Landing Barcelona

Companies from Barcelona in the Silicon Valley

2008-11-27T12:14:00.004+01:00

The first start ups from Barcelona have just landed at the Plug and Play Technology Center (Sunnyvalle, California). Futurlink, Justinmind and 3scale now have new offices located a couple of blocks from Google and Yahoo’s headquarters. In order to welcome the start ups from BCN, Plug and Play organized a welcome seminar. The event aimed to analyze the challenges that young startups and

The Current Economic Turmoil and the Entrepreneur – Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum

2008-11-12T19:26:00.002+01:00

After the housing bubble in the US, Ireland, Spain and the UK, and after the default on mortgage loans at financial institutions, there are still many uncertainties about where additional losses will occur.As a result, financial institutions are reluctant to make or to buy loans; insolvency risk raises the risk among firms; and fear of runs lead financial institutions to seek liquidity. Meanwhile

Life as an Entrepreneur

2008-11-07T22:48:00.005+01:00

The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UC Berkeley offers a seminar for its MBA students which has the goal of discussing the ups and downs, pros and cons of the entrepreneurship. The lectures are given by entrepreneurs who have “been there”. Every Tuesday an experienced entrepreneur is invited to this Life as an Entrepreneur seminar to talk about how they created something out

How to select your advisory board?

2008-10-10T17:36:00.004+02:00

One of the most critical tasks as founder of a startup is picking those who will sit on your board of advisors. To discuss this subject, SVASE organized a meeting on the 11th of September in San Francisco and invited two expert panelists:* Sam Allen, CEO, ScanCafe - Sam has over 15 years of experience in managing intricate engineering projects for companies like Cisco Systems and Northern Telecom

Trends in Terms of VC in the Silicon Valley – Organized by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UC Berkeley

2008-09-07T21:06:00.004+02:00

The first Entrepreneurs Forum has been held on the 28th August at the Haas School of Business-UC Berkeley. This opening session started with a couple of pitches. Some of the speakers were entrepreneurs seeking capital; others were researchers seeking advice for business development; or even some entrepreneurs looking for team members to start a new company.Subsequently Steve Bengston, analyst

Alex Castellarnau at IDEO – The Creative Thinking

2008-08-30T21:01:00.001+02:00

Last week the LANDING project met Alex Castellarnau at his office in Palo Alto. Alex moved from Barcelona a year ago to Palo Alto and he is now a member of the design community at IDEO. We know that IDEO has been studying the possibility of opening a new office in Spain. They travelled to Spain some weeks ago to meet some managers from big companies and some technology parks, 22@Barcelona among

The Keys of a Killer Presentation

2008-08-21T16:49:00.013+02:00

Reporting the Start U SFO event celebrated on the 14th August at the DLA Piper in San Francisco. Speakers:Scott Milener, CEO, AdRocket – more than 15 years of experience leading technology businessesBob Bozeman, Serial Venture Capitalist – Investment success included Google, PayPal, Ask Jeeves, AvantGo!, BrightMail and RedEnvelopeThe Principals:1. Self Confidence– Show off the team, board and

What types of startups are getting funded in the Silicon Valley?

2008-08-12T09:05:00.003+02:00

The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs – SVASE - organized an event to explore the current trends of venture capital investments in the Silicon Valley. The event was sold out three days in advance.Date: 2008 August 7th – 6pmLocation: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto – one of the premier legal firms to technology and growth enterprisesParticipants: 130 in attendance,

Landing Program visits Plug and Play Tech Center, USA

2008-05-30T10:43:00.007+02:00

During the 3d Technological and Innovation Bridge from Catalonia to USA, Landing Program had the opportunity to visit Plug and Play Tech Center. The Plug and Play Tech Center is a strategic partner and incubation fortechnology start-up companies in Silicon Valley. The center has its offices in Palo Alto, Redwood, and Sunnyvale. Plug and Play has nearly three decades of history and has played

Teknikhuset in Barcelona

2008-05-09T13:32:00.006+02:00

Landing Barcelona Program attended to a meeting with representatives of Teknikhuset Incubation center, Sweden. The meeting took place at the famous Agbar Tower, situated in the District of Innovation 22@ in Barcelona. Teknikhuset has 20 years of experience of creating products and solution based on the customers’ needs and preferences. Nowadays this incubation center is one of Sweden's leading

