Innovation and entrepreneurship


UPC incubation

Services aimed at business growth, with the aim of allowing companies to grow, develop and connect with the UPC, taking advantage of the synergies with the other agents that make up this ecosystem, research groups, companies, talent, networks and research infrastructures and UPC incubation spaces.

Sector Acceleration

Leadership and promotion of reference sectoral acceleration programs, accelerating their market access and scaling up their business model.

Marketable UPC knowledge portfolio

Access to the generation of innovation through the incorporation into the company of Patents and Technologies resulting from the hydrogen research generated by the UPC research groups and available for commercial exploitation.

Negotiation of UPC technology license agreements

Access to UPC technology identification and licensing services for marketing and operation in the company.

UPC spin-off portfolio

Access to the generation of innovation through the UPC spin-off portfolio to identify innovative services and products.

Open innovation

UPC innovation and technology transfer mechanisms made available to companies to find the best fit to generate open innovation internally from the UPC.

Connection with UPC entrepreneurship

Technological project maturation programs, and connection with entrepreneurial and innovative profiles that can guarantee their future business initiatives, and/or develop open innovation projects in collaboration with companies and corporations that want to incorporate new products or innovative services.

Innovation Hubs

UPC-Enterprise bilateral collaboration mechanisms, which act as a facilitator of all the elements and resources necessary to help the company in its innovation strategy. Some of the tools available are:

  • UPC's Scouting Program to give companies the opportunity to connect with technology and knowledge resulting from UPC research

  • UPC's Start-up Scouting Program to connect the company with technology-based companies of the UPC Innovation Ecosystem, and to identify innovative services and products, when looking for alliances and synergies for the generation of innovation and competitive advantages.