Slide 1

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

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ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

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3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

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www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

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Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

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Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

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www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
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CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors
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Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
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 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer
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Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

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Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

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Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
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Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

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€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
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ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
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Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
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expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

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Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

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Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

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GSMA Legacy

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Smart city strategy

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Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

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International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

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WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

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The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
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Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
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We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
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Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

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How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

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Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
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Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

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Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
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 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

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Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

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Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
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At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 2

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

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3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

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www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

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Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

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Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

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www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 3

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 4

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

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The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
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 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 5

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
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 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 6

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 7

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 8

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 9

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 10

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 11

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 12

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 13

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 14

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 15

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 16

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 17

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 18

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 19

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 20

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 21

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 22

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 23

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 24

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 25

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 26

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 27

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 28

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 29

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
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 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


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ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 31

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 32

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 33

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 34

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 35

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 36

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
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Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


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ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 38

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 39

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 40

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 41

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 42

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

10

• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

16

Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

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Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

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Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 43

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
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Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

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Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 44

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

www.investincatalonia.com

Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

4

Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

5

Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

6

Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

7

Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

8

www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
9

CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

11

Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

13

MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
15
 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer


Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

17

Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
18
in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

19

Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
20

Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

21

€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
22

ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
23

Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
24
expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

25

Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

26

Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

27

GSMA Legacy

28

Smart city strategy

29

Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

30

International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

31

WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

32

The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
with MWC mentioned on this center. 33
What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
34

Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
35
We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
36

Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

37

How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

38

Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
39

Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

40

Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
41

 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

42

Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

Companies 43
with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

44

Other benefits:
•

Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
45

At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com


Slide 45

ICT SECTOR
November 2013

1

ÍNDEX

1. Catalonia
2. Sector figures

2

3. Competitiveness Drivers
4. Success stories
5. Invest Services
6. Incentives
www.investincatalonia.com

1. Catalonia

3

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Facts and Figures
Area

32,106 km2

Population

7.5 million

Average temperature

16.17ºC

Average hours of daylight

12 h 57 min

GDP mp 2010

€ 209.7 billion

Agriculture (GAV 2010)

1.11%

Industry (GAV 2010)

18.55%

Construction (GAV 2010)

9.09%

Services (GAV 2010)

71.24%

Tourism (visitors a year)

25 million

GDP per capita 2010

€ 27,053 / year

Exports 2010

€ 48.59 billion

Imports 2010

€ 66.92 billion

R&D spending 2009

1.68% of GDP

Source: IDESCAT, INE and the Ministry of the Economy.

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Catalonia’s population is
similar to those of countries
like Bulgaria and Austria. Its
GDP is greater than
Denmark’s and Finland’s and
similar to that of Austria.
It exports more than
Portugal and the Slovak
Republic and about as much
as Finland and Hungary.
At €27,053 / year, Catalan
GDP per capita is 14%
above the European average
(EU-27) and above those of
United Kingdom and Italy.

Strategic Location

Barcelona’s airport connects
the city to 150 international
destinations and was named
best European cargo airport in
2009 and Best European
airport in 2010 by the Airport
Council International. Three
more international airports
operate in Catalonia.

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Catalonia is well connected
to the European motorway
and High-speed train
network.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DESTINATIONS
America

North America: Mexico, United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Jamaica, Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Romania, Malta, Moldàvia, Croàcia and Ukraine

Asia

China, Israel, Jordan, Azerbatjan, Korea, Singapore, Indonèsia, Tahilandia, Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia Saudí and Syria

Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Cabo Verde, Mauritània, Senegal, Nigèria, Guinea, Angola and Tunisia

Barcelona in Rankings
Barcelona has consolidated its
position as the best city in
Europe in terms of the quality of
life of its workers*.
According to the study conducted annually by Cushman & Wakefield

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Best city in terms of workers' quality of life

1st place

Best city improving themselves

2nd place

Best city for locating business projects

5th place

Best city ease for ease of travelling

6th place

Best city in terms of availability of office space

6th place

Best city in terms of business climate

10th place

Source: European Cities Monitor 2010

International and Globalized
Foreign Direct
Investment received

Catalan exports (millions of euros)
2010

48,595

2009

41,461

2008

50,514

2007

49,678

2006

46,776
42,361

2005
2004

39,121

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Year

Foreign Direct
Investment received
(billions of euros)

2000

4.89

2001

5.43

2002

3.00

2003

2.68

2004

4.07

2003

37,277

2005

3.12

2002

36,872

2006

3.04

2001

36,397

2007

2.75

2008

3.36

2009

1.76

2010

4.52

2000
1999

33,538
27,677

Source: Invest in Catalonia based on data provided by ICEX-ESTACOM.