14th Investment Forum: More International, More Networking, More Forum

2008-04-18T10:43:00.002+02:00

17th of April 2008 Landing Barcelona Program informs you that on 22th of April 2008 will be hold the 14th Investment Forum. It will take place in Barcelona International Convention Center. According to the sponsors of the event, the Investment Forum is having enough success. Since its inception the Forum has facilitate more than 100 investment and business deals, raising over 50 millions of

III Technological and Innovation Bridge in the US, 2008

2008-04-16T16:28:00.012+02:00

16th of Abril, 200822@Barcelona would like to inform you and provide further information about the 3rd Technological and Innovation Bridge in the US, in which 22@Barcelona also will participate and will be part of the official delegation. The event will start on April 25th, when we will attend at the Angel Capital Expo in San Francisco (www.angelcapitalexpo.com), a premier gathering of the

Meeting BEOPLE

2008-04-09T17:56:00.004+02:00

9th of April, 2008 Landing Barcelona Team would like to inform you about the BEOPLE meetings, an interesting event which, according to the creators, is “an all about being inspired by the personal and human side of some of the greatest entrepreneurs around”. In general, BEOPLE represents monthly informal meetings between people willing to undertake business projects and a guest who is

Visit of Naousa’s Delegation to Barcelona

2008-03-28T11:05:00.014+01:00

16th of March, 2008A delegation of the Greek´s town of Naousa visited Barcelona and the Landing Program on 13th of March 2008. The delegation was headed by the Vice Mayor of Nousa’s Technical Services: Mrs. Karida Maria and the Supervisor of Naousa’s Technical Services: Mrs. Kiriakidis Pavlos. The Naousa´s represents met with the CEO of 22@Barcelona: Mr. Josep M. Pique and the Director of

Think London visits Landing Program

2008-03-12T13:46:00.004+01:00

12th of March, 2008 London will host the Olympic Games in the summer of 2012 and it hopes to attract hundreds of foreign companies due to business opportunities in probably the biggest international sport event. The British capital, as it did Brazil in 1992, aspires to take advantage of the Olympics and transform the city. It is noteworthy that the 2012 Games in London will have a direct

Information about Premio Tecnos (Tecnos Awards) , Nuevo Leon- Mexico

2008-03-04T17:10:00.001+01:00

4th of March 2008 On 8th of February 2008, as we know, Landing Program organized a meeting between representatives of the Audiovisual and the IT cluster of Monterrey (the State of Nuevo Leon- Mexico), Catalan companies from these sectors and Catalan agents that are promoting the internationalization of Catalonia. During the meeting the University of Monterrey (UDEM) presented the calling 2008 of

ICT Opportunities in UK: Why UK should be part of your Business plan

2008-03-03T10:46:00.003+01:00

14th of February 2008 On Monday, 11th of February 2008, Landing Program attended to a conference entitled “ICT Opportunities in the UK: Why UK and UKTI should be part of your business plan”. The event was organized by La Salle Innovation Park in cooperation with UKTI (UK Trade & Investments) and it took place in Sala Paraninf in La Salle Innovation Park. The objective of the conference was to

Landing visits Korean Pavilion at Mobile World Congress 2008

2008-02-21T09:46:00.010+01:00

20th of February, 2008 On 13th of February, Landing Program visited the Korean Pavilion and the 8 Korean companies (BND, Contela, Digital Image System, Fusionsoft, INKA Entworks, PIXTREE, SHELL-LINE and SOLiD Technologies) that were presented at the Mobile World Congress 2008, held in Barcelona. There, 22@Barcelona CEO Mr. Josep M. Piquet met Mr. Lee Yun- Seo, Global Business Division Executive

CNBC Magazine calls 22@Barcelona one of Europe’s top regeneration projects

2008-02-15T13:48:00.007+01:00

15th of February, 2008One of the leading American business magazines, CNBC, considers that the projects underway in the 22@Barcelona Innovation District represent one of the top European regeneration projects. The article focuses on Barcelona’s metamorphosis into an international metropolis, which began with the “Romans and culminated by the end of the 19th century with Spain’s greatest

22@Update Breakfast, January 2008

2008-02-15T13:24:00.002+01:00

15th of February, 2008 At the 22@ Update Breakfast on January 2008, Mr. Francesc Santacana, General Coordinator of the Barcelona Strategic Metropolitan Plan, made a presentation and talked about the actual situation of the telecommunications in the city of Barcelona, which is an essential part of the strategic plan.The Barcelona Strategic Metropolitan Plan was created with the objective to

