operating system that connects all the underlying elements (technology, data, and people) needed to create value in music and allows for a fair and efficient distribution of royalties.

The Busup startup has developed software to optimize companies’ transportation by facilitating their employees’ journeys and promoting sustainable mobility through efficiency and route optimization.

The Concentrol chemical company offers a smart solution which, through the IoT, provides real-time assistance to its clients to enable them to make more efficient use of its solutions and reduce their carbon footprint.

CELIA (Cuatrecasas Experto Legal - IA) encompasses the AI initiatives of Cuatrecasas since 2015. They include Harvey, a co-counsel for legal issues, and the Cuatrecasas ChatGPT chatbot for non-legal matters.

Flax&Kale promotes the "healthy flexitarian" movement. It is a multi-category, omni-channel brand with a full range of tasty and healthy products featuring a high nutritional profile and minimal environmental impact.

Fregata Space is a ground observation platform that detects toxic pollutants in the air and water bodies by applying proprietary machine learning algorithms on satellite images.

Heura is a 100% vegetable meat startup that creates new solutions within the current food system and is encouraging a transition towards positively impacting the planet, animals and people.

Honext is based on the circular economy and uses a new enzymatic process to convert paper fibre waste into resin- and toxic additive-free tiles suitable for construction.

HumanITcare’s disruptive platform solution, based on AI for monitoring chronic patients remotely, is having a great impact on society and offering highly flexible service.

Innovamat Education has developed a curricular proposal to teach mathematics in school in a more competent, experiential, and manipulative way.

Integra Therapeutics creates cutting-edge gene writing tools to make advanced therapies safer and more effective.

Jolt Solutions, a company created at the ICIQ, offers solutions for the green hydrogen industry through the manufacture of industrial electrodes for water electrolyzers to secure efficient production of this clean fuel.

Kave Home is based on the end-to-end digitization of the entire value chain and the use of new materials and technology for the design and use of furniture.

Magnetika offers a new wireless charging solution for electric vehicles such as bicycles, mobile robots and drones. Its sustainable and efficient innovations are driving the transition towards electrical mobility and opening up new business opportunities.

The Mimark Diagnostics startup, set up at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital, has developed an in vitro test based on an algorithm that analyzes specific biomarkers for minimally invasive gynecological diagnoses of endometrial cancer.

The Mitiga Solutions startup, set up at the BSC, provides technology to enable companies to manage natural disaster risks related to climate change through AI models based on physical predictions.

Natural Machines’ solution is a 3D laser food printing kitchen device with which each user can make their own personalized food.

Navozyme is leading the maritime transformation with blockchain solutions for electronic certificates, ensuring the integrity of data and real-time verification. It uses AI to optimize the arrival of vessels, reducing dwell times and the carbon footprint while promoting more efficient and sustainable port operations.

Nostrum Biodiscovery uses world cutting-edge computer technology that combines data, machine learning and molecular modelling to swiftly and precisely generate enzymes for industrial use that are more environmentally friendly.

Ocean Ecostructures has created a technology to offset the impact of port structures by regenerating marine biodiversity with biomimetic microreefs. The digital monitoring with robotics and AI assesses the impact on biodiversity, CO2 capture, oxygen generation and other environmental values.

Approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths occur due to patient relapses or resistance to treatments. Oniria Therapeutics offers ONR-001, an innovative oral drug that over-activates the TET2 tumor suppressor, causing the cancer cells to die. In pre-clinical trials it’s displayed a high degree of efficacy and tolerability in cases of melanoma, colorectal tumors and acute myeloid leukemia.

Peptomyc has revolutionized oncology through an unprecedented therapeutic technique: Myc inhibition with the drug Omomyc, which selectively removes cancer cells and has only mild and completely reversible side effects.

Premium, a byword for innovation and transformation, develops bidirectional power supply systems with a view to leading the new wave of wireless vehicle chargers.

Qilimanjaro, with its revolutionary quantum computing project, offers a new computing paradigm that will enable industry to perform hitherto unmanageable operations.

The Roka Furadada startup designs and markets a new generation of smart photosensitive products that provide protection against solar radiation, mimicking the ability of plants and other living organisms to shield themselves.

Sateliot and its constellation of low-orbit nanosatellites are revolutionizing the communications industry by making mass use of IoT with 5G coverage globally available.

ScentXP is seeking to reinvent the olfactory industry with technologies that digitize the olfactory experience in perfumery and cosmetics. It’s gearing the value chain towards digitization, sustainability and the graphical representation of smells, making it more democratic and accessible. This project is having a positive impact on trade and the entire value chain, ranging from perfumers to consumers.

SEAT is taking the leap towards disruption through SEAT: CODE, the startup intended to encourage digitalization at SEAT and change it from a successful automobile manufacturer to a mobility services provider.

Sener offers a complementary solution to centralized management systems to autonomously operate air conditioning systems through AI, at factories, airports and shopping malls, among others.

GPAINNOVA is a technology platform that transforms ideas into profitable, efficient, and sustainable solutions, responding to current challenges with multidisciplinary technologies. Specializing in surface finishing, it also works for the exploration and conservation of the aquatic environment with the spin-off GPASEABOTS.

Suara cooperativa Social Digital Lab is the first social living lab accredited by ENOLL, focusing on research and the testing of technologies for social care and assistance. Through immersive and virtual reality it’s improving people’s well-being, working with Broomx and the Terrassa Health Consortium to make these tools more accessible and affordable.

Time is Brain’s BraiN20® is a wearable medical device that monitors the brain’s viability in real time from the onset of the symptoms until the post-stroke treatment, thus reducing neuron loss due to any delay in the decision-making.

Uobo is an alternative to eggs of animal origin that uses plant-based ingredients and precision fermentation to guarantee high-quality and sustainable products. It’s currently marketing a 100% plant-based liquid beaten egg, it’s versatile and it’s ideal for all kinds of dishes, with a scalable formula whose patent is being processed.

Uriach has carried out a major transformation of its core business, pivoting from a classic model of the pharmaceutical industry to a new range of natural products (Natural Consumer Healthcare) that enhance the preventive and holistic health of people.

Venvirotech offers an innovative onsite system for transforming waste to biodegradable bioplastic using bacteria and thus reducing environmental plastic waste.

Vottun, known as the "Wordpress of blockchain", offers “out-of-the-box” data certification and traceability solutions using blockchain technology with a view to encouraging the digitalization of companies.

X1Wind offers a revolutionary floating wind system that can harness huge offshore deep-water wind resources with an exponential impact on the energy sector.

Zyrcular Foods, which was initially a derivative of the Vallcompanys meat company, is the first plant in Catalonia to make 100% alternative protein. Its pillars for growth are research, innovation and sustainability.