Source: DataInvex. Investment Statistics. Ministry
for Industry, Tourism and Commerce.

 34% of all Spanish exporting businesses are located in Catalonia (36.841 in 2009, 7% growth rate)
 75% of exports go to EU markets.
 60% of imports come from EU countries.
 10% of total Spanish FDI inflows come to Catalonia.
 51% of Catalan FDI inflows are industrial.

2. Sector figures

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ICT in Catalonia
EMPLOYMENT

SECTOR
70.632 direct employment
10.000 more than last year

3,2% annual growth for 2011
Interannual growth of 8,2%for
9,7% annual employment
growth for 2009-2010

2008-2010
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CLUSTER
STRUCTURE & DATA
ICT Cluster in Catalonia
3479 companies
55,9% services
29,1% software
8,8% Telecomunications
6,1% Hardware

Most of catalan ICT
companies are SME’s
(94,3%)
Revenue 14.176M€
for 2010
24,1% of spanish
market and 2,1% of
european
www.investincatalonia.com

ICT in Spain
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in Spanish economy,
since they have a direct impact in the improvement of the productivity and competitiveness of the country.
In the period 2005-2010, ICT industry has grown considerably.

Basic data

Market distribution

• Fifth largest ICT market in Europe.
• Worth over €92 billion in 2009 (6% of the
national GDP)

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• More than 418,600 direct jobs in Spain and
out of the 41.721 ICT companies
• More than 1.5 million indirect jobs (7.5% of
the total employment)
• Dominated by SMEs
• Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Valencia are
home to 70% of the ICT companies
• More than 40% of the private investment in
R&D comes from ICT companies

Source: Invest in Spain, Aetic.2005-2010

ICT data
Critical Mass of companies in Catalonia

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Main ICT indicators in Catalonia’s households, 2010

Computer

73,1 %

Internet

68,3 %

Broadband

67,2 %

Land line

87,7 %

Mobile line

95,1 %

Source: Idescat and FOBSIC on data provided by INE.



The ICT sector in Catalonia is dominated
by
telecommunications
services
companies,
software
development,
manufacturing of consumer electronics
goods and telecommunications devices.



Catalonia’s
turnover
for
telecommunications is 1/5 of Spain’s
total productivity in this sector



The Telecomunication shares in Spain
58% of total ICT market more than the
average of EU that shares 49%.

Concerning ICT penetration, Catalonia
is one of the leaders in Southern
Europe, with 96.3% of companies with
internet access and 30% involved in
e-commerce.

Trends
Trends of the sector according with HP, IBM,Indra,
Fujitsu, Microsoft, SAP Directors


Public and Private Cloud computing.



Managing and Consolidation of data center



Virtualization, big data structure and
12 not structure analysis.



Automation and digitalization of information in order to reduce costs.



Smart computing, Business Analytics. Smart eye where.



E-commerce o self-care



Intelligent infrastructures. Sensor infrastructures.



Mobile devices and software to help integrate professional and personal life.

Source: Computerworld

3. Competitiveness drivers

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MOBILE VENTURE CAPITAL
37 Investment ICT Funds operating in
Catalonia

Up to 1MM €

1. Active Venture
2. Adara

Up to 500.000 €
1. Axon Capital

8. Innova31

2. Bcn Empren

9. Inveready

3. CDTI- Neotec I 10. La Caixa CR

3. Axon14Capital

3. Axon Capital
4. Highgrowth

5. CDTI- Neotec II

6. Corsabe

6. Debaeque

7. Debaeque

7. Enisa

8. La Caixa CR

5. Enisa

12. Reus CN

9. La Caixa CR

13. Uninvest

10. Nauta Capital

14. Founders
Institute

2. Adara

5. Bullnet

11. Programa XIP 8. Eurecan

7. Icaria

1. Active Venture

4. Highgrowth

4. Compas P.E

6. Eurecan

Up to 4MM €

11. Programa XIP

9. Nauta Capital
10. Spinnaker
11. Kreos Capital

12. Uninvest
www.nvestincatalonia.com

ICT in Catalonia
Business Opportunities
Auxiliary services to mobile phones
 Services for electronic ID e-Government
 Open source software
 Nearshore centres
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 e-Health
Mare nostrum supercomputer
 E-Security
 Digital content and videogames
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 M2M Communications and
Traceability Technologies
 E-Commerce
Mare nostrum supercomputer
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Labour costs
Human resources availability
Spanish labour costs are below average of the European, and are competitive compared with the
cost of emerging countries, mostly in management and direction positions.
ICT Salary comparison (euros)
Senior 5-9 years of experience

