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The third Edition of the Andorra Business Market presents projects by 28 emerging companies and gathers 35 investors with a total financing capacity of over 200 million Euros

2023-03-20T15:32:28+01:00

Over 190 people participated in the first day of the Andorra Business Market, a participative, dynamic and open forum where both national and international companies, investors and entrepreneurs can interact. In this third edition, once again organized by Andorra Business and the Business Market Network, over 35 national and international investors are taking part, projects are being presented by 28 emerging companies and the attending investors collectively add up to a total financing capacity of over 200 million euros. The program began with a presentation made by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi [...]

The third Edition of the Andorra Business Market presents projects by 28 emerging companies and gathers 35 investors with a total financing capacity of over 200 million Euros2023-03-20T15:32:28+01:00

Andorra Business will welcome the first electronic sports event to be hosted in the country on the 20th and 21st of May

2023-03-28T11:09:26+01:00

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise in functions, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO ofEncom, company which manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, Arturo Castelló announced at a press conference on Wednesday that Andorra will become an official host of theEsports City League, the largest amateur electronic sports competition in Spain, which is now beginning its third season. This agreement includes the Principality´s hosting of the Esports City Fest, an International event open to the public and that will take place in the Andorra sports center on May 20th and 21st. Registration for the Esports [...]

Andorra Business will welcome the first electronic sports event to be hosted in the country on the 20th and 21st of May2023-03-28T11:09:26+01:00

The United States Consulate in Barcelona and Andorra Business are once again offering 15 grants for Andorran entrepreneurs

2023-03-27T11:51:49+01:00

The U.S. General Consulate in Barcelona and Andorra Business presented the second edition of the free training program for women entrepreneurs offered by the US government “Academy for Women Entrepreneurs” (AWE), which will take place in Andorra between May and October. The program will be developed in collaboration with the Andorran Women´s Association. The call is open to women entrepreneurs of any nationality residing in Andorra, who have created an emerging company in the last 4 years or who have an advanced idea and are about to put it into practice. All the participants will be a part of the [...]

The United States Consulate in Barcelona and Andorra Business are once again offering 15 grants for Andorran entrepreneurs2023-03-27T11:51:49+01:00

Andorra Business and 8 emerging Andorran companies show the country´s potential at the 4YFN of the Mobile World Congress

2023-03-15T20:03:49+01:00

For the third consecutive year Andorra Business is participating in 4YFN, the event for emerging companies which is integrated within the Mobile World Congress, and that takes place in Barcelona since 2014. And is doing so, once again, accompanied by 8 Andorran startups, in this edition: Agile Compass, Zeno Quantum, Airnex, Motor Match RC, Ship-Quik, Automòbil Club d'Andorra, Litlab Games and Alpine Security, who are showing their projects at the entity´s stand and taking the opportunity to make new business contacts. For the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, "we are returning to 4YFN not only to promote the investment [...]

Andorra Business and 8 emerging Andorran companies show the country´s potential at the 4YFN of the Mobile World Congress2023-03-15T20:03:49+01:00

A quota of 100 residency authorizations approved for digital nomads and participants in the program for entrepreneurs

2023-01-16T09:56:25+01:00

The Government approved on Wednesday, a proposal made by the Minister for Justice and Interior, Josep Maria Rossell, the Regulation for general quotas of residency for digital nomads and residency authorizations for participants in the program for entrepreneurs promoted by the ministry of economy, known as entrepreneur visas. Therefore, a global contingent of 100 places was approved distributed in the following way: 50 places for digital nomads (foreign persons who do not require a specific geographical location in order to carry out their work and who use telecommunications and technology) and 50 places for entrepreneur visas. These two new models [...]

A quota of 100 residency authorizations approved for digital nomads and participants in the program for entrepreneurs2023-01-16T09:56:25+01:00

End of the seventh edition of the Tandem project

2023-01-03T14:37:22+01:00

The seventh edition of the Tandem project, promoted by Andorra Business and the Education ad Higher learning Ministry of the Andorran Government, ended on Tuesday December 20th, with the grand final held at the Center for Professional Formation´s auditorium in Aixovall. This year´s edition welcomed the highest participation so far. 93 students and 18 teachers from the center in Aixovall took part, along with five companies and, for the first time, it included students and teachers from the socio-communitarian and health branches. The program´s aim is to implicate the Professional Formation of Andorra educational community in innovative projects developed by [...]

End of the seventh edition of the Tandem project2023-01-03T14:37:22+01:00

Andorra will host its first large scale eSports event in the spring

2023-03-15T20:03:35+01:00

Andorra Business and Encom, the company that manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, signed, on Friday, at the DreamHack València an agreement to work together on the design of a stage that integrates the main agents from the industry and that is aligned with the country´s strategic objectives all the while executing each of the operating lines contained within the Andorran eSports law. The agreement, signed by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO of Encom, Arturo Castelló, converts Andorra into an official host for theEsports City League, the most [...]

Andorra will host its first large scale eSports event in the spring2023-03-15T20:03:35+01:00

The National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship advances with the full support of the entire ecosystem and the Andorra Startup platform is presented

2022-11-28T10:26:05+01:00

The II Innovation Summit organized by Andorra Research and Innovation (AR+I) was held on Monday at the Andorra Park Hotel and was attended by around a hundred people. The event served to approve the inclusion of the commissions made up of experts from the country in Talent, Business and Financing, Infrastructure and Ecosystem in the National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Andorra Startup platform was also presented, jointly promoted by AR+I and Andorra Business, and the awards for the 2022 Planetech Challenge were given out. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, welcomed the attendees and explained [...]

