Barcelona Innovation Coast

Innovation in Barcelona

Barcelona Innovation Coast is a city-wide project to foster innovation in science and technology. Spearheaded by Barcelona City Council, it has more than forty active members in key sectors like the life sciences, mobility, energy, technology and digitalisation.

+ 70

Research centres and unique scientific and technical infrastructures (ICTS)

22

Universities and business school

8a

Most attractive city in the world for talent (Decoding Global Talent)

7a

City in the world for attracting foreign investment

2a

City in the world in number of clinical trials per million residents

10M€

Invested in promoting science and technology talent

50M€

Allocated to business acceleration

1st

Hub in Europe in funding attracted by deep tech start-ups (€544 million between 2019 and 2024)

Lines of work

Infrastructure
Funding
Scientific diplomacy
Quantum computing
Life sciences and health
Semiconductors