Andorra Startup

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+01:0025/10/2022|

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 [...]

Andorra will be the second country in Europe with the highest economic growth in 2022, according to the IMF

2022-11-02T11:16:22+01:0014/10/2022|

The Minister of Finance and Government Spokesperson, Eric Jover, analyzed the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which provides annual global economic projections revising the main global indicators and, more specifically, for each country.In its report, published on Tuesday, the IMF raised Andorra´s growth projections, based on numbers that Jover valued as “extremely positive”. “We are very satisfied, as data indicates we are on the right path”, he stated. In this sense, the head of Finances pointed out that the IMF raised the nominal GDP for 2022 from 8,2% to 10,9%, while the true GDP was also raised from [...]

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 [...]

The government approves the modification to the law of foreign investment

2022-07-15T08:47:41+01:0030/06/2022|

The Council of Ministers, by proposal of the head of Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, approved on Wednesday the bill to modify the foreign investment law, which dates back to 2012: “the process of opening to foreign investment, culminated by the law and the legislation reforms to instore a fiscal system in harmony with international standards, has become essential in placing the Principality as a destination of interest to foreign investors”. For this reason, and seeing the tendency of developed economies in this context to increase the role of governments in the revising and controlling of foreign investments, the [...]

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 second Edition of the Andorra Business Market presents projects from 27 start-ups and gathers 25 investors with financing capacity of over 100 million Euros

2022-11-16T17:03:54+01:0026/05/2022|

Over 200 people took part in the opening day of the Andorra Business Market, a participative, dynamic and open forum where companies, investors and entrepreneurs interact. In this second edition, once again organized by Andorra Business and the Business Market Network, with over 25 national and international investors are taking part, 27 start-up projects are being presented and the investors present gather an overall financing capacity of over 100 million Euros. The program began with a presentation given by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, centered around the opportunities offered by Andorra [...]

Some of the country´s emerging companies attend the 4YFN from Mobile World Congress with the help of Andorra Business

2022-03-07T14:51:37+01:0001/03/2022|

Andorra Business is participating, for the second year running, in 4 Years From Now (4YFN), the international event for start-ups within the framework of the world´s biggest exposition for the mobile industry, the Mobile World Congress, taking place until Thursday at the Fair of Barcelona. The entity has a stand where investment opportunities in Andorra are explained and has also helped 8 companies and entities from the country to be present (Niu Andorra Telecom, Naos, Airnex, Freemindtronic, PurpleDye, Imporex, Job and Play, and Iniced) and use the space to present their projects and set up professional meetings. Simultaneously, the Minister [...]

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