Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The Ona Marinas de Nerja hotel, in Málaga. © Ona Hotels & Apartments

Ona hotels and apartments: from holiday rentals in salou to 51 properties on two continents

Thirty years ago, Carlos Barrau began managing holiday apartments in Salou. Three decades on, that modest venture has evolved into Ona Hotels & Apartments, an enterprise whose footprint has broadened to 51 properties. With Nacho Barrau, the family’s second generation, at the helm as CEO, the group continues its upward...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Off, the Barcelona app for stepping away from your phone

Redacció TheNBP

Oliver Canosa had a demanding job and, from time to time, liked to disconnect for a few minutes. He'd typically do this with phone in hand, and a five-minute break would stretch into fifteen, slipping from downtime into distraction. That's how, in 2024, Off started to take shape, an app to disconnect...

L'equip de Nuage Therapeutics als laboratoris del Parc Científic de Barcelona

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Nuage Therapeutics, the spin-off seeking to turn previously “intractable” proteins into new cancer treatments

For decades, some of the proteins involved in diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's have remained beyond the reach of traditional medicines. Although researchers understood the role these proteins played in the development of certain diseases, their flexible and changing structure made it extremely difficult to design drugs capable...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Ona hotels and apartments: from holiday rentals in salou to 51 properties on two continents

Off, the Barcelona app for stepping away from your phone

Nuage Therapeutics, the spin-off seeking to turn previously “intractable” proteins into new cancer treatments

Incubators and accelerators as a cradle for startups in Barcelona

HolaCamp, a new generation of comfort and technology campsites

Sweat, converted into a new health tool: Onalabs raises 9.3 million to accelerate its expansion

The Fashion Hub, the new home of emerging fashion in Barcelona

Pocket Piano, the instrument born in Barcelona that fits in a backpack

Pangea inaugurates a plant in L'Hospitalet to manufacture engines for the European space race

Catalonia, 83 companies, 237 million euros and one ambition: to call the shots in space

The Brain School, when finding a good method for studying ends up creating a business

Jòdul: three generations, 22 million in turnover and a trajectory between ceramics and wood