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INDESUP! Tech train twenty entrepreneurs in technologies applied to the sports industry

Twenty entrepreneurs started on 4th September INDESUP! Tech, a training and advice program focused on those technologies that are revolutionizing the sport business. The program is organized by INDESCAT, EURECAT and UB, and it is  part of  the Pre-acceleration first plan of Catalunya Emprèn.

The first day of INDESUP! Tech, which was held in the facilities of INDESCAT, began with a welcome by the representatives of the entities that organize the program: INDESCAT, UB and EURECAT. The day continued with an introductory session by Alex Rivera, cluster manager of INDESCAT, and Xavi Faura, innovation and entrepreneurship manager, who explained the cluster's commitment to entrepreneurship in the sports sector and detailed the different phases of INDESUP! Tech. Subsequently there was a second session entitled Opportunities, challenges and technological trends in sport, given by Xavier Catasús, business development manager of health and sports industries at EURECAT. Catasús spoke about how technologies are opening new lines of business in the sports sector, and advanced some of the topics that will be discussed in depth during the rest of the program.

INDESUP! Tech is structured into two different and complementary parts. The first part, which takes place during September and October, will train entrepreneurs in new technologies and in the optimization of business management in the sports field. In addition, they will receive a generic training on sports ecosystem and trends in the sector. In the second part of the program, which will take place during November and December, there will be an accompaniment to help entrepreneurs define and validate the minimum viable products that they have devised.

The program is aimed at people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to promote technological projects (apps, wearables, artificial intelligence, video analysis, big data ...) related to areas such as the improvement of sports performance, the promotion of healthy sports, sports management or fan engagement, among others.

INDESUP! Tech is an initiative framed within INDESUP!, the sports entrepreneurship program organized by INDESCAT, the Catalan sports cluster, with the collaboration of the International Center for Entrepreneurs in Barcelona (ICEB) and with the support of ACCIÓ.

OTHER NEWS

The international cycling festival Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava Girona by Continental, which is held in Girona on September 20, 21 and 22, and INDESCAT, have renewed their strategic collaboration agreement by which they seek to combine synergies to enhance the cycling sector. sport.

The decarbonisation of sports facilities, water management, future solutions to the ban on the use of microplastics in artificial turf, digitalisation as a tool to help sports facilities become more energy efficient, and the use of geothermal energy in sports equipment. These were the topics discussed at EFISport 2024, this year's 11th edition of which included, as a novelty, the Open Innovation Challenge competition. The annual event, which was attended by more than 170 people, is organised by INDESCAT, with the collaboration of the Clúster de l'Energia Eficient de Catalunya (CEEC), the Clúster de la Bioenergia de Catalunya (CBC) and the Catalan Water Partnership. During the event, held on 13 March at the INEFC in Barcelona, participants were also able to visit the EFISport Marketplace, where solutions, products and services for the maintenance and implementation of energy efficiency measures were presented.


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Support through data, tailored to the specific needs of SMEs, is one of the cornerstones of the three-year (2023-2026) I3-INSHAPE project. INDESCAT, representing Catalonia, will contribute to this project by leading Work Package 3, which mission is to engage further SMEs to contribute to the flagship investment cases, already developed in a previous phase, via open calls and to launch a second stream of interregional innovation investment cases supported by the I3-INSHAPE ecosystem support services.

Els fundadors som 3 germans molt implicats en el món esportiu. La nostra família venia del món tèxtil i vàrem pensar que seria una molt bona oportunitat poder seguir.

Oferim tot tipus de peça esportiva per clubs o col.lectius esportius, des d’una samarreta a un xandall esportiu o bé fins i tot merxandatge promocional. La nostra tècnica principal és la sublimació. també és molt important el temps de producció, i com a fabricants a dia d'avui tenim la capacitat de baixar els temps d'entrega de la competència.

Treballem amb teixits reciclats i orgànics des dels nostres inicis. La gran majoria de teixit que utilitzem és fabricat a Catalunya i totes les tintes que fem servir són amb base aigua.

utilitzem una tècnica nova actual anomenada DTF que ajuda a fer estampacions específiques en la personalització com noms, números, escuts...etc (substitueix el vinil i aconseguim un millor resultat i una gran durabilitat)

 a llarg termini volem aconseguir que la nostra marca agafi notorietat i que sigui reconeguda. Creiem que treballar amb algun club d'elit seria un gran pas que ens ajudaria situar la marca .

Esperem que (INDESCAT) ens porti a conèixer les tendències del sector de l'esport i estar al corrent de tot el que comporta el món de l'esport. (A INDESCAT) podem trobar oportunitats on a dia d'avui no en tenim i que en un futur ens podrien anar bé.


INDESCAT has started the ESMIS project (Enhance Sustainable Measures In Sports Facilities), promoted by Erasmus +, and has participated on 4 and 5 March in the Kick-off held in Eindhoven. The project aims to facilitate the exchange of good practices and innovative solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of sports facilities.

Abora SolarOrpheus and Zenit are the finalists for the EFISport 2024 Open Innovation Challenge! They will have the opportunity to present their proposal at the EFISport event on 13 March. The company that presents the winning solution of the challenge, which will be chosen by the public attending the event, will get a year's free membership to INDESCAT and the Barcelona Sports Hub.

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