CaTaPull Up: the first edition of the FPCM scaling program concludes
The FPCM scaling program funded by the Madrid City Council, CaTaPull Up, ended on November 15. The initiative was launched last December 2021 and its objective was to improve the competitiveness, profitability and internationalization capacity of the Park’s deep tech companies. This objective is aligned with the FPCM’s mission to promote high-impact scientific-technological entrepreneurship in the Community of Madrid, helping to catalyze regional economic growth. The name of the program includes the term ‘Up‘, as it constitutes the next step -scaled- of the FPCM’s acceleration program, CaTaPull, whose objective is in turn to promote or catapult Science and Technology (S&T) projects to turn them into validated business models in the market (‘pull‘).
In this first edition of CaTaPull Up , nine young companies with high growth potential with various lines of knowledge such as medical technology, AI, nanotechnology and biotechnology, among others, have participated. The participating companies were AItenea Biotech, Cyclomed, Detektia, Evoenzyme, Kunveno, Nanostine, Ommatidia, SmartHAPS and Social Dinapp.
Personalized accompaniment
CaTaPull Up is based on direct and personalized support to each company by the FPCM team. In this way, specific strategic professional services are offered based on the transversal needs detected at a strategic and commercial level. These services have included technical validation testing, intellectual property protection, communication and marketing, among others. In this last aspect, the new websites of Evoenzyme, SmartHAPS and Social Dinapp, and the videos of Cyclomed, Ommatidia and SmartHAPS stand out.
These actions have had a positive impact on companies, which have improved their visibility in the market and their scalability, making them more competitive in the innovation ecosystem. That is why at the FPCM we will continue to work so that Madrid is a leader both in the creation and acceleration of companies and in their expansion and growth. More information about FPCM’s acceleration and scaling programs, including CaTaPull Up, can be found here.
Presentation of results in La N@ve
Finally, on November 23, the presentation of the most relevant results of CaTaPull Up will take place in La Nave (Villaverde). During the event, the results of the rest of the acceleration and scaling programs of spin-offs subsidized by the Subdirectorate General of Innovation of the Madrid City Council in the 2021 call will also be presented. Public universities, non-profit foundations linked to public universities, science parks and public research organisations based in the municipality of Madrid applied for this call. More information about the event can be found at this link.