Junior 1-4 years experience

Source: Invest in spain based on OECD, INES LSO Network Group special data collection

Poland

Rumania

Hungary

Czech
Republic

Greece

Spain

Austria

Italy

Iceland

United
Kingdom

Belgium

France

Finland

Holland

Norway

Germany

Sueden

Denmark

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Innovative environment
Barcelona Super Computing
Centre: one of the most
powerful supercomputers in
Europe.
For investigate,
develop
and
manage
information technology. With
special dedication taken to
areas such as Computer
Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth
Sciences and Computational
Applications in Science and
Engineering.

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Barcelona Digital: Is a
Tecnological
Center
(BDigital) is specialized in
aplication of ICT in medical
devices, security, mobility,
energy and environment. y el
Medio Ambiente.

Synchrotron light source: ALBA is a third generation
Synchrotron Light Facility. Located in Cerdanyola del
Vallès near Barcelona, Spain..

Supported by an extensive net
of Tecnological centers

Extensive network of Technological
Centers:
TECNIO has more than 100 specialized
agents in the system of technology transfer
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in Catalonia. Currently integrates technology
centers, technology dissemination centers
and

university

groups,

and

plans

to

incorporate new agents, such as research
foundations hospitals and research centers.

New Business Areas 22@
District Tenants

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Llacuna
Building

ICT District
22@Barcelona: Clusters & activities

Companies
Institutions

Universities
Technological
centers
Incubators

Entrepreneurs
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Specific spaces
Dissemination
spaces
Residences
Other services

Office Space according to
Geographical Location

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€/m²/month

Source: Map from Savills, prices from Jones Lang LaSalle 3Q 2010

14.75 – 18.75

Prime zone

10.00 – 16.25

City Center

9.50 – 16.50

New Business Areas

7.00 – 10.25

Periphery

ICT Segmentation
Software

Hardware

R+D centers
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ICT SECTOR
Telecomunicacions

e-commerce

Consultants and
programmers

ICT Segmentation
Hardware

Telecomunicacions

R+D Centers

e-commerce
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Programació, Consultoria i altres

Software

World Mobile Congress &
Mobile World Capital

Mobile World Capital until 2018,
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expected increase business revenue
in
6.000 millions euros in Catalonia.

Catalonia is the right place to develop
the core of mobile technologies and
telecomunications and to expand
existing activities.

www.investincatalonia.com

Mobile World Capital

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Mobile World Capital is the opportunity
for Companies to become a world
reference in an emerging market with one
of the highest growth potentials
Productivity and
competitiveness
improvement

Qualified job
generation

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Global talent
recruitment /
detaining

Barcelona as the
reference platform
where the World
learns

Quality of live improvement for
individuals and citizens

Raising of
foreign private
investment

GSMA Agenda

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GSMA Legacy

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Smart city strategy

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Smart city strategy is a chance for
public and private partners in order to
design cleaner, smarter, and better
cities to live in.
Barcelona is involved in a project to
develop

the

city

of

the

future

and

companies are welcome to participate.
www.investincatalonia.com

Universities and
International
Business Schools

Quality Education
12 public and private universities
More than 227,000 students
More than 400 different degrees
Qualified Workforce
5,725 students finished engineering studies in 2010

R&D Activities:
33 university research institutes
Network of Technological Centres

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International Business Schools &
Telecomunication schools

Universitat de les Nacions Unides

UNU

4. Success stories

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WUAKI.TV
The japanese group Rakuten buys wuaki.tv
Wuaki.tv
Founded three years ago by two Catalan entrepreneurs.
They rent online films and videos, integrating a device in TVs, by agreement with the
manufacturer. Access to finance through ESADE Business Angels, with venture capital
rounds in 2010 & 2011.
Rakuten

