HE Barcelona city hall He offered Lanzadera and Marina de Empresas (Edem business school and Angels startup investment vehicle are also part of it) Advantageous conditions to expand their facilities in Barcelona, As reported yesterday by the holding for the promotion of entrepreneurs led by Mercadona owner Juan Roig. Javier Jiménez, managing director of Lanzadera, visited the main areas of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Catalan capital and different municipal authorities yesterday morning. They offered facilities such as 25-year concessions on already renovated areas without the need for prior investment.as approved by the accelerator.
Jimenez noted on Twitter: “It’s amazing to see all the possibilities Barcelona City Council has provided for (entrepreneurial) startups to continue to grow” and asked: “Vote for Lanzadera in Barcelona? Lanzadera reassured him that he wasn’t considering going to Barcelona, but reminded the Valencia City Council of the difficulties it faced growing up in the city. Problems using Cabin 4 in Valencia port, in the immediate vicinity of which its current headquarters is located. “We have a feeling that the Valencia City Council has not shown a strong interest in making the Marina a strong innovative and entrepreneurial hub,” he said in a statement.
Sources from Marina de Empresas lamented: “The process is delayed and failure to comply with the deadlines announced by the mayor due to internal bureaucracy andIn these moments, they do not deliver what was promised to us in July. (in square metres, the possibility of adapting the building to our needs…)”.
11,600 square meters
The mayor, Joan Ribó, met with Juan Roig at Marina de Empresas on July 27 and 11,600 square meters allocation contract. Juan Roig explained that the facilities available at the time had become too small and he needed to expand the space. The invasion of Tinglado 4 should be the first step since Valencia City Council promised to seek more land. so the pillar of innovation continues to grow. The free land is in the area of the former Formula 1 track. Juan Roig wanted to start work before Christmas. The mayor promised to resolve the process “as quickly as possible”, but after six months the project stalled.
900 companies supported
Located in the port of Valencia since September 2015, Marina de Empresas has trained more than 10,000 students. The two original buildings (EDEM and Lanzadera) cover 18,000 square meters. In 2021, he opened a 1,712-meter extension for the Angels next to the 4th Cottage. During the university year, 2,000 people come to the facilities daily. Since its establishment in 2013, Lanzadera has supported more than 900 companies and provided more than 20 million in financing. On Lanzadera loans. Among all that they managed to produce 8,000 jobs direct and more than 615 million foreign investments.
Juan Roig insisted in July on his intention to “double or triple” facilities to consolidate Marina de Empresas as “a benchmark for entrepreneurship in Europe”.
in this context administrative deadlock, Lanzadera general manager met yesterday with Anella Olímpica and Carme Lanuza, director of the Fòrum de Barcelona de Serveis Municipals division; Olga Cerezo, director of Port Olímpic; and Sergi Vidal, director of Solutions Mobilitat Profesional.