INDESCAT delivered yesterday the Business and Sports Awards in its fifth edition to Entrepreneurship, Internationalization, Innovation and Partnership. The event was held in the Auditorium of the UPF Barcelona School Management and was attended by 180 people from sports, business and institutional fields.
The Business and Sports Partnership Award was for Paited Apps and the Catalan Federation of Basketball for their project Coach Studio (vídeo), a platform to digitise the daily work of basketball coaches, to facilitate their work and also the follow-up and support of the club coordinators.
For the first time, a Business and Sports Award on Entrepreneurship was created, as a result of the implementation of the INDESUP! program to support entrepreneurs and start-ups in sport. The award was given to RunOpinion (vídeo), a platform that integrates information and functionalities that a runner needs to practice running safely and healthily, which he can share with his contacts.
Skitude (vídeo) won the Business and Sports Internationalization Award. It is a social network for snow and mountain sports that allows access to information about stations and record the activity for own use and to be shared in other networks.
Finally, the Innovation and Business Award for Innovation was for FirstVision (vídeo), a company that has developed a camera integrated in the shirts of athletes and referees, with the aim of improving the viewer's experience in sports broadcasts.
The award ceremony was attended by 180 people from the institutional, business and sports fields, including the president of INDESCAT, Anna Pruna; the Secretary General of l'Esport, Gerard Figueras; the director of the Consell Català de l'Esport, Toni Reig; the Comissionada d'Esports of the Ajuntament de Barcelona, Marta Carranza; the Conseller Delegat of ACCIÓ, Joan Romero, the president of the Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya, Gerard Esteva, and the general director of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, Carme Martinell.
The Grass-Twin project offers an innovative solution based on functional printing and smart monitoring for the maintenance of sports surfaces.
Grass-Twin is an industrial research project launched with the aim of addressing a common challenge in the management of sports surfaces—whether natural, hybrid, or artificial turf: the lack of advanced technological solutions for efficient and tailored maintenance.
This Wednesday, July 9, INDESCAT and the AMBIT cluster held a key session at the Eurofitness Perill sports center, where we presented the first results of the project “LIVINGLAB-FIT: Reinventing fitness spaces.” This is an initiative driven and led by both clusters with the support of ACCIÓ, as part of the competitiveness support program. The project, a pioneer in its field, aims to respond to the need of companies in the sector to redesign sports spaces to make them more attractive, inclusive, and efficient, taking into account the diverse profiles of the centers' users.
30 June 2025
Thanks to the European I3-INSHAPE initiative, INDESCAT, the sports industry cluster, has secured direct grants for Catalan companies amounting to more than €570,000. In the first phase, €329,240 was awarded to Onalabs, Eurofitness, Sevenmila, Berrly, and Tot per l’Esport — all members of INDESCAT. In a second phase, nine interregional collaborative projects involving innovative SMEs from various EU regions — including Catalonia — received a total of €244,000 in direct funding for eight Catalan companies: Barcelona Zero Limits, Factual Consulting, Improfit, MyPlay, Neorg, North 3, Placenet, and Rockfit, four of which are cluster members. All of these projects focus on innovative solutions in the fields of sport, technology, and healthy lifestyles.
30 June 2025
In a context shaped by digital transformation, demographic shifts, and a constantly evolving sports industry, the training of future professionals requires educational models adapted to today’s realities. Escola Vitae emerges as an innovative proposal within the educational sector, offering programs focused on a direct connection with the job market and the challenges of the future.
We speak with Roger Saladich, Co-CEO of Vitae, a school specialized in the fields of sports and health, which has been offering official and in-house qualifications for over fifteen years through an immersive pedagogical approach. We explore the origins of the initiative, how they integrate technology and personal competencies into their programs, and the steps they are taking to establish themselves as a leading institution in shaping the next generation of professionals in the sector.
The opening event of INDESCAT’s 15th anniversary celebration, the sports industry cluster in Catalonia, brought together members, former and current board representatives, institutional figures, and other key players from the Catalan sports sector on June 19 at the Joan Miró Foundation.
The event featured a review of the cluster’s history, the unveiling of a commemorative illustration, the presentation of special recognitions, and an interactive session led by Emogg. The celebration concluded with a cocktail reception, offering industry professionals the chance to network and foster synergies.
Prior to the celebration, INDESCAT held its Annual General Assembly, during which members reviewed the activities and budget from the past period, and future plans and forecasts for the cluster were presented.
6 June 2025
The Best Practices in Healthy Companies Conference was successfully held this Friday, June 6th, at the Tabaris Building in Coma-ruga (El Vendrell). The event was organized by the Associació Corporativa Empresa Saludable (ACES) with the collaboration of various key local stakeholders, including the Ajuntament del Vendrell, Ranking Games, Umivale Activa, FCC Medi Ambient, and the INDESCAT cluster itself.
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