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The Japanese group Rakuten, dedicated to e-commerce, is the third company
worldwide in the field of e-commerce and competes globally with Amazon. They
sought a partner to compete in the area of digital content versus Amazon. They have
purchased the Videoclub Wuaki.tv catalan online. The purchase does not mean it give
up to operate in Spain with its brand, but will continue increasing catalog of films. They
will shortly announce a flat rate for life of 4.99 €
Message
New investments Partnership Japan – Catalonia. Reasons to invest. TALENT globally
competitive. POTENTIAL. START-UP CATALAN. COSMOPOLITAN.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
New innovation center
Relation with MWC
NXP is a US based company with 95% share of the mobile chips market. Its objective
is to grow by generating new uses for mobiles. The company already has two
innovation centers and wants now to create another one. Signed a Letter of Intent
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What Invest did?
We have provided information regarding available spaces (technology parks, offices),
incentives and opportunities as well as recruitment channels (engineers)
Data of the project
1 MEURO & 20 new jobs
Message
Come to Catalonia to take advantage of the CAPITAL of MOBILE AND LOW COSTS.

LIVING SOCIAL – LET’S BONUS
Adquisition of Let’s Bonus by Living Social
Living Social
Founded in 1993 in San Francisco, Nasdaq trading, with offices in Canada, Singapore,
France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, China and India. Turnover 2011: 134.9 M
$. With more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including the financial sector, technology
and public sector. They also founded the project Birt of opened code. There are more
than one and half million developers.
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Lets Bonus
LetsBonus was founded in 2009 in Barcelona with a small investment
initial 100,000 euros and currently have 600 people in its offices in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago
de Chile, Bogota and Montevideo and has 4.5 million customers. Provides services
group purchasing discounts of up to 70% and now represent travel 30% of their
revenues.
Message
The Catalan entrepreneurs are very powerful. Partnership with Catalan companies.
Gateway to European and Latin American market. ENTREPRENEURS OF
REFERENCE. ALLIANCES TO ENTER IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

TORO
New office of product development in Catalonia
Relation with Mobile
Toro is a Taiwanese company. Wanted to open development office in
Europe to search new customers and provide service to T-Mobile in
Poland, which uses the platform of Toro. In Paris Toro didn’t find the
developers needed at the price they wanted.
What Invest did?
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We have provided complete information on Toro Catalonia
(taxes, labor regulations, incentives, venture capital, creating a
society, etc), contacts with lawyers and successful contact with
the University to hire people. We operated his visit with Catalan
Industry Ministry.
Data of the project
0,1 MEURO & 20 workers (2012-2013)
Message
REASONS TO INVEST IN CATALONIA:
MWCAPITAL PROPOSAL: INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMME M-WALLET
BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LEADING COMPANIES OF THE
SECTOR

LARGE DEALS
Bain Capital acquires Atento
Atento
Subsidiary of customer care and service outsourcing Telefonica. Ranks nº2 worldwide in
the segment of business processes outsourcing (BPO) and its strong presence in
America and organic growth recorded in 2011. With presence in over 12 countries
worldwide which employ more than 152,000 people. Revenue 2011 € 1.802M and OIBDA
(Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization) of € 161M.
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Bain Capital
Venture capital fund, with strong presence in Europe with offices in London and Munich.
Manages 3.500 M € Europe Fund III and has access others $ 10.700 M international
funds.
Message
New U.S. investments in Barcelona, the main reasons to invest: among the top BPO
companies in the world and their high degree of internationalization. LARGE
OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLD AS SECTOR OR
SEGMENT.

5. Invest services

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How we can help you set up
your business in catalonia

BUSINESS
HELP

FIND THE
PROPERTY &
LOCATION

FIND THE
RIGHT PARTNER

EXPAND YOUR
NETWORK

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Business Intelligence

Business Match-making

Real Estate Support

Business Environment

Sector Intelligence
Legal Requirements
Tax Structure
Visas & work permits

Companies pool
JV &M&A desk
Labour pool
Professional Service

Offices available
Real Estate market
Infrastructures
Personalized advice

Government Contacts
Policy-makers
Culture & Social Life

Services
Our services

Information

Is your company thinking about the
possibility of investing in Catalonia?
Do you have a investment project to
do business in Catalonia?

for foreign companies

One-stop shop
for investment projects
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Are you looking for a location for
your business project?

Finding a business location
service

Do you need information on
available incentive programmes?

Incentive advice service

Is your company already set up in
Catalonia?

