Photo of the members of APTE, ENISA and the ten Science and Technology Parks signatories of the APTENISA Emprende collaboration agreement at the Transfiere Forum 2022.
The FPCM participates in APTENISA, the new business ideation and acceleration program of APTE and ENISA.
The FPCM participates in APTENISA Emprende, the new business ideation and acceleration program of the Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE) and the National Innovation Company, SME, S.A. (ENISA). Within the framework of the Transfiere 2022 Forum, both institutions have launched the program together with ten participating science and technology parks, including the FPCM. APTENISA Emprende will promote the detection of 100 business ideas and the acceleration of 32 technology-based start-ups .
The program aims to facilitate the creation of new companies and reduce the obstacles they face during their growth. The goal is for companies to reach a size that makes them more competitive. This objective is aligned with those of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Government of Spain and with the Law on the Creation and Growth of Companies. In addition, APTENISA will address the territorial and connectivity, and the lack of a gender perspective. To this end, it will be committed to promoting initiatives that promote digitalization and the implementation of technologies in different sectors, as well as female entrepreneurship.
An innovative methodology
APTENISA will support entrepreneurship from the initial idea to the acceleration phase, validation of the business model and incorporation of the company. To this end, it will use a common approach in the ten parks, based on the Candy Innovation Model and Lean Launch Pad methodologies. The Candy Innovation Model is a recent methodology based on four phases: Challenges-Ideas-Prototypes-Scaling. It was presented at the 2017 International Congress of the International Association of Science, Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) by the Prof. Josep M. Pique de La Salle-URL. Lean Launch Pad is a methodology designed by Prof. Jerome S. Engel of UC Berkeley that uses the scientific method to validate business hypotheses by combining the Business Model Canvas and the processes of Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, Customer Creation and Company Building.
This training will be complemented by the creation of an investment community of Business Angels around the ecosystems of the parks. This community will finance entrepreneurial initiatives in the earliest stages. It will also connect with venture capital funds and exit plans linked to companies that innovate by buying start-ups.
A very positive collaboration
ENISA values this collaboration very positively. “Science and technology parks host companies with high added value in R+D+i that require support and financing in their projects, business models and market launch. Joining forces is essential to promote innovative entrepreneurship. We hope that doing so with APTE will be a great opportunity for many companies,” said José Bayón, CEO of ENISA. “Both institutions are going to provide financing, pedagogy and knowledge of a fundamental sector to improve the national economy and the opportunities of those who undertake and generate wealth with their value,” adds the executive.
For his part, for Felipe Romera, president of APTE “this programme is a great support from ENISA to the capacity of the parks to promote entrepreneurship and protect the growth of innovative, disruptive and technology-based companies. This capacity will be reinforced with the application of a common model in all participating parks. In addition, collaboration between them will encourage the development of start-ups and collaboration between them. The latter is key to ensuring the sustainability and competitiveness of these initiatives.”
FPCM Commitment to Entrepreneurship
At the FPCM, the program will start with the selection of ten innovative ideas next March. Subsequently, in April, the first phase of training will take place. Two ideas will then be chosen for the next phase of the programme. This participation responds to the FPCM’s commitment to entrepreneurship. As part of this commitment, the FPCM promotes the CaTaPull acceleration program and its sister scaling project CaTaPull UP, and participates in other acceleration programs.
In addition to the FPCM, nine other science and technology parks are participating. These are: Garaia Technology Park, Tecnoparc Technology and Innovation Park, Malaga TechPark, La Salle Technova Barcelona, Balearic Park of Technological Innovation (ParcBit), Science and Technology Park of Tenerife, Technology Park of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Science Park of Alicante and Avilés Science and Technology Park “Island of Innovation”.
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