22@Barcelona Board of Directors Meeting

2008-02-15T13:17:00.005+01:00

15th of February 2008On 20th of November 2007, during a Meeting of the Board of Directors that took place at the Barcelona City Hall, Mr. Josep Miquel Piqué was named CEO of 22@Barcelona.With this newest appointment, the current members of the 22@Barcelona Board of Directors are: Jordi William Carnes (third deputy mayor and president of 22@Barcelona); Ramon Garcia-Bragado (fourth deputy mayor of

A Meeting with the IT and Audiovisual Clusters of Monterrey

2008-02-12T19:29:00.004+01:00

Barcelona, 12th of February 2008 From one year ago Landing Program has established stable connections with the platforms in Monterrey (Nuevo León, Mexico), a program that is also directed to attract technology based companies. The partnership between these two programs aims to provide support for companies from both territories. Landing Barcelona would like to inform that on 8th of February

2nd Symposium on Urban Clusters, BCN, February 7th 2008

2008-02-07T20:15:00.001+01:00

Barcelona, 05th of February 2008 On February 8th, 2007 22@Barcelona, CIDEM and the Barcelona City Council’s Economic Promotion area held the 1st Symposium of Urban Clusters, which aimed to create an ideal environment to reflect on and further analyze the cluster model supported by 22@Barcelona in the ICT, Media, Energy and Biotech sectors, and foster participation of the stakeholders who want

XIV Investment Forum, organized by CIDEM

2008-02-05T16:16:00.001+01:00

Barcelona, 05th of February 2008Landing Barcelona Team would like to inform you about the beginning of the process directed to the finding of projects for the XIV Investment Forum that is organized by CIDEM and will take place on 22 of April 2008.The Forum intends to attract innovative companies with high potential.If your company:- has a solid and competent team;- is

Elastix Corporation, a Global company from Silicon Valley, is the first company of the Landing Program that lands in 22@Barcelona district

2007-12-12T09:50:00.000+01:00

Barcelona, 11th of December 2007Yesterday morning, took place the presentation of the first company of the Landing Program that lands in the 22@Barcelona district: Elastix Corporation. The company is set up by North Americans and Europeans entrepreneurial teams, and it has its own headquarters in the Silicon Valley (California).Elastix CorporationElastix Corporation is a privately-held Electronic

Landing Promotes a Project for Companies' Co-Acceleration that Supports the Internationalization of Companies from Barcelona and Monterrey

2007-11-19T08:57:00.002+01:00

Barcelona, 15th of November 2007The press coordinator of 22@ said that Landing Program Barcelona was in Monterrey to promote a Project of Co-Acceleration that will support the companies from Barcelona and Monterrey.This morning, in Monterrey, the responsible of the Landing Program (UPC-La Salle-22@Barcelona), Mariona Ferrer presented the entrepreneurial international

Forum Torino - Innovation, Knowledge and Regional Development

2007-11-08T09:44:00.000+01:00

Barcelona, 8th November of 2007 Landing Program attended to the Conference 2007of the Turin Euro Latin American Forum that was held in October 2007 in Castello del Valentino (Castle of Valentino) in Turin, Italy.The conference was about the public-private partnership for knowledge-based regional development. The Conference 2007 of the Turin Euro Latin America Forum was directed to public and

Landing Program attended at the Asia Innov@ 2007 that took place in Casa Asia, Barcelona

2007-10-09T11:49:00.000+02:00

Barcelona, 9th of October 2007On 6th of October, Landing Barcelona Program attended to the seminar “Asia Innov@ 2007” which took place in Casa Asia, Barcelona. The world economic outlook has shown that the investment in R&D is the main source of competitiveness and economical growth in developed societies. In order to avoid the duplication in the research plans and to join strengths, it is

Meeting with Institutional Delegation from Northern Romania (IASI)

2007-10-09T11:22:00.000+02:00

Barcelona, 9th of October 2007On 8th of October, Landing met an Institutional Delegation from Northern Romania (IASI). The purpose of the meeting was the introduction of 22@Barcelona and the Landing Program in views of future cooperation. Moreover, on 4th of October, COPCA opened an industrial platform in Romania as a first step to land in east countries like Ukraine, Turkey and Russia.Fore more

Institutional Meeting between the Landing Partners to sign the Operative Agreement

2007-10-09T09:17:00.000+02:00

On the 5th October took place the Technical Signature between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Essonne (CCIE) and the Essonne Economic Agency (AEE) with the Landing Program.The director of the Parc La Salle, Josep M. Piqué, as a representative of the Landing Program, and the CEO of the Essonne Economic Agency, Gilles Rabin, and of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Essone, and the

