Basque Country’s Startup Ecosystem Analysis (I)

The Basque Country’s startup ecosystem has grown notably in recent years, gaining an important position in the national level and with some international presence.

Here I show you a summary of the main agents that make up the ecosystem, which is made based on a previous analysis of more than 100 agents. At the moment I have identified:

58 Startups, 16 Institutional bodies, 13 technology centers, 8 Universities and knowledge centers, 7 Venture Capital Investors, 7 Corporate Venture Capital Investors, 15 Accelerators and/or Incubators, +30 Other Agents

Now I do the same analysis but for each of the agent’s blocks, with ALL the agents that I have been able to identify so far. As I’m sure I’m missing some, I invite you to help me complete it!

I also leave you the analysis in map format, which provides another point of view:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=12V7pHZ39LmdVb1j6T0I8tJ1QDTJgzw05&usp=sharing

The objective of this exercise is not simply to compare ourselves with other territories, but to have a clear picture of what the current situation is and also help to create the best ecosystem possible playing to our strengths and our identity, in the same way that it has been successfully done in the past.

The Basque Country, which is a worldwide reference in multiple fields (Industry, gastronomy, tourism, language…) and MUST reach the same standard of excellence in the creation of a startup ecosystem.

I just hope that this exercise will shed some light, both locally and internationally. Hopefully in the next reports on startups ecosystems (European Startups, Crunchbase, Startup Genome …) will appear the Basque Startup one.

Eskerrik asko eta AURRERA!