Barcelona: Where Innovation Attracts Investment

Name: Barcelona: Where Innovation Attracts Investment
Start: 2026-01-29T08:30:00
End: 2026-01-29T10:30:00
Location: London

Why are some of the UK’s most ambitious technology companies choosing Barcelona as their gateway to Europe?

Join a select group of high-growth technology companies and Deep Tech investors for a two-hour breakfast session unveiling why Barcelona is rapidly becoming the preferred gateway for UK organisations entering the European market.

Designed for leaders seeking clarity, funding access, and strategic advantage, this session provides a concise and actionable overview of how to scale in Europe through Barcelona’s talent, infrastructure and public innovation investment ecosystem.

The conversation will be led by a representative from the Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y Transformación Digital (SETT), together with Montse Puig, CEO of Barcelona & Partners, Morgan Eberoni, Director of Investment Promotion at Barcelona & Partners, and Elizabeth Malagelada, Partner at Cuatrecasas, offering unique insights into national innovation strategies, local opportunities, and legal frameworks for growth.

With strategic national funds available until August 2026, now is the optimal moment to position your organisation to benefit from Spain’s most significant innovation investment opportunity.

*Limited seats available

What You Will Learn

During this focused morning session, you will discover:

Access to €20B in a public innovation investment fund (managed by SETT) supporting AI, Quantum, Semiconductors, Healthtech, Climate Tech and other frontier technologies.
Barcelona's competitive advantages for deep tech scaleups-world-class talent, research excellence, innovation infrastructure, and proven success stories from UK companies that have already expanded and secured funding.
A favourable expansion environment, enhanced by legal, tax and regulatory incentives and strong opportunities for collaboration with leading research centres, corporates and public institutions.

Who Should Attend

Deep Tech investors: including VCs, CVCs and investment partners
Founders and executives in AI, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Medtech, Climate Tech and other frontier technologies
Strategy, corporate development and innovation leaders seeking R&D partnerships, co-investment opportunities and informed guidance on European expansion

Speakers and Contributors

Hear directly from senior representatives of:

Government agency deploying €20B of strategic Spanish innovation investment through equity-based programmes. - SETT (Spanish Society for Technological Transformation)
Non-profit investment agency supporting international companies landing and scaling in Barcelona - Barcelona & Partners
Leading law firm advising on legal, tax and regulatory frameworks for high-growth companies establishing operations in Spain – Cuatrecasas

Executives who have expanded their companies to Barcelona (sharing practical insights, funding pathways and lessons learned from their expansion journey)