Presentation of the Keiretsu Forum Spain

2007-10-02T09:31:00.000+02:00

Yesterday morning, at 12:00 am, Landing attended to the presentation of the Keirestu Forum Spain.Keiretsu Forum is an association founded on San Francisco (California, US) in September 2000, and at present account with more than 600 associated investors and 14 local implantations in US (Boise/Sun Valley, Belleveu/Eastside, Denver/Rockies, East Bay, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, San

LANDING ATTENDED THE ACCEL REE EUROPE 07

2007-09-20T09:14:00.000+02:00

Landing attended the ACCEL REE EUROPE 07 held from 19 to 21 September at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) host four annual international conferences for entrepreneurship educators. These conferences are called Roundtables on Entrepreneurship Education (REE). They are designed to stimulate communication and collaboration between

the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona collaborates with 22@Barcelona

2007-09-04T12:05:00.000+02:00

The chamber of Commerce of Barcelona collaborates with 22@Barcelona on development of entrepreneurial and formative projects in the district 22@ which Landing Program is one of this projects . Miquel Valls, president of chamber of Commerce, and Miquel Barceló, president of 22@Barcelona, signed on 30/07/07 the agreement of collaboration.

La Salle & 22@Barcelona sign an agreement

2007-09-04T11:20:00.000+02:00

The Innovation Parc La Salle and 22@Barcelona signed yesterday an agreement to strengthen the development of the Media and ICT clusters.This agreement took place in the 22@Barcelona. La Salle and 22@Barcelona together with the UPC are the promoting partners of the Landing Program, the International Co-Incubation Program for Knowledge-Intensive Companies.

MOU Signature Landing Programme - Daedeok Innopolis

2007-07-02T09:45:00.001+02:00

St.Mary's College from San Francisco

2007-06-28T17:27:00.001+02:00

Landing presents its program to SMC MBA Students participating at the Barcelona International MBA School of La Salle.La Salle has partnered with St.Mary's to provide a custom executive program that aims to raise awareness and give information about European business culture. Specifically, the program is aimed to help participants understand how European business methods and customs differ from

Breakfast 22@ (27-06-07)

2007-06-27T17:39:00.000+02:00

22@UPDATE BREAKFAST JUNENEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE MEDICAL SECTOR, FOCUS OF THIS MONTH’S 22@BREAKFAST22@Barcelona, in collaboration with the leading telemedicine company, Telemedicine Clínic, organized June’s 22@Update Breakfast.The act was presided over by the President of 22@Barcelona, Miquel Barceló, with the participation of Dr. Lluís Pareras, Director of Innovation, Technology and

Delegation from the City Council of Konstanz

2007-06-25T19:28:00.000+02:00

Visit of the agency of Economic Promotion from the city of Konstanz, Germany

IASP 2007

2007-06-25T18:42:00.000+02:00

From Monday 2/07/07 to Wednesday 3/07/07 the International Association of Science Parks develops a congress in Barcelona.This day Landing signs an agreement with the "Daedok Innopolis" Korean's company.And on Wednesday 3/07/07 in the Parallel session 4 Landing will be presenting its Program

Publicació oficial de la web del Landing

2007-06-25T18:23:00.000+02:00

On Wednesday 20/06/07 was the official English version publication of the Landing web page. At the same time e-mails were sent to all persons who work together in this program to ask their opinion obout that and the answer we obtained from the majority was very rewarding. Everybody likes it a lot!Anyone interested in that page only has to click here: http://www.landingbarcelona.com/

IBEROEKA

2007-06-25T18:08:00.001+02:00

el 15/06/07 van dir Ok a l'inscripció

Cita amb IMAGINE-OPTIC

2007-06-25T18:07:00.001+02:00

14/06/07 amb Rafael Porcar

Conference HTIBI

2007-06-25T18:05:00.002+02:00

13/06/07

Visita al Supercomputador

2007-06-25T18:05:00.001+02:00

05/06/07

VC - AUSTIN

2007-06-25T18:01:00.000+02:00

05/06/07 a les 15:00

FIRMA

2007-06-25T17:58:00.000+02:00

Reunió de seguiment (05/06/07)

Breakfast 22@

2007-06-25T17:53:00.000+02:00

8:30-10:00 el 31-06-07

Delegació Essone 31/05/07

2007-06-25T17:24:00.000+02:00

Landing

2007-06-25T09:39:00.000+02:00

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