The Day of the Entrepreneur in Sport will celebrate its second edition this November 13 in the auditorium Cibernarium of Barcelona Activa. Leading experts in entrepreneurship, sports industry, technology and innovation will participate. Among them will be Xesco Espar, handball coach of FC Barcelona and specialist in leadership and team management, and Mounir Zok, who headed the technology department of the United States Olympic Committee and which is now promoted in Barcelona by N3xt Sports consultancy, focused on innovative projects in the sports field.
The day, which brings together the different agents linked to the industry and sports entrepreneurship (start-ups, companies, investors, entities, young people with an entrepreneurial spirit ...), will emphasize the technologies that are revolutionizing the sport business. Xavier Balius, director of Sciences, Medicine and Technology of the Center of High Performance of Sant Cugat, will speak about the relationship, increasingly narrow, between sport and innovation. There will also be a round table integrated by sports start-ups that are in different stages of evolution and that will talk about the keys to success in the sector.
Another central theme of Entrepreneur's Day will be financing, which is fundamental for any start-up. In the morning there will be a workshop on the investment process by Carlos Martínez (M & Partners), and in the afternoon the second edition of the Sports Investment Forum will take place. The selected start-ups will be able to present their projects to a group of investors interested in projects in the sports field.
On the other hand, ASICS will announce the first results of the TENKANTEN sport accelerator, located in Barcelona; N3xt Sports will present its business concept and INDESCAT will explain the activities of its entrepreneurship program.
The international cycling festival Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava Girona by Garmin, held in Girona on 19, 20 and 21 September, and the sports industry cluster, INDESCAT, have renewed their strategic collaboration agreement by which they seek to combine synergies to enhance the sports sector.
More information: www.seaottereurope.com and www.indescat.org
We spoke with Lluís Casas & Xavi Guilà, founders of Vibliotec, the EdTech platform specialized in sports training, which successfully combines technical knowledge with personal development to offer learning pathways tailored to the needs of professionals in the sports industry. With a clear mission to democratize access to high-quality training and a strong focus on innovation, Vibliotec is consolidating its position as a key player both locally and internationally. They explain how the project came about and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead in a time of great transformation for the sports industry.
8 April 2025
INDESCAT took part in the in-person meeting of the I3-INSHAPE project held in the city of Debrecen (Hungary) on April 2nd and 3rd. The meeting focused on the current status of the Open Call, a key phase of the project led by INDESCAT and ACCIÓ. This call aims to identify and select SMEs from the different regions represented in the consortium to implement collaborative innovation projects. A total of 24 companies will be selected, each receiving €30,500 in funding to support the development of their projects.
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31 March 2025
We interview Paco Ruano, president of Lleuresport, a Barcelona-based organization with over 30 years of history that has firmly committed to a socially inclusive approach to sports management. “We’ve understood that we must actively reach out to those who face greater challenges accessing sports, not just wait for them to come,” says Ruano. His vision blends sustainability, technological innovation, and health, with initiatives like the creation of the Innovation Manager role and energy efficiency improvements in facilities. The organization is now fully focused on the sports sector, aiming to grow within the concession management field.
26 March 2025
More than twenty professionals from the sports industry attended the second edition of the INDESCAT Breakfast, which we held at the Carulla Foundation. The session, aimed at organizations in the sports industry interested in learning in detail what INDESCAT is and the benefits of being part of this community, allowed attendees to discover the cluster's innovative projects and exclusive services.
20 March 2025
On March 11 and 12, Barcelona became the epicenter of sports sustainability with the in-person meeting of the European ESMIS project. INDESCAT, the Catalan cluster of the sports industry, hosted the various partners of this initiative, which aims to transform sports facilities to make them more sustainable and efficient.
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