The startup scene in Spain

Girona has a university-linked science and technology park, which the University of Girona dates to 2001; the park’s first building opened in 2004. The city’s research-commercialization examples include IQUA Robotics, which identifies itself as a UdG spin-off founded in 2016 and publishes a Girona address. It describes its work as autonomous underwater vehicles and subsea exploration, mapping, and inspection technology. [1]

Other documented Girona-linked businesses include Wikiloc, whose company timeline dates its trail-sharing project to April 7, 2006, and its legal company to 2008; its inspected privacy notice lists an address at UdG’s science park. The company page reported more than 83 million trails and more than 22 million members worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Niche Mobility, reported at Girona’s technology park in May 2025, develops automatic bicycle gear shifting; that month VIA Empresa reported a €1.6 million investment round with Copreci and a planned division of development and commercialization work for Niche and manufacturing for Copreci. [2]

Research and entrepreneurship support includes UdG guidance for university-community entrepreneurs commercializing university knowledge, from idea evaluation and business planning through implementation and consolidation. Girona’s municipal employment service also describes guidance from idea validation through business launch, including advice on company setup and administrative requirements. For financing introductions, BAGI invites Girona-county entrepreneurs with innovative, high-growth projects seeking financing to present projects for evaluation; its form does not guarantee acceptance or investment. CaixaBank described BAGI in February 2025 as a nonprofit Girona-province angel network with more than 60 investors. [3]

The Patronat Politècnica’s 2026 coupon call listed an October 1–30 application window for eligible members or collaborators with an agreement signed and registered before the call was published. Its rules provide up to €8,000 for each of four coupons, require a minimum eligible project budget of €14,000, and limit awards to the call’s total allocation. The linked form’s accessibility and remaining allocation could not be verified on October 4, 2026, so current application availability is unknown. [4]