Aftercare
for companies with activity in Catalonia

Do you regularly work with foreign
companies as clients?

Public-Private
Partnership

6. Incentives

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Incentives for
ICT companies
The Incentives Advisory Unit offers information on incentives and financing available in
Catalonia, at all administrative levels, from European to National, regional and local funds.
The assessment provided on the applicable incentives is prepared according to the
characteristics of the investment project and the company.
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 R&D incentives
 Investment Incentives
 Hiring incentives
 Training incentives
 Energy and environmental releated incentives
 Financing

INVEST IN CATALONIA INCENTIVES

Invest in Catalonia Incentives
Programs and objectives

Incentives program to
promote high impact
business investments

Entity

Invest in Catalonia –
Ministry of Enterprise and
Labor of the Government
of Catalonia.

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Intensity and maximum aid amount

Companies with high impact investment projects creating
new jobs. The minimum number of jobs created will be set
depending on the type of project (Services related
activities, R&D&i centres, Industrial activities and Logistic
centres). Companies must hire disadvantaged people.*

Up to 10% of the eligible expenses,
depending on the main
characteristics of the project.

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Eligible expenses are the annual company cost (annual
gross wage + company’s contribution to the Social
Security) of the newly created jobs (period to create the
new jobs: from 1st January 2013 to the conclusion of the
project (the period shall not be higher than 12 months from
the submission of the application form).

Call expected to be published in
March 2013

*A disadvantaged worker refers to the individual who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A person who has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months (employment under temporary labor contracts),
(b) A person who has not obtained a high school education or vocational qualification,
(c) A person who is over the age of 50,
(d) A person who lives as a single adult with one or more dependents.

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Fixed Assets Investment Incentives
Programs and objectives

Entity

Beneficiaries and type of incentive

Incentives to promote
competitiveness plans in
industrial sectors

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Companies of the following sectors: automotive,
aerospace, capital goods, chemical & pharmaceutical,
metallurgical, manufacture of metal products and
manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products,
railway.
Investment projects shall include some of the following
actions: development of new products, process
reengineering, investments implying energy savings and
environmental improvements, environmental studies,
training actions, etc.

Incentives for investments
in reindustrialization
actions

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for investments
in mining areas

Ministry of Industry Energy
and Tourism

Incentives for high impact
strategic change

ACCIÓ – Catalan Ministry
of Enterprise and Labor

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with industrial production activities, to be
carried out in certain zones (see map on following pages)
Reimbursable loans up to 50% of eligible expenses, at
3,95% interest rate, payable in 10 years maximum
(including a grace period of 3 years).

Intensity and maximum aid
amount

Loans at 3,95% interest rate, with a
payment period of 10 years
maximum with a grace period of 3
years. It is not necessary to
present guarantees to endorse the
loan.

Reimbursable loans up to 50% of
eligible expenses.
Up to 15% (grant equivalent).

Companies with industrial investment projects in mining
areas (RECHAR, see annex below).

From up to 3.75% to 15%
depending on the municipality
(according to the EU map of State
aid below).

Companies with industrial activities or those providing
services to the industrial sector with investment projects
to develop new business opportunities that allow strategic
change of its business core.
Eligible expenses: equipment (only SMEs); outsourcing
cost of strategic consultancy, prototyping and testing, and
certification and homologation; benchmarking analysis of
Technology Centres, Universities and companies;
training related to the new activity. For R&D projects: up
to 50%, including personnel among others.

Up to EUR 90,000

INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN BARCELONA

Beneficiaries: Companies and entrepreneurs dealing with mobile technology investment
projects. These new projects must set up in a special zone in 22@ district in Barcelona (still to
be defined).

Type of incentive: Companies may benefit from (yet to be specified):
•

Tax incentives in Corporate Tax

•

Reductions in Employer’s Social Security Tax

•

Reductions in local taxes

•

Special location conditions: very competitive price of office rental

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Other benefits:
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Innovative environment, with access to Research and Technology centers

•

Synergies with other companies dealing with mobile technologies.

The Barcelona City Council is leading the project, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of
Treasury.

Incentives are being defined at present. Therefore, main characteristics and
conditions are still to be announced.

You can contact Invest in Catalonia at our headquarters:
BARCELONA
Passeig de Gràcia 129
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 476 72 87
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At any of ACCIÓ’s international offices:

Or at www.investincatalonia.com