Andorra Research and Innovation

Lizcore System, Attitude and CTL Trading win the second edition of the Andorra Sports Scale-Up Program

2024-05-13T10:01:03+01:0007/05/2024|

Andorra Business, Andorra Research+Innovation have the pleasure of announcing the winners of the second edition of the Andorra Sports Scale-Up program, developed in collaboration with the Global Sport Innovation Center (GSIC) and with the support of SPSG Consulting (SPSG). The winning startups are Lizcore System, Attitude and CTL Trading. These startups will have access to a three-month long scale-up program that includes content such as mentoring sessions and activities related to entrepreneurship and innovation, internationalization in the sports industry, the Andorran ecosystem, marketing and sales, business models, strategy, finance and much more. The Andorra Sports Scale-Up Program has the aim [...]

Andorra Business, Andorra Research + Innovation and GSIC powered by Microsoft launch the second edition of the Andorra Sports Scale-Up Program

2024-03-15T13:03:47+01:0015/03/2024|

Friday 15 March 2024 Andorra Research + Innovation and Andorra Business in partnertship with the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) and the support of SPSG consulting, are joining forces to select the best projects in startups around the world, and help them in their internationalization process. The Andorra Sports Scale-Up Program aims to identify the most promising technological solutions that can help improve the sports industry in general, with priority given to those focused on winter and mountain sports. However, it is open to a variety of other sports as well and has the potential for scalability [...]

The Andorra Sports Innovation Hub and ICONIC garner the attention of the GSIC Summit 2023

2023-05-30T10:04:48+01:0026/05/2023|

Andorra participated in the GSIC Summit 2023, an event organized by the Global Sports Innovation Center by Microsoft that gathered in the Wizink Center in Madrid some of the leaders and international experts in the industries of sports and technology from 31 countries. Representing Andorra were the directors of Andorra Business and Andorra Research and Innovation, Judit Hidalgo and Vanesa Arroyo, who presented the Andorra Sports Innovation Hub which encompasses the work lines, programs and projects related to the sector. In addition, Aleix Prat, from ICONIC, presented the future high-performance center for sports professionals that is under construction at the Port [...]

A sensor for sportsmen, a vehicle for the disabled and a sensor company win the Andorra Scale-Up

2023-05-22T09:55:28+01:0026/04/2023|

Andorra Business and Andorra Research+Innovation have the great pleasure of announcing the winners of the first Edition of the Andorra Sports Scale-Up program, developed in collaboration with the Global Sport Innovation Center (GSIC) and with the support of SPSG Consulting (SPSG). After having received over 40 applications forma round the world, the board of experts selected three promising companies of sports technology. The winning startups are Qlac, Bobsla and Etelätär Innovation. Qlac is a Polish company who have created a sensor with which the training of sportsmen and women, regardless of their level, is easily measured with previously unseen precision, [...]

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

2023-01-16T09:56:25+01:0012/01/2023|

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 [...]

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

2022-11-16T16:30:14+01:0003/10/2022|

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 [...]

A cervical airbag for cyclists created by EVIX wins the second edition of the Andorra Sports Startup Challenge

2022-11-16T17:03:40+01:0001/06/2022|

The jury of the Andorra Sports Startups Challenge has named a project for cervical airbags integrated into helmets, devised by Evix, as the winner of the second edition of the competition for startups promoted by Andorra Business, Andorra Research+Innovation and the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC). On this occasion, over 50 inscriptions from 19 different countries took part, and proposals of an extremely high level were presented with the aim of identifying the most promising technological solutions that can help in improving user experience and loyalty so as to deseasonalize Andorra´s sports and tourism offer. The jury [...]

The launching of Andorra Business, Andorra Research and Innovation, and Andorra Digital

2021-06-23T13:43:12+01:0008/06/2021|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo and the Minister of Education and Higher Studies, Ester Vilarrubla, presented on Tuesday June 8th the launching of three new brands: Andorra Business, Andorra Research and Innovation, and Andorra Digital. In this sense, Gallardo explained that “today we are presenting brands which are stronger internationally, in the same line as other countries, that are born with the aim of strengthening Andorra´s positioning in in three key pillars that are the country´s economic model and its business sector, knowledge and digitalization, and all under a resource optimization strategy, improvement of synergies and [...]

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