The National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship advances with the full support of the entire ecosystem and the Andorra Startup platform is presented2022-11-28T10:26:05+01:00

Andorra connects with sports technology and innovation ecosystems from countries on four continents

2022-11-28T10:36:58+01:00

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra, Jordi Gallardo, participated on Thursday in the GSIC Summit which was held for the first time in Singapore with the aim of connecting sports technology ecosystems from all continents with the Asian market. Andorran participation falls within the framework of the collaboration agreement signed by GSIC powered by Microsoft, Andorra Business and Andorra Research + Innovation. During the summit´s inaugural day the effects of innovation on large sporting events were debated and analyzed and work sessions took place for startups with actors and investors from the Asian sports [...]

Andorra connects with sports technology and innovation ecosystems from countries on four continents2022-11-28T10:36:58+01:00

Andorra and Singapore begin talks on bilateral agreements in matters of foreign investment, entrepreneurship and innovation

2022-11-28T10:32:19+01:00

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, held in Singapore on Tuesday various work and bilateral meetings, mainly in matters of investment, with the Vice premier Minister and Minister for Coordinating Economic Policies, Heng Swee Keat, and with the Minister for Commerce and Industry, S. Iswaran. Gallardo explored along with both ministers – one of the Asian Continent´s leading commercial countries– the possibility of closing a reciprocity agreement in matters of foreign investment that would facilitate investments in both countries as a platform for internationalization for both economies. This is the first step [...]

Andorra and Singapore begin talks on bilateral agreements in matters of foreign investment, entrepreneurship and innovation2022-11-28T10:32:19+01:00

The AWE program, financed by the U.S. State Department and Andorra Business, rewards three projects by women entrepreneurs from Andorra

2022-11-16T16:30:32+01:00

The first Edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Andorra, a program for women entrepreneurs of Andorra, ended on Tuesday afternoon October 25th with the award ceremony for the best projects given out by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, the United States Consul General, Katie Stana, and the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo. The jury awarded 1000 Euro prizes to the projects by Sara Valls of Color Botànica, Inka Bellés from Escape Andorra and Cathy Labouyrie of T2G, centered around sport, the environment and nature. This initiative is [...]

The AWE program, financed by the U.S. State Department and Andorra Business, rewards three projects by women entrepreneurs from Andorra2022-11-16T16:30:32+01:00

Student and company participation record in the seventh edition of the Tandem Project by Andorra Business

2022-10-24T10:37:15+01:00

The seventh edition of the Tandem Project by Andorra Business, whose aim is to implicate the Vocational Training educational community of Andorra in innovative projects to be developed in companies and potentiate student talent, was presented on Thursday, October 13th, by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the Minister for Education and Higher Studies, Ester Vilarrubla. 93 students are participating in this edition, the highest number of all previous editions, along with 18 teachers from the Aixovall center. For the first time, joining the project are 39 students and 6 teachers from [...]

Student and company participation record in the seventh edition of the Tandem Project by Andorra Business2022-10-24T10:37:15+01:00

Gallardo establishes contacts with representatives from the economic, innovation, digital, health, e-sports and consulting sectors in Paris in meetings organized by Andorra Business

2022-10-24T10:33:37+01:00

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, held, on Tuesday and Wednesday, various entrepreneurial meetings in Paris with representatives from the sectors of economy, innovation, digital, health, e-sports and consulting. The program of the work sessions, organized by Andorra Business, included meetings with directors from some of the most important French entities established in Paris, such as the meeting held with the director of the French Chamber of Commerce, Antony Valentini, (in which they discussed economic aspects of bilateral interest for business people from both countries), as well as meetings with presidents and [...]

Gallardo establishes contacts with representatives from the economic, innovation, digital, health, e-sports and consulting sectors in Paris in meetings organized by Andorra Business2022-10-24T10:33:37+01:00

The Andorra Sports Innovation Summit awards startups Evix, CityLegends and Fanprime, with special mention for LogMeal

2022-11-16T16:30:14+01:00

The National Auditorium, in Ordino, hosted on Monday the second edition of the Innovation Summit in winter sports, mountain and cycling, the Andorra Sports Innovation Summit, organized by Andorra Business, Andorra Research + Innovation and the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC). Eva Choy, vice mayor of Ordino, welcomed the around 70 attendees to the event. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, contextualized Andorra´s position as a sports tourism destination and research engine in this field. The sports sector, he stated, provides 7,7% of the country´s GDP with around 215 million Euros generated and employs [...]

The Andorra Sports Innovation Summit awards startups Evix, CityLegends and Fanprime, with special mention for LogMeal2022-11-16T16:30:14+01:00

The Program for Andorran Company Digitalization enters into the subvention and soft loans phase

2022-10-17T13:40:33+01:00

The Program for Company Digitalization (PDE), promoted this summer by Andorra Digital, in collaboration with Andorra Business and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Andorra, has reached the last two phases of the process which consist in personalized digital assessment and the implementation of services and digital solutions for each of the businesses that have started their modernization process. In order to access it a company must have completed the first phase of the PDE, consisting in filling out a self-diagnosis form to know the company´s degree of digital maturity. In these final two phases, business will receive [...]

The Program for Andorran Company Digitalization enters into the subvention and soft loans phase2022-10-17T13:40:33+01:00

The Government authorizes a total of 738 foreign investment companies in the course of 2021

2022-09-26T09:32:02+01:00

The Government has informed that over the course of 2021 a total of 738 applications from companies for foreign investment were authorized in Andorra. A number which represents an increase of 128% when compared to the 324 foreign investment companies authorized in 2020 and an increase of around 138% compared to the 310 in 2019. The task of the Department for Juridical and Economic Registries of the Ministry for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise allows for the carrying out of the analysis of the total volume of foreign investment, as well as subsequent following up. A fact which is reaffirmed in [...]

The Government authorizes a total of 738 foreign investment companies in the course of 20212022-09-26T09:32:02+01:00
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