Tecnalia

TECNALIA Ventures

WE ARE DEEP TECH VENTURE BUILDERS

We build businesses from potential opportunities based on sophisticated technologies (deep tech), making them attractive for investors, thus generating value in society.

TECNALIA Ventures is a 100% TECNALIA owned company, set up with the objective of appraising its R&D and innovation and managing the life cycle of innovative technological assets in order to maximise their impact. To do this, we have developed an entrepreneurship ecosystem which helps us value and launch new technological assets with the ultimate aim of generating value for the companies and for society.

We focus our efforts on connecting the three main pillars of any innovation eco-system: “Minds” (technological / scientific), “Management” (entrepreneurs) and “Money” (investors). Our Incubation Acceleration Programme is aimed at turning technologies into technology-based business opportunities.

As a result of this, TECNALIA has obtained income of €4.4 million in 2020 from the Sale of Industrial Property (3.9% of its income).

OUR DIFFERENTIAL VALUE

IMPACT ORIENTATION: we are motivated by the achievement of results. We have a proven track record in terms of generated impact.
DEEP TECH BUSINESSES: in the businesses we promote, the competitive advantage is based on unique technological innovations and with protected industrial property, which lead to high-potential B2B opportunities, generating market disruption.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: our team’s strength is based on our experience transforming technologies that solve market problems turning them into business opportunities that are ready for investment.

PATENT DATA

Patents requested in 2019

Patents granted in 2019

188

Patent families in portfolio

777

Patents in portfolio

Software registrations requested in 2019

118

Software registrations in portfolio

The success rate for TECNALIA’s EPO/PCT applications granted since 2012 is 92%.

Moreover, according to the 2020 Report issued by the European Patent Office (EPO), TECNALIA is the third private Spanish organisation in European patent applications. Every year TECNALIA applies for 2.6 patents for every 100 researchers, which is the highest ratio, compared to other organisations of a similar nature.

NTBC DATA

213

Jobs in active NTBCs

Turnover of active NTBCs

Active sponsored NTBCs

Invested NTBCs

Capital attracted

The survival rate of TECNALIA’S NTBCs 5 years after their establishment is 100%.

HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?

WE WORK WITH…

Innovative companies that search for new business opportunities to diversify their business and renew their portfolio as part of their corporate strategy.
Public and private organisations seeking to launch deep tech company acceleration programmes.
Research and Technological Development Centres that wish to transform their investment in R&D into impact.

WE OFFER…

Deployment of open corporate innovation initiatives to overcome the gap between dealflow and growth, matching needs with business opportunities and new companies with high technological potential.
Design and implementation of a deep tech company acceleration programme aimed at connecting management teams with technological and investment capabilities.
Construction of the ventures team to transform technological assets into business opportunities, building individual, organisational and relational capabilities.

REFERENCES

RoboTT-NetJoining efforts of four leading European Research and Technological Development Centres to provide a European technological and business laboratory, developing business cases and pilots for entrepreneurial projects in the field of robotics. “We’re excited to be part of RoboTT-Net, as, together with its team, we’ve worked on a really cool pilot project concerning Automated Inspection of Chromed Parts”. Ion Arrieta, Deputy Manager at Automatismos Maser.

ADIMRA Technology Centres NETWORKDevelopment of the marketing strategy of technological assets for a network of Argentinian technological centres aligned with our mission and vision. “Addressing Technology commercialization with actual companies is one of the most added value activities”. Sebastián Kossakoff, Association of Metallurgical Industries of the Argentine Republic.

Ministry of Production of PeruTraining in technology transfer for professionals from different Peruvian universities and research centres. “I would like to congratulate TECNALIA Ventures for the course on technology transfer in Peru. It turned out better than anyone could have expected”. María Morazo, Programme Manager, Spanish Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires. Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

TATA Steel Training to improve the Innovation and Technology Management System (“ITM System”) of TATA Steel and establishment of road maps for specific technological areas.

Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad (INCIBE)

Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)Development of an entire entrepreneurial ecosystem around a cybersecurity acceleration